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Maleme

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Maleme is a town and airport to the west of Chania, in North Western Crete, Greece.

Maleme is best known as the place where German paratroopers attacked Crete in 1941, at the start of the Battle of Crete of World War II. Many young men lost their life in the attack and are laid to rest in the German war cemetery, a moving place located on the hills above Maleme.

The modern town has a few large hotels and several pleasant apartments close to the beach and some bars and a discotheque at the western end. The beach is made of fine pebbles and is less crowded than the beaches of Gerani, Agia Marina and Platanias.

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