Rent a car in Heraklion and enjoy relaxing holidays! With your rental car you will have the opportunity to visit all the places of historical and archaeological interest, and you will love the countless beaches in the Heraklion!
Heraklion is the largest and most populous city of Crete, with the largest port and one of the largest airports in Greece. The city of Heraklion is highly developed in the tourism, agriculture and trade, and has an industrial area outside the city center.
You will meet all the downtown’s many attractions, pedestrian streets with many shops, nice bars and hidden taverns with traditional dishes!
And of course you will visit the beautiful beaches of Heraklion! With the famous beach of Matala, 70 km from the city center with a beautiful pedestrian street full of coffee bars and restaurants, and the little famous beach. Next to Matala, you will find the beautiful beach Kommo, which was once the Phaistos harbor in 2000 BC. A sandy beach, really huge with unique sunsets, and many nests of Caretta caretta turtles, which if you are lucky you will see the babies in the dawn descending to the sea during August. Tamarisk, dunes, and long walks through the beach!
Agia Pelagia near the center of Heraklion, only 24 km, is very popular as it is protected from winds all summer. Known and unique beaches, each for a different reason are, the traditional Fodele, birthplace of El Greco, Malia, popular for its wild parties, as well as Chersonisos, and of course … Agiofarago! A beach near Matala where to get to this heavenly beach, you have to walk through the Gorge!
With a car rental, you will find all the unique attractions of Crete and of course explore all the beautiful beaches!