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A place where people meet people ...

... where nature, great hospitality, authentic cuisine, superb activities and unspoiled beauty harmoniously co-exist.

Enagron Ecotourism Village set at the foothills of Mount Psiloritis (which is the highest and most sacred mountain of Crete)) in Axos Village ...

... in a historical land with cultivations such as olive groves, vineyards, vegetable gardens, and fruit trees but also with the wild vegetation of lovely Crete.

Very quiet, relaxed atmosphere, beautiful nature, absolutely affordable, and totally eco-friendly.

Enagron is based on the concept of organic food and sustainable living without compromising taste or beauty.

Enagron Ecotourism Village is built as a village in the mountains with plenty of air between the rooms and apartments.

Fantastic views and wildlife and a female chef who rules the kitchen and creates fabulous meals both with meat or vegetarian if you prefer.

This is a Cretan oasis, both for families (lovely pool also a small one for children) or couples or even on your own.

Borrow one of the well-kept mountain bikes and go sightseeing in the area by yourself if you don't have a car at hand.

Here, where an ancient civilization has left its marks, which come alive even today in the everyday life of the people.
Here, where development and progress have not yet managed to denature the environment and to designate human relations.
On this mountain, with its rich geological and biological diversity, the rare plants, animals, and birds, which made it a preserve and a member of the European Geoparks, Psiloritis has been characterized as a NATURAL GEOPARK and is protected by UNESCO.

In this region, in the village of Axos that has been inhabited for over 4.000 years, in an area of 60.000 m2 you will be more than welcome at Enagron Ecotourism Village.

A unique place that grows olive trees, grapevine, all kinds of fruit trees, greens, vegetables, and many herbs and aromatic plants with mild, natural, and organic methods, without fertilizers and chemicals.

In addition, there is a farm with plenty of animals and poultry for eggs, milk, and meat. The people who work on the farm are all farmers who were born and raised in the area applying techniques, which go centuries back.

Enagron Ecotourism - Traditional Village offers high-quality hotel services without being just a hotel. Where you will not be a client, but a guest ...

It offers exquisite traditional Cretan gastronomy without being just a restaurant since the hotel selects the ingredients carefully and everybody can participate in the preparation of the meals and where most of the time the preparation of the food is more like "cooking with friends" in front of the open fire or ends up in a traditional cooking class.

A place where you will enjoy and join some of the best programs and activities in Crete (private or group ones):
- Hiking on marked paths
- Exploring nature on donkey-back
- Participation or observation of farming duties
- Participation or observation of social, cultural, or religious events that take place in the surrounding villages
- Traditional Cretan cooking classes
- Making cheese with our shepherd, baking bread in the wood oven
- Grape-harvest, wine production, the distillation of raki
- Botanic walks - identification and collection of herbs, which upon return we brew into a delicious decoction
- Observation of wild birds
- Or simply enjoying nature with all our senses under the trees or by the pool in the summer.

These are just a few of the unique experiences at Enagron Ecotourism-Alternative Village, where what matters is to live naturally and to enjoy nature with all your five senses every season of the year.

Why We Like It

- Excellent and warm hospitality.

- Great base in order to explore the mainland and south coast of Rethimno.

- A great place where you could participate in cooking, making cheese, kneading, producing raki and many others unique experiences.

- Peaceful setting with a village atmosphere.

Good To Know

- You need to rent a car, other means of transport are limited and/or infrequent.

The Rooms

Stay with people who care ...

In one-storeyed and double-storeyed (maisonettes) buildings, which form neighborhoods and resemble traditional villages, and inspired by traditional techniques, there are spacious apartments consisting of one, two, or three rooms, equipped with all the necessary means that would enable the stay of 2 to 6 guests.

Specifically, there is a kitchenette, a refrigerator, and essential cookware. Room facilities also include a television set, music channels, air-condition, central heating, and a fireplace waiting for cozy gatherings.

All apartments have a veranda with a view towards the mountains, as well as the impressive gorges of the area.

- Studio 35m2 for 2-3 people :
An open plan area with a separate bathroom. It offers one double and one single bed, a balcony with a view to the mountain or to the gardens. it is suitable for a couple with a baby or child or just a couple.

- Studio with Attic 45m2 for 2-4 people:
1 double bed placed on the loft and 2 single beds underneath and a separate bathroom. A balcony with views of the canyon. It is suitable for a group of friends or a family with 1-2 children

- Two Room Apartment 55m2 for 2-4 people:
It offers a separate bedroom with a double bed or two single beds, a separate bathroom, a sitting room with two single beds, and a sitting area. A balcony with a view of the mountain and the gardens. It is suitable for a family with two children and a group of friends.

- Three Room Apartment 70 m2 for 3-5 people:
It is similar to the two-room apartment with the addition of a loft with two beds and an extra WC.

- Three Room Apartment with Two Bathrooms 75 m2 for 4-6 people:
It offers a separate bedroom with a double bed and a separate bathroom, a sitting room with two single beds and an extra separate bathroom. A separate loft with two single beds. A large veranda with views of the mountain and the gardens. It is suitable for one or two families, or a group of friends.

Amenities & Services for all rooms & apartments: Kitchenette, Fridge, Cookware, Central Heating, Fireplace, Air-conditioning

- Please find more images of all rooms and check prices here!

Eating

- Traditional Cretan homemade breakfast buffet is included in prices.

- You will be abel to enoy traditional Cretan cuisine at the Restaurant of Enagron. The Cretan diet is considered to be ideal, as it ensures good health and longevity, while at the same time it is considered to be not only the basis but also the fundamental element of the world's well-known Mediterranean cuisine.

The ways of preparation and cooking are those that keep the basic products as they are, bring out the flavor, and are health-friendly. Enagron uses :

Raw Materials: selected fresh products of the Cretan land, pure, grown under gentle methods without chemicals and additives, many of which are produced in hotel's farm The basis of the food is solely the pure virgin olive oil.
Techniques: Enagron follows the ways of processing and preparation of the delicacies, those taught from generation to generation, from mothers and grandmothers, those that are taught from mother to daughter because in Crete, the traditional cuisine is a female matter.
Cooks: Women from the villages of the area, who since they were young occupy themselves with cooking and the diet of their families, having as a helping hand only the rules of food management and hygiene. Stavroula, Irene and Virginia are the cooks at Enagron.
The restaurant of Enagron is open daily for lunch and dinner not only to the hotel guests, but to all that wish to have a meal, to all those that wish to taste and enjoy the Cretan cuisine, under the shade of oaks, in a unique environment, in nature, overseeing the canyon, sensing the essences of nature and hearing the birds' songs during the summer months, or the sensual area of the restaurant next to the fireplace in the winter. You may also watch the preparation procedure and be taught recipes during cooking lessons organized on a weekly basis.

- The traditional kafenion, is friendly and very cozy for coffee, drinks, and board games.

Kids

Kids are welcome at Enagron Ecotourism Village

Apartments are ideal for families.

Activities

- Axos is a steeped-in-history village in the mountains. There are wondrous views of surrounding mountains and from higher viewpoints views of the north coast and sea beyond. Axos boasts numerous historic churches, important archaeological sites, and caves in the immediate area. For local and inland exploration, summer and winter, this is a real chance for the traditional with a local character and "atmosphere".

- Enagron Ecotourism Village offers some of the best programs and activities in Crete (private or group ones):
Hiking on marked paths, Exploring nature on donkey-back, Participation or observation of farming duties, Participation or observation of social, cultural, or religious events that take place in the surrounding villages, Traditional Cretan cooking classes, Making cheese with a shepherd, Baking bread in the wood oven, Grape-harvest, wine production, the distillation of raki, Botanic walks, Identification and collection of herbs, which upon return we brew into a delicious decoction, Observation of wild birds, Excursion To The Medieval Monastery Of Halepa, Excursion to the Village of Axos, Bucolic Excursion To The Shepherd’s House Or simply enjoying nature with all our senses under the trees or by the pool in the summer

- Make a day just for you and enjoy Enagron's spa. A place where you can totally relax, feel the tranquility of nature by having a pleasant massage therapy or by taking a relaxing jacuzzi bath while admiring the great view of the sheer cliffs of the Vulture’s Gorge or by revitalizing your body in the wooden sauna. The massage therapies are taking place in a beautiful airy and sunlit room that is properly equipped. The therapist combines her expertise with pure organic local products made with extra virgin olive oil to make face, foot, or full-body treatments. The Tranquility Spa Area operates from the beginning of April until the end of October.

- Meet the ordinary people of the village, who are still tied to the land and its traditions and experience the customs of Cretan country life, traditional weddings, celebrations, fairs, and serenades.

- Enjoy the fair dedicated to the local saint Aghios Athanasios on August 21, the Yakinthia.

- Don't miss the Shepherd-Cheese festival and the event on the Psiloritis walk, sheep shearing, “rakokazanemata” and others.

- Participate in vine harvesting, grape pressing, olive picking, milking animals, making cheese, kneading and baking bread and dakos, cooking, cooking “antikristo” meat, olive pressing, the art of weaving on a loom, the woodcarving workshop and stone creations.

- There is also the possibility for ski mountaineering on the natural slopes of Mt Psiloritis, hiking, and exploring the natural beauty of the area, mountain biking, and other winter sports.

- Visit the new Museum of Wooden Sculptures fronted by a massive sculpture of Hercules killing the lion. This private museum is a permanent collection of sculptor George Koutantos. It works both as a Museum and Workshop and is the outcome of twenty years of involvement with sculpture.

- Sea lovers may enjoy swimming in the crystal clear waters of Bali and Panormo.

Visit the nearby spectacular Cave of Sfendoni (just beyond Zoniana) with a magnificent display of stalactites, stalagmites, and petrified waves, many over five million years old.

- Explore a place with history and character with warm people and excellent cuisine, Anogia Village.

- Visit or walk to the Monastery of Dioskouri, nearby Garazo Village, a historical monastery, with neatly ordered cells circling the tiny church Agios Georgios a particularly serene place n the early evening when the monks fill the place with singing and incense from the church wafts around the small courtyard.

- Venture from here to the awe-inspiring and enormous plateau, the Nida Plateau, and visit the Ideon Cave. The journey is truly scenic and takes you through sparkling rock and mountainscapes. There is a taverna at the plateau - what you want to do is just walk, wander and take in this "out of Africa-like" panorama. (In winter skiing would be a possibility on the way up to the plateau - there is a ski "area", but it has not been operating for years).

- At Zoniana, a nearby village, you can check out the new wax museum.

- Visit the old city of Rethymno with the pedestrian zone, the narrow streets, the small shops., the nice cafes and restaurants. Visit the archeological museum and the minaret in the city center and the afternoon enjoy your coffee on the waterfront just opposite the hotel.

- Rethymno is also famous because of the carnival in the wintertime. The last week of the carnival, the party starts on Friday and ends on Sunday with the big parade. People from all over Greece come here because of the carnival that becomes always better and better.

- Discover the Amari Valley a wonderful place to visit in the heat of the summer, where the traditional mountain villages with their plane trees, cool springs and kafenions are still untouched by tourism.

- Yakinthia is an artistic cultural festival that takes place every year in July on Crete in the village of Anogia. It is a festival dedicated to love and hope. Its name is derived from the story of Saint Yakinthios.

- More uplifting activities in Central Crete.

House Rules

- Check-in: 15.00 pm - 24.00 am
- Check out: 08.00 - 11.00 am
- Minimum Stay: 1-3 nights, depending on the season

- Payment Policy: Please check here

- Cancellation Policy: Please check here

MHTE: 1041K013A3214500

How To Get There

Enagron Ecotourism-Alternative Village is set at the historic Axos Village 48 km away from the town of Rethymno in Crete.

- By Air
From May through mid-October there are direct charter flights to Chania Airport (116km) or Heraklion Airport (43km). Tickets can be bought in advance for almost all flights via our partner website.

- By Sea
The journey is the thing". A superb way of enjoying the journey to Crete is to fly to Athens and take the ferry from Piraeus (Pireas) - the port serving Athens. A still-romantic way to travel by the overnight ferry from Piraeus to Chania-Souda Port (80km) or Heraklion Port (85km). Tickets can be bought in advance for all ferries via our partner website.

- By Car
If you want to explore the region while you're here, we recommend that you rent a car, other means of transport are limited and/or infrequent. We suggest our sister website Crete-Car-Rental.com, which offers competitive prices and you can collect your car at either airport.

- By Taxi
Book your taxi transfer online easily and safely from the airport or port to any location via our partner website.

Detailed directions will be sent to you when you book through CreteTravel.com

Facilities

- Dining: Traditional Cretan Homemade Breakfast Buffet. The spacious and cozy lounge with an Internet corner. The gastronomy events take place in the kitchen and of course in the restaurant with the many old artifacts, tools, and works of art. Further, there is a wood oven, a cheese-dairy, the fireplaces, the raki distillery, the wine-press and of course the farmyard where the events take place during the summer under the cooling shade of the huge oak tree. The traditional kafenion, friendly and very cozy for coffee, drinks, and board games.

- Internet Access: Ultra Fast Free WiFi over Fiber Optic Internet Connection in all Apartments and Common Areas.

- Mountain bikes are available : (on-request according to availability)

- Binoculars are available : (on-request according to availability)

- Swimming Pool: The swimming pool at the most impressive point opposite to the cliffs, where eagles nest.

- Spa Treatments: Available

- Disabled Access: Wheelchair accessible but please note upper floors accessible by stairs only

- Pets: Pets are not allowed

- Languages Spoken: Greek, English, German, French

- Parking: Private parking area