Hidden Gem Cafes

All-day cafe and wine bar on the edge of Splantzia square

Mezze and raki on the painted-alley square of Lakkos

Crete's pioneering third-wave espresso and wine bar with a roof terrace

In-house coffee roaster and microbrewery in the Korai grid

All-day room for specialty coffee, light Mediterranean plates and wine

The locals' all-day coffee house anchoring the Koum Kapi promenade

Serious specialty coffee on the Koum Kapi waterfront since 2012

All-day bagel and coffee counter from the team behind Five

Century-old Smyrna-rooted bougatsa house on Lions Square

Coffee cut into the cliffs of the tanneries

Waterfront coffee-to-cocktails in bohemian Tabakaria

Brothers who brought third-wave coffee to Chania, now roasting in-house

Parisian patisserie in a 1930s Chania foundry

Chania's oldest bougatsa shop, fourth-generation, since 1924