Agora Herb Shops is a food market in The Agora, Heraklion.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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The cheese counters of the Heraklion Agora sell graviera, myzithra and staka by the kilo, and will tell you which mountain village made each one.
OrderGraviera Kritis, plus a tub of staka if they have it
TipAsk for a taste before buying. Most counters will cut a sliver of graviera and tell you which mountain village made the wheel.
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 cheese counters of the Heraklion Agora sell graviera, myzithra and staka by the kilo, and will tell you which mountain village made each one.
OrderGraviera Kritis, plus a tub of staka if they have it
TipAsk for a taste before buying. Most counters will cut a sliver of graviera and tell you which mountain village made the wheel.
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.
