Chania VoiceMap tour

Today we did a VoiceMap tour of Chania, and went to the Archeological museum. It was great to wander beautiful winding streets of Chania, and to admire Venetian harbor. Of course, again there are many layers of history, with the occasional minaret remaining from the Ottoman times. There were also the remnants of the Jewish population on Crete - an old synagogue from the 16 century. There were about 300 Jews on Crete in 1941, but they were all rounded up by the Nazis who occupied Crete and put on a ship heading to Auschwitz. They never made it, as the ship was bombarded by the allied forces and everyone on board died. The synagogue fell in despair and was rebuilt by a visiting Israeli Jew and now hosts a small museum. The Jewish community on Crete is tiny but uses this synagogue as a community place for connection. We then went to the Chania Archeological museum which displayed the artifacts from Neolithic times, to many Minoan civilization findings. It was really fascinating to see amazing pottery or beauty tools, such as tweezers from 2000 BC. Afterwards we had a nice dinner of lamb in a harbor tavern and walked to the lighthouse to watch a spectacular sunset. Afterwards, we left Chania and drove for two hours back west to Heraklion.Read more