Car Hire Crete Airport Heraklion

Crete is one of the Greeks Islands is it is the largest. It maintains the cultural heritage of Greece and also the foundation of its economy. It is situated in the south of Aegean Sea. It has three distinct airports that are Sitia, Daskalogiannis and Heraklion. Crete Heraklion Airport is the main airport on the island and it is the second busiest in the whole country after Athens International Airport. It is at a distance of five kilometers from the city center of Heraklion. It is usually very busy during the months of summer and can be very congested. This results to long check-in queues that sometimes extend to the outside of the terminal. When you are at the airport you are not supposed to take any photographs or videos. The main reason for these restrictions is the Hellenic Air Force base which also uses the facilities of the airport.

The luggage check at the airport is located in the parking lot and they can be kept secure for you for a few hour at a cost of a few Euro. The service is provided on a 24hour basis but if midnight strikes before you collect your luggage, it will be charged for another day. The city being twenty minutes away, you can opt to go and shop around as you wait for your scheduled flight.

If the schedule of your flight forces you to spend a night in Crete, you can always find a good hotel by comparing the rates offered by the various hotels around. Crete is a a holiday destination that is popular in Greece. A number of arrivals in Greece use this airport and also the port of Heraklion. The well known tourist attractions are archaeological sites of the Minoan civilisation, the Venetian old city and port of Chania.