Kolymvari (), also known as Kolymbari (), is a coastal town at the southeastern end of the
Rodopou peninsula on the Gulf of Chania. Kolymvari was formerly a municipality in the
Chania regional unit,
Crete
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, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit
of the municipality
Platanias
Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platani ...
. It was also formerly part of the
Kissamos
Kissamos () is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island. The town of Kissamos is also known as ...
province
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, which covered the northwest of
Chania Prefecture
Chania (), also spelled Hania, is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that of Rethymno to the east. The western ...
. The municipal unit has an area of , including the mostly uninhabited and barren Rodopou peninsula to the west and some villages to the south:
Rodopou,
Afrata,
Vasilopoulo,
Spilia,
Kares
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,
Episkopi,
Vouves,
Glossa,
Panethimos,
Nochia,
Deliana,
Drakona,
Ravdouchas,
Kalidonia, and
Kamisiana.
Kolymvari has only rocky beaches and is thus not as popular with tourists as the nearby resorts of
Maleme
Maleme () is a small village and civilian airfield to the west of Chania, in north western Crete, Greece. It is located in Platanias municipality, in Chania regional unit.
History
Bronze Age
A Late Minoan tholos tomb has been discovered in the ...
and
Platanias
Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platani ...
. Near the town is the historic
Moni Gonia Monastery
Gonia Monastery (), Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia or Monastery of Panagia Hodegetria (Μονή της Οδηγήτριας) is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery located 1 km north of Kolymvari and some 26 km from Chania, o ...
. The Spiliakos river enters the sea at Kolymvari.
See also
*
List of communities of Chania
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References
External links
Municipality description
{{Authority control
Populated places in Chania (regional unit)
Platanias