Located 200 metres from Ammoudara Beach, Volanakis provides self-catering apartments with a large balcony. It offers free Wi-Fi and a garden with a terrace. A satellite TV is in Volnakis’s spacious apartments. Each has a kitchenette with a stove and a separate dining area. Toiletries and a hairdryer are in the bathroom. A 24-hour room service is also available. A buffet-style breakfast is served daily in Volanakis’s breakfast room. Guests can relax with a drink from the bar or play a game of table tennis. Amoudara’s local market is just 300 metres from Volanakis Apartments. The Old Port of Heraklion is 6 km away and Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport is just a 20 minutes’ drive. Free public parking is available at Volanakis Apartments.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Volanakis, located at Karpathou 15, Amoudara Heraklion, 71414, Greece, is the ideal staring point. Uniquely among Greek islands, Crete’s mountainous spine creates a sense of spaciousness, a life distinct from sea and sand. Fly-drive holidays to Crete – or simply the hire of a car for some days during your stay in Volanakis, – will enable you to seek out the rugged formations of the interior, the fertile countryside and tiny chapels filled with frescoes, the mountain villages where time has stood still. Always, the authentic spirit of the islanders, their fierce independence and pride – as well as the best cooking and most delicious meals that constitute the famed “Cretan Diet” – will more likely be found where few others are looking. With so much to see, with dolphins to watch, shaded squares to paint, olive trees and wild orchids, Minoan remains and sweeping beaches, no wonder Crete holidays and Volanakis are revisited so often.