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Detailed Hotel Description
We welcome you to the famous Kouriton-house. We are very glad to invite you among us, to get to know the historical hospital traditional Cretan house, the nature and our culture.
Kourites, protectors of Zeus, inhabited the cave Ideon Andron on top of the highest mountain of Crete, Psiloritis (± 2480 m.).
They were the inventors of agriculture and curators using dance and herbs.
The House of Kourites is an authentic stone built lodging, dating back to 1750 a.d. Restored with respect to its history; the house is located in an unparalleled natural setting, blended with historical and cultural heritage. This hospitable house is suited for holidaymakers, gatherings and a meeting point with the tradition, culture and agriculture of Crete.
The House offers accommodation facilities for 23 persons and can be used as centre for a variety of fieldwork activities on culture, agro tourism and education.
A fine stone-built country manor of 1750, classified as historical. It has been preserved for its traditional architectural structure, typical of the Cretan design stemming from prehistoric Minoan mansions.
The architectural morphology has been preserved in elements such as: The old stove, the carving on a rock reservoir, the stone basins and parapets, the wooden lofts, the clay chimneys and the unique stands along with their ancient jars.
It is situated in the Byzantine settlement of Tzanakiana, on the foot of Psiloritis, 100 m from Margarites (international centre of ceramics). Only a small distance separates it from Ancient Eleftherna, the Arkadi Monastery, the Idion Andron and the beaches of Panormo with their fish taverns. It's just 25 kms outside Rethymnon.
Distance from Rethymno port: 25km
Distance from beach: 15km
Characteristics: A fine stone-built country manor of 1750, classified as historical. It has been preserved for its traditional architectural structure, typical of the Cretan design stemming from prehistoric Minoan mansions
Cover: 300 sq. meters
Rooms:
Ground floor:
1 oven-house. Lounge
1 apartment
2 two-bed rooms
1 dining room with long abbey-type table
1 kitchen
1st floor:
4 maisonettes
1 living room
Features
· Operates since: 2002
· Number of beds: 17
· Number of single bedrooms: 1, Number of double bedrooms: 6, Number of three-bed rooms: 1
· Inhabited area
· Altitude: 380
· Communal fireplace
Services
· Dining facility
· Breakfast
· Heating
· Cleaning services
· Laundry services
· Availability of telephone inside the room
· Kitchen facilities
· Rooms equipped with air-conditioning facility
· Parking
Activities and Interests
· Conference facilities
· Visits to notable churches
· Participation in farming activities
· Pottery lessons
· Greek dancing lessons
· Folk and traditional events
· Ecological excursions
· Visits to historic landmarks
· Greek language lessons
· Greek cooking lessons
· Greek mythology lessons
· Participation in traditional events
Distances (in km)
· Pharmacy: <1
· Bank: <1
· River: <20
· Surgery: <1
· Post office: <1
· Beach (exact distance in m): 2000
History and environment
The House of Kourites is located in the agricultural area of Tzanakiana, 50 meters away from Margarites, the historical village of ceramists. The village dates back to the Minoan times including in its diachronic 13 Byzantine churches, ruins of Venetian lodges and 30 old and new pottery workshops. It is nestled on the slopes of a ravine. At its edge a pathway leads to a forest of true wild cypress trees with horizontal branches (cypresses semervirens), pine trees, locusts and numerous endemic herbs.
The visits to monasteries, to Byzantine churches and mountainous road
to Priorities make the visitor to get to know not only the beauties but
also the area's civilization.
Rich vegetarian, hills, mountains and rivers form o polymorph set made
of important biotopes.
The gorges, olive oil groves, springs rare flowers, create different landscapes.
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Agricultural Activities