Maleme TO Heraklion Town

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Maleme

TransferPlan will transfer you from and to Maleme as quickly, safely and comfortably as possible. Maleme is a small seaside village located 18km west of the town of Chania. It is part of the continuous beach, starting from Kolimbari and ending near Chania, one of the most beautiful parts of the island. Full of sandy and pebbly beaches with turquoise waters but open to the north winds. Maleme is highly developed and offers all necessary amenities to the tourists.

The beach in front of the seaside road is a mixture of coarse gravel and sand, with a few tamarisk trees offering you their shadow in the hot summer days. In Maleme, you will find small restaurants, taverns and coffee shops. If you want some hustle and bustle you can go to nearby seaside resort Platanias. In Maleme, you will find many hotels as it is well developed and the economy of the locals is based on tourism. Around the area there are a lot of points of interest, so you can easily use it as a base to explore west Crete.

To the west of the village you will see a small military airport, the famous Maleme airport, where during the Second World War, German paratroopers conquered the airport to use it as a base to invade Crete. The Germans achieved their goal but suffered heavy casualties. So devastating were the losses that the Third Reich didn’t use paratroopers again for the rest of the war. The soldiers are buried in the cemetery located on a hill above Maleme.

Maleme is ideal for those seeking relaxation, for families or for the most adventurous who can use it as a base to explore Crete.

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Heraklion Town

TransferPlan will transfer you from and to Heraklion town as quickly, safely and comfortably as possible. Heraklion boasts the title of the largest urban entity in Crete and is also the administrative capital of the island. Heraklion has an immense historical and cultural heritage, as in close proximity to the city visitors can find the Palace of Knossos, which has served as the centre of Minoan civilisation. Throughout the city, you can also find a number of constructions dating back to the Venetian occupation such as Koules Fortress in the old port.

Heraklion is home to some world class monuments and cultural landmarks. Among the most outstanding man-made structures is the Heraklion Fortress that contains the 'old town'. Originally built by Arab merchants and later on reinforced by Venetians, the Fortress included seven bastions, of which only the Martinego bastion survives the passing of time. Moreover, visitors will be delighted to find one of the gates to the city, named Chanioporta, which is ornate with the winged lion of Saint Marc. Visitors can also pay pilgrimage to the grave of one of Greece's most important writers and Nobel recipient, N. Kazantzakis. The sight that marks his resting place also offers some mesmerising views of the city.

Throughout the city, one can spot statues and monuments commemorating prolific figures that have been important for Greece's course through history and have contributed to Crete's immense cultural heritage. Some of the names include renaissance painter El Greco, Poet Vicenzo Kornaros and Politician Eleftherios Venizelos.

Moreover, the Archaeological museum should be on the top of every visitor's list; a splendid space that boasts a massive collection of ancient artefacts from all over the island and covers more than 5,500 years of history. Special emphasis is given to the spoils of Minoan civilisation, which has been one of the first to spring in the Southern European cost and was almost entirely wiped out by a volcanic eruption and a subsequent tsunami. The museum is home to the most important collection of surviving Minoan antiquities in the world and awaits its visitors to explore the mysteries of this extinguished civilisation.

Nowadays, Heraklion represents a beacon of Greek modernization and has been subjected to an extensive urban sprawl, that gives it a truly unique character. Despite the expansion of concrete residential blocs and the immense traffic, a short walk through the bustling streets and alleys will travel you through thousand years of history and will reveal to you the hip side of Greece with its rich coffee culture and culinary delights that can be found in every corner.

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