ENAGRON lays at the area of Axos. Axos is one of the most ancient towns of Crete and is being inhabited consecutively for at least 3.500 years. It has played a very important role in many periods in the History of Crete, it is mentioned in many historical sources and is also combined in many legends of the ancient years and up todate.

In a 3.000 sq. meters farm we have created Traditional Cottages ENAGRON. A different suggestion for experiences and vacation.

The cottages are built in two-floor buildings with traditional materials and consist of 14 apartments for 2, 3, 4 and 6 people.

All the apartments provide fully equipped kitchen, bathroom with hot water, central heat and fireplace, telephone, hair-dryer and safe. All the apartments have a porch with view.

Many comfortable & communal areas are offered like a lounge, a traditional coffee-shop, a tavern and very many other areas covered or open-air.

The Farm Includes:

Vineyard for wine and raisins, gardens where products are raised with traditional methods, orange trees and many other fruit-bearing and fruitful trees.

There’s an oak forest that belongs to the farm, hollies, carob trees and other trees, many small caves exist in the forest, and also a farm with a lot of animals and birds

Dining

Our cooking is based on the famous Cretan traditional diet.

You can choose the menu that we recommend to you and you can find it at the reception area. You can choose some of the foods that our cook prepares for you or you would like to be prepared for you as long as we have the necessary ingredients.

The materials and products we use are either ours or locally produced under strictly selected standards. Many of those are biologically produced e.g. the oil products and the wine are made by certified producers.

Biologically produced are very many of the vegetables we use. Our products

although they are not biological they are very healthy because we do not use chemicals or other various pesticides.

The housekeepers of the area cook our food with traditional recipes. You can watch or take place in our cooking process.

What can you do in ENAGRON:

1. Relax inside or outside the buildings listening to the nature sounds.
2. Rest in the lobby or the coffee shop drinking coffee or having a drink or having a conversation.
3. Play table games that we will lend you.
4. Read a book that you can borrow from our library.
5. Listen to music.
6. Watch Television.
7. Watch or help Haroula who is cooking.
8. Feed and look after the animals with Nektarios.
9. Pick up oranges, lemons and other fruit.
10. Ride a mountain bike.
11. Horse riding.
12. Watch making home-cheese on the days we do.

Finally if you want, you can cook, or make home-bread and we can help you out with that, too.

VILLAGES THAT LAY AROUND ENAGRON
Which you can visit on foot or by car

1. The village ’Axos’ (1700 metres) you can go on foot or by car. 600 habitants inhabit the village. There are coffee-shops where you can sit, small market stores and taverns that are open mainly in the summer. The people are friendly and hospitable and will help you out with anything you will ask them for and they can.

There are 7 Byzantine churches about a thousand years old in the village. You can admire Saint Irene’s architecture, the wonderful fresco wall paintings in Saint Ioannis, the exceptional temple at the Timios Stavros church, Saint George, the half destroyed church of Mihail Arhagelus, the also half-destroyed churches of Saint Paraskevi and Afentis Christos.

Not far from the village going towards Anogia is Panagia Kavousani which buildings have been reinstated and you can see odds and ends from the wonderful fresco wall paintings. The churches are not all open, for that you have to ask for the keys from the village pastor.

At the top of the hill there are the remains of ancient acropolis. ’Andrion’, the temple of Aphrodite Astarti, Cyclopian walls and remains from a lot of buildings. There are also incised on huge stones segments from ancient writings, possibly laws.

The view from the top is illimitable.

2. Veni. It is the village west from ENAGRON, there is a 2 km pathway from where you can go by car through Axos covering a distance of 4 km with many agricultural products.
3. Zoniana (3,5 km). It is the village with the highest percentage of people having many children in Greece, its inhabitants mainly work for cattle-raising and conserve family traditions and social relations.
4. Anogia (7 km). The largest village in Psiloritis with strong traditions morals and customs and specialization in Cretan music. In Anogia village very many cultural exhibition take place especially in the summer.
5. Livadia (7 km). It is also a large village with special characteristics and live morals and traditional customs.
6. Garazo (8 km). A mainly agricultural village which in the past years had an important development.
7. Livada. A small agricultural built-up with special friendly feelings to the strangers and the visiting people.

In all the villages you can find and buy weft-knitted made by the women of the villages and also other best quality products produced locally.

Please contact us for availability and prices.

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