Agora Cheese Counters is a food market in The Agora, Heraklion.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 7 hours
Visit Knossos Palace, Crete’s most famous archaeological site, and explore Heraklion city. Enjoy a guided tour, free time, and a walk through the Old Market.
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A visit to the capital of Crete, Heraklion. Walk around the city center and the beautiful port, explore the biggest open-air market of Crete and visit the famous CretAquarium.
Address: Odos 1866, Iraklio 712 01, Heraklion
The Agora on 1866 Street is the spine of food shopping in Heraklion, a narrow run of cheese, herb, rusk and butcher stalls between two squares.
OrderGraviera, barley rusk and a bag of mountain herbs
TipRun from the Meidani end towards Kornarou Square, and look for the Venetian archway hidden inside the Koudoumas coffee shop.
The fishmongers on Karterou at the top of the Heraklion market are the loudest corner of the Agora, and the place locals buy the day's catch.
OrderWhatever the fishmongers are shouting about that morning
TipCome before 11:00. The stalls sit near the top of the market, on the cross street that runs off 1866.
Kornarou Square closes the southern end of the Heraklion market, a fountain, a coffee house and the point where 1866 Street stops being a market.
OrderA Greek coffee at the fountain end of the market
TipThe Bembo fountain and its Turkish pump house sit here, and the square marks the southern end of the 1866 Street market.
The herb shops along the Heraklion Agora sell dittany, mountain tea and spices by weight, and they are the market's most useful souvenir stop.
OrderCretan dittany and a bag of mountain tea
TipAsk what is picked on Psiloritis rather than imported. The good shops will tell you which slope the tea came off.
The Agora on 1866 Street is the spine of food shopping in Heraklion, a narrow run of cheese, herb, rusk and butcher stalls between two squares.
OrderGraviera, barley rusk and a bag of mountain herbs
TipRun from the Meidani end towards Kornarou Square, and look for the Venetian archway hidden inside the Koudoumas coffee shop.
The fishmongers on Karterou at the top of the Heraklion market are the loudest corner of the Agora, and the place locals buy the day's catch.
OrderWhatever the fishmongers are shouting about that morning
TipCome before 11:00. The stalls sit near the top of the market, on the cross street that runs off 1866.
Kornarou Square closes the southern end of the Heraklion market, a fountain, a coffee house and the point where 1866 Street stops being a market.
OrderA Greek coffee at the fountain end of the market
TipThe Bembo fountain and its Turkish pump house sit here, and the square marks the southern end of the 1866 Street market.
The herb shops along the Heraklion Agora sell dittany, mountain tea and spices by weight, and they are the market's most useful souvenir stop.
OrderCretan dittany and a bag of mountain tea
TipAsk what is picked on Psiloritis rather than imported. The good shops will tell you which slope the tea came off.
