Carmela Iatropoulou Shop Shop Confronta Maker Owned Ceramics Jewellery Carmela Iatropoulou Topanas $$$ Owner-made jewellery and ceramics in a tiny Topanas atelier Stessa categoria
Lyrarakis Winery Shop Shop Confronta Indigenous varieties Vine museum Guided tasting Lyrarakis Winery Alagni (Peza) $$ Estate that rescued Crete's near-extinct grapes, near Alagni Stessa categoria
Douloufakis Winery Shop Shop Confronta Third generation Vidiano Liatiko Douloufakis Winery Dafnes $$ Century-old Dafnes family estate of Vidiano and Liatiko Stessa categoria
Silva Daskalaki Winery Shop Shop Confronta Organic Family Run Indigenous reds Silva Daskalaki Winery Siva (Dafnes) $$ Organic family estate of indigenous reds at Siva Stessa categoria
Stilianou Winery Shop Shop Confronta Organic Boutique Hilltop view Stilianou Winery Kounavoi (Peza) $$ Hilltop boutique organic cellar above Kounavoi Stessa categoria
Manousakis Winery (Nostos Wines) Shop Shop Confronta Winery Organic Tasting Room Manousakis Winery (Nostos Wines) Vatolakkos (Chania hinterland) $$ Rhône varieties on Cretan soil, with a serious tasting room Stessa categoria
Athali Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Open Flame Year Round Athali Old Town $$ Mansion-style Cretan cuisine a block from Peskesi Atmosfera affine
Erganos Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Fireplace Locals' clientele Rustic Erganos Old Town $$ Fireplace-warm Cretan taverna for a local clientele Atmosfera affine
Boutari Scalarea Estate (Fantaxometocho) Shop Shop Confronta Estate Vertical tasting Near Knossos Boutari Scalarea Estate (Fantaxometocho) Skalani (Archanes) $$$ Vineyard estate and tasting hall near Knossos at Skalani Stessa categoria
Mikro Caffenio Cafe Cafe Confronta Local crowd All Day Seafront Mikro Caffenio Koum Kapi (Chania) $ The locals' all-day coffee house anchoring the Koum Kapi promenade Atmosfera affine
1600 Raki Ba Raki Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Rakadiko Meze Locals 1600 Raki Ba Raki Rethymno Old Town $$ A modern rakadiko where locals actually eat Stessa fascia di prezzo
Thalassografia Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Clifftop Sea View Sunset Thalassografia Rethymno Old Town $$ Cliffside Cretan plates beneath the Fortezza Stessa fascia di prezzo
Hunky Funky Bar Bar Confronta Craft Cocktails Historic Building Intimate Hunky Funky Rethymno Old Town $$ Craft cocktails in a 16th-century stone building Stessa fascia di prezzo
Kouzina E.P.E. Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Modern Cretan Intimate Wine Led Kouzina E.P.E. Splantzia $$ Forgotten Cretan recipes reworked for the modern table Stessa fascia di prezzo
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Stessa fascia di prezzo
Ginger Concept Cafe Cafe Confronta All Day Wine bar Design Led Ginger Concept Splantzia $$ All-day cafe and wine bar on the edge of Splantzia square Stessa fascia di prezzo
Parasties Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic building Hot Brick cooking Old School Parasties Old Town $$ Cretan cooking on hot bricks in a 1900 old-town house Stessa fascia di prezzo