Krousonas ★ 4.1
Krousonas sits in the Malevizi foothills half an hour west of Heraklion, where the Baxes taverna runs cooking lessons under its own grapevine.
Peza and Melesses is a food day trips in Heraklion.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Krousonas sits in the Malevizi foothills half an hour west of Heraklion, where the Baxes taverna runs cooking lessons under its own grapevine.
Archanes is the easiest food escape from Heraklion, a restored village fifteen kilometres south where Kritamon cooks on the main village square.
Dafnes is where the Heraklion wine region announces itself, with the Douloufakis winery in the village and a free wine festival on the square each July.
Skalani sits a fifteen-minute drive past Knossos from Heraklion, where Olive and Mint cooks new Cretan food on Ifigenias among the vineyards.