Just 0.9 miles from Hersonissos, Semiramis village offers an outdoor pool with free sun beds. Rooms come with views over the Aegean sea and the beach is at 450 meters. The en suite guest rooms come with hairdryer and feature a TV with satellite channels. Each is air conditioned and a safe and/or fridge is available at a charge. Breakfast is served buffet style. The hotel’s restaurant serves Greek and Mediterranean dishes. Refreshing drinks are available at the poolside bar. This traditional Cretan hotel offers a spa bath and massage room sports and leisure facilities include a games room with billiards, darts and table tennis and a gym. Wi-Fi access is available in public areas and free private parking is available on site. The Semiramis village is just 5 minutes walk from downtown Hersonissos and its many shops, taverns and lively nightlife. A 25-minutes walk will take you to a variety of beaches. Heraklion International airport is 18.6 miles away.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Semiramis Village, located at Drapano, Hersonissos, 70014, 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 Semiramis Village, – 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 Semiramis Village are revisited so often.