Local Info

The Weather

• The weather in Heraklion and in Athens, from the CNN weather report.
• The weather in Athens from the Intellicast Weather Services.
• A detailed source of weather conditions over Greece from the Greek Poseidon site.

Useful Maps

• A general map of Crete which leads to detailed local maps to all Cretan regions.
• The area around Heraklion

Travel

• Olympic Airlines
• Aegean Airlines
• Crete is connected to the mainland by two shipping companies Minoan Lines and ANEK Lines
• Air France
• British Airways
• Lufthansa
• Scandinavian Airlines
• Swiss International Airlines
• Italian Trains

History and Museums

• The Archeological Museum of Heraklion
• The Historical Museum of Heraklion
• Other Historical and Museum Information.
• Archaeological and historical sites in the area from the Ministry of Culture. Here is the central ministry of culture page where information on archaeological and historical sites in all of Greece can be found.

Restaurants, Food and Wine

• Some explanatory remarks as well as a list of some local restaurants with some comments. Check it out.

Other information, Hotels, etc

• The Hellenic Resources Institute has a list of interesting sites with various kinds of tourist and local information.
• Information on Crete
• Another Variant and another one
• A list of Hotels in Crete
• Yes, there is also Tango Argentino in Heraklion.