Located 200 yards away from the village of Kamilari, the family-run Kritamos Villa & Apartments offers self-catering accommodation with furnished balconies or verandas overlooking the surrounding olive groves. The archaeological site of Festos is within 1.9 miles.Kritamos maisonettes and apartments are tastefully furnished featuring stone walls. Each comes with a fully equipped kitchen or kitchenette with dining area, and a living area with sofa. Facilities also include an LCD TV, iron, hairdryer and toiletries. In the village of Kamilari, as well as the nearby village of Sivas, guests can find taverns serving traditional Cretan cuisine. Kalamaki Beach is 1.2 miles away. Free parking is provided on site.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Kritamos Villa & Apartments, located at Kamilari, Heraklion Region, 70200, 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 Kritamos Villa & Apartments, – 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 Kritamos Villa & Apartments are revisited so often.