Oasis Hotel is located at a panoramic uphill establishment with a remarkable view confronting the Cretan Sea and the providence of Rethymnon. Skaleta or Scaleta -the name of our coust village- is on the East side of Rethymno’s 17km beach.
OASIS is 350 meters from the sandy beach and 12 Km from the center of Rethymnon.
Public bus transportation is available every 20 minutes to the center of Rethymnon and once per hour to the capital of Crete Heraklion. Bus stop is 150 meters distance from the hotel. By enjoying your holidays in Oasis Hotel you will find that you are not far from all popular Historical, Archeological, and Physical attributes of the breathtaking island of Crete.
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Oasis Hotel |
Rethymnon |
Heraklion |
Chania |
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Venecian Harbor |
Airport |
Knossos |
Airport |
Samaria Gorge |
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km |
12 |
58 |
56 |
65 |
80 |
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Oasis Hotel |
Ag.Nikolaos |
South Coast |
South Coast |
Spili |
Arkadi |
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Town |
Vai palm Beach |
Plakias Long Beach |
Preveli Monastery & Palm River |
Water “Lions” |
Holocaust Monastery |
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km |
112 |
146 |
39 |
47 |
35 |
13 |
Convenient sightseeing and Excursions from the Hotel
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- Short Boat trip with Dimitri to the magnificent caves of Scaleta
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- Yellow Train of Scaleta’s cultural association:
Photo plus pdf
- Breathtaking Mountain Bike Sight Seeing
- The Happy Walker
- Horse park:
“An unknown place”: Scaleta
Historical Background
Twelve kilometers east of Rethymno and 65 km west of Heraklion, along the coastline of the Cretan Sea, lays historical and picturesque Scaleta or Skaleta. The area name is adopted from the Venetian word “Scala” which was used for small ports not particularly organized. The two Byzantine churches of Zoodochos Pigi and St. Nicolas and the archeological finds imply that Scaleta has been inhabited since ancient times.
Natural Setting
The natural setting of Scaleta is equally impressive. The wide beach, unified with the open Sea, fades eventually into small hills which offer an outstanding view, especially at sunset. At its end the vast beach gives its place to a rocky shore, “a beach without an end, ashore with thin white sand, on which you may walk all day and yet not find its end” (Chronicle of a Town), a nostalgic depiction of Rethymno from 1898-1924, and the two trilogies, The Cretan (1948-1950) and The Sun of Death (1959) by the Cretan writer Pantelis Prevelakis.
Sea Caves-Visit
A number of magnificent sea caves which you can visit by boat, comes after this rough and inaccessible shore. The most impressive “Lightcave” was recently a shelter for the endangered Monk Seal Monachus-Monachus.
The Guardian Lion, the most amazing stalagmite in the cave, gives the impression to the visitor that it secures all these geological formations. By local folk these mysterious formations are named “Gate of the Nymph” and “Neptune’s Ream”
Sea Turtle Caretta-Caretta
The endangered sea turtle Caretta Caretta selects every year also Scaleta’s beach sand to lay its eggs. Many spots are found every year and with mutual understanding we must help this rare species survive. Visit the nonprofit organization