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Creta Maris Resort

A seaside landmark with a rich
heritage and a big heart

Creta Maris is synonymous with five-star
holidays on Crete, a celebration of this vast

and magnificent island’s architecture, cuisine,

culture, and nature.

An all-inclusive beach resort offering an unlimited variety of
exceptional facilities, enriching activities, and extraordinary
experiences for couples, families, exclusive holiday seekers, and
celebration travelers, delivered with intuitive Cretan generosity environment, community, and culture.
and sincerity. From pressing grapes with your bare feet
Creta Maris is located just 25km from Heraklion airport, in the to shearing sheep and cheese making with
lively town of Hersonissos, perfectly placed for sandy beaches, local farmers, guests are immersed in the
towering mountains, astounding antiquities, and a vibrant urban true essence of Crete.
scene. With a blue flag beach, 15 swimming pools, a waterpark, Built on the site of an ancient settlement,
and kids club, 7 outstanding restaurants, 5 snack points and 10 antiquity and culture are the foundation
bars, one of the largest open-air cinemas in Europe, a spa, an stones of Creta Maris. Minoan civilization,
organic farm, an exceptional variety of rooms, suites, and a villa, folk art, and contemporary Greek culture
and a wealth of facilities, activities and entertainment, Creta are on display at every turn — carefully
Maris is more than an award-winning, five-star resort. It is restored ruins by the pool, traditional, hand-
a destination in itself. woven rugs in the lobby, and exhibitions
from the Metaxas family’s private collection
Historic facts of priceless artefacts at local museums.
When Nikos and Loula Metaxa dreamed up Creta Maris in 1975, Past and present thread through the
it was a daring idea. There were almost no hotels on the Greek resort, a seamless chronicle of beauty and
island of Crete, let alone a five-star resort. Nikos and Loula harmony. Everyone is welcome, family
imagined a seaside village where travelers could experience the is everything. This generosity of spirit is
very best of this vast and varied island, from the comfort and simply a given. Taking care of others comes
privacy of a beautifully appointed resort. A civil engineer with as naturally to us as jumping into the sea on
a passion for antiquity, Nikos had the grit and talent to build his a summer’s day.
dream. His wife Loula, a collector of traditional textiles and gifted Creta Maris makes memories, but people
gardener, invested every detail with warmth, soul, and local color. make places. Loyal staff and trusted
Still a family business, Creta Maris has expanded and evolved partners are treated with the same care and
over the years, while remaining true to its founders’ vision: to respect as guests, nurturing relationships
offer heartfelt hospitality, consistently delivering the highest that last a lifetime, growing and evolving
quality and variety of services, while respecting the local together.
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