Take Five

Iraklio


One of the town’s oldest bar-cafes, this long-time favourite formerly on El Greco Park has relocated to smaller, more modernised digs on trendy Korai, where it draws a healthy old-timer crowd from its previous location as well as the young and curious who stumble upon it here.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Iraklio attractions

1. Heraklion Archaeological Museum

0.09 MILES

This state-of-the-art museum is one of the largest and most important in Greece. The two-storey revamped 1930s Bauhaus building makes a gleaming showcase…

2. Church of Agios Titos

0.12 MILES

This majestic church dominates the eponymous, palm-studded square. It had Byzantine origins in AD 961, was converted to a Catholic church by the Venetians…

3. Municipal Art Gallery

0.13 MILES

The three-aisled 13th-century Agios Markos Basilica was reconstructed many times and turned into a mosque by the Turks. Today it's an exhibit space…

4. Agios Markos Basilica

0.14 MILES

Located opposite Morosini Fountain and dedicated to St Mark, the patron saint of Venice, Agios Markos Basilica was built at the beginning of Venetian rule…

5. Venetian Loggia

0.14 MILES

The attractively reconstructed 17th-century loggia by Francesco Morosini was the Venetian version of a gentlemen’s club, where the male aristocracy…

6. Morosini Fountain

0.16 MILES

Four water-spouting lions make up this charming fountain, the town's most beloved Venetian vestige. Built in 1628 by Francesco Morosini, it once supplied…

7. Bembo Fountain

0.19 MILES

Iraklio's first fountain was cobbled together in the 1550s from antique materials, including Venetian coats of arms and a statue of a Roman official found…

8. Turkish Sebil

0.2 MILES

Iraklio's only remaining Turkish-era pump house once supplied drinking water to the local population.