Description:

Hersonissos is a town and a municipality in the north of Crete, bordering the Mediterranean / Aegean Sea. Hersonissos is oriented towards tourism industry. The strip near the harbour is heavily themed with Irish and Dutch pubs. On the eastern side are large hotels and the Star Beach with slides, bars, pools, games, bungie jump, go-karts, like a day time club. There is also a lot to do for children. In the main street there are many souvenir shops, as well as other shops and restaurants, some of which are near the sea. There is also a small aquarium called Aquaworld Aquarium featuring local sea life and reptiles, which the children can hold. The Lychnostatis Open Air Museum, with its recreation of a traditional Cretan village, is another interesting place not only for those with children. Nightlife is also important, and feature discos, clubs, bars and pubs. One can take a sight-seeing train that runs down the main street along the sea, and provides access to the surroundings of Chersonissos.

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Transport

You can get to Crete by air or by sea. Heraklion international airport N. Kazantzakis is served daily by Olympic Airlines and Aegean Airlines which operate the routes Athens -Heraklion (50 min) and Thessaloniki-Heraklion (75 min). During high season there are charter flights from across, Europe(the UK, Germany, Italy and Russia to Heraklion).