New Year's Eve in Crete

We've just celebrated New Year's Eve in Crete, here in Chania.

The stage was set in the Town Square, and you can see the traffic building up during the day. Click on a thumbnail to get the bigger picture:


Chania New Year's Eve

Chania's main street New Years Eve

Chania Town Square

Children entertained the crowds during the day, performing traditional Greek dancing. Meanwhile, many Cretans were crowding into the betting shop. It is a tradition in Greece to make a wager on New Year's Eve because it is thought to be very lucky. Click on the thumbnail:

Children entertain with traditional dancing through the day

There's a gambling frenzy in Crete on New Year's Eve

As the children continued to dance, the night rolled in and the Town Square prepared itself for massed crowds to welcome in the New Year. Click on a thumbnail:

Young children dancing on Chania Town Square

Chania at night, New Year's Eve before the crowds arrive

WE WISH ALL OUR VISITORS, READERS AND CUSTOMERS A VERY HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!


Just Some of the Reasons We Love Crete

Restaurant signRestaurants
Child having fun on the beachFamily Fun
Tasty Food: various dishes from CreteTasty Food
Quaint Villages showing a Cretan village on the hillsideTowns & Villages
Beautiful Cretan BeachBeaches
Attractions: the lighthouse ChaniaAttractions
Country Lanes: sheepblocking road with shepherdDriving in Crete
Markets: the fish market at ChaniaMarkets
Flora: beautiful white flowerAnimals & Plants
Nightlife, showing the Camelot Castle in Malia during the dayNightlife
Hiking: people approaching impressive Samaria GorgeHiking
People & CulturePeople & Culture
Olive grove on Cretan hillsideOlive Oil
Shopping, showing shop front in CreteShopping
History: the Turkish Fort at ApteraHistory
Respect: view of Souda Bay CemeteryRespect
Snow-capped peaks of the White Mountains of Crete against a clear blue sky.White Mountains
Tradition: the Church at KalyvesTradition
The Raki drink with nibblesRaki
Fresh Fish: a fisherman sets outFresh Fish
Mythology: The Cretan Snake GoddessMythology
Birdlife: a Kingfisher on a rock, Kalyves HarbourBirdlife
A romantic sunsetRomance
A doughnut seller on the beachThe People

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