DK Travel : Crete : Bars & Nightclubs

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La Jetee, Paleochora

Attracting more holidaymakers than locals, Jetee’s fancy drinks carry equally fancy prices. Overlooking the sandy beach on the west side of Paleochora, it is at its liveliest in the evening.
Malia

Malia rivals its neighbour Chersonisos as a nightlife hot spot. It has been a party town for some 30 years, and its main street is lined with cocktail bars, restaurants, video bars and dance clubs. Along this stretch, happy hour can last most of the evening (see Malia).
MoCafe, Irakleio

Handily located opposite the Irakleio Archeological Museum, MoCafe has a cool, arched interior with marble floor and an eclectic collection of modern art on the walls. It serves filled baguettes, juices, shakes, beers and coffee.
New York, Chersonisos

On the beach close to the entrance of the harbour, New York starts the day as a beach bar serving breakfasts, snacks and cold drinks, and after sunset metamorphoses into a noisy, lively music bar.
Nostos Disco Bar, Paleochora

Best of the music bars along Pebble Beach. Rock, pop and dance music is occasionally interspersed with Cretan dancing to traditional lyra rhythms.
Oblomov, Chania

Oblomov attracts a youthful, mixed crowd of locals and visitors, and is less frenzied than many of Chania’s harbourside café-bars.
Odeion, Ierapetra

On a summer evening, the garden of this graceful Neo-Classical building is an especially pleasant place to quaff a drink and absorb the last of the day’s sun.
Ouzeri Elisabeth, Malia

A quieter, more traditional island in Malia’s sea of neon-lit cocktail bars. Choose from ouzos and meze and Cretan wine from the barrel.
Ouzeri Manos, Ierapetra

A good spot for leisurely ouzo sipping and meze snacking, amid a string of tavernas, bars and cafés that stretch between the Venetian Fortress and the ferry pier.
Paleochora

A hippy hideout well into the 1980s (see Paleochora), Paleochora’s nightlife is still laid-back to a fault. A handful of relaxed – and none too noisy – music bars are scattered along the Pebble Beach waterfront, where, just out of town, there are a couple of open-air discos.