Just 25 km east of the Heraklion, Hersonissos is the most cosmopolitan place of Crete.

Hersonissos has developed due to tourism and, in just a few decades, has grown into the largest tourist resort
in Crete. Hersonissos has about 3,000 permanent inhabitants, but this number increases exponentially each
summer, with the thousands of seasonal workers in tourism, and of course the hundreds of thousands of tourists
who come to Hersonissos on holiday.

Hersonissos means fun and mass tourism, lovely beaches, a modern town with dozens of shops selling tourist goods,
clothes and jewelry, restaurants offering all kinds of food, cafeterias, bars and nightclubs to suit every taste.

Hersonissos is ideally placed for easy travel across the whole island, either by rented car or by bus.
Also, near by are the traditional villages of Koutouloufari, Piskopiano and Ano Hersonissos.