Just 100 yards from the sandy Platanias Beach in Chania, Lolas Hotel features a swimming pool, a poolside snack bar and a restaurant. It offers free Wi-Fi in public areas and self-catering units with a private balcony.The air-conditioned studios and apartments of Lola’s enjoy views over the Cretan Sea, the pool or the mountain. Each unit features a flat-screen TV, a safe and a kitchenette with fridge and cooking hobs. The private bathroom comes with a shower and a hairdryer.Guests can enjoy drinks and coffees by the pool throughout the day, while Greek and Mediterranean dishes are also served at the on-site restaurant for lunch or dinner.Lolas Hotel lies within 550 yards from the centre of Platanias, where restaurants and shops are featured. Chania Town, with its scenic Venetian Harbour, is at 12 km, while Souda Port is 4.3 miles away. Free public parking is possible nearby.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Lola’s Hotel, located at Platanias, Chania, 73014, 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 Lola’s 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 Lola’s Hotel are revisited so often.