Set in 80,000 sqm of landscaped gardens, this 5-star hotel includes 4 pools and 4 restaurants, located on a 550 yards long sandy beach. Just a 10-minute drive from Rethymnon Old Town, Aquila Rithymna Beach offers extensive children’s facilities.Aquila Rithymna Beach offers classically decorated rooms and bungalows. Each with a sea or garden view, all air-conditioned rooms are equipped with a satellite TV, bathrobes and slippers, as well as beach towels and a beach bag.Guests can enjoy ala carte lunch at Mournies tavern, resting under the shade of mulberry trees, or try gourmet dishes at the Ancient Eleftherna restaurant. There is also a typical Greek Kafeneion serving traditional beverages and meze, as well as a lounge bar and a beach bar.Rithymna Beach features 5 tennis courts including 2 floodlit courts. Guests can also take diving lessons and there is also a water sports centre with jet skis, canoes and water skiing.A tennis court for children is available and tennis lessons are provided. The hotel’s animation team organizes theatre plays and a variety of activities, and a children’s restaurant is also featured.The neighbouring settlements of Adele, Aghia Paraskevi and Platanias are walking distance. Rethymnon is only 4.3 miles away, while Chania and Heraklion are 66 and 44.7 miles respectively.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Aquila Rithymna Beach, located at Adelianos Kampos, 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 Aquila Rithymna Beach, – 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 Aquila Rithymna Beach are revisited so often.