Minos Palace Hotel & Suites
Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
Overview
When to go
What we love
- 360 degree seaviews making you feel like you are on your own private island
- Different range of activities that offer a real taste of Greece including workshop on mythology
- Embracing Cretan cuisine and local home grown food for a healthy fresh dining approach
Who should go
- Friends or couples looking for a relaxing luxury spa experience
- Solo travellers embracing the 'Eat, Pray, Love' experiences and classes on offer
- Those looking to connect with themselves and nature
Offers
- Exclusive benefits to Wellbeing Escapes clients:
- 3% discount on accommodation
Wellness
Wellness is an integral element of this hotels concept with the aim of providing caring, intuitive service resulting in a well-healed guest. The resort is designed with tranquility in mind including various spaces for meditative relaxation and silent zones to listen to the sound of the waves.The spa offering here emulates the 'Eat, Pray, Love' concept with yoga and meditation to calm the mind, cooking and smoothie mixology classes to awaken the senses, mythology classes to spark creativity and imagination. The Love Well programme is designed for couples to extend their connection and for solo guests to enhance their feeling of self-love. These signature spa programmes will take your body on a journey of relaxation.
For those looking to improve their diet and eating habits the wellness programmes encourage mindful eating and creating a healthier relationship with food. You will be offered a customised meal plan following your consultation with a dietician.
Facilities include private blue flag beach, outdoor freshwater pool, fitness centre, tennis court, volleyball court. Variety of water sports are also available and diving can be arranged.
- Facial & beauty treatments
- Rituals
- Body massages
- Wraps
- Scrubs
Activities
- Gym
- Beach
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water sports
- Diving
- Cooking class
- Mixology class
- Garden Tour
- Mythology class
- Olive oil making
- Cheese making
- Cretan pottery lesson
- Wild herb essential oil making
- Visit Plaka which is a traditional fishing village to try some of the freshest fish
- Scuba diving in the crystal clear waters
- Spinalonga island, the former leper’s colony, just a short boat trip away
- Visit the city of Aghios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) which you can get to by walking and explore the cafes, shops and bars
Typical Group Classes
- Yoga
- Pranayama
- Meditation
- Circuit training
- Pilates
- Functional training
- Body conditioning
Sample Weekly Class Schedule
Please note - Classes are subject to change and seasonal adjustmentsRooms
Room has a private balcony with an exquisite views of the Cretan sea and the hillside of Mirabello bay or the hotel's infinity pool
There is a king size bed and bathroom has a walk in shower.
Facilities include welcome amenities, air conditioning, wi-fi, tea/coffee maker, satellite LCD TV, bathrobe and slippers, minibar, safe, hair dryer and toiletries.
Room features a large balcony.
There is a king size bed and bathroom has a walk-in shower.
Facilities include welcome amenities, air conditioning, wi-fi, tea/coffee maker, satellite LCD TV, bathrobe and slippers, minibar, safe, hair dryer and toiletries.
Airy and spacious at 30 SqM the sunset sea view rooms offer panoramic sunset sea views of Mirabello bay.
Room features a large balcony.
There is a king size bed and bathroom has a walk-in shower.
Facilities include welcome amenities, air conditioning, wi-fi, tea/coffee maker, satellite LCD TV, bathrobe and slippers, minibar, safe, hair dryer and toiletries.
Upper deck infinity blue rooms offer panoramic seaview of Mirabello Bay and Mediterranean sea.
Rooms are spacious at 30 SqM and feature a large balcony.
There is a king size bed and bathroom has a walk in shower.
Facilities include welcome amenities, air conditioning, wi-fi, tea/coffee maker, satellite LCD TV, bathrobe and slippers, minibar, safe, hair dryer and toiletries.
What’s on the menu
The hotel has some of the best healthy Cretan restaurants in Agios Nikolaos area. All meals are fresh, simple and natural, based on traditional recipes, with most of the produce grown in their gardens. An authentic farm to fork experience is provided by the dining team using locally sourced ingredients and indigenous Cretan herbs. Meals are not restrictive but focus is on mindful eating approach. Here, you will be asked to slow down, embrace your inner hunger and create a healthier relationship with what you eat.
There are two restaurants both offering a la carte menus and two bars, a beach bar and a pool bar.
Wellness is at the fore front of the dining offering here with customised meals and diet consultations provided.
Breakfast and dinner is buffet style.
Location
Nearest airport
The transfer time is approximately 45 minutes from Heraklion Airport.The flight time is approximately 4 hours from London.
Families, Children & Infants
This hotel is adults only.Reviews
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