If you are looking for a lovely scenic place in Crete Island, Gouves is the ideal village for you to make a visit at your leisure islandic trip. It is a small and beautiful village situated 2 km from the renowned coastal tourist resort of Kato Gouves and about 16k from Heraklion towards the Eastern side. It has about 350 permanent residents. Close to the village you'll find various other interesting and spectacular traditional tourist resorts as well.

You'll find Gouves to be one of the well developed holiday destination having great beaches and adorable glittering sands. Towards the West there are fabulous beaches and remarkable archaeological sites in the tourist resorts as Kokkini Hani and Amnisos. Towards the East you are always open to visit Crete's biggest tourist destination Hersonisos. You'll have the pleasure to get acknowledged to the Gouves' pottery workshop and the ruins of pottery from the Minoan Period.

Also make a visit to the very famous church of the village, the Church of Zoodochos Pigi meaning the 'Source of Life'. At about the distance of 4 km you can visit the cave of Aghia Paraskevi towards the Southeast side of the village. The Monastery of Panaghia Eleousa in the nearby area is also not to be missed one. Just outside the village there is a lovely sandy beach of Kato Gouves availing all kinds of water activities and swimming to its visitors. You can also just sit and relax at the tranquil and quiet beaches of the area.

Gouves village is a tiny village offering great sites and things of beauty to its visitors. At a short distance you'll also find various interesting and spectacular villages and sights. You can visit the monastery of Saint John 'Theolgos'. Another most spectacular site in the Crete Island is that of the Skotino Cave and the most mysterious cave of Eileithyia. If you have the interest in the archaeological sites the area offers it a lot.

You can easily reach Gouves in Heraklion by public buses running after short intervals. You can also have the service of taxi as well as rented motorbikes to go through the village comfortably. You have abundant accommodation provisions in the village as luxurious hotels, rooms to let and various traditional apartments. You can also book the self catering apartments and small pensions as per your need. Food is also no problem here and you can enjoy the special local dishes at several taverns and cafes in the area. There are various bars, nightclubs and various shops for you to entertain yourself. So, just foot in the great village of situated in Gouves, Heraklion in Crete Islands.

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