Just 550 meters from Plakias, Anthos apartments offers self-catered rooms with a balcony overlooking the Cretan sea or olive groves. The hotel features a swimming pool and free Wi-Fi. The spacious, air-conditioned apartments include a living room with a satellite TV and DVD player. Each fully-equipped kitchen features a fridge, an oven and a dining area. Buffet breakfast can be enjoyed daily. The hotel owners run a tavern with local dishes 550 meters away from the property. Once a week, there is a Cretan night with traditional live music and dancing. The hotel features a children’s pool. Horse riding facilities are available on site. Plakias a traditional village with shops that sell local olive oil. Guests are within a 5-minutes drive from sandy beaches such as Amoudi. Free private 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 Anthos Apartments, located at Plakiasthymno, 74060, 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 Anthos Apartments, – 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 Anthos Apartments are revisited so often.