Rapaniana

Rapaniana is a beach in Platanias, Chania, Crete. Rapaniana is situated nearby to the theater building Amphitheatre, as well as near Selini Waterpark.

Type: Beach
Description: tourist beach
Also known as: “Rapaniana Beach”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gonia Monastery and Museum of the Monastery of Gonia.

Gonia Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Gonia Monastery, also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia or the Monastery of Panagia Hodegetria, is a Greek Orthodox monastery located 1 kilometre north of Kolymvari and approximately 26 kilometres from Chania, on the southeast coast of the Rodopos peninsula in Crete, Greece, overlooking the Gulf of Chania. Gonia Monastery is situated 1½ km northwest of Rapaniana.

Museum of the Monastery of Gonia

Museum

The Gonia Monastery, also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia or the Monastery of Panagia Hodegetria, is a Greek Orthodox monastery located 1 kilometre north of Kolymvari and approximately 26 kilometres from Chania, on the southeast coast of the Rodopos peninsula in Crete, Greece, overlooking the Gulf of Chania. Museum of the Monastery of Gonia is situated 2 km northwest of Rapaniana.

Maleme Military Airfield

Aerodrome

Maleme Airport is an airport situated between Maleme and Tavronitis, Crete. It has two runways with no lights. The airport has closed for commercial aviation, but the Chania Aeroclub continues to use it. Maleme Military Airfield is situated 4 km east of Rapaniana.