Worth a Detour
Etz Hayyim Synagogue
The last synagogue on Crete, restored in memory of the island's Jewish community lost in 1944.
- Open
- Most days; check before you go
- Price
- Free; donations welcome
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Parodos Kondylaki, ChaniaDirections
- Getting There
- In the old Jewish quarter, a few minutes' walk from the harbor.
Why Go
Chania's Jews were arrested by the Germans in May 1944 and died when the ship carrying them away was sunk. The synagogue, a former Venetian church in the old Jewish quarter, was left in ruins until it was restored and reopened in 1999, with a quiet garden and memorial.
Nearby in Chania
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