Just 450 meters from Platanias, the family-run Seashell apartments features a salt-water pool and self-catered rooms with balcony overlooking the Chania Bay or the palm-tree gardens. Horse riding and windsurfing activities e organized. Rooms at the Seashell have a fan. Each includes a kitchenette with a fridge and cooking hobs for the preparation of light meals. All the units have a private bathroom with shower. Some offer air conditioning. Guests can relax on the sun terrace near the swimming pool that is supervised by a lifeguard and surrounded by sun beds. Coffee, drinks, snacks and salads are served at the pool bar. A continental breakfast is served daily. Staff at the tour desk can arrange activities such as diving and hiking and book excursions to Cretan villages. The town of Maleme has shops and restaurants serving the local tsikoudia drinks within a 10-minutes walk. A bus stop is conveniently located in front on the hotel.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Seashell Apartments, located at Pyrgos Psilonerou 43, Maleme, 73100, 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 Seashell Apartments, – 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 Seashell Apartments are revisited so often.