Located right on the beach of Agia Roumeli, the family-run Gigilos offers rooms with a private balcony overlooking the Cretan Sea. It has a seaside restaurant-cafe and sunbeds on the beach. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout.Gigilos rooms are bright featuring dark-coloured wooden furnishings. Ôhey include a mini fridge and air conditioning and they all have an en-suite bathroom with shower. At Gigilos cafeRestaurant, guests have the option of tasting their breakfast, a coffee and traditional Cretan flavours prepared with fresh local products. The village of Agia Roumeli is accessible either by crossing the Samaria Gorge or by ferry from Sfakia, Sougia or Paleochora. Free parking can be found near the premises.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Gigilos, located at Sfakia -Chania, Agia Roumeli, 73011, 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 Gigilos, – 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 Gigilos are revisited so often.