Olive Green Hotel

Top choice in Iraklio


This chic, contemporary hotel is probably Iraklio's hippest digs. Clean rooms feature minimalistic white and olive-green decor, with separate shower and toilet (as opposed to the usual Greek-style all-in-one bathroom), and feature large, impressive photographs of tempting travel destinations within an hour of the city.

Guests are given a tablet to control electronic room features, and the bread, olive-oil and raki treatment from check-in. Club rooms are especially spacious, with espresso machines and larger terraces. Solar panels and low-impact building materials give the place an eco edge, and there's a cool cafe that spills out into the plaza.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Iraklio attractions

1. Church of Agios Titos

0.09 MILES

This majestic church dominates the eponymous, palm-studded square. It had Byzantine origins in AD 961, was converted to a Catholic church by the Venetians…

2. Heraklion Archaeological Museum

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This state-of-the-art museum is one of the largest and most important in Greece. The two-storey revamped 1930s Bauhaus building makes a gleaming showcase…

3. Venetian Loggia

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The attractively reconstructed 17th-century loggia by Francesco Morosini was the Venetian version of a gentlemen’s club, where the male aristocracy…

4. Municipal Art Gallery

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The three-aisled 13th-century Agios Markos Basilica was reconstructed many times and turned into a mosque by the Turks. Today it's an exhibit space…

5. Agios Markos Basilica

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Located opposite Morosini Fountain and dedicated to St Mark, the patron saint of Venice, Agios Markos Basilica was built at the beginning of Venetian rule…

6. Morosini Fountain

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Four water-spouting lions make up this charming fountain, the town's most beloved Venetian vestige. Built in 1628 by Francesco Morosini, it once supplied…

7. Bembo Fountain

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Iraklio's first fountain was cobbled together in the 1550s from antique materials, including Venetian coats of arms and a statue of a Roman official found…

8. Turkish Sebil

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Iraklio's only remaining Turkish-era pump house once supplied drinking water to the local population.