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Heraklion

Travel Guide Europe Greece Crete Heraklion

Introduction

Iraklion

Heraklion is the capital of the Greek island of Crete. It is the largest city on the island and the 4th biggest in Greece with around 150,000 inhabitants in the city proper. The city is located in the central north of Crete.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Heraklion has a Mediterranean cliamte with mild wet winters and hot dry summers. In summer, daily highs are mostly around the 30 °C to 35 °C mark with warm nights of around 20 °C. Winters are mostly around 15 °C during the day though sometimes hit well over 20 °C as well. Nights are above zero and rain is common during the months of December to February.

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Getting There

By Plane

Heraklion International Airport (HER) has many flights. Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways mainly serve the British market, while Hamburg International Airlines, TuiFly, Air Berlin and Condor serve the German market. Easyjet has flights to/from Berlin, London and Manchester. Eurocypria has many flights as well including to Polish cities like Poznan, Krakow and Warsaw.
Other destinations include Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv, Malta, Paris, Prague, Brussels, Tallinn, Geneva, Amsterdam, Belgrade, Budapest, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinenburg and many Greek Islands and of course Athens and Thessaloniki.

By Train

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Anek Lines has daily services from Piraeus to Heraklion v.v.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Athinaikon Hotel - Crete	89, Ethnikis Antistassis Str., Heraklio Town, Cret	Hotel	69
Kamari Hotel	Kokkini Hani, Heraklion, Crete	Hotel	-
Korifi Suites & Apts	Traditional Piskopiano village	Hotel	73
Prince of Lillies	Heraklion Crete	Hotel	84
Sun Hotel	Andrea Papandreou 123 Amoudara	Hotel	81
Castro Hotel	A.Papandreou str.301 Gazi Ammoudara Heraklion Crete	Hotel	63
Melpo Hotel	152 Eleftherios Venizelos Hersonissos	Hotel	58
ATRION HOTEL	Chronaki Street 9	Hotel	-
CASTELLO HOTEL	62 Martyron Avenue 1	Hotel	-
Lato Boutique Hotel	Epimenidou street 15	Hotel	-
Park Hotel	19 Evrou Street	Hotel	68
Spiros Soula Apts	Lygaria, Heracklion, Creta	Hotel	73
Manos Studios Hotel	Nimfon 14, Amoudara	Hotel	82
Hotel Roxani-Heraklion	A.Papandreou, str. 267, Gazi Amoudara, Heraklion A.Papandreou	Hotel	58
Pasiphae Hotel	Naxou Str. 1 Poros	Hotel	62
Creta Beach Hotel & Bungalows	74, Andrea Papandreou str., Ammoudara, Gazi Heraklion, Crete â€“ Greece	Hotel	-
Hotel Georgia	10 Vagias Street	Hotel	-
Bella Vista	Ano Hersonisos	Apartment	68

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Hellenic Post is the Greek postal service. On their website you find more information about options to send letters, postcards and parcels and there is a search function regarding post offices and post boxes. It also has information on services like paying bills, transferring money, financial products etc. Greek post codes are five digits long and are usually written as follows; 123 45.
The first three digits are used to identify the city, municipality or prefecture, for example the digits between 100 and 180 relate to the city of Athens. The last two digits identify a street or part of a street. Most post offices are open Monday to Friday from 07:30-14:00, although the largers ones usually have longer opening hours.

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