Just 50 meters from the Blue-Flag Agia Galini beach in Crete, Porto Galini features a pool, a Cretan restaurant and tennis court. Guests are offered a buffet breakfast and free internet. Rooms at the Hotel Porto Galini feature a balcony or terrace with views to the Libyan Sea, gardens and pool. Each includes air conditioning, a TV and radio. All units include a private bathroom with shower. The swimming pool area is in the garden, surrounded by palm trees and the Mediterranean greenery of South Crete. Guests can relax at the pool bar with a drink or coffee. The restaurant serves local specialities. Guests can play table tennis, or spend time in the games room. The hotel also provides volleyball and basketball courts. Agia Galini village has fish taverns and shops within a 5-minutes walk from the hotel. The ancient site of Phaistos is 11.8 miles away. Tympaki beach is at 8.7 miles.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Porto Galini, located at Agia Galini, Rethymno, 74056, Greece, is the ideal staring point. Uniquely among Greek islands, Crete’s mountainous spine creates a sense of spaciousness, a life distinct from sea and sand. Fly-drive holidays to Crete – or simply the hire of a car for some days during your stay in Porto Galini, – will enable you to seek out the rugged formations of the interior, the fertile countryside and tiny chapels filled with frescoes, the mountain villages where time has stood still. Always, the authentic spirit of the islanders, their fierce independence and pride – as well as the best cooking and most delicious meals that constitute the famed “Cretan Diet” – will more likely be found where few others are looking. With so much to see, with dolphins to watch, shaded squares to paint, olive trees and wild orchids, Minoan remains and sweeping beaches, no wonder Crete holidays and Porto Galini are revisited so often.