Daydream About This Resort in Greece to Forget All About Travel Restrictions
Nothing conjures up the image of paradise quite like the Greek Islands. In particular, Crete: An idyllic island encircled by crystalline water, rich in culture and history and blessed with dreamy landscapes and year-round sunshine.
One luxury Cretan resort making waves, with close to 200k followers on Instagram, is Stella Island Luxury Resort & Spa. With its maze of lagoon-style pools, the luxe resort is pure paradise and the ideal spot for a high-end honeymoon. Why not deep dive with us into the turquoise waters to find out why this resort is such a hot favourite?
Image: Stella Island
Accommodation
Image: Stella Island
Ultimate luxury comes in the form of the Grand Overwater Bungalow. Dive from your bedroom into the infinity pool, lounge in an overwater hammock or take a timeout in your own private jacuzzi. The opportunities to relax are endless. The deluxe bungalow is fitted with stylish furnishings, a pool deck, sun chairs, queen-sized bed and sofa bed, exercise machine, 32” Flat LCD screen and more.
Image: Stella Island
Step up the seclusion in the Island Villa, complete with a private pool. In addition to that, there's also a wooden deck and a luxurious outdoor lounge area. The villas come with all the frills: Plush queen bed, bathrobe and slippers, mini bar, premium bathroom amenities, not to mention a multilingual concierge service, laundry service and daily bed linen replacement.
Image: Stella Island
The Premium Swim Up is perfect with its direct pool access, allowing guests to walk from their bed and glide straight into the water. The room is complete with a queen-sized bed, 32” Flat LCD screen, walk-in shower, deck and comfy day beds.
Dining
The resort has several relaxing poolside bars, cabanas and all-day lounges. Also available are five deluxe dining options, including Kimata, an international buffet on a deck extending over the water. For a fancier night out, Oceania is a reservation-only rooftop restaurant with a selection of Mediterranean dishes and panoramic views of the resort.
Vegera serves authentic Cretan cuisine passed down through the generations and is tranquilly situated amongst the olive trees, next to the resort’s Aegean style chapel of St Andreas. Umami Asian Robbata is dedicated to high-quality cocktails and Asian gastronomy, whilst La Parrilla—a new age grill—serves up slow-cooked, fresh Cretan meat and delicious desserts.
Image: Stella Island
Spa & Activities
The resort isn’t short of relaxing treatments and daytime adventures to feed your body and soul. Scuba dive along the coast of Heraklion, mountain bike through the Cretan terrain, trek along ancient paths, horse ride through olive groves...Stella Island has it all. The resort also offers an array of sports, including tennis, beach-volley, table tennis, football, mini-golf, petanque and basketball.
Then there is Anassa, a wellness spa with a long list of royal treatments from the "Elemis Biotec Firm-a-Lift" treatment to the "Elemis Freestyle Deep Tissue Massage".
Image: Stella Island
For more in-depth details about the luxury resort, head over to the website, and to help feed your travel daydreams, follow @stellaislandcrete on Instagram.
See another noteworthy destination: This Colombia hotel will blow you away.