Akrotiri
Akrotiri is a peninsula and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula east of Chania city, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Akrotiíri Peninsula”, “Akrotiri, Crete”, “Chersonisos Akrotiri”, “Khersónisos Akrotíri”, “Khersónisos Akrotirion”, “Kiamon”, and “Kyamon Promontory”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agia Triada Monastery and Chania International Airport.
Agia Triada Monastery
Monastery
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The Agia Triada Monastery, also known as the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon, is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Akrotiri peninsula in the Chania region of Crete, Greece.
Chania International Airport
Aerodrome
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Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres away. Chania International Airport is situated 3 km southeast of Akrotiri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mouzouras and Stavros.
Mouzouras
Village
Mouzouras is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Akrotiri, Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece. The community consists of the settlements Mouzouras, Agia Zoni, Galini and Kalorrouma. Mouzouras is situated 2½ km southeast of Akrotiri.
Stavros
Village
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Stavros is a village and beach in the Akrotiri district of the city of Chania, Crete, Greece and had a population of 543. It is part of the community Kounoupidiana. Stavros is situated 5 km northwest of Akrotiri.
Kounoupidiana
Town
Kounoupidiana is a village in Crete, Greece, part of the municipal unit of Akrotiri and the largest town on that peninsula with a population of 9,213. It is 8 km northeast of the city of Chania and has become a popular place to live in recent years because… Kounoupidiana is situated 5 km west of Akrotiri.
Akrotiri
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Akrotiri” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ակրոտիրի (Կրետե)”
- Armenian: “Ակրոտիրի”
- Catalan: “Akrotiri (Creta)”
- Catalan: “Akrotiri”
- Finnish: “Akrotíri”
- French: “Akrotíri”
- German: “Akrotiri”
- Greek: “Chersónisos Akrotíri”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήρι Κρήτης”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήρι Χανίων”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Ακρωτήρι”
- Italian: “Akrotiri”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akrotiri på Kreta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akrotíri på Kreta”
- Portuguese: “Acrotíri (Creta)”
- Portuguese: “Acrotíri”
- Portuguese: “Akrotíri (Creta)”
- Russian: “Акротири (Крит)”
- Russian: “Акротири”
- Swedish: “Akrotiri, Kreta”
- Swedish: “Akrotiri”
- Turkish: “Akrotiri Yarımadası”
- Turkish: “Akrotiri”
- Ukrainian: “Акротирі”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Káravos and Spílaion.
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