The Gorgona Hotel is a family run property in the Amoudara area of Crete with its own swimming pool and gardens filled with lush, tropical vegetation. There is also a lounge with a TV, a bar, a restaurant and a pool bar as well as a large private parking area. The Hotel Gorgona has 39 rooms, all with their own balconies, en-suite facilities, heating and air conditioning, TV, radio, fridge, telephone and safe box. The gorgeous sandy beach, awarded every single year with the blue flag, is only 150 metres away and offers water sports, sunbeds and umbrellas. There is also regular bus connection to the city of Heraklion (four miles away) every 15 minutes that stops nearby.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Gorgona, located at Bali, Amoudara, Heraklion, 74057, 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 Gorgona, – 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 Gorgona are revisited so often.