Palaiochora is a small town in
Chania regional unit,
Greece. It is located 77 km south of
Chania, on the southwest coast of
Crete and occupies a small peninsula 400m wide and 700m long. The town is set along 11 km of coastline bordering the
Libyan Sea. It is the seat of the municipality of
Kantanos–Selino and its population was 2213 in the 2001 census.