Town walk
Kolymbari harbour walk.
Photo: Nadiia Astakhova / Pexels
Quick facts
- Region
- Chania
- Start town
- Kolymbari
- Typical duration
- 1–2 hours
- Type
- Town walk
The walk in Kolymbari is the harbour, the monastery gate and the short street of the village. It is a pause on the west-coast road, not a town tour in the Chania sense. Evening is pleasant. Midday is bright and brief. People who are staying in the village can use it as the orientation hour before a wine visit or a boat from Kissamos the next morning.
Park in the village and stay on foot. The coast road is the thing to get off.
It suits a stop, not a day. Do not sell it to yourself as the main event.
Kolymbari harbour walk needs 1–2 hours from Kolymbari. The months that usually work are year round. The distance is short and the ground can be marble, stone or a harbour kerb. Summer evenings are crowded on the front and quieter one street back. Do it on foot from Kolymbari rather than as a coach excursion. Kolymbari harbour walk stays on foot in Kolymbari. It is not a coach loop and it is not another town’s old quarter.
Is it worth it
Kolymbari harbour walk is worth the hours from Kolymbari when it suits a stop, not a day. It is a pause on the west-coast road, not a town tour in the Chania sense. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.
What to bring
- Water and a hat, because The walk in Kolymbari is the harbour, the monastery gate
- Shoes that match the ground on Kolymbari harbour walk. Park in the village and stay on foot.
- A layer for the start in Kolymbari. Year round still has cool mornings and wind.
- The return hour written down. Kolymbari harbour walk takes 1–2 hours, and a second plan the same day is how you miss it.
Tips
- Year round is the window to trust for Kolymbari harbour walk. Outside it, ask whether the day is even running.
- Leave Kolymbari with 1–2 hours clear. Park in the village and stay on foot. The coast road is
- Search “Kolymbari village walk Crete” and check that the meeting point really is Kolymbari.
Related tours
- History
Gonia monastery at Kolymbari
Kolymbari2–3 hours
Gonia is the monastery on the shore at Kolymbari, west of Chania, with a courtyard and a small museum collection. The visit is about an hour. Clothing rules apply. It sits on the coast road, which makes it an easy stop on the way to Kissamos and a poor reason to cross the island. The yard looks over the sea. Pair it with a short coast walk, not with a Balos boat the same morning. The usual length is 2–3 hours, and the months that usually work are Year round. It suits people driving the west coast who will cover shoulders and knees. Skip it if the group wanted a beach and will resent a church. The monastery is on the seaward side of the road in Kolymbari. Parking is nearby. Morning is quieter.
See prices on GetYourGuide
View detailsBook now on GetYourGuide - Day trip
Kolymbari coast and a short swim
Kolymbari3–4 hours
Kolymbari is a coast village between Chania and Kissamos, with a monastery, a small harbour and ordinary beaches rather than a famous lagoon. The day is a swim and a lunch on the way west, or a destination if you are staying there. It is not Balos. The wind that cancels the cape boats is the same wind that can make this shore choppy. Use it as a nearer swim, not as a substitute photograph. The usual length is 3–4 hours, and the months that usually work are May to October. It suits a half-day from Chania or a rest day in the village. Skip it if the group will only be happy at Elafonisi or the lagoon. Drive the coast road from Chania. The monastery and the harbour are the landmarks. Parking is in the village.
See prices on GetYourGuide
View detailsBook now on GetYourGuide 
Town walkKissamos harbour and town walk
Kissamos1–2 hours
Kissamos, also called Kastelli, is the port for the Balos boats and a small town in its own right. The walk is the harbour, the archaeological museum if it is open, and the streets back from the quay. It will not fill a day. It is the right first hour if you arrived late, and the right backup if the morning boat cancelled. The town is not Chania. Expect a port, not a Venetian promenade. The usual length is 1–2 hours, and the months that usually work are Year round. It suits an orientation hour. It is a poor choice as the main event of a holiday. Pair it with Falasarna or the boat. Park once near the harbour and stay on foot. The boat quay is signed. Confirm which end is loading if you also have a ticket.
See prices on GetYourGuide
View detailsBook now on GetYourGuide
FAQ
Questions.
- Plan on 1–2 hours from Kolymbari. It suits a stop, not a day.
- Year round. Outside those months the day is often closed, cancelled, or a different trip. Ask the day before you leave Kolymbari.
- Park in the village and stay on foot. The coast road is the thing to get off.
- It suits a stop, not a day. Do not sell it to yourself as the main event.
- Kolymbari harbour walk is worth the hours from Kolymbari when it suits a stop, not a day. It is a pause on the west-coast road, not a town tour in the Chania sense. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.