Kastellos
Rates for transfers to Kastellos with taxi, minivan or minibus
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Chania Airport (CHQ) - 56km
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taxi80 €
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minivan150 €
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minibus190 €
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private coach300 €
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Kastellos
The picturesque village on Kastellos hill, at 210 meters altitude and at a distance of 50.3 kilometres from the town of Chania. With panoramic views of the bay Georgioupolis-Kavros-Petre, Kastellos is in a dominant elevated position against the villages around it (Kournas, Dramia)
Kastellos is a village of villages called "Kournopatimata", which are famous for the love of their people for the arms, their unconquerable spirit and the special pride and militancy in each period of occupation of Crete. The terrain where Kastelli hill is located is such that creates a natural impregnable fortress because of the cliffs formed by the steep ground.
That's why the Venetians named it Kastellos (ie Kastelli, Castella Castle - Fortress) and chose it as the capital of the wider region around Chania - Rethymno. It has stone houses and many old ruins of houses.