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Fruit served at the end of a taverna meal
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Planning a Village Taverna Lunch in Crete

How to plan a Cretan village taverna lunch: when locals eat, calling ahead, ordering dishes of the day and slow-cooked meat, paying and the drive back.

Chania
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Tamam Restaurant

Tamam at Zambeliou 49 in Chania old town: Greek cooking with Asia Minor and Middle Eastern touches, in a former Turkish bath, with a long wine list.

Chania
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To Maridaki

To Maridaki at Daskalogianni 33 in Chania old town: a small, busy seafood taverna with an open kitchen and a daily menu built on the fish catch.

Chania
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Semiramis Restaurant

Semiramis at Skoufon 8 in Chania old town: a lantern-lit courtyard with live Greek music, Cretan and international dishes, open in the warmer months.

Chania old town
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Ela Taverna

Ela taverna at Kondylaki 47, Chania old town: traditional Cretan food and live music in a roofless 17th-century Venetian building. Open in summer only.

Chania
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The Well of the Turk

The Well of the Turk, Kalinikou Sarpaki 1–3 in Chania's Splantzia quarter: Greek, Turkish and Middle Eastern small plates on a terrace in the old town.

Chania
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Kritamon Coffee Wine Food Chania

Kritamon wine restaurant at Kondylaki 38 in Chania old town: Cretan and Mediterranean dishes in a bougainvillea courtyard, steps from the harbour.

The village fountain in Drakona
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Dounias Taverna Drakona

Dounias taverna in Drakona, 18 km from Chania: Stelios Trilyrakis cooks everything over wood fire in clay pots, with his own vegetables and animals. Book ahead.

The Morosini Fountain, a short walk from Peskesi
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Peskesi Restaurant

Peskesi at Kapetan Charalampi 6–8 in Heraklion: traditional Cretan cooking with produce from its own farm at Haraso, in a restored mansion in the old town.

The Heraklion Archaeological Museum, a short walk away
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Ippokampos Ouzeri

Ippokampos at Sofokli Venizelou 3 on Heraklion's waterfront: a classic seafood ouzeri near the Venetian harbour for fish, mezedes and ouzo.

The Morosini Fountain in central Heraklion
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Erganos Restaurant

Erganos at Georgiadou 5, near Kazantzakis park in Heraklion: traditional Cretan dishes in a homely setting, with vegetarian options and outdoor tables.

The Morosini Fountain, a few steps from 1866 street
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Giakoumis Taverna

Giakoumis taverna in a passage off 1866 street in Heraklion: the oldest of a row of market tavernas, known for lamb chops and ready-cooked dishes.

A cobbled street in Epano Archanes
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Kritamon Restaurant Archanes

Kritamon in Archanes, 15 km south of Heraklion: Cretan dishes on a tree-shaded patio off a cobbled lane near the main square, with a homemade dessert to finish.

Avli's sign in Rethymno old town
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Avli Restaurant

Avli restaurant at Xanthoudidou 22 in Rethymno old town: modern Greek and Cretan cooking in a Venetian-era courtyard building. What to expect and how to plan.

Rethymno's old harbour
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Prima Plora

Prima Plora on Rethymno's western seafront: modern Cretan cooking with largely organic produce, on platforms over the rocks with a view of the Fortezza.

Rethymno's lighthouse and old harbour
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Kyria Maria Taverna

Kyria Maria in Rethymno old town: a small family taverna near the Rimondi Fountain, serving simple Cretan home cooking. Tips for an old-town meal.

Rethymno's old harbour, a short walk from the old-town cafés
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Cul De Sac Rethymno

Cul De Sac in Rethymno old town: a modern café-bar for breakfast, light meals and cocktails, good for people-watching between sightseeing.

Agios Nikolaos and Lake Voulismeni
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Zygos Urban Garden and Coffee

Zygos Urban Garden & Coffee, Agios Nikolaos: a garden café-restaurant over Lake Voulismeni for breakfast, brunch, bowls, souvlaki and homemade ice cream.

Voulisma beach at Istro
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Taverna Zygos Istron

Zygos taverna in Kalo Chorio (Istron), near Agios Nikolaos: spit-roasted suckling pig and lamb, Cretan stews, house wine and live Cretan music on Friday nights.