Renting a car is the single best way to experience Crete’s hidden coves, mountain hamlets, and myth-soaked landscapes. Go small-but-mighty: a Fiat Panda 4x4 from Eye Drive lets you slip through medieval lanes, climb tracks, and park where bigger cars can’t. Plan flexible routes, respect local roads, and you’ll unlock the island most visitors never see.
Why Drive in Crete at All?
Crete is big—Greece’s largest island—and wonderfully unruly. Public buses connect major towns, but the magic lives between the stops: a taverna in a chestnut forest, a turquoise cove, a shepherd waving you past his goats on a single-track lane. With your own wheels you control sunrise swims, sunset switchbacks, and everything feta-fried in between.

