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14 ROOMS WITH TWIN BEDS, DOUBLE BEDS, KING BEDS,
OTHER BEDS, TWO BEDROOM SUITES, BEACH VIEW, CITY
VIEW, MOUNTAIN VIEW, LAKE VIEW, AVAILABLE VIEWS
ARE BAY VIEW, HARBOUR VIEW, MARINA VIEW, OCEAN
VIEW,PARK VIEW.
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*ARGIRO: ARGIRO IS A TRADITIONAL STONE HOUSE,
BUILT IN 1905. REBUILT IN 1930 AND AGAIN WHEN IT
WAS BOUGHT BY THE WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT
THEODOSOPULOS IN 1965, WHO RESTORED IT AS IT IS
SEEN TODAY. STONE STEPS FROM THE STREET LEAD INTO
THE SMALL STONE COURTYARD WITH LOTS OF FLOWERS. ON
THE RIGHT IS AN ENTRANCE TO THE SMALL BATHROOM. ON
ENTERING, THE HOUSE IS THE SMALL KITCHEN AND THE
DINING AREA IS UP A FEW STEPS CONTAINING A STONE
FIREPLACE AND A LOFT AREA OVER THE KITCHEN WITH A
LARGE BED. THE LIVING ROOM HAS A STONE FIREPLACE
AND SOFAS THAT CONVERT INTO BEDS. FROM HERE THE
STONE STAIRCASE LEADS TO THE TERRACE WITH SUMMER
KITCHEN AND THE MASTER BEDROOM WITH A DOUBLE BED.
WONDERFUL VIEWS OF THE GULF OF MIRABELLO AND
ELOUNDA FROM THE COVERED TERRACE. THE HOUSE CAN
ACCOMMODATE 4 ADULTS COUPLES AND 2 CHILDREN. ALL
THE FURNITURE ARE OLD AND HANDCRAFTED. LOCATION-
THE BEACH IS LOCATED 10 MINUTES WALK AWAY AND
ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE VILLAGE OF ELOUNDA, ABOUT 1
KILOMETRE.
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*CLIO: AN EXTERNAL STAIRCASE LEADS TO THE UPPER
FLOOR AND AN AMPLE SIZED BALCONY WITH VIEWS OF THE
AREA.IN THE MAIN ROOM, THERE ARE TWO SINGLE BEDS
AND A FIREPLACE, TO THE LEFT A FULLY EQUIPPED
KITCHEN AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE SMALL BATHROOM
WITH JACUZZI. THE MASTER BEDROOM IS UP A FEW STEPS
AND CONTAINS AN OLD DOUBLE BED, C 1920. CARTWHEELS
DATING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST CENTURY
HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE MAIN LIGHTING.
KITCHEN UTENSILS ARE COPIES OF ORIGINALS AND THE
PLATES ARE OF A TYPE STILL IN USE IN MOST VILLAGES
OF CRETE. THE POOL AND SUMMER KITCHEN ARE SHARED
WITH THE HOUSE OF ERATO. THE HOUSE CAN ACCOMMODATE
FOUR ADULTS IN SEPARATE ROOMS. THERE IS EVIDENCE
HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS THAT THERE WAS
A CHURCH ON THIS SITE MANY YEARS AGO. LOCATION-
THE BEACH IS LOCATED 10 MINUTES WALK AWAY AND
ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE VILLAGE OF ELOUNDA, ABOUT 1
KILOMETRE.
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*DIMITRA: THE ENTRANCE LEADS TO A SMALL HALL
SITTING AREA WITH CANOPY AND TABLE AND A SMALL
FULLY EQUIPPED KITCHEN, LEADING TO A TWIN-BEDDED
ROOM WITH FIREPLACE IN THE FAR CORNER. ON THE
RIGHT A SMALL TWIN-BEDDED ROOM LEADING TO A FULL
SIZED BATHROOM WITH JACUZZI. TO THE RIGHT OF THE
POOL IS AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN AND A LARGE TABLE FOR
SIX, SHARED WITH PENELOPE. ALL THE FURNITURE ARE
COPIES OF ORIGINALS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
OF HERAKLION, CRETE, BUT THE LAMPS AND FITTINGS
ARE ORIGINAL. TILES USED ARE HAND MADE, DATED C
1920, TAKEN FROM OLD DEMOLISHED HOUSES AND THE
MARBLE SINK WAS FOUND IN A TURKISH HAMMAM. THE
REDDISH PLASTER ON THE WALLS IS MADE OF GROUND
TILES, THE SAME MATERIAL THAT WAS USED IN THE
MONASTERIES OF THE PERIOD 14TH - 16TH CENTURY. THE
ICONS BUILT INTO THE WALLS WERE FOUND WRAPPED IN
SACKS ON THE SITE, DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION
WORKS. PRIVATE PARKING FOR TWO CARS.
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*EFTERPI: EFTERPI IS PART OF AN OLD CHURCH
DEMOLISHED BY THE TURKS AT THE END OF THE 15TH
CENTURY, HAS BEEN REBUILT USING ONLY STONE AND
WOOD. REVERENCE AND RESPECT OF THE OLD STRUCTURE
HAS BEEN EXERCISED WITH THE HELP OF THE LOCAL
PEOPLE AND THEIR STORIES. FURNITURE AND FITTINGS
ARE COPIES OF ORIGINAL PIECES PRESENTLY EXHIBITED
IN THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF CRETE IN HERAKLION.
THE ENTRANCE TO THE HOME LEADS TO A SMALL
COURTYARD WITH AN OPEN SITTING AREA AND A COMPLETE
SUMMER KITCHEN. THE DOOR TO THE LEFT LEADS INTO
THE MAIN ROOM WITH SITTING AREA AND TWO SINGLE
BEDS. ON THE RIGHT IS A FIREPLACE, A SINGLE BED
AND THE KITCHEN. AT THE BACK IS A FULL SIZED
BATHROOM WITH JACUZZI. THE WOODEN STAIRS TO THE
RIGHT LEAD TO THE ATTIC LOFT AREA BEDROOM WITH
DOUBLE BED. THE HOUSE CAN ACCOMMODATE 5 ADULTS IN
THE TWO ROOMS. LOCATION.
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*ERATO: IN THE ENTRANCE TERRACE, THERE IS A POOL
AND A SUMMER KITCHEN WITH BBQ SHARED WITH THE
HOUSE OF CLIO ON ENTERING, THE HOME THERE IS THE
MAIN ROOM WITH FIREPLACE AND TWO SINGLE BEDS, A
FULLY EQUIPPED KITCHEN AND A SMALL BATHROOM WITH
JACUZZI. UP THE STAIRS TO THE MASTER BEDROOM WITH
AN OLD DOUBLE BED C 1920 AND LAMPS WHICH BELONGED
TO THE CHURCH WHEN INTACT. CARTWHEELS DATING BACK
TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST CENTURY HAVE BEEN
TRANSFORMED INTO THE MAIN LIGHTING. KITCHEN
UTENSILS ARE COPIES OF ORIGINALS AND THE PLATES
ARE OF A TYPE STILL IN USE IN MOST VILLAGES OF
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