Just 50 metres form Glaros Beach in Kato Daratso, the whitewashed Astra is set amidst a flower-and-tree garden. It offers self-catering accommodation and a snack bar with outdoor area. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout. All studios and apartments open to a garden-view balcony and offer a seating area and safe. Each has a kitchenette with a fridge, cooking hobs and coffee maker. Astra Apartments Hotel is located 4.5 km from Chania Town with its Venetian lighthouse. Souda Port is around 12 km and Daskalogiannis International Airport is 18 km away. Free public 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 Astra, located at Daratsos, Chania Region, 73100, 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 Astra, – 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 Astra are revisited so often.