tech40

I was there the same day as Peggy but I recall the price for the bus to be 1.50 euro each way or 3 euro return.

There were also taxis waiting, the price to go to town was 11 Euro.

We wandered to the public garden which is very tiny and not worth a trip from a gardening point of view. But wanted to mention that it had free wi-fi and a little cafe to sit and have coffee. It's about a 5 min walk from the bus stop but you walk in opposite direction from the old port.

If anyone is a No Reservations fan, I easily found the shop where Anthony Bourdain enjoyed a breakfast treat of bougasta. It wasn't as delicious as I hoped but was glad to try it out, the pastry was amazingly flaky. Again a short walk away from the old port.

There is also an information desk just to the right of the bus stop in town. He was eager to help out and gave us directions on which bus to take and where to catch it to go to the beach we wanted to try out. Although we ended up taking a taxi to the beach for 7 Euros.

The locals do seem eager to have the tourist arriving. Our goody bag had local olives, honey , a nice colour brochure of Chania, a DVD of Chania and a fresh orange.

I also noticed a "train" driving along the beach which is kind of a hop on, hop off thing I think. I grabbed a brochure and the web site is http://www.funtrain dot gr

Isn't odd that he's asking you when the ship is coming in. Wouldn't they have a schedule and have buses running accordingly ?