Anidri Eco-cottages

near Paleochora, Crete

Rooms

There are 2 identical houses, each with 3 twin-bedded en-suite rooms and a shared kitchen. You can book a bedroom (which means sharing the kitchen), or a whole 3-bedroom house if you want more privacy.

The bedrooms have nice pine floors, not so nice chipboard ceilings, and high ochre-painted walls, giving a spacious, almost Provençal feel to the place. The furniture is simple but adequate: a wardrobe, two bedside tables and comfy twin beds, all made of pine. The bedlinen, though spotlessly clean, was not ironed when we visited. Each bedroom has a small, tiled bathroom with shower and copious, solar-heated water. There is no central heating or air-con, but free-standing fans and electric heaters are available. The two rooms upstairs share a narrow balcony, while the room downstairs has a larger, high-walled terrace.

The views from all the rooms are inspiring – olive-covered hillsides and rocky summits, with barely a sound to disturb you. It would be a great place to come and finish writing a book, learn Greek or practice your watercolours - and there are discounts for long stays as well.

Bear in mind that the upstairs rooms are reached via a long flight of steps.

How guests have rated the rooms:

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Features include:

  • Baby Cots
  • Extra Beds
  • Terrace/balcony (private)
  • Full Kitchen
  • Fridge
  • Oven
  • Washing machine
Save to favouritesPrintMailAnidri Eco-cottagesFrom the moment you awake to the tinkling of goatbells and the buzzing of cicadas, you know it’s going to be a good day. Step barefoot onto the sunwarmed terrace in this rock-cocooned valley: a gentle breeze, bright blue skies, endless olive trees, no traffic. Surely this is how Nature intended us to live? Mario Sommer, the German-born engineer-turned-healer who designed and built this eco-retreat on Crete’s south coast, would agree. Leaving behind Berlin city life, he moved to the laid-back resort of Paleochora in 1991, started a small café and gave tajijua lessons, all the while dreaming of a place where people from different backgrounds could unwind and exchange ideas in simple, natural surroundings. Slowly, the dream became reality. Land was bought in the fertile hills near Anidri, 5km inland, and a pair of eco-friendly three-bedroom guesthouses and a hi-tech seminar room built. Then he opened the doors to friends and guests seeking beauty and inspiration away from Crete’s resorts, but not far from some of her most pristine beaches and dramatic mountains.

Book this hotelRates from 30EUR

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