Carmela Iatropoulou Shop Shop Compare Maker Owned Ceramics Jewellery Carmela Iatropoulou Topanas $$$ Owner-made jewellery and ceramics in a tiny Topanas atelier Same category
Lyrarakis Winery Shop Shop Compare Indigenous varieties Vine museum Guided tasting Lyrarakis Winery Alagni (Peza) $$ Estate that rescued Crete's near-extinct grapes, near Alagni Same category
Douloufakis Winery Shop Shop Compare Third generation Vidiano Liatiko Douloufakis Winery Dafnes $$ Century-old Dafnes family estate of Vidiano and Liatiko Same category
Silva Daskalaki Winery Shop Shop Compare Organic Family Run Indigenous reds Silva Daskalaki Winery Siva (Dafnes) $$ Organic family estate of indigenous reds at Siva Same category
Stilianou Winery Shop Shop Compare Organic Boutique Hilltop view Stilianou Winery Kounavoi (Peza) $$ Hilltop boutique organic cellar above Kounavoi Same category
Manousakis Winery (Nostos Wines) Shop Shop Compare Winery Organic Tasting Room Manousakis Winery (Nostos Wines) Vatolakkos (Chania hinterland) $$ Rhône varieties on Cretan soil, with a serious tasting room Same category
Athali Restaurant Restaurant Compare Family Run Open Flame Year Round Athali Old Town $$ Mansion-style Cretan cuisine a block from Peskesi Similar vibe
Erganos Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fireplace Locals' clientele Rustic Erganos Old Town $$ Fireplace-warm Cretan taverna for a local clientele Similar vibe
Boutari Scalarea Estate (Fantaxometocho) Shop Shop Compare Estate Vertical tasting Near Knossos Boutari Scalarea Estate (Fantaxometocho) Skalani (Archanes) $$$ Vineyard estate and tasting hall near Knossos at Skalani Same category
Mikro Caffenio Cafe Cafe Compare Local crowd All Day Seafront Mikro Caffenio Koum Kapi (Chania) $ The locals' all-day coffee house anchoring the Koum Kapi promenade Similar vibe
1600 Raki Ba Raki Restaurant Restaurant Compare Rakadiko Meze Locals 1600 Raki Ba Raki Rethymno Old Town $$ A modern rakadiko where locals actually eat Same price range
Thalassografia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Clifftop Sea View Sunset Thalassografia Rethymno Old Town $$ Cliffside Cretan plates beneath the Fortezza Same price range
Hunky Funky Bar Bar Compare Craft Cocktails Historic Building Intimate Hunky Funky Rethymno Old Town $$ Craft cocktails in a 16th-century stone building Same price range
Tamam Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic hammam Candlelit Vaulted stone Tamam Splantzia $$ Cretan-Ottoman cooking in a 600-year-old hammam off Splantzia Same price range
Kouzina E.P.E. Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Cretan Intimate Wine Led Kouzina E.P.E. Splantzia $$ Forgotten Cretan recipes reworked for the modern table Same price range
The Well of the Turk Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hidden alley Courtyard Spice Led The Well of the Turk Splantzia $$ Greek-Levantine cooking down a Splantzia alley with a steam-bath well Same price range
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Compare Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Same price range
Ginger Concept Cafe Cafe Compare All Day Wine bar Design Led Ginger Concept Splantzia $$ All-day cafe and wine bar on the edge of Splantzia square Same price range
Merastri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Locals' favourite Homely Award Winning Merastri Old Town $$ Gourmet-awarded Cretan home cooking in a century-old house Same price range
Parasties Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic building Hot Brick cooking Old School Parasties Old Town $$ Cretan cooking on hot bricks in a 1900 old-town house Same price range