-(S)-STANDARD CLASS HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - ALL SUITES, HOTEL
RATINGS - 4 STARS
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.
