page_title: Gouves, Greece
section_title: Gallery
hierarchical_section_title: Gouves, Greece / Gallery
caption_attribution_description: English: Elia Village
context_page_description: Gouves is a village and former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011, local government reform it is part of the municipality Hersonissos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 94.963 km². It lies around 20 km east of Heraklion.
  Goúves is often confused with its busy summer resort, Káto Goúves. Besides this well developed tourist resort with long sandy beaches, the area has some traditional villages and archaeological sites and Eileithyia caves. West of Goúves are the tourist resorts of Kokkíni Háni and Amnísos, both with similar attractions, and, to the east, Crete's largest resort, Hersonisos.
  Káto Goúves, just a couple km north of the village, and is a summer resort. There is a variety of accommodation, from large hotels to boarding houses and self-catering apartments, and there are many restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and shops.
caption: Elia Village
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