Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (HER)

Heraklion airport Crete. ***Introduction*** I have just come back from a holiday in Crete, it is the first time that I have visited this Greek Island and Heraklion airport was the nearest for my resort. I had read quite a few reviews mostly about the delays and dirty toilets etc. But I was pleasantly surprised at arrivals and departures; it was no where near as bad as I had been led to believe. Delays to aircraft can be for many reasons, late arriving from elsewhere seemed to be the main reason from what I saw so hardly the airport itself at fault for that. Dirty toilets? Not that I saw, in fact they were very clean ...  Read the complete review

Heraklion airport's fairly ghastly but not unusually so - it's pretty much standard for a place-in-the-sun destination catering largely for package holidaymakers - it's nothing to be frightened of as there are similar ones just like it all over the Med. Who, in all honesty, worries about the state of the airport they're flying to if they're travelling in Europe? The airport's location in relation to the nearest town or main city is of much more importance, and it's merely for passing through....although I admit, if one were to be stuck in Herakilon Airport for any length of time, one would certainly find oneself, in the common parlance of our time, royally ...  Read the complete review

Heraklion Airport is one of two aiports in Crete. It is about a 10 minute car / bus journey from Heraklion, which is the capital city of Crete. It is a small aiport which is mainly used for lots of charter flights full of tourists during the summer months. We went to Crete in early May, out of season, and we found the following: Arrival at Crete: We got through passport control very quickly and after some initial confusion about where to collect our baggage, we were able to exit the airport quickly. We didn't organise transfers to our hotel and were stumped about what to do next. the Tourist Information booth was ...  Read the complete review

By all accounts everyone seems to have a downer on Heraklion airport! I live in Crete and have used the airport many times with different airlines. When you arrive, this is the easy part! The tarmac is small and a bus will take you almost walking distance to the terminal where baggage collection is easy and you just walk through to the outside for onward transportation. If you are not with a tour operator there are many taxis awaiting outside and you can also get bus transport (90 cents) direct into Heraklion Centre, which is about 10 minutes ride (dependant on traffic). The departure can depend on what time you leave to be honest. In the winter months, when ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arrival ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After reading nothing but extremely negative reviews about Heraklion airport we were becoming increasingly anxious as our plane started to decend onto the Greek island of Crete! We had read about long delays, lack of or broken air-conditioning, cramped, dirty and overcrowded baggage claim areas and many other complaints. The airport is situated right by the sea and in the capital of Crete (Heraklion). As we landed I was surprised that the airport was actually of a reasonable size, there was nothing fancy about the outside of the building but at least it didn't look ...  Read the complete review