| featuring balconies with garden or mountain views, the unfussy rooms offer wi-fi access, flat-screen tvs and dvd players, as well as minifridges, and tea and coffeemakers. freebies include parking, and loaner bikes and tennis equipment. there's also a gym, and tennis and basketball courts. an airport shuttle is available. set on a rural hillside, this relaxed seasonal hotel is 11 km from the folk museum of spili, 25 km from mount kedros and 101 km from heraklion airport. amenities include a formal restaurant, a terrace and a garden, along with an outdoor pool that has a poolside bar.
Heraklion Airport N. Kazantzakis 1 hr 45
Mount Kedros (49 min)
Mountain and canyon Triopetra beach (45 min)
Large Mediterranean beach with clear waters & coarse sand, plus parasols, sun beds & tavernas. Mount Ida (1 hr 50)
Highest mountain on Crete at 8,058 feet, with a cave & rocky path to the summit for sea views. Gorge Patsos: Agios Antonios (28 min)
Trail through a narrow gorge with wooden bridges & ladders to a cave sanctuary, plus birding. Monastery of Arkadi (32 min)
Architecturally notable & historic Eastern Orthodox monastery & 16th-century church with services. Skinaria beach (45 min)
A fine-pebble beach meets a deep-blue bay at this laid-back hangout with sun beds & a taverna. Ligres beach (50 min) Damnoni beach (43 min)
Popular tourist destination with turquoise waters & white sand, serviced with bars, showers & more. Plakias beach (44 min)
Long, quiet beach bordered by a road for walking & biking, plus sand sports & nearby restaurants. Preveli beach (44 min)
Remote, well-known beach where the Kourtaliotis River meets the sea, with palm groves & stairs. Amari Valley (12 min) canyon Kotsifou (35 min)
Mountain gorge offering scenic drives & hiking, with native plants & a wintertime waterfall. Kourtaliotiko Gorge (29 min)
Imposing, windswept gorge with natural caves & springs, offering sweeping views. Agia Galini Beach (45 min) Mili Gorge (54 min)
Long canyon with a trail taking in old mills, rock pools, quaint chapels & a long-standing tavern. | 
