Boasting an outdoor pool, the family-run Calergi Residence is located at a hill in Atsipopoulo Village, overlooking Rethymno town. It features restored, stone-built accommodation with colourful paintings and pieces of traditional Cretan pottery. Free WiFi is available throughout. Fitted with hypoallergenic Coco beds and mattresses, all air-conditioned studios and split-level apartments of Calergi open out to a private balcony or terrace with pool or garden views. Each has a kitchen with dining table, combined oven and hobs and a flat-screen TV. The stylish bathrooms offer free toiletries while a hairdryer, bathrobes and slippers are also provided. Some units have a fireplace. Free coffee and unlimited refill, as well as treats are offered to the guests can loungers are featured at the sun terrace by the pool. Facilities include a hot tub and pool towels. A tennis court is a 5-minutes drive away. Free public parking is available in front of the property. Guests can start their day with a breakfast serving treats such as Cretan herb pies, fresh orange juice and homemade jam. A bar and a snack bar for light meals are available. Right next to the accommodation guests can taste traditional bread and ring-shaped rusk from the local bakery. Rethymno town with its Venetian harbour as well as several restaurants, taverns and bars, is only a 6-minutes drive away. The nearest beach is within a 10-minutes drive. Various Byzantine churches with murals are within a 15-minutes drive. The property can also organize various cultural activities guest.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Calergi Residence, located at Atsipopoulo, Rethymno, 74100, 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 Calergi Residence, – 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 Calergi Residence are revisited so often.