Located 4.3 miles from Rethymnon, Dias Solimar Hotel is only 50 yards from Adelianos Kampos’ white sandy beach. Highlights include a tennis court, air-conditioned restaurant and a large freeform pool with sunbathing terrace.The spacious rooms are both stylish and comfortable with en suite bathrooms, bathrobes and slippers, private balconies or terraces and sea views. Each is air conditioned with a flat-panel satellite TV with radio channels.The in-house restaurant specialises in Cretan and Mediterranean cuisine. The bars serve alcoholic beverages, fresh juices, soft drinks, snacks and more.The gardens include a children’s playground, while adults in need of entertainment can indulge in ping pong, darts or billiards.A 5-minute walk will take you to the nearest village is Adele, with shops, restaurants, taverns and clubs. Bus links to Heraklion are a few steps away. Heraklion International Airport is 49.7 miles away, while Chania Airport is at 43.5 miles. There is free private parking on site.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Solimar Dias Hotel, 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 Solimar Dias 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 Solimar Dias Hotel are revisited so often.