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Hotels in Chania |
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Porto del Colombo
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Fully renovated Venetian building located on the western side of the Old Town of Chania, a few meters from the OldHarbor's edge, blending perfectly into a beautiful neighborhood of similarly restored and decorated Venetianbuildings in cobblestone lanes. Our Hotel, an imposing, tall, 600 year old building, has gathered a rich history over the passing of the centuries.During the days of Turkish Rule, the building housed members of high ranking Turkish military who made many changes to the building's architecture a Hamam in the garden and next to that, a room to secure theirslaves where you can still see the metallic rings nailedto the walls . In the beginning of the 19th Century, thebuilding was used as a French embassy and later wasinhabited by the great Greek political figure, EleftheriosVenizelos, who also used it as his political offices untilhis move to Athens, when he took power as PrimeMinister of Greece.
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Theofanous and Moshon Sts
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CHANIA
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