This little part of Crete may have more 5 star hotels than any other place on the island but a summer holiday to Elounda is an affordable luxury. The same warm Cretan welcome is extended whether you’re in a small hotel or a swanky high end resort villa and there are plenty of family-budget-friendly tavernas restaurants and bars. Naturally with the illustrious patronage of princes, presidents and prime ministers, top notch quality appears across the whole spectrum of an Elounda summer holiday, particularly the beaches.

The main beach is next to the harbour and is well equipped and fringed with bars and restaurants. The smallest of the beaches for your Elounda summer holiday is to the east of the town but the crowning glory is Kolokytha Beach which is reached by crossing a narrow isthmus past windmills and the small church of Agios Loukas. Of course, you could always use your Elounda summer holiday to access the gorgeous beaches on Spinalonga Island easily reached by frequent boat trips.

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A summer holiday to Elounda is the Cretan antidote to everyday stress. Immediate impressions show you’re in for the best of times as you gaze on the dramatic panorama across Mirabello Bay to Spinalonga Island