Alianthos Beach Hotel is just 10 yards from Plakias Beach. It offers air-conditioned rooms with furnished balcony. Features include a large pool, and a Mediterranean restaurant.The spacious guest rooms have views of Plakias bay, or the surrounding hills. Each has free Wi-Fi, satellite flat-screen TV and a modern bathroom with tub or jet shower and hairdryer. Slippers and tea-and-coffee amenities are complimentary.The all-day restaurant serves a rich buffet breakfast, lunch, and dinner, inspired by traditional Cretan, Mediterranean and international cuisine. Drinks are available by the poolside.The front desk can arrange for car rental and horse riding. Free private parking is available. Staff will be happy to assist with useful tourist information.The beaches of Amoudi, Souda, Skinaria, and the famous Preveli palm beach, are easily reached within a 5-minute drive. Rethymnon is 18.6 miles away.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Alianthos Beach Hotel, located at Plakias,Rethymno, 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 Alianthos Beach Hotel, – 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 Alianthos Beach Hotel are revisited so often.