YAKINTHOS Furnished Residences - Axos Rethymnon Crete Greece

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Location

Leaving Heraklion you will follow the way,Gazi - Tylisos - Gonies - Anogeia - Axos.
The distance is 43 Km the street is good but with enough turns.

Beginning from Rethimno you will take the direction of national road to Heraklion.
In the height of Panormo you will follow right the street to Perama -Ag. Syllas-Dafnedes-Moyrtzana-Garazo-Beni-Axos.
The distance is 45 Km and the way is amazing.

If you want to enjoy swimming during the summertime, the beach of Panormo and Bali abstain 28 Km, and Stayromenoy 30 Km.

Bank, Post and Centre of Health, are found at Anogeia and abstain 7 Km. The academic Hospital Heraklion abstains 38 Km.

Services

Sight seeing organized by the hotel
E-mail service available
Organized excursions
Information about buses time table or flights booking
Post office services
Communication centre

Yakinthos	Saint of the Orthodox Church "3rd July" handsome young man of the Minoan era-Apollo's follower a flower of spring
Etearchos	Oaxos's King
Apollodotos	Oaxos's musician
Arkesilas	Oaxos's sculptor
Akakallida	wife of Apollo
Achgiali	nymph
Fronimi	daughter of King Etearhos
Astarti	Goddess of Beauty

Holy Monastery of Halepa: It dates back to the 15th century and is 5 km from Yakinthos Hotel.

Holy Monastery of Diskouri: It dates back to the 16th century and is 3 km from Yakinthos Hotel.

High place of Axos: Saint Peter and Paul' s Temple (it is used as a recreation ground and children' s playground)

Saint Basil' s Holy Temple: Byzantine temple, which dates back to the 14th century (destroyed)

Saint Friday' s Holy Temple: Byzantine vaultful temple, which dates back to the 14th century (half-destroyed)

Holy Saint Irene' temple: Byzantine cruciform, dome-shaped temple, which dates back to the 14th-15th century (architectures-frescos)

Saint John' s Holy Temple: Byzantine temple, which dates back to the 14th century (vintage frescos-tessellated)

The Transfiguration's Holy Temple: Byzantine Temple, which dates back to the 14th century (under restoration)

Saint Apakos' s Holy Temple: Small temple (destroyed)

Saint Kostadinos and Helen' s Holy Temple: Byzantine cruciform, dome-shaped temple, which dates back to the 19th century (Cathedral)

Saint George' s Holy Temple: Byzantine temple, which dates back to the 14th century (frescos-architectures steeple)

The Holy Cross' s Temple: Byzantine temple, which dates back to the 16th century (vintage icon screen)

Saint Michael' s Holy Temple: Byzantine temple, which dates back to the 14 century with a double sanctuary (frescos-water flows from it' s foundations)

Virgin Mary' s Holy Temple: Byzantine temple, which dates back to the 14th century (has been rest orated-frescos)

THE PALACE OF OAXOS: Foundations of the buildings, which constituted the Palace, and of Venus' s Temple-sculptured symphonies on slates)

Archeological area: (has been excavated by the archeological service-slated-rooms-shaft)

Vaulted graves: (graves dated back to the Hellenistic period-have been rest orated by the archeological service)

Kamaritis' s cave: (rich decoration-on development)

Sphendoni' s cave: (can be visited-1 mile apart YAKINTHOS HOTEL)

Zominthos-Nitha-Itheon Andron: (archeological area-tableland-the cave in which Zeus was born)

Important Notes