Why Is Better To Hire A Car From Heraklion Town

Posted by Cretarent on April 9th, 2013

The island of Crete draws a large number of tourists from around the world every year. Most of these tourists come to its shores to enjoy the sunny weather and sandy beaches during the summer. However, before coming to the island a large number of such tourists face the common dilemma about the spot they need to choose as the base and the rallying point during the stay. This is important because choosing the right spot as the base during the stay will have a large number of positive implications later on. A large number of tourists opt to hire a car in Heraklion and other towns for their conveyance during their stay on the island. Hiring a car is popular for tourists in Crete because of the numerous advantages, which they provide to the visitors in terms of convenience and affordability. As a result, a large number of car renting companies have spawned all over the island with a majority of them based in and around Heraklion, which happens to be the capital city of Crete. The greater concentration of car renting companies in and around the Heraklion town is no coincidence, since this town offers a number of unique advantages over the other ones to the tourists who are looking for a car renting companies. Thus, most tourists tend to rent cars in Heraklion town in order to take advantage of these unique advantages.

The capital Heraklion receives the highest proportion of visitors who throng to this beautiful island all around the year and especially in the summer months. The Heraklion airport enjoys air connectivity with most of the major cities in the Mediterranean region. A large number of major European cities also fly special flights during the summer months to take care of the huge rush of tourist traffic from these countries. The airport enjoys quality connectivity with the Greek mainland and provides the tourists the easy way of reaching Athens and a number of other islands such as Santorini, Paros and Mykanos. The port of Heraklion is also popular for those tourists who wish to reach this place by sea. The E75 motorway can take the tourists to the major towns and resorts around the island. The resorts of Malia and Aghios Nikolas in the east and major towns such as Chania and Retymno to the west are only short distance away from the town.

The town of Heraklion itself has a number of interesting sites and places for the tourists including the Archeological Museum and the Crete Historical Museum. The town also has a numb of budget apartments and luxury villas in addition to the hotels for the tourists providing a wide range of choices regarding accommodation. Thus, it has become popular among the tourists to hire a car in Heraklion.

About The Author:
Ioannis Kastrinakis is client representative at Cretarent