Xalavro
- Craft cocktails
- Open-air ruins
- All-day
One of Heraklion's best bars — a sprawling all-day open-air venue built from the ruins of a 1900s house, with award-winning cocktails and a laneway location next to La Brasserie.
- Craft cocktails
- Open-air ruins
- All-day
Xalavro emerged from the ruins of an old house in the heart of Heraklion's old town, and the bones of that building are a big part of its appeal. Old stone walls, exposed roof beams strung with flower pots, a wooden bar, and window sills turned into tables — the space sprawls across multiple seating areas, inside and out, which makes it as comfortable for a slow morning coffee as it is for late-night cocktails. This is an all-day venue in the truest sense.
The cocktails are the main event. Head bartender Giannis has been a finalist in the World Class Competition three years running, and the drinks list reflects it — built on local and seasonal ingredients with a zero-waste philosophy, and genuinely worth your attention. Xalavro sits on Milatou Street, a laneway that punches well above its size for good bars, and sits right next door to Heraklion's defacto gay bar La Brasserie — making it a natural pairing for an evening that starts with cocktails and ends somewhere queerer.
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Location
10 Milatou str, Heraklion, Crete, 71202
Contact
+306945699292
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Hours
Monday
10:00am - 3:30am
Tuesday
10:00am - 3:30am
Wednesday
10:00am - 3:30am
Thursday
10:00am - 3:30am
Friday
10:00am - 3:30am
Saturday
10:00am - 3:30am
Sunday
10:00am - 3:30am
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