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Chania luxuriates like a princess-bride on the north-western shore of Crete. Decked out in an immense medieval fort, and tightly twisting streets of Renaissance Venetian neighbourhoods, and a cobble stoned corniche around the semicircular old-port, this fully articulated city winks seductively as its slender, centuries-old lighthouse keeps blinking its beacon, inviting all weary travellers into its bosom for a glass (or three) of wine with olive-oil doused char-grilled fresh fish.

This is a town where doing absolutely nothing is itself a full-time occupation. Dolce-far-niente Greek-style. Here one never questions the purpose of life, one simply eats it. In tavernas on the port, where the fisherman/chef proudly prepares his own daily catch, or in fancy Italian eateries built commodiously into the recesses of ancient fortifications to serve porcini mushrooms and agnolottis and vintage Barolo wines, Chania is a jewel box of establishments that cater to the senses.

A fine meal under the summer night-sky is segued by frosty drinks on a terrace overlooking the harbour which shimmers with a thousand flickering lights of gently swaying fishing boats. And then onto a beach front dancing club with music that rocks like electric heartbeats to dance away the dark into the pastel colours of a dawn to which only a master watercolorist can do justice.

And if ever at a loss in-between meals, Chania town offers a wide choice of worthwhile excursions in its immediate vicinity. This is an urbane and sophisticated town that is dedicated to the fine life and to amusement.It has a twinkle in its eye and at all seasons it is a great pleasure to experience it.

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