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Eating
Hania has some of the finest restaurants in Crete, often housed in roofless Venetian ruins.
Skip the waterfront tavernas.
Portes
CRETAN $
( 28210 76261; Portou 48; mains €7-9.50; noon-late; )
Fine dining without the pre-
tence. Both tourists and neighbourhood old-timers give this place top marks for its creat-
ive Cretan fare that veers toward modernity without straying from simplicity. You can't
go wrong ordering from the specials board.
Kouzina E.P.E.
GREEK $
( 28210 42391; Daskalogianni 25; mains €6-9.50; noon-7.30pm; )
This cheery lunch
spot gets contemporary designer flair from the cement floor, country-white tables and
dangling silver origami boats. It's a local favourite away from the crowds, serving
blackboard-listed
mayirefta
(ready-cooked meals) that can be inspected in the open kit-
chen.
Well of the Turk
MIDDLE EASTERN $$$
( 28210 54547;
www.welloftheturk.com
;
Sarpaki 1-3; mains €8-15; dinner Wed-Mon)
In an
age-old stone building flanking a quiet square, this artsy taverna specialises in richly tex-
tured dishes inspired by North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, yet all prepared with
the finest Cretan ingredients. The cheesecake with rosewater and orange makes a great
culinary coda.
To Karnagio
GREEK $$$
( 28210 53366; Plateia Katehaki 8; mains €5-18; noon-midnight May-Oct; )
Tucked into
a quiet square behind the Grand Arsenal, this locally popular place delivers fresh fish
along with authentic Cretan comfort food, including perfectly flaky
boureki
(stuffed
pastry).
Akrogiali
SEAFOOD $$$
