Worth a Detour
Maritime Museum of Crete
Ship models and Crete's naval history inside the Firkas Fortress at the harbor mouth.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Akti Koundourioti, Firkas Fortress, ChaniaDirections
- Getting There
- At the western end of the harbor.
Why Go
The museum fills the Venetian Firkas Fortress, where the Greek flag was raised in 1913 when Crete joined Greece. Models trace the island's ships from the Minoan age to modern times, with rooms on the Battle of Crete in 1941.
Nearby in Chania
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