Home For Sale
85,000
Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
3bd 1ba 160 sqm
Listed By: Listanza Services Group
Listed On: 04/08/2023
Listing ID: GL4933293 View More Details
Description
Located in Agios Nikolaos.
This large stone house is located in a quiet lane near the centre of one of the most beautiful villages in the area. This is a unique property as it is a large detached stone house with a garden of about 65m2. The property consists of two buildings: A two storey stone house of about 145m2, with 6 rooms of about 24m2 each. And a smaller separate building of about 15m2 which was used as the kitchen. This property is ideal for one who wants to live the slow Cretan village life in a large comfortable house. *Road access *Electricity lines *Water lines Kritsa is one of the oldest, largest and most picturesque villages in Crete. It's built on a hill and surrounded by olive trees and beautiful countryside. And has about 2300 inhabitants including a few residents from Britain and other European countries. The municipality of Agios Nikolaos, 10 km away and the Heraklion international airport is 70 km from Kritsa. Kritsa is a bustling village with a great sense of tradition and a warm welcome for all visitors and foreign residents. Most amenities are on hand in the village including supermarkets, post office, newsagents etc. Keeping live stock and farming plots of land and olive groves is still the way of life for most of the residents. Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the county Lasithi and is located at the Mirabello Bay, north-east Crete, only 50mins away from the international airport of Heraklion. Geographically the town is well protected from strong winds allowing sea sports and swimming nearly all year round. Although Agios Nikolaos has a population of less than 20,000 it has a several banks, supermarkets, shops of every kind, doctors, a modern hospital of high standard, public swimming pool and tennis courts, yacht marina, harbour, cinema, theatre, gyms, a 9-hole golf course, schools ranging from nurseries to 6-level high school and generally all the amenities you would expect to find in a large modern European town. The microclimate is one of the best in Greece and the moderate temperatures rarely exceed 30c in summer or fall below 15c in wintertime. This wonderful dry climate together with the natural beauty of the area has attracted most of the high class hotels of Greece to operate here.