HOTELYEAR BUILT 2001ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 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.
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