Located 13 kilometres east of Iraklion, in the village of Kokkini Hani, Pelamare offers friendly family-run near the beach. Pelamare is a complex of 30 fully furnished apartments in an attractive garden set by the beach. Each of the apartments commodating 2-4 persons includes a kitchen with refrigerator. Other facilities available in the complex are a swimming pool, snack bar, sauna and gym. A wide variety of restaurants and supermarkets is available within walking distance from Pelamare. Frequent bus service connects the village with Iraklion and Malia.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Pelamare, located at Kokkini Chanion, Crete, 71500, 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 Pelamare, – 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 Pelamare are revisited so often.