Dear Mrs Angie Nearthe hotel there are a lot of shops, caffes, tavernas. Near the area of Gouves where the hotel is located is the Crete Aquarium https://www.cretaquarium.gr/ the dinosauria park https://dinosauriapark.com/ two big water parks. At about 200meters from the hotel is the bus stop where you can take the bus to the main city of Crete which is Heraklion.
