Eleni's Highlights and tips
Restaurants
Thigaterra is the daughter of a great love for the goods that the Greek land produces from its bowels, for centuries now. Thigaterra is the daughter who was born in the deep love for eco-gastronomy, the good and fair food that respects nature & the Greek seas. Thigaterra is the daughter of the Earth and the Sun.
Here, you will gain an experiential knowledge of the global slow food movement through the path of taste and smell. Selected raw materials from organic farming, slow cooked where needed. You will discover special recipes, delicious combinations of different places in Greece, but also genuine creations of award-winning small producers that will be presented on your plate. Traditional cheeses & cured meats, wines & spirits that you had never imagined their delicious richness.
Thigaterra restaurant is a tasteful & creative meeting of different places in Greece.
Our Grocery & Cellar offer a variety of products in order to take with you a small souvenir to remind you this tasteful trip.
A journey worth living and narrating.
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thigaterra - The Art of Slow Food
109 Leof. Andrea PapandreouThigaterra is the daughter of a great love for the goods that the Greek land produces from its bowels, for centuries now. Thigaterra is the daughter who was born in the deep love for eco-gastronomy, the good and fair food that respects nature & the Greek seas. Thigaterra is the daughter of the Earth and the Sun.
Here, you will gain an experiential knowledge of the global slow food movement through the path of taste and smell. Selected raw materials from organic farming, slow cooked where needed. You will discover special recipes, delicious combinations of different places in Greece, but also genuine creations of award-winning small producers that will be presented on your plate. Traditional cheeses & cured meats, wines & spirits that you had never imagined their delicious richness.
Thigaterra restaurant is a tasteful & creative meeting of different places in Greece.
Our Grocery & Cellar offer a variety of products in order to take with you a small souvenir to remind you this tasteful trip.
A journey worth living and narrating.
Arismari & Varsamo
Traditional Cretan restaurant for meat and cheese lovers.
Potamos Beach
Seaside restaurant in front of a sandy beach.
Food scene
Cretans have been producing wine since the Minoan period, for more than 5.000 years. It's really worth visiting a winery once on Crete. Domaine Paterianakis is my favourite, because it's the unique winery which produces only organic, biological wines and natural wines.
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Domaine Paterianakis- Κτήμα Πατεριανάκη
Cretans have been producing wine since the Minoan period, for more than 5.000 years. It's really worth visiting a winery once on Crete. Domaine Paterianakis is my favourite, because it's the unique winery which produces only organic, biological wines and natural wines.
Sightseeing
The Koules (Greek: Κούλες) or Castello a Mare ("Fort on the Sea" in Italian) is a fortress located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The Republic of Venice built it in the early 16th century as a part of the fortification of the port. Today is an archaeological site, open to the public.
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Rocca a Mare Fortress
The Koules (Greek: Κούλες) or Castello a Mare ("Fort on the Sea" in Italian) is a fortress located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The Republic of Venice built it in the early 16th century as a part of the fortification of the port. Today is an archaeological site, open to the public.
Beaches
Ammoudara Beach
A long sandy beach close to Heraklion city.
City/town information
Traditional Cretan village near Hersonissos, Stalida and Malia.
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Koutouloufari
Traditional Cretan village near Hersonissos, Stalida and Malia.
Consejos para la ciudad
Cómo moverse
Bus No 2 connects Knossos Palace with Archaelogical Museum.
Every 20' minutes.
The ticket costs 1.2 €.
Cómo moverse
Taxi ride
Taxi from the city center (or Museum) to Knossos costs around 12 €.
Formas de ahorrar
"Treasures of Crete"--> discounts, tips, recommendations
Check "TREASURES OF CRETE" for discounts, tips and recommendations in specific places. (Restaurants, souvenir shops, rent a car offices)