The ultimate luxurious escape,Elounda Beach Hotel and Villas await…

65kmfrom Heraklion International

Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”

35minby several daily flights

from Athens

8kmfrom the cosmopolitan

city of Aghios Nikolaos

1.5kmfrom the picturesque

fishing village of Elounda www.eloundabeach.gr

is a Grecian gem. The prime location on the beach

complemented by exceptional service, award-winning

cuisine and diverse, innovative room types cements its

status as a leading hotel.

Experience unrivalled luxury at Elounda Beach Hotel

& Villas, Crete. Spanning 40 acres of picturesque

surroundings, encompassing luscious gardens, stunning

pools and pristine coves of sandy beach, the property

An oasis of tranquility set against the water’s edge

AccommodationOffering an extensive range of accommodation options, from state-of-the-art, high-tech villas to family-friendly suites with a private garden, there’s a room type to please every traveller.

244 rooms 27 room types

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Comfort VIP Club

ComfortVIP Club:

89 Rooms & Bungalows

22 - Double Roomswith Sea View in the Elounda Building

24 - Double Bungalows Sea View

13 - Luxury Rooms Garden View in Thalaspa Chenot Building

30 - Luxury Rooms Sea Viewin Thalaspa Chenot Building

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Premium Club

Premium Club

58 Rooms & Bungalows

5 - Luxury RoomsSide Sea View with private Gym

34 – Luxury Hotel / Bungalow SuitesSea View

10 - Luxury RoomsSea View Sharing Pool

6 – Luxury Island Bungalowson the Water’s Edge

3 - Luxury BungalowsSea View with private Pool

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Premium Gold Club

PremiumGold Club43 Island Suites /Ambassador Bungalow Suites

13 - Island Suites on the Water’s Edge

14 - Ambassador Hotelor Bungalow Suites Sea View

11 - Ambassador Bungalows Suiteson Water’s Edge

3 - Island SuitesSea View with Private Swimming Pool

2 - Ambassador Bungalow Suiteson Water’s Edge with Private Pool

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Sports Club

Sports Club:15 Rooms & Bungalows

11 - Island Suites on the Water’s Edge with Private Gym

2 - Ambassador Bungalow Suites on the Water’s Edge with Gym

1 - Island Villa with Private Swimming Pool & Gym

1 - Ambassador Bungalow Suite on the Water’s Edge with PrivateSwimming Pool & Gym

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Exclusive Club

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Exclusive Club:27 Villas

8 - Island Villaswith Sea View & Private Pool

5 - Hideaway Villaswith Private Swimming Pool

4 - Family Villaswith Private Pool

4 - Presidential Villason Water’s Edge withPrivate Swimming Pool

6 - Grand Villaswith Sea View & Private Pool.

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9 Villas

8 - Yachting Villas(Sea Pearl, Sea Satin, Sea Silk, Sea Rubin, Sea Star, Sea Prince, Sea Princess, Sea Grace)

1 - Yachting Villa with Gym(Sea Majesty Villa)

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Platinum Club

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Platinum Club:

1 - Palace Villawith a swimming pool

2 - Royal Villaswith an indoor and outdoorswimming pool

Restaurants& BarsCombining gourmet dishes,

attention-to-detail service with

breath-taking backdrops ensures

every mealtime at Elounda Beach

Restaurants & Lounges is a fine

dining experience.

Embark on an unforgettable

culinary journey, from the taste

of the Mediterranean to Asian-

inspired flavours…

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Artemis Main Restaurant

Kafenion Greek Restaurant (Cretan cuisine)

Dionyssos Gourmet Restaurant

Wine Cellar which is home to1150 different brands of fine wine

Argonaut Seaside Restaurant (Mediterranean cusine)

Blue Lagoon Polynesian Restaurant & Sushi Bar (Polynesian cusine)

In-Room Dining

Veghera Jetty Bar

Neraida Pool Bar

Our new sensory indulgence

“Rediscover your inner self.” Henri Chenot

Slip into the luxurious ambience of the new

ThalaSpa Chenot, an elegant balance of both

holistic rejuvenation and relaxation in a setting

of complete serenity and tranquility.

Using signature Chenot techniques, highly

skilled therapists offer unique, bespoke

treatments incorporating the purest ingredients

with scientific advances. Ideal to create

renewed health and physical, psychological

and emotional well-being.

Espace Vitalite Chenot

Activities & Leisure

• Water Sports including: water-skiing, sailing, windsurfing, wave runners (jet ski), range of towable toys• Outdoor seawater swimming pool• Open-air amphitheatre (movies/shows)• Secluded white sandy beaches, with umbrellas & sun beds• Extensive gardens with walking paths• Bridge lounge• Shopping arcade

• Sightseeing excursions & travel info desk• Cretan Museum of Popular Art• Themed Nights, i.e., Greek Night, Lobster Night, Cuban Night• Children’s supervised animation programs• Daily fitness programme• Gym and personal training• Five floodlit tennis courts• Volleyball

• Badminton• Basketball• Table tennis• Football pitch (grass)• Mini golf• Boat trips by traditional Kaiki - To Spinalonga Island, Agios Nikolaos, Fishing trip, Sunset cruise• Diving center - Ranging from elementary courses to specialized courses, PADI certified

Activities & Leisure

Well-Fit Studio

SaunaHammam

Why EloundaBeach Hotel & Villas?- Upmost privacy - Picture-perfect surroundings- Exceptional, attention-to-detail service- Family-friendly, from spacious suites to access to a kids club- Exciting activities and excursions- Perfect for destination weddings and

honeymooners

www.eloundabeach.gr

Top Beach Hotels – Conde Nast Traveler, Greece (Reader’s Choice Awards 2011)

Greece’s Leading Family Resort – 2010 The World Travel Awards

The Best Beach Hotels in Europe – 2010 GEO SAISON

Top 4-Best Beach Resort Greece – Philoxenia 2009 (Gold Morpheus)

Gold List – Conde Nast Traveler, USA

No 1 European Resorts – Conde Nast Traveller, UK

Top 20 European Resorts – Conde Nast Traveler, UK (Readers’ Choice Awards)

Awards

Τestimonials

“The week I stayed in Elounda Beach was a dream, in fact

is the place where I slept better. The people are so

nice that I am sorry to leave this peaceful and wonderful place. I’ll always remember

and I’ll come back. Is a promise”

Pedro Almodovar

“Take me to the river dip me in the water. Α great

little republic...” Bono U2

We were back here again in this magnificent space

for the second time.As always very very nice. The service is top. Next

year surely we will be back again. I love this place. Thanks a lot everyone.

Cristiano Ronaldo

“To “Elounda Beach”thanks for a excellent stay with nice food, great view, beautiful complex

and really good service. I hope I will be available to come back.

Wishing all the best” Luis Figo

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Water Baby at Elounda Beach, CretePosted by Jo Gardner on 10th June 2014

At Crete’s Elounda Beach Hotel, hydrotherapy isconsidered the best preparation for slimming and anti-ageing treatments.

Elounda Beach’s Espace Vitalite Chenot is no ordinary spa.Predominantly a medi-spa with its own dietic department(creating low calorie, high energy meals for guests), theThalaspa mimics the ancient Chinese belief that slimmingand anti-ageing treatments cannot work if a person’s‘meridian’ is out of balance.

Before commencing a programme, all guests are advised toundergo a hydro-energetic cure, a one-hour combinationtreatment designed to restore the proper circulation ofliquids to the body in three steps: hydro-aromatherapy,phyto-mud therapy and hydro-jet/shower.

Sporting an extremely unflattering pair of paper knickers,I’m led into a white, peaceful room where a bubbling bathawaits. It’s not a Jacuzzi, I’m told, but a series of jets designedto ‘eliminate toxins and fats infiltrated into the tissues bytoning muscles and tendons to protect against damagecaused by ageing’. To me it’s a lovely bubble bath with anenviable view of the sea and mountains.

The lights are dimmed as I step into the warm water, gentlejets working their way around my body for the next twentyminutes – each new ‘direction’ met with a change of watercolour. It’s all over too fast.

Back in my robe, I’m led into a second room where warmmud is painted all over my body while I sit on a on a bed.Once ‘mudded up’, I’m wrapped in several layers – cling film;several towels; a thick, plastic sheet – and lowered onto whatI can only assume is a warm waterbed.

This twenty minutes seems a little long, as — ten minutes in— my ear starts to itch and as I’m wrapped up like amummy, I’m unable to move.

By the time I enter the third room, I realise why the spa is sobig, this time I’m in a massive wet room with no windows.I’m told to hold onto the silver bars at the back of the roomwhile a lady directs warm water jets at me for the dualpurpose of removing the mud while invigorating blood flow.The jets are powerful and, while not painful, the experienceis a little odd.

When the warm water suddenly turns icy cold I’m about toprotest when the treatment ends, and I’m shown into therelaxation area to drink cold liquorice tea and marvel at myskin, which is now as smooth as a baby’s bum.

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The Elounda Beach Hotel & Villas is amember of The Leading Hotels of the World(lhw.com) and is located on the north-eastern coast of Crete, with views overMirabello Bay. It is open April to Novemberand is a 40 minutes' drive from Heraklion

International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”, which is servedby several daily flights from Athens (35 minutes) andother major European cities.

The Elounda Beach Hotel & Villas was established in 1971and was one of the first luxury hotels not just in Crete, butin Greece. Its reputable heritage is what has secured aloyal customer base and A-list clientele and continues tolead the way in the luxury travel sector.

The Elounda Beach Hotel has added luxurious newYachting Club Villas, which come complete with 30 sqminfinity pools and views over the glistening turquoiseMirabello Bay in north-eastern Crete.

Starting at 74 sqm, the Yachting Club Villas sport heatedteak floors, leather-clad ceilings, nautical furniture, chicdesign, sliding doors, and outdoor decks with parasolsand loungers, as well as diving gear and fishing tackle onrequest.

Guests will also find cutting-edge technology throughout,from screens embedded in the bathroom mirrors and TFTLCD televisions to 42-inch weather resistant speakers,and private movie theatres with Blu Ray players andDolby surround sound.

There is also video-on-demand with a library of morethan 80 films, plus wifi internet, wireless control panelsthat sync to your room's lighting and air conditioning, andeven mattresses that adjust to your body temperature andallow you to sit up in bed and look out to the ocean.

Whatever your needs or desires, the Elounda Beach Hotelcan satisfy it. Every guest has access to butler service atthe push of a button, massages on request, fully stocked

minibars, wardrobes with LED lights, sunken baths, silksheets and satin robes. The interior decor of the new-build villas is highly contemporary, minimalist and stylish.

Perfect for health buffs, the 104 sqm Yachting Club Villasalso come with their own private gyms and larger 50 sqmpools.

With your own private deck levels and a location on thewater's edge, from the moment you awake, you’ll feel asif you’re in the middle of the ocean. But unlike being outat sea, you also have the opportunity to enjoy all thefacilities of a five-star hotel – should you want to leaveyour oasis, there are sandy coves, verdant gardens, morethan ten restaurants and bars, and a spa, all waiting to beexplored.

The Yachting Club Villas at the Elounda Beach Hotel areperfect for well-heeled, worldly travellers looking for arevitalising, yet relaxing alternative to the typical beachor boat charter holiday. Here you can combine the two.

The top-class facilities will go down well with jetsetters,celebrities and royalty alike, as privacy, prestige andpleasure are all guaranteed. And best of all, you won'thave to worry about getting seasick.

There are 9 Yachting Club Villas in total (8 yachting villasand 1 yachting villa with gym).

Facilities in all Yachting Club Villas include: opulent livingrooms with video projector private movie theatre withon-demand screening, electronic skylights in thebathroom, private swimming pools, outdoor decks, andTV and music systems, to name but a few.

Yachting Club Villas at Elounda Beach start from approx£1,597 per room per night (including breakfast) YachtingClub Villas with a gym start from approx £1,857 per roomper night (including breakfast)

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The Future of LuxuryStay in a new Yachting Club Villa onGreece’s island of Crete, and feel likeyou're on your own private sailing boat

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WHERE TO STAYYou don’t need to travel halfway around the world to find a dreamy beach destination; Crete is a mere three-hour flight. Less than an hour’s drive from Heraklion airport lies the picturesque fishing village of Elounda, and the place to check into for your five-star fix is Elounda Beach. Think of everything you might love about Greece and add a peaceful villa and exclusive beaches to boot. You’ll find a dazzling backdrop of iconic white-washed buildings combined with more contemporary, glass-fronted structures, but it’ll be the warm Cretan welcome which will really make you feel like you’ve truly arrived. Kick back in your own Island Villa where many newlyweds emerge only to enjoy a dip in the ocean, which is just a few steps away. The open-plan space has everything you need, including a walk-in closet and gym. After a day of laps in your private pool, pour yourselves a glass of something chilled and enjoy the large bathtub which has blissful sea views. Or, if you’re feeling flush, treat yourselves to one of the super-sumptuous Yachting Club suites.

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If the cutting-edge design and high-tech facilities (we’re talking leather ceilings, video projectors on the walls and retractable skylight) don’t sell it to you, the wooden sun decks and heated outdoor infinity pool certainly will. The wonderful thing about Elounda Beach’s village-style set-up is that you’ll find a restaurant at every turn. Whether you enjoy sushi at the glittering Blue Lagoon or homemade Cretan dishes at Kafenion, one thing’s for sure; this is island living.

WHAT TO DO1) Take a short taxi ride to bustling Nikolaos, on Mirabelo Bay, and meander through the streets for cafés, bars and shops offering everything from fabrics to local delicacies.2) The spa at Elounda Beach offers a full range of treatments. Have a relaxing massage on the day of arrival to start as you mean to go on. 3) Elounda Beach’s waterfront location makes it the perfect place to set sail on a fishing trip or traditional kaiki boat excursion. Visit Spinalonga Island for beautiful views and snorkeling. 4) Guests at Elounda Beach also get to enjoy the facilities of sister hotel Elounda Bay Palace. Embrace your sporting spirit with a range of watersports, including waterskiing, windsurfing and scuba diving. W

Seven accommodation clubs available. Prices from £266 per night. Visit eloundabeach.gr.

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WANT NOTHING BUT A STRETCH OF CLEAR, BLUE WATER, but don’t fancy being stuck on a yacht all day? Crete’s Elounda Beach Hotel has the solution for all land-lovers, with its eight glorious Yachting Club Villas (above right), which are luxurious enough to keep even Roman Abramovich happy.

As you’d expect, it’s all very nautical glam – polished furniture, teakwood flooring, leather-coated ceilings, and an enormous private ‘deck’ for easy-peasy sea access. All the Love Boat fun with none of the sea-sickness. Other treats – such as a hydro-massage swimming pool, a temperature-controlled mattress, a movie theatre with on-demand screenings, and electronic sliding doors – add to the cool vibe.

But there’s also plenty to tempt you away from your heavenly hideaway – sublime spa treatments along with watersports and excursions to

nearby islands like Spinalonga or Agios Nikolaos – in fact, with your butler-on-call, your wish is their command. Expect to tick off some simple pleasures, too – strolling hand-in-hand along the private beaches, exploring hidden coves, and candlelit dinners for two under the stars. No meal is complete, though, without a trip to Elounda’s awesome wine cellar to ‘um’ and ‘ah’ over which of its 1,150 wine varieties you’ll be sampling come evening. Then, after dinner (check out Thalassa, the hotel’s glamorous seafood restaurant) flit over to Veghera for cocktails that are so good, they’re rude. Get here before Kate Moss, Rihanna and the other A-list yacht-lovers discover it. ● A Yachting Club Villa costs from £1,597 a night, B&B (eloundabeach.gr)

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starqualityBoeing and Bigelow Aerospace unveil their vision for commercial space travel

This concept, based on the seven-person CST-100 capsule being developed for NASA, was designed for paying, non-professional space tourists. As such, it includes features such as a large viewing space, large displays for communication and entertainment, and wireless internet for email, social media and entertainment.

The seats are individually mounted and collapsible to aid mobility, while the simplified interior linings are finished with soft-touch surfaces. Other features designed with comfort in mind include secure stowage; a “deployable privacy area that addresses the modesty needs of passengers and crew”; and customizable space suits.

Boeing has also appropriated its Sky Interior mood-lighting, which was originally developed for the Boeing 737 airliner. “Boeing’s teams have been designing award-winning and innovative interiors for our aircraft since the dawn of commercial aviation,” says Rachelle Ornan, regional director of sales and marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “Designing the next-generation interior for commercial space is a natural progression. A familiar daytime blue sky scene helps passengers maintain their connection with Earth.”

The XchangE autonomous car concept by Rinspeed (with an interior developed by Strähle+Hess) showcases what driverless cars could be like. The seats can be arranged in more than 20 ways.

Highlights of Elounda Beach Hotel’s new Yachting Club Villas in Crete include infinity pools, heated teak floors, leather-clad ceilings, nautical furniture, sliding doors and outdoor decks

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10 best water villasBest water villas: Elounda Beach resort, Greece

Elounda Beach resort, Greece

Greece isn't famous for its over-water villas but the ones at Elounda Beach resort - known as Yachting Club Villas -are certainly worth checking out. Intended to resemble the rear end of a yacht, there are leather ceilings designed bythe luxury car brand Maserati, sensor-activated Jacuzzis and more tech than you can shake a stick at - all of whichcan be controlled with an iPad.

Yachting Club Villas from around US$2,737 per night

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