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MOTIV Festival 2026

Two days of yoga, calisthenics, cross training and a city run, 09:00 to 23:00 in Markopoulou Park.

A two day fitness and wellness festival taking over Markopoulou Park, running 09:00 to 23:00 on both days. The idea is to let you try things you would never book a course for: yoga, pilates, calisthenics, hyrox, mobility, stretching, cross training and meditation, run as trainer-led sessions across the park's zones, with healthy food, fitness assessments and recovery treatments alongside. There are activities for children and for dogs, and the second day opens with the Motiv Run, a route through the city that finishes back at the park. It is aimed at locals and visitors of any age and any level rather than at athletes, which is the point of it. Held in September, when Chania is still warm but the heavy heat has gone.