A few useful addresses for your stay in Chania: where to withdraw cash, find an open pharmacy, reach the hospital, stock up on groceries, or fill up before hitting the road.
You'll find plenty of cash machines around town — here are a few addresses.
📍 106 Halidon Street, at the entrance to the old town, just steps from the Old Port.
📍 1 Tzanakaki Street, on one of the main avenues just south of the old town.
📍 94-96 Tzanakaki Street, a few hundred metres from the branch above.
📍 3 Andrea Archontaki Street, right in the town centre.
📍 54 Gogoni Anagnostou Street, a local Cretan bank, right in the town centre.
📍 114 Kissamou Avenue, at the INKA supermarket.
📍 108 Halidon Street, right next to the Alpha Bank branch.
📍 Municipal Market Square, right in the heart of the town centre.
📍 30 Tzanakaki Street, on the same avenue as several banks.
📍 1866 Square, no. 5, next to the central post office.
📍 1 Kriari Street, Kotsampasi Square, near the market.
Open in its current premises in the Mournies district since 2000, Chania's "Agios Georgios" general hospital is the main public healthcare facility for the whole prefecture — and the place to know about for any visitor facing a serious health issue during their stay.
The building has several hundred beds and covers a wide range of specialities: internal medicine, cardiology (with a dedicated heart-attack unit), paediatrics, surgery, nephrology and dialysis, pulmonology, oncology, neurology, gastroenterology, as well as an intensive care unit and an emergency department open 24/7.
In an emergency in Greece, dial 166 for an ambulance or 112 as the general emergency number, available in all EU languages.
Six well-established chains around Chania, handy for stocking up before getting back on the road:
📍 Corner of Peiraios and Skalidi streets, on the edge of the old town — one of the largest supermarkets in the centre.
📍 112A Ilia Deligiannaki Street, Livadia district.
📍 Agioi Apostoloi roundabout, right by Saints Apostles Park.
📍 1866 Square, a local Cretan chain, right in the town centre, just steps from the covered market.
📍 102 Akrotiriou Avenue, a Cretan chain, on the way to Akrotiri.
📍 113 Botsari Markou Street, a well-established Cretan chain in town.
Six handy stations to fill up before hitting the road:
📍 16 Skoula Nikolaou Street, right in the centre — handy for a first fill-up before setting off.
📍 Akrotiriou Avenue, Souda, on the way to the airport and the naval base.
📍 3rd km of the old Chania-Kissamos national road, on the way to Balos and Kolymbari.
📍 124 Kissamou Avenue, Aroni district, on the western route just before leaving town.
📍 Mournies junction, open 24/7, next to the hospital.
📍 38 Mournion Avenue, a recently renovated station.