Kid-friendly places in Heraklion

Heraklion park with a playground, public toilets, renovated gentle paths and a café in the grove, under shade trees.

Organized beach with sunbeds, coffee bars and tavernas, reached by car.

All day café in central Heraklion serving pancakes, burgers, pizza and desserts, opposite a public playground.

Traditional Cretan taverna on Georgiou Georgiadou in Heraklion.

Crete's main archaeological museum, known for Minoan finds, with ramps, lifts and accessible toilets.

Cretan restaurant in Archanes using produce from its own farm and herb garden, with homemade pastries and pasta.

Natural history museum on Dermatas Bay with elevator access to every hall, an Enceladus simulator and a Discovery Centre.

Restored sections of the Minoan palace among the ruins, at the center of the Minotaur and labyrinth legend.

Cretan taverna in Ammoudara with a street terrace.