Elounda Island Villas

Activities

Elounda Island Villas offers a vantage point from which to explore the sights below:

• Snorkeling in some ruins of the sunken city "Olous", still remaining in the sea, 200m away form the Villas!
• A peaceful walk to the Byzantine mosaic, the old windmills, the bridge and the protected lake with the migratory birds where the Salt mines used to be till the '60s.
• Swim in the crystal, clear waters of Kolokytha beach (1200m away from the Villas).
• A full of fun visit by boat to the Spinalonga Island with the Venetian Fortress and the old Leper Colony.
• A coffee or a drink by the sea-lake in the town of Aghios Nikolaos.
• A visit to the "real Crete": the traditional Cretan villages of the area (Kritsa, Limnes, Neapoli, Vryses, Vrouchas, Pines, Fourni etch.).
• A drive to Lassithi Plateau with Diktaion Cave (where Zeus was born).
• A visit to the monasteries of Areti and Toplou.
• A visit to the archaeological museum of Heraklion, Aghios Nikolaos and Neapoli.
• A drive to the archaeological sites of Knossos, Festos, Zaros, Zakros, Malia and Gournia.
• Also, one can have a day trip to Vai Palm Forest or have fun at the 18-hole Golf Course of Hersonisos and the water park "Aqua Spalsh".