Boasting a beach front location in Anissaras, the 4-star Kosta Mare features 2 fresh-water pools, a lobby-bar with terrace and a self-service restaurant. Guests have a choice of garden-view or sea-view rooms. The spacious and elegant Kosta Mare Palace guest rooms are distributed in several buildings, within a colourful garden. Each is en suite and offers a satellite TV with music channels and a refrigerator. Wi-Fi is free in public hotel areas. Kosta Mare guests can choose among 2 restaurants and 2 bars. Neoria main restaurant serves a lazy breakfast between 10:00 and 11:00. Meltemi self-service restaurant serves a varied lunch buffet. The pool-bar Thalassa and the Veranda Lobby bar will ensure refreshing moments with beautiful views. A fitness room, sauna and indoor pool, as well as a 6-person hot tub are at your disposal at the Kosta Mare Hotel. beach towels are available at the reception against a fully refundable deposit. An 18-hole golf course is located 2.5 miles south of the hotel. In the nearby area you will find several scuba diving centres. The Minoan Palace of Knossos (14.9 miles), Malia (4.3 miles) and the archaeological museum of Iraklion (13.7 miles) are within easy reach.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Kosta Mare Palace, located at Anissaras, Hersonissos, 70014, 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 Kosta Mare Palace, – 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 Kosta Mare Palace are revisited so often.