The Village of Gouves is a 15 minutes drive from the airport of Heraklion. Friendly local people are happy to welcome with a smile the hundrends of tourists that visit Gouves every year. Gouves is an ideal place for families and couples holidays, offering a large variety of activities that gives to everyone unforgetable holidays.
The hotels, accomodations and holiday homes are in a very high quality and reasonable prices. As in the high seazon of july and August is everything booked out it would be a good idear to book your holiday home at least 1 month in advance because if you wait till the last minute is possible that you will not be able to find one.
The local tavernas are offering the traditional Cretan food which is exellent and well cooked in fresh olive oil. The local white wine is also fantastic as it is always offered cold it always helps you to safer less because of the high tempratures of the summer.
Gouves is a small place so the rental car will be a great idea to start your exploration to the entire island of Crete. Economy car hire companies are located in Gouves and they are offering a variety of quality cars.
Eurocars is also offering rental cars in Gouves always including fully comprehensive insurance and no additional transfer costs.