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2 hours
Cretan Wine Tasting onboard @ Heraklion Venetian Port
Uncork the secrets of Crete's most extraordinary wine heritage: A sensory voyage through generations of Mediterranean viticulture
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CuisineOuzeri
Price€€€€
NeighborhoodVenetian Harbour
HoursDaily 11:00-00:00
Phone+30 2810 221444
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Why locals love it: A 1978 ouzeri tucked into a port alley off Plateia Agiou Dimitriou, invisible from the seafront promenade.
Tip: Aim for the port end of Lochagou Marineli. The alley is narrow and the sign is easy to walk straight past.
Food experiences in Venetian Harbour
Day trip · 8 hours
The selective food tour “Feel like local” from Heraklion
Discover the traditions of Crete in the villages of Heraklion on a day tour. Visit a local olive mill, a bakery, and a creamery. Taste the Cretan bouquet of famous products.
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Day trip · 7h 30m
Private Jeep Tour, South Crete, Winery, Donkeys, Secret Beac
Explore the wild beauty of the secluded beaches of southern Crete with this tour starting from the North coast of Heraklion.
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Location
Address: Lochagou Marineli 17, Iraklio 712 02, Heraklion
More hidden gems in Heraklion
Erganos ★ 4.5
Erganos sits uphill from the Heraklion museums beside Kazantzakis park, a 1986 taverna that most visitors walk past on their way somewhere else.
Why locals goA 1986 taverna beside Kazantzakis park that trades almost entirely on locals and word of mouth rather than passing trade.
TipAsk what the kitchen cooked that morning rather than reading the whole menu top to bottom.
Alla ki Alla ★ 4.1
Alla ki Alla stands a minute from the busiest restaurant in Heraklion and stays half empty, which is the whole argument for eating there instead.
Why locals goA minute from Peskesi on Kagiampi, and consistently overlooked because of the queue outside its more famous neighbour.
TipGo here when Peskesi is fully booked. Order the stuffed mushrooms and the fried zucchini balls.
Crumb Healthy Living Lab ★ 4.1
Crumb Healthy Living Lab is the Heraklion bakery coeliacs and sugar-avoiders end up recommending to each other, well away from the tourist streets.
Why locals goA health-focused bakery on Papanastasiou that labels gluten-free and sugar-free clearly, which almost nothing else in the city does.
TipUseful if you avoid gluten. Check the cabinet labels rather than asking, because they mark every item.
Veganato ★ 4.3
Veganato is the fully plant-based kitchen on Vourvachon in Heraklion, cooked to order by the owners and missed by almost every visiting diner.
Why locals goA small fully vegan kitchen on Vourvachon run by an owner couple, easy to miss on a street of parked scooters.
TipEverything is cooked to order in front of you, so allow more time than a takeaway counter would need.
The Whistler Espresso Bar ★ 4.0
The Whistler Espresso Bar is the Agiou Titou room in Heraklion that does two jobs well, specialty coffee by day and cocktails with snacks by night.
Why locals goAn espresso bar on Agiou Titou that quietly turns into a cocktail room, with free nibbles sent out to every table.
TipCome in the hour before dinner, when the coffee shift ends and the bartenders start work on the drinks list.
Hovoli ★ 3.9
Hovoli works the charcoal on Daskalogianni square in Heraklion, Crete, a plain grill house the guidebooks skip and the neighbourhood keeps busy.
Why locals goA charcoal grill on Daskalogianni square that locals use as an overflow when Lions Square is packed with visitors.
TipWorth knowing in August, when the central squares are full and this one still has tables at nine in the evening.