Venues similar to Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Crete's seafaring history inside the Venetian Firkas Fortress

13th-century Venetian basilica turned the city's municipal art gallery

Seafront museum on the Venetian walls, home to two El Greco paintings

Mezze and raki on the painted-alley square of Lakkos

The locals' all-day coffee house anchoring the Koum Kapi promenade

Serious specialty coffee on the Koum Kapi waterfront since 2012

Century-old Smyrna-rooted bougatsa house on Lions Square

Brothers who brought third-wave coffee to Chania, now roasting in-house

Chania's oldest bougatsa shop, fourth-generation, since 1924

Crete's pioneering third-wave espresso and wine bar with a roof terrace

In-house coffee roaster and microbrewery in the Korai grid

Greek-wine bar with a romantic terrace near Eleftherias Square

Inventive cocktails in the courtyard of a restored 1900s house on Korai

Prohibition-style speakeasy in the gallery behind Lions Square

All-day room for specialty coffee, light Mediterranean plates and wine

Industrial-chic cocktail bar anchoring Korai Square

Chef Maniadakis's gastrobistro by the Venetian fortifications

All-day Greek bistro blending Hellenic and Levantine flavours