Just 50 yards from Chania’s Venetian harbour, Stoa Rooms is set in a historic building and offers air-conditioned studios with a satellite LCD TV. Taverns and restaurants are only a 2-minute walk away.With free Wi-Fi, all studios at The Stoa come with a DVD player and tea/coffee facilities. The studios are light in style with sand-coloured fabrics and wooden furniture.The property offers free public parking, and is located 43.5 miles west of Rethymno. Heraklion is 90.1 miles away. Guests are within easy reach from restaurants serving traditional Cretan food.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Stoa Rooms, located at Lithinon 5, Chania Town, 73132, 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 Stoa Rooms, – 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 Stoa Rooms are revisited so often.