Avdou & the Kera Valley: The Honest Guide to the Road Up to Lasithi
The valley villages on the plateau ascent — paragliders overhead, frescoed chapels, olive-press museums and taverna squares.
Checked July 2026 5 min
Hersonissos
5 guides to Hersonissos
Covering practical, villages, where to stay. Newest first, each one carrying the date of its last check.
Guides to Hersonissos
Hersonissos With Kids: The Honest Guide
The party-adjacent resort as a family base — which zones work, the beach and pool logic, water parks, rainy-wind days.
Checked July 2026 5 min
Anissaras: The Quiet Edge of Hersonissos, Honestly
The hotel-and-fields buffer between Hersonissos and the airport road — rocky-cove swimming, big-resort comfort, and silence the strip cannot sell.
Checked July 2026 4 min
Mochos & Krasi: The Villages Above the Strip, Honestly
Fifteen hairpinned minutes above Malia sit two villages doing what villages do — a plane-tree square, a giant ancient tree, grilled meat and evening air.
Checked July 2026 4 min
Koutouloufari, Piskopiano & Old Hersonissos: The Hill Village Option
Ten minutes above the Hersonissos strip are three old villages with stone lanes, terrace tavernas and small family-run places to stay.
Checked August 2026 7 min