"Kionia" apartments are placed in the south area of Rethymno county, in the island of Crete. In a marvelous place at the village of Kerame, in the location of Gialopotama, few meters across one of the one hundend ancient cities of Crete, as the ancients called, we have placed Kionia apartments.

The apartments are built  on a beautiful slope of a mountain just right on the sea, with great sea view at the Libean Sea and literally just right on the beautiful beaches of south Rethymno.

On that fascinating location, on a mountain slope, just upwards of spotless coast of Agia Fotia, we created a new somplex of six(6) luxurious apartments, with great view, nice outside space on a plot of 4.000 m².

KIONIA apartments have tha capability to offer hospitality all year to anybody who likes to be close to the nature, to the sea and to search a place far away from the big cities style or big touristic complexes.

The apartments offer to the visitor unique hospitality with all the necessary and modern facilities (heating, aircondition, TV, phone, internet etc.) and are ideally for holidays just right on the waves.

Kionia is very close to famous coasts as Plakias, Damnoni, Ammoudi, Prevelis, Rodakino, Ligres, Triopetra, Agios Paulos, Agia Galini etc. and you will only need about 20 to 30 minutes drive to visit them.

The owners are ready to offer a friendly and kindly welcome to the visitors for an unforgettable residence .

Κιονία ή Βίωννος

The presence of ancient town of Kionia or Vionos evidenced by the before Minoan years. Later, during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic times, the city continues to flourish and is considered one of the hundred cities - ekatompolis famous of ancient Crete.

The ruins of the towndivided low, just above the shore, and within 2-3 km below the present village Kerame in coastal steep hill that overlooks the sea towards the south, while from the north side has no significant elevation in relation to the surrounding area.

Today the ruins of the ancient town keep an area of ​​over 150 meters east to west and 100 meters from north to south, while the other half the city is buried at shallow depth beneath the surface of the sea. With a closer look at the surrounding area will find traces of buildings and terraces which suggest the existence of an ancient city.

For the ancient columns is believed that, because some time after the ground began to recede and the town is immersed in water, the inhabitants were forced to abandon it and move on higher, the area where the villages are now Kerames and Agallianos.

Kostas El. Papadakis,
Kerames and Agallianos, common path in time, Rethymno 2002