Rethymnon

Getting Here and Around

Until recently ferries connected Rethymnon with Pireaus. Service has been canceled and is much lamented, and there is talk of restoring the run. In the meantime, the best option is to use the ferry terminal or airport at Hania, about 45 minutes and EUR 55 away by taxi. Rethymon is also served by hourly bus service from Hania and Heraklion, each about an hour away, and the fare to either is about EUR 8 each way. Rethymon's bus terminal is on the west side of town, on the sea near the Venetian fortress, at Atki Kefaloyianithon. Rethymon is on Crete's national highway, which runs along the north coast, and there is public parking on the seaside road around the Venetian fortress, next to the old harbor, and elsewhere around town.