We Are Homes On Crete

Situated in the far east of Crete on the plateau, high up in the mountains is the   village of Handras - reached by a winding path through olive groves. This is a traditional village, where it could appear that time has stopped still. Houses sit in the sunshine, each courtyard carefully tended, whilst ruins whisper of their past. Villagers call to each other that day’s greeting, carrying pots of food or bags of fruit.

The land surrounding us provides a fruitful and fertile plain on which the bounty is grown throughout the year. Greeks are engaged in harvesting that month’s current crop: oranges; lemons; olives; artichokes; grapes; tomatoes… The air is fresh and startling, the sun warming and the occasional breeze flutters through.

Here you can see and be part of the real Greece and stay in a working and living mountain village that is open all year and not just dusted down for  tourist Season. We are ideally located in Handras for you to explore the surrounding area of Eastern Crete, travelling through mountains and olive groves to towns and villages, ports and harbours, beaches and coves and ancient sites.