The Heraklion City Guides answer the questions every visitor to Crete’s capital has: which tavernas Cretans choose over the photo menus, how to see the Minoan treasures in the right order, where the evening goes after dinner and which bus takes you to Phaistos, Rethymno or a south-coast beach. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, the area and one practical tip for every place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Heraklion City Guides
- 137 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Heraklion guides
Food guide
25 places
Bougatsa and cheese pies for breakfast, family tavernas cooking Cretan lamb and wild greens, harbour fish, long meze lunches, the market and sweet stops.
Things to do guide
22 places
The Minoan collections and sites, Venetian fountains, churches and the harbour fortress, walks along the walls and breakwater, and three trips just outside town.
Family guide
21 places
Indoor play and museums for rainy days, an aquarium and a reptile rescue, Knossos with kids, parks, beaches and food children actually eat.
Nightlife guide
23 places
Small cocktail bars in the old town, Cretan wine and craft beer, rooftops for sunset, live rebetiko and something to eat after midnight.
Day trips guide
22 places
Beaches near the city, quiet Minoan palaces, the Venetian towns of Rethymno and Chania, mountain villages and monasteries, each with the right bus.
Budget guide
24 places
Free Venetian sights and walls, the best view that costs nothing, museum ticket tricks, filling plates under €10 and cheap ways to get around.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Peskesi
Kapetan Charalampi, old town
The Cretan restaurant everyone in town talks about, cooking with produce from the owners’ own farm. Order the barley rusk salad and the slow-cooked goat, and leave room for the halva that arrives free at the end. From the food guide.
Rempetiko Ntouzeni
Antistaseos 75, south of the centre
A tavern given over to rebetiko, the Greek blues, with a band playing live several nights a week and a crowd that sings every line. It sits outside the old town, so plan a taxi home. From the nightlife guide.
Minoan Palace of Phaistos
63 km south-west, bus from Station B
Crete’s second palace stands on a hill above the Messara plain with Mount Ida behind it, far quieter and less rebuilt than Knossos. The Phaistos Disc was found here; the original waits in the Heraklion museum. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Heraklion
Day one: start at the Archaeological Museum, then take the city bus to Knossos so the palace makes sense, have lunch in the lanes around Agios Titos and walk the breakwater to Koules for sunset before a drink on Korai. Day two: an early bus south to Phaistos and Gortyna, or west to Rethymno, then a meze dinner back in town. For a rainy or slow day, mix the Kotsanas technology museum, the icon collection beside Saint Minas cathedral and a long Cretan lunch.
Questions about the Heraklion guides
What do the Heraklion City Guides include?
Six guides with 137 places in total: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. For each place you get the reason to go, the area, notes on opening times and one practical tip.
How do I receive the guides after buying?
The links show up on your order page as soon as the payment goes through and arrive in your order email too. They open in any browser on phone or laptop, with no app and no account.
Can I use the guides offline in Heraklion and around Crete?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working without a connection, ticks and notes included. Map links need mobile data.
Which languages are the guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Heraklion guides cost?
One guide costs €4.99, two cost €8.99, four cost €15.99 and all six together cost €19.99.
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