With a stay at Ionio Star Hotel in Ierapetra (Makry Gialos), you’ll be close to Sasteria Observatory. This beach aparthotel is within the region of Richtis Gorge and Pachia Ammos Beach.Make yourself at home in one of the 34 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Satellite programming and DVD players are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. There are also recreational opportunities including a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare (surcharge), and gift shops/newsstands.Enjoy a meal at one of the aparthotel’s dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop-cafe. From your room, you can also access room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ferry terminal shuttle.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Ionio Star, located at Koutsouras, Lassithi, 72055, 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 Ionio Star, – 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 Ionio Star are revisited so often.