Chania - A City Of Many Tales

Aerial view of the municipal track stadium

SPORTS

The sports culture in Chania is strong.

From a young age, children engage to various sports, and quite a few clubs and associations have earned trophies and cups, by training professional athletes of international status.

From team sports to individual ones like tennis, sailing, football, beach volley, swimming, cycling, horse riding, tracks, gymnastics, in Chania you can find it all. Visitors, locals and temporary residents can enroll, participate and attend in any sport of preference. Every club and association welcomes new members and is searching for new talents and guest appearances to spice up the routine training.

Tennis

This beautiful sport has a long history in Chania. The Tennis club of Chania is housed at the Municipal tennis courts on A. Papandreou St. and has a history of over 90 years of operation as one of the oldest Tennis Associations in Greece. Today it includes other sports as well such as Basket, Ping Pong, Chess, rhythmic gymnastics and squash. Other tennis courts you may also find in private clubs operating frm Daratso to Akrotiri as well as at the facilities of the Technical Institute of Crete at Akrotiri.

Sailing

For professional yacht men, or leisure sailors of the open sea, Chania’s coastal landscape offers dreamy destinations. Chania’s Yacht Club was founded in 1990 under a different name at the beginning by professional yacht men of the open sea. The headquarters are fund at the last Neorio of the Venetian Harbor at the east end.If you wish to come in contact with the sport, you can rent such a ship with experienced captains at the Venetian Port of Chania and experience unique moments in Cretan sea.

Track and Field

The municipal track stadium “Elena Venizelou” is located at A. Papandreou St. under the umbrella of the organization National Athletics Centre of Chania. Many sports associations are based here, promoting the athletic spirit of Chania and providing professional training for all ages. The stadium includes all of the official Olympian track sports, and local athletes have been distinguished many times on a national and international level.

Swimming & Water polo

Chania boasts a long history of athletic swimming as well as water polo. The Nautical Club of Chania was founded in 1933 and was conducting swimming lessons at the Venetian Harbor. In 1964 the second natatorium of Greece is built at Nea Chora of Chania. Since then, the Nautical Club of the city has bred many world class athletes of aqua sports and is highly esteemed by the entire local community. Classes of water polo, swimming, synchronized swimming, technical swimming, canoe kayak, sailing and sup are also conducted. Living on an island makes physical literacy in aquatic environments, imperative. http://nox.gr/

Beach Volley

With so many wonderful sandy beaches around the city of Chania, it is the least surprising to find many Beach Volley clubs that organize lessons, training sessions and tournaments all year round. It is a very popular sport among the locals and it even attracts visitors from around the world that come to Chania mostly for the beach volley tournaments. The best part of the sport is the finale dive into the refreshing crystal waters of Chania. One may find organized and experienced clubs operating at Agii Apostoli beaches and at Chrissi Akti beach.

Football

The king of all sports is very popular in Chania. Chania Football Club (Chania FC) represents the professional football club of the Municipality of Chania, established in 2017 following the merger of two regional clubs. The club’s base is at Perivolia’s Municipal multi-purpose stadium. The locals are keen supporters of their team and football is a sport with a long history in Chania. There are also many private facilities for football enthusiasts.