Elounda is perhaps one of the best cosmopolitan villages in the world, situated to the east of Crete, 7 km from Agios Nikolaos and 70 km from Heraklio. At Mavrikiano, the beautiful traditional village that overlooks Elounda and its Bay, are built the old stone traditional houses of Argiro, Dimitra, Penelope, Efterpi, Erato, Clio, Kalliopi, Leonidas and Margarita.