Just 150 yards from Gouves Beach, Hara Ilios Village is set amidst a well-tended garden with flowers, olive and palm trees. It has a pool with separate children’s section, a poolside bar and a restaurant.All spacious, air-conditioned rooms open to a furnished balcony with garden or pool views. Featuring tiled floors, they include a fridge, satellite TV and hairdryer.Guests can start their day with a buffet breakfast and continue with other meals, including Cretan dishes, at the restaurant. Refreshing drinks, ice creams and salads are served at the snack bar, by the pool.Hotel Hara Ilios Village is fitted with a games room and billiards. Bicycle and car rental can be arranged. Free Wi-Fi is provided in all areas.The property is around 9.9 miles from Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport. The lively Malia and Hersonisos can be reached within a 10-minute drive. Free parking is possible on site.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Hotel Hara Ilios Village, located at Agiou Panteleimonos , Gouves, 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 Hotel Hara Ilios 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 Hotel Hara Ilios Village are revisited so often.