Leaving Daratsos behind and six kilometer from the city of Chania, you arrive in Galatas. The comopolitan beach of Kalamaki is here. 

The famous little port of Kato Galatas mentioned so many times in the songs of the famous Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, is also here. Galatas is also his home town.

Hotels, rental houses, rooms, shops and clean beaches offer you a relaxed and pleasant holliday. One kilometer away and ninety meters higher uphill is the historical village of Pano Galatas.

Galatas was built in 961 AD by Byzantine families on the ruins of ancient residences. Because of its strategic site Galatas was always the scene of battles against would-be conquerors. In the historic 1941 Battle of Crete, during Worl War II, the resistance at Galatas played a very important role by holding out for a whole week befor defeat.