The best bars and cafés Paleochora - Palaiochora

Tables and chairs set up on the beach in the shade of the tamarind trees, a little set back from the sea. A very pleasant and quiet place to take refuge to let the hot afternoon hours go by. Salads, snacks, some light meals are also served here... The list of cocktails is rich: if you don't find what you are looking for, ask the waiters if you want a tailor-made cocktail with the ingredients of your choice. Ideal to refresh yourself between two swims. Relaxed atmosphere. A good choice!

This blue bar, located in the centre of Paleohora, in one of the busiest and most lively streets of the city, is open all year round with the Nikos twirl. To take away or to consume on the spot, installed around the tables in front of the establishment, you can enjoy your coffee, a fresh fruit juice, a beer, a cocktail, some snacks or salads. This is the place to come if you want to mix with the locals and watch the Formula 1 races or the football matches of your favourite clubs. Always friendly.

One of the bars in the center where you can have your breakfast in the morning, your coffee in the afternoon and your cocktail in the evening. It is one of the nicest and most exclusive bars in the city, with its wooded decor, lounge music and mixed clientele of Greeks and tourists. It also serves snacks and nibbles. Agios Bar won the prize for the best cocktail in Crete in 2020! It is a meeting place, a social and cheerful place in the center of the village, with a very good quality of service and well-made liquors.

On the first floor of the Polydoros Hotel, a tastefully appointed family-run establishment in the center of Paleochora, between the Pachia Ammos and Chalikia beaches. Set in a beautiful open-air garden, the hotel's wine bar offers over 40 different Cretan wines by the glass. A place to enjoy some of Crete's finest wines, before dinner or later in the evening, away from the busy tourist life of Paleochora, in a very pleasant and relaxing atmosphere.