The conference will take place at Chania Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chania, Greece.
Eleftheriou Venizelou 4,
Chania Crete,
73104
More information about the Venue can be found here.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
You can reach Chania by airplane or by ferry (Souda Bay). Crete has two international airports: (i) the Chania International Airport, “Ioannis Daskalogiannis” and (ii) the Heraklion “Nikos Kazantzakis” International Airport, which is about 125 Km distance from Chania (2 hours by car or 3 hours by bus).
Chania International Airport “Ioannis Daskalogiannis”
Chania International Airport, “Ioannis Daskalogiannis” (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the peninsula of Akrotiri, 15 km from the city of Chania. It is named after Ioannis Daskalogiannis, Crete’s most famous rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century.
The airport of Chania hosts domestic flights to and from Athens and Thessaloniki with Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air. During the high season (April to early November) there are charter flights from across the whole Europe.
On December 2012 the airport has become the 55th HUB in the world (which is the first in Greece) of the low cost airline RYANAIR! Consequently, RYANAIR has broaden the selection of the direct flights destinations to Chania from 15 to 26 and they are operating from April to November! Specifically these are:
BELGIUM (Brussels – Charleroi), CYPRUS (Paphos International), DENMARK (Billund), FRANCE (Marseille), GERMANY (Bremen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt-Hahn, Memmingen -Munich West), GREECE (Thessaloniki) , HOLLAND (Eidhoven), ITALY (Bologna, Milan-Pergamo, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Venice – Treviso), LITHUANIA (Vilnius), NORWAY (Oslo -Rygge), POLAND (Katowice, Warsaw Modlin, Wroclaw), SWEDEN (Stockholm Skavsta), UNITED KINGDOM (Bristol, Leeds Bradford, East Midlands, London Stansted, Glasgow -Prestwick).
Heraklion “Nikos Kazantzakis” International Airport
Heraklion “Nikos Kazantzakis” International Airport (IATA: HER, ICAO: is located about 5 km (3 miles) east of the main city of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It serves as a hub for Olympic Airways, Sky Express and Aegean Airways. In addition to the three airlines mentioned above, Heraklion Airport also services domestic flights to and from the other Greek islands, such as Santorini, Rhodes, Mykonos and Paros. The airport is also connected to the major airports on Athens, Greece and Thessaloniki.
For more airlines that serve the Heraklion airport please visit the Heraklion airport unofficial website at http://heraklionairport.net/heraklion-airport-airlines.html.
Arriving passengers can pick up a taxi at the Taxi Station, which can be reached at the Arrival level of the Terminal, available 24 hours a day, all year round. Heraklion Taxis are grey and have a sign on the top of the car with the word “TAXI”. The cost from Heraklion Airport to Platanias village comes to €130.
Souda Port
The ferry port of Chania is at Souda, at a distance of seven kilometers from the city of Chania. The bay of Suda that serves as the port of Chania, is the biggest and safest bay in the East Mediterranean. Chania has daily sea connection with Piraeus via ferry boats. The overnight/daytime trip with ANEK LINES takes about 9 hours. There is frequent bus connection with the town of Chania and the duration is approx. 15 min. The timetable for the city bus you can find it here.