Just 100 meters from the sandy Ammoudara beach in Heraklion, Oasis Hotel features a pool with sun terrace and a bar. It offers rooms with free WiFi and a furnished balcony overlooking the pool or the garden. Fitted with modern furnishings and soft colours, all recently renovated rooms of Oasis are air conditioned and sound proofed. Each is equipped with a 32″, flat-screen TV and a minibar. The private bathroom comes with a shower or bath tub. Some units have Cretan sea views. Guests will find restaurants and bars within a short walk from Oasis Hotel. Nikos Kazantzakis International airport is at 5 km, while Heraklion town and port are 1.9 miles away. The Minoan Palace of Knossos is at 5 miles. Free private parking is possible on site.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Oasis Hotel, located at Andrea Papandreou 50, Amoudara, Heraklio, 71414, Greece, is the ideal staring point. Uniquely among Greek islands, Crete’s mountainous spine creates a sense of spaciousness, a life distinct from sea and sand. Fly-drive holidays to Crete – or simply the hire of a car for some days during your stay in Oasis Hotel, – will enable you to seek out the rugged formations of the interior, the fertile countryside and tiny chapels filled with frescoes, the mountain villages where time has stood still. Always, the authentic spirit of the islanders, their fierce independence and pride – as well as the best cooking and most delicious meals that constitute the famed “Cretan Diet” – will more likely be found where few others are looking. With so much to see, with dolphins to watch, shaded squares to paint, olive trees and wild orchids, Minoan remains and sweeping beaches, no wonder Crete holidays and Oasis Hotel are revisited so often.