Hersonissos, otherwise known as Limenas Hersonissou, is found twenty four kilometers east of Heraklion and attracts thousands of tourists every year. Nowadays, Hersonissos is synonymous to the most popular Cretan resort with the reasons being more than its famous cosmopolitan life, the mass number of tourist establishments and the high levels of tourist services. The plain natural beauty, the traditional villages, the historical and archaeological sites, the monasteries, the churches in and all around it, and of course the crystal clear sea of Crete are some other representative pictures.One could say that Hersonissos is a mixture of tradition and modern living, an amalgam of today and yesterday and most of all a unique match that inspires and fascinates...
In the evening, after your have finished with swimming and sunbathing, you could visit the three neighbouring upland villages of Piskopiano, Koutouloufari and Ano Hersonissos. There, among the alley-ways and the stonebuilt houses with limy yards,in traditionally coffee and restaurants of old settlements, you will find a serene and romantic atmosphere that will carry away you.In the limits of Municipality, it deserves also you even visit with car or with bicycle for those who worship the movement in the nature, the hamlets that are found behind the mountain Charakas, Potamies, Abdoy, Gonies and Kera wait for!