Car Hire in Heraklion Prefecture

Car Hire in Heraklion

Heraklion Port by night

Car Hire in Heraklion to see the capital and the largest city of Crete. The port of Heraklion is the largest of the Cretan island. Heraklion is the base of Decentralized Administration of Crete and the base of Region of Crete. In addition Heraklion is the base of Cretan Church and the Archbishop of the city is the Archbishop of the island of Crete. The city of Heraklion is famous for the resistance and the heroism its people showed during the German invasion and “The Battle of Crete” (as it has been mentioned in global history) in 1941 and was honored with the War Cross A’ Class. According to the census population of 2011, Municipality of Heraklion has 173,993 citizens. The main economic sectors of the city are tourism, agriculture and trade (of Mediterranean). Heraklion has industrial area 4km. southeast from the center of the city. Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”, is one the busiest airports of Greece. It is estimated that during the summer of 2014, there were about 10 million tourist arrivals from all over the world in the island of Crete and most of them arrived via Heraklion Airport, to begin exploring the mysteries and the beauties of this extraordinary and magical place. Car hire in Heraklion from Mythos Car Rentals|Crete Rent Car.com  and we guarantee you do the same.

Koules Fortress

Car hire in Heraklion to visit sightseeings inside the City

Knossos Palace

• Museums
• Archeological Museum of Heraklion
• Historical Museum of Heraklion
• Museum of Natural History
• Museum of The Battle of Crete and National Resistance
• Archeological site of Knossos
• Museum of Visual Art of Heraklion
• Museum of St. Catherine

Car hire in Heraklion to visit Historical Buildings

Lion’s Square

• Venetian fortress “Koules” in the port of Heraklion
• Church of Saint Titus on “25^th of August” street
• Venetian Logia , todays Town Hall
• Basilica of St. Mark
• St. Minas cathedral

Car hire in Heraklion to visit Other Sightseeing

Market Place

• The market on 1866 str.
• The pedestrian street of 25^th of August with many neoclassical buildings
• The Lion’s Square with the Morozini fountain
• The Venetian walls of Heraklion
• The Square of Kornaros
• The tube of Nikos Kazantzakis in Martinengo bastion
• The Freedom Square
• The pedestrian street of Korai with many cafeterias and bars.

Car hire in Heraklion to visit Destinations outside the city of Heraklion