AVDOU VILLAS ECOTOURISM FACILI in Crete, Greece

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AVDOU VILLAS ECOTOURISM FACILI

Advou Village, Crete, GR 70005

- HOTEL
YEAR BUILT - 2001
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION -
4 STAR HOTEL APARTMENTS SET IN AN ORGANIC FARM IN THE
EVER-GREEN VALLEY OF LAGADA, AVDOU VILLAS IS THE PLACE
TO REST, HEAL AND, MAYBE, CHANGE. THE HOTEL IS
SITUATED IN A 2.2-HECTARE ORGANIC FARMING ESTATE AT THE
SOUTH END OF AVDOU VILLAGE, RIGHT AT THE FOOT OF THE
LASSITHI PLATEAU MOUNTAIN RANGE AND 30 KM FROM
HERAKLION AIRPORT. OLIVE TREES, ORANGES, TANGERINES,
APRICOT TREES, KIWIS AND A VEGETABLE GARDEN GROW IN
ABUNDANCE ALL OVER THE ESTATE. AVDOU VILLAS IS ABUNDANT
WITH SERENE SPOTS FOR RESTING AND RELAXATION. THE MORE
ACTIVE GUESTS CAN ENJOY PARAGLIDING, HORSE RIDING,
TREKKING, CAVE EXPLORATION AND MUCH MUCH MORE IN THE
SURROUNDING AVDOU AREA. AN ECO-TOURISM FACILITY,
AVDOU VILLAS, OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF GETTING AWAY
FROM IT ALL. AVDOU VILLAGE LIES DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE LAGADA VALLEY, RIGHT AT THE FOOT OF THE LASSITHI
PLATEAU MOUNTAIN RANGE, 39 KM FROM THE CITY OF
HERAKLION, WITH ABOUT 600 INHABITANTS. THE EARLIEST
RECORDED REFERENCE TO AVDOU IS IN 1381, IN A VENETIAN
STATE DOCUMENT STATING THE AREA AS A BENEFICE BELONGING
TO MICHEL QUIRINO. EXCAVATIONS IN THE AREA UNEARTHED A
BUILDING WITH MOSAICS, PROBABLY PART OF AN EXTENSIVE
COMPLEX OF AN EARLY-CHRISTIAN BASILICA. THE VILLAGE IS
DOTTED WITH FRESCOED BYZANTINE CHURCHES. NEAR THE AVDOU
SETTLEMENT THERE ARE TWO CAVES, FANEROMENI AND HAGHIA
FOTINI, WHERE ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND ARTEFACTS DATING
BACK TO THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, IN MINOAN CRETE WHEN THEY
WERE PROBABLY USED AS WORSHIP GROUNDS.AVDOU PROBABLY
TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE PROPHET HAVDEU WHOSE CHURCH
EXISTED IN NEARBY KONTARIA.ACTIVITIES IN AVDOU AREA
GOLF, PARAGLIDING, HORSE RIDING, TREKKING, CAVE
EXPLORATION, MOUNTAIN BIKE.
AP1 -
MAX OCCUPANCY - 4
MAX NBR OF ROLLAWAYS - 0
ROOM DESCRIPTION -
ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH AIR CONDITION, BALCONY WITH
VIEW T GARDEN. SATELLITE TV , RADIO OR MUSIC TV CHANNEL
, MINI FRIDGE , OVEN AND GRILL AND HOTPLATES AND
FIREPLACE. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES , COOKER-HOOD, KETTLE,
PERCOLATOR AND IRON BOARD AND IRON
AS2 -
MAX OCCUPANCY - 4
MAX NBR OF ROLLAWAYS - 0
ROOM DESCRIPTION -
WITH TWO BEDROOMS AND AIR CONDITION, BALCONY WITH VIEW
T GARDEN. SATELLITE TV , RADIO OR MUSIC TV CHANNEL ,
MINI FRIDGE , OVEN AND GRILL AND HOTPLATES AND
FIREPLACE. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES , COOKER-HOOD, KETTLE,
PERCOLATOR AND IRON BOARD AND IRON.
STU -
MAX OCCUPANCY - 2
MAX NBR OF ROLLAWAYS - 0
ROOM DESCRIPTION -
STUDIO WITH AIR CONDITION, BALCONY WITH VIEW T GARDEN.
SATELLITE TV , RADIO OR MUSIC TV CHANNEL , MINI FRIDGE
, OVEN AND GRILL AND HOTPLATES AND FIREPLACE. SAFETY
DEPOSIT BOXES , COOKER-HOOD, KETTLE, PERCOLATOR AND
IRON BOARD AND IRON