Hotel Elounda Mare, member of the Relais & Chateaux
chain since 1988, is a de-luxe hotel built on gently sloping land on Mirabello
Bay 2 kms from the pretty village of Elounda. It comprises of 80 units, 37
rooms and suites in the main building and 43 bungalows and bungalow suites. The
hotel has a private coastline of 300m so all rooms in the main building and
bungalows face the sea. All 37 rooms and suites in the main building have a balcony or terrace
and a wonderful sea-view. The suites have a separate bedroom and sitting
room with balcony and the superior suites are similar to the standard suites but
bigger and have a large terrace with a panoramic view of Mirabello Bay and the
Aegean.
The bungalows have individual air-conditioning units and include a sea
water swimming pool that is either private (most of them heated) or shared with
the neighbouring bungalow. Most of the swimming pools are heated in early
spring and late fall.
Bungalows with a private pool and garden are larger than the standard
bungalows with shared pools. The smallest among them, the 'studio' has extra
sitting space, the 'suite' bungalows have a separate bedroom and sitting room
and the 2 or 3-bedroom 'suite' bungalows have more than one bedroom each with a
separate bathroom. All units have been individually designed and tastefully
decorated. If you want to be treated to special VIP service in the lap of
luxury then a bungalow with a private pool could be an answer to that dream.
The Presidential suites are luxurious one or two bedroom suites with a
spacious living room and open fire-place. They are located near the sea and all
have a private heated seawater swimming pool (most of them heated). The King
Minos Suite is the jewel in the crown, even offering a private health club with
sauna, steam bath and fitness equipment.
All rooms and bungalows have elegant marble bathrooms, most of them with
air-bath tubs as well as a separate shower enclosure. Facilities in the rooms
include air-conditioning, direct dial telephone, colour satellite TV, in-house
music, mini bar, safe, hair-dryer, bathrobes and slippers. In addition all
bungalows are equipped with a sunshade and deck chairs and beach towels.
At the 'Karavia Bar' you can sip your drinks at sundown while listening to
soft piano music and gazing out at the evening sky over Mirabello bay. You have
a choice of three different restaurants, the 'Deck Restaurant' for a buffet
breakfast and five-course Table d'Hote dinner, the 'Yacht Club Restaurant' open
daily for lunch that shares evenings with the 'Old Mill Restaurant', a fine
a-la-carte restaurant where snacks are served during the day in the shade of
olive and carob trees and formal dress is required in the evenings for a
romantic dinner.
A large heated seawater swimming pool and a paddling pool for children
are situated in the front of the hotel and lawns and terraces extend along the
shore where sunshades and deck chairs are provided free of charge. Sea sports
including water-skiing and SCUBA diving tuition are organised by the hotel, and
canoes, pedaloes, windsurfs and a sailing boat for charter are at your
disposal.
Other facilities of the hotel include two tennis courts (artificial grass)
with instructor, table-tennis, a chapel, art gallery, souvenir shop, boutiques,
jewellery shop, hairdresser, sauna, steam bath room, massage, gymnasium, car
rental, a laundry and dry cleaning service, a limousine service and a
newsstand.
It shares an executive nine-hole golf course with its sister hotel, Porto
Elounda De Luxe Resort, just 500m away.
The Conference Room seats 150 persons and two smaller meeting rooms are
also available.