The area of Gournes where Niros Beach is located is a mildly developed tourist area with many beaches and several restaurants, near (1.7 km) of the Kokkini Hani shopping center. Nearby (1.9 km) is the famous Cretaquarium, an internationally known aquarium with 200 different species of the Mediterranean Sea, the dinosaur park Dinosauria Park (2,2 km.) and the Crete Golf Club, the only 18-hole golf course of international standard in Crete.
For more intense night entertainment, you can visit the night clubs and restaurants of the cosmopolitan city of Hersonissos at a distance of 12 km . For city breaks you can visit Heraklion at a distance of just 14 km, the capital of Crete, a city with a huge history, a large shopping center and important sights such as the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, one of the largest and most remarkable museums in Greece and one of the oldest and most important in Europe, the Historical Museum of Crete, the Museum of Natural History of Crete, and nearby the Minoan palace of Knossos.