Chersonissos or Hersonissos is a town and municipality in the north of Crete, bordering the Mediterranean and Aegean sea, it's located 26 kilometres appromatelly east of Heraklion, between Anissaras. Hersonissos is officially named Limenas Hersonissou (which means Port of Hersonissos) because it was once the harbour of the village of Αno Hersonissos (“Upper Hersonissos”), now known as Old Hersonissos.
Hersonissos means fun and mass tourism, lovely but busy beaches, a modern town with dozens of shops, restaurants offering all kinds of food, cafeterias, bars and nightclubs to suit every taste, but in the same time it also means conference tourism in the large luxury hotels, the only golf course in Crete, and all-inclusive holidays for tourists of all ages who are mostly entertained in their hotel and rarely leave it to get to know the beautiful sights of Crete. Hersonissos is an ideally placed for easy travel across the whole island, either by rented car or by bus.
