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Creta Maris Resort
Hersonissos, Greece
The operator is advertising Pesach 2027 on its own website.
An Israeli operator's 'American Program' at the very large Creta Maris resort in Crete, which has a water park and 17 pools. The site states glatt mehadrin food with no kitniyot and no gebrokts under Rabbi Yaakov Gluskin. A kids day camp by age, shows and optional island tours are part of the package.
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Full board with three meals a day plus concept evenings and barbecue, free bars with drinks, fruit and cakes; Ashkenazi and Sephardi style dishes; seder read together with live music.
In the operator’s words: Full board plus themed nights and BBQs, Large water park and 17 pools, Kids day camp by age group, Israeli artists and entertainers, American program at no extra charge (limited).
Speakers and scholars announced: Amit Segal, Israel Gottesdiner (chazan), Chaim Israel
Day camp by age group; mini club with babysitter.
Rates on request (quoted in NIS)
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We found no nonstop flight from New York (JFK) in late April, so plan on one connection. A nonstop would take about 10.5 hours; with a connection allow several hours more.
Heraklion has year-round flights from Paris Orly. Flights from London (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton) and Tel Aviv are listed as seasonal; they normally run by late April, but confirm for your dates.
Most North American travelers fly to Athens and take a short connecting flight to Crete, or connect through a European hub such as Frankfurt, Munich or Zurich.
Routes come from each airport’s published route list, checked October 2026. Flight times are estimates from the distance. Airlines change schedules, so confirm before you book (route list we used).
Daytime highs are around 70°F (21°C) and nights around 55°F (13°C); the sea is cool at about 64°F (18°C), so swimming is brisk.
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US State Department travel advisory for Greece
Level 1 of 4: Exercise normal precautions
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Ideas for chol hamoed. Check opening times before you go; some places close or get very busy during the holiday.
The partly rebuilt palace of the Minoans, Europe's oldest city and the setting of the Minotaur legend.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
The world's best collection of Minoan art, in an easy-to-walk modern museum.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
A large modern aquarium showing Mediterranean sea life.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
A small folk museum of traditional Cretan village life, right in Hersonissos.
Good for kids, grandparents
A dinosaur park with life-size moving models, aimed at younger children.
Good for kids
A mountain plateau of farms and old windmills, with a cave full of stalactites where legend says Zeus was born.
Good for kids, teens, couples
A fortified island and former leper colony reached by a short boat ride from Plaka or Elounda.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
The only surviving synagogue on Crete, a restored 15th-century building in Chania's old Jewish quarter.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
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