Standing on a hill overlooking Hersonissos, Imperial Belvedere Hotel is set within a Cretan garden with lemon, olive and palm trees. It offers 7 swimming pools, and 3 tennis courts.The bright and airy rooms are air conditioned and have a 21-inch satellite TV, safe and a mini fridge. They all have balcony with views across the Aegean Sea and the contrasting hillside.The 2 buffet restaurants offer a great choice of international dishes. Snacks and lights meals are served at the 2 bars. Guests can relax with a drink at the lounge bars or order room service.The Belvedere Resort features a gym with sauna and indoor pool. Diving lessons are available upon request. There are 2 children’s pools with water slides.Guests have easy access to a spa centre, at 450 yards from the hotel. An 18-hole golf course is 4.3 miles away. Heraklion Airport is 15.5 miles away. There is free parking 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 Imperial Belvedere Hotel, located at Limenas Hersonissou, 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 Imperial Belvedere Hotel, – 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 Imperial Belvedere Hotel are revisited so often.