Elpida Village – Cretan village-style hotel with a pool and a beach shuttle
✨ All Inclusive available | 🏖️ Beach approx. 1 km | 🚌 Free shuttle to the beach | 🌄 Views over Mirabello Bay | 🧒 Kids room and playground
ℹ️ Overview
The nearest beach, Agios Panteleimonas bay, is around a kilometre away, and the hotel shuttle runs there free of charge several times a day. The property itself is built like an old Cretan village – stone walkways, a square under a giant tree and terraced gardens on a hillside above Mirabello Bay. It suits families and couples who want the beach without hiring a car.
🛏️ Rooms
Rooms and family rooms furnished in Cretan rustic style, most of them looking out to sea from a balcony or veranda.
- Rooms for two, 18 m²
- Rooms for three, 25 m²
- Family rooms for four, one or two bedrooms
- Air conditioning, heating and flat-screen TV
- Mini-fridge, kettle and tea or coffee making
- Safe (for an additional charge)
🍽️ Food and drink
The hotel offers several board options, and the kitchen works from Cretan recipes with herbs and spices grown organically on the property.
- Breakfast included, Half Board or All Inclusive
- Main restaurant with Cretan and international dishes
- Greek tavern with wood-fired oven and coal BBQ
- Traditional coffee shop with sea views
- Pool bar
- Greek cooking lessons taught by local women
🏊 Pools
The pool sits among the terraced gardens, and the sunbeds and towels around it come with the stay.
- Outdoor pool with a shallow end
- Sunbeds by the pool (free of charge)
- Pool towels
- Pool open throughout the property's opening season
- Landscaped gardens and olive groves
🏖️ Beach
Agios Panteleimonas bay is the closest, around a kilometre from the hotel, with the well-known Golden Beach of Voulisma a little further – the free shuttle serves both.
- Agios Panteleimonas bay approx. 1 km
- Golden Beach of Voulisma approx. 2 km
- Free hotel shuttle several times a day
- Shops, bars and taverns on the road below
🎾 Sport and activities
A court, a games room and a gym on site, with hiking, sailing and diving organised from reception.
- Multi-court for tennis, basketball and volleyball
- Games room with darts and table tennis
- Billiards (for an additional charge)
- Gym
- Organised hiking and walking
- Sailing and diving trips
👨👩👧 Families
Children get an indoor room of their own and a playground outside, and film nights run in the evening.
- Kids room and outdoor playground
- Kids' club
- Open-air film nights
- Family rooms for up to four people
📍 Location
The hotel stands above the coast road between Istron and Kalo Chorio, with Agios Nikolaos a short drive along the bay.
- Agios Panteleimonas bay – approx. 1 km, approx. 10–20 minutes on foot, free hotel shuttle
- Golden Beach of Voulisma – approx. 2 km, approx. 20–30 minutes on foot, free hotel shuttle
- Kalo Chorio village – approx. 1 km, approx. 20–25 minutes on foot
- Agios Nikolaos – approx. 15 km, approx. 15–20 minutes by car
- Heraklion Airport (HER) – approx. 70 km, approx. 65–85 minutes by car
🔎 Good to know
- No capacity for extra beds
- Pets are not accepted
- Hillside setting with stone walkways and steps
- Free parking on site
- Live Greek music and disco nights, seasonal
