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At the quiet end of Plakias beach.

Family-run hotel & restaurant · 50 m from the sea · South Crete.

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Breakfast laid on a hotel balcony, the whole sweep of Plakias bay and the mountains beyond

The Plakias Bay Hotel sits where the long sandy beach ends and the quiet begins. From every balcony: the bay, the mountains, and the villages scattered on their slopes. The sea is fifty metres down the path; the tavernas, shops and little harbour of Plakias are a ten-minute walk along the sand.

Three simple ways to stay

  • A renovated room with a bamboo ceiling, wicker lamp and white linen, its balcony door open to the bay

    Rooms over the bay

    28 rooms · double + single bed · sleeps 2–3

    Freshly renovated, island-simple, and a balcony that does the heavy lifting.

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  • Two connected rooms of the same renovated style, each with its own balcony

    Family units

    3 units · two rooms, one inner door · sleeps up to 6

    Kids next door — behind their own door. Only three exist.

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  • A split-level garden apartment with a timber staircase and a full kitchen

    Garden apartments

    2 apartments · garden side · kitchen · sleeps 4

    Split-level, with a kitchen and a shaded veranda in the green.

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Dinner in the garden, the whole bay for company.

Our restaurant serves lunch and dinner every day except Sunday — a menu that changes with the morning's market, cooked the way our family has always cooked. Guests start the day with a full buffet breakfast of fresh local ingredients and traditional delicacies.

The restaurant
The garden terrace at dusk, tables lit under the olive trees with the bay behind
The couple who opened the hotel in 1984, raising a glass together

Our family

Our parents opened this place in 1984, and we have been here ever since — the same family, a generation further on. We are a music-loving family, so there are instruments in the lobby and a piano; if you play, they are yours for the evening.

Our story

The walk to town

Ten minutes along the sand and you are among the tavernas. Everything else worth seeing is a short drive: the palm gorge at Preveli, the emptier beaches west, the villages up in the hills.

The walk from the hotel into Plakias An illustrated map of Plakias bay. The hotel sits at the quiet eastern end of the beach, fifty metres above the sea. A path follows the sand west for about ten minutes to the village, its tavernas, shops and little harbour, where the bus to Rethymno stops. The road to Preveli and its palm beach leaves to the east. The hotel 50 m from the sea Plakias village tavernas · shops · harbour ≈ 10 minutes along the sand Bus to Rethymno Plakias beach Preveli & the palm beach
Illustrated orientation map; see the Explore guides for detail.

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What guests say

4.9 Google · the hotel 197 reviews

4.9 TripAdvisor · the restaurant