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Best Things to Do in Heraklion, with kids
Farmers Market Pateles is 62% Kids-Friendly
Children enjoy seeing colorful produce and tasting sweets, offering a fun low-cost learning outing. Constant hand-holding is needed because aisles are narrow, busy and have no play spaces.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Venetian Loggia is 62% Kids-Friendly
Children can count arches and follow a short audio story in a safe car-free zone, yet there is no play area, interactive display, or staff program to hold their attention for long.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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Heraklion Lighthouse is 62% Kids-Friendly
Kids 6-12 can treat the walk as a scavenger hunt and spot murals and crabs, yet 5 – 6 km distance, no shade, wave splash and low barriers demand close supervision, breaks and water.
Recommended visit duration: 2–3 hours
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Fountain Karavola is 62% Kids-Friendly
Children can watch the dancing water, run on wide paving, and get ice cream nearby, yet there are no toilets, play gear, or shade, and wet edges may be slippery for active kids.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Pantokrator Venetian Portal is 62% Kids-Friendly
School-age children enjoy treasure-hunt sheets and cannons, but parents must watch them on uneven stones and low parapets; no interactive exhibits or snack kiosks on site.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Escape House is 62% Kids-Friendly
Children 8–12 can join if an adult plays, but horror themes may frighten them, there is no discounted child ticket, and no play area exists outside the rooms, yet puzzles still foster teamwork.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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EscapeRooms.Gr is 62% Kids-Friendly
Rooms like Hagatha offer a non-scary family mode and staff guide children 8-12, but stairs, dim lighting, and the rule that an adult must stay lower convenience.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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Herakleion Central Market is 61% Kids-Friendly
Kids love the bright fruit piles and fishmongers shouting prices, but slippery floors, motor scooters, and zero child-friendly toilets mean close supervision and short visits are essential.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Psaromoura Beach is 61% Kids-Friendly
Kids can paddle in gentle shallows, hunt for fish with rented masks or ride a pedalo, however there is no lifeguard, the shore is pebbly, shade costs extra and no play zone exists.
Recommended visit duration: 3–4 hours
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Mades beach is 61% Kids-Friendly
Children up to 12 can swim or snorkel in fairly calm water and ride pillion on quad tours, but sharp pebbles, quick depth drop, no listed lifeguard and no play area lower comfort and safety.
Recommended visit duration: 3-4 hours
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