8 days in Crete Itinerary

Visiting Reptisland and The Natural History Museum of Crete will get you outdoors. Your cultural itinerary includes sights like Church of Saint Titus and Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Get out of town with these interesting Heraklion side-trips: Melidoni Cave (in Melidoni), Sfentoni Cave (in Zoniana) and Red Sand Beach (Kokkini Ammos) (in Matala). Next up on the itinerary: step into the grandiose world of Castello del Molo (Koules), get engrossed in the history at Museum for the Battle of Crete and National Resistance, delve into the distant past at The Palace of Knossos, and contemplate the long history of Venetian Walls and Tomb of Nikos Kazantzakis.

To see photos, maps, traveler tips, and other tourist information, read Heraklion trip itinerary planner.

Stockholm, Sweden to Heraklion is an approximately 7-hour flight. You can also do a combination of car and ferry; or do a combination of train, bus, and ferry. The time zone difference when traveling from Stockholm to Heraklion is 1 hour. Prepare for much hotter weather when traveling from Stockholm in December: high temperatures in Heraklion hover around 19°C and lows are around 12°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 1st (Sat) early enough to take a shuttle to Chania Town.

Your cultural itinerary includes sights like Greek National Football Museum and MINOAN'S WORLD. Visiting Agii Apostoli Beach and Seitan Limania Beach will get you outdoors. Venture out of the city with trips to St. Nicholas Church (in Georgioupolis), German Military Cemetery (in Maleme) and Rethymnon (Rethymnon Old Town, Old Venetian Harbour of Rethymno, &more). There's still lots to do: take in the dramatic natural features at St. Anthony Gorge (Gorge of Patsos), brush up on your military savvy at Maritime Museum of Crete, stroll the grounds of Souda Bay War Cemetery, and take an in-depth tour of Archaeological Museum of Chania.

To find traveler tips, photos, more things to do, and other tourist information, read Chania Town trip planning tool.

Getting from Heraklion to Chania Town by shuttle takes about 2 hours. Other options: drive; or take a bus. In January, plan for daily highs up to 16°C, and evening lows to 8°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 5th (Wed) to allow time to fly back home.