The Agora (Chania Market)

If you want to see a real Cretan Cornucopia then a visit to the indoor market - Agora - in the centre of Chania is a must.

Built  between 1909 and 1913 and modelled on the covered market of Marseilles it is packed with colorful and delicious things.

Image from Chania Market website

Olives, Olive products including soap and cosmetics and lots of Baklava and Loukoumi ( you probably know it as "Turkish Delight" but shhhhh - don't call it that here!

One wing of the cruciform market is mostly meat and cheese

These days the meat hangs behind glass in refrigerators

Not long ago much of the meat was hung in the open air.

A cheese lovers paradise. Graviera, Anthotiro, Mizithra and much more.

We sampled and bought some Graviera infused with red pepper. Tasty and spicy with a real kick!!

How about some Xinohonros? Made like porridge with sour milk and wheat ( you can eat it like that too) and then dried in the sun and used as a flavoring for soups and stews. A little goes a long way

Ready cooked meals to eat in or take away, using all the freshest ingredients of the market

Stuffed courgette flowers are very tasty

Greek sponges and loofahs

In the bakery - All types of bread and biscuits 

Although it was barely 10 am I bought the last multi seed wholemeal loaf in the shop!

Herbs and spices

And then the fish market

Mackerel, sardines, red mullet, smelts, and much more

What shall we buy?

Fabulous tuna

Cuttlefish

Prawns and shrimps

Octopus

I don't even know what these are - except big!

Not forgetting the fruit and veg stalls

Well worth a wander around, you can stop for a coffee in the centre of the market, or try some of the specialities in the little tavernas attached to the fish and meat stalls.