Chania Municipal Market (Agora) – Your Complete Visitor’s Guide

There are covered markets all over the Mediterranean. But the Municipal Market of Chania — known locally as the Agora — is something else. Step through any of its four entrances and you’re immediately hit by a wave of sensory information: the sharp tang of aged cheese, the earthy sweetness of dried herbs, the glint […]

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Food & Drink in Chania

Cretan Olive Oil – Everything You Need to Know (and Where to Buy It)

When Greeks talk about olive oil, they talk about Crete the way wine lovers talk about Burgundy. The island produces around a third of all Greek olive oil, and Greece is the world’s largest producer of extra virgin olive oil. Do the arithmetic and you start to understand why Cretan olive oil sits at the