Heraklion Archaeological Museum Gallery Gallery Compare Minoan World Class Museum Heraklion Archaeological Museum City Centre $ The world's foremost collection of Minoan art Same category
Historical Museum of Crete Gallery Gallery Compare El greco Cultural anchor Seafront Historical Museum of Crete Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $$ Seafront museum on the Venetian walls, home to two El Greco paintings Same category
Basilica of San Marco Municipal Art Gallery Gallery Gallery Compare Venetian monument Art gallery Free entry Basilica of San Marco Municipal Art Gallery Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $ 13th-century Venetian basilica turned the city's municipal art gallery Same category
Kross Coffee Works Cafe Cafe Compare Specialty Coffee Roastery Third Wave Kross Coffee Works Splantzia $ Brothers who brought third-wave coffee to Chania, now roasting in-house Same price range
Kafeneio O Lakkos Cafe Cafe Compare Kafeneio Street art Raki Kafeneio O Lakkos Lakkos $ Mezze and raki on the painted-alley square of Lakkos Same price range
Mikro Caffenio Cafe Cafe Compare Local crowd All Day Seafront Mikro Caffenio Koum Kapi (Chania) $ The locals' all-day coffee house anchoring the Koum Kapi promenade Same price range
Elliniko Specialty Coffee Bar Cafe Cafe Compare Specialty coffee Local crowd Seafront Elliniko Specialty Coffee Bar Koum Kapi (Chania) $ Serious specialty coffee on the Koum Kapi waterfront since 2012 Same price range
Phyllosophies Cafe Cafe Compare 1922 Bougatsa Smyrna heritage Phyllosophies Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $ Century-old Smyrna-rooted bougatsa house on Lions Square Same price range
To Pigadi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Courtyard Historic Building Cretan To Pigadi Rethymno Old Town $$$ Cretan cooking around a 16th-century well Similar vibe
Bougatsa Iordanis Cafe Cafe Compare Institution Phyllo Fourth Generation Bougatsa Iordanis Koum Kapi edge $ Chania's oldest bougatsa shop, fourth-generation, since 1924 Same price range
Tamam Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic hammam Candlelit Vaulted stone Tamam Splantzia $$ Cretan-Ottoman cooking in a 600-year-old hammam off Splantzia Similar vibe
Kouzina E.P.E. Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Cretan Intimate Wine Led Kouzina E.P.E. Splantzia $$ Forgotten Cretan recipes reworked for the modern table Similar vibe
The Well of the Turk Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hidden alley Courtyard Spice Led The Well of the Turk Splantzia $$ Greek-Levantine cooking down a Splantzia alley with a steam-bath well Similar vibe
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Compare Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Similar vibe
Ginger Concept Cafe Cafe Compare All Day Wine bar Design Led Ginger Concept Splantzia $$ All-day cafe and wine bar on the edge of Splantzia square Similar vibe
Steria (Sterja) Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fire Cooking Zero Waste Small Plates Steria (Sterja) Splantzia $$$ Fire, Cretan produce and a zero-waste kitchen on Splantzia square Similar vibe
Red Jane Bakery Cafe Cafe Compare French Patisserie Viennoiserie Industrial Space Red Jane Bakery Old Town / Municipal Market $$ Parisian patisserie in a 1930s Chania foundry Similar vibe