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Plakias Youth Hostel
If you arrive at Iraklio (Heraklion) Airport you can take a taxi to the bus station for about €6.00 or take the old blue and white bus no. 1 just beyond the car park. Buy a ticket at the little wooden hut for €0.60. Get off just after the bus climbs steeply beside the old town walls, along with most of the other people. When you get off the bus turn right and pass the big museum on your left. Follow the old town wall down hill (not the road that the bus took!) and after about 10 minutes you will see the large Megaron Hotel building on your right and just beyond it a set of stone stairs leading down towards the sea. Follow the path at the bottom of the stairs and turn right at the main road. The bus station is straight in front of you.

If you arrive at Iraklio by ferry then leave the port by the main exit and the bus station is almost opposite you.

Go into the bus station office come cafe and buy a ticket to Rethymno for €5.90. Buses run hourly at half past the hour until at least 1830 hours, buses may be more frequent during the peak season. Luggage goes under the bus and it is best to sit on the opposite side from the driver to keep out of the sun and for sea views. Travel all the way though to Rethymno bus station, about 1½ hours.

If you arrive at Rethymno by ferry then leave the port by the main exit and turn right. Walk for about 25 minutes with the sea on your right and the Fortessa on your left for much of the way. You will see the bus station clearly on your left. Alternatively taxi to the bus station but do not let the driver talk you into taking you all the way to Plakias.

Go into the bus station office come cafe and buy a ticket to Plakias (pronounced Plakya) for €3.10. During the winter there are only two buses a day, 0615 and 1415 hours. In the summer there are about 7 buses a day, the last one may be at 1930 (it changes every year!). In the spring and autumn the timetable is somewhere between the winter and the summer timetable! Listen carefully for the bus to be called and note the number of the bus. Again luggage goes under the bus and it is best to sit on the same side as the driver for gorge and sea views.

The bus journey to Plakias takes about 50 minutes depending upon which route the bus takes. Get off at Plakias sea front and walk with the sea on your right for about 100m, turn left and go past the pharmacy. At the end of this road turn left and follow the yellow triangular signs, you will be home in less than 10 minutes.

Have a good journey.

Address: Plakias,
Crete,
Greece
74060