Charakas (Greek: Χάρακας) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Asterousia on Crete, Greece with about 800 inhabitants.

Charakas has a great rock (charaki), 35m high, with a temple and a castle.

Also in the front of Haraki is the Heroon, a monument of warriors and a church of Saint Panteleimon with a great campanile.

The community of Charakas (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Χάρακος) consists of the village Charakas and the smaller villages Agia Fotia (Αγιά Φωτιά) (pop.

22, at elevation 275 m, 2 km to the West from Charakas) and Doraki (Δωράκι) (pop.