- Half board included
- Even better rates for solo guests (in Superior Room)
The calm setting, located right on the seafront and surrounded by beautiful gardens.
The range of luxurious and spacious rooms, suites and villas on offer.
Rejuvenating with a hydro-massage and Thalasso treatments at the spa.
The half board offer for VeryChic customers, perfect for really getting a taste of the local cuisine.
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Cancel with a refund, without need for justification, up to 7 days before arrival.*
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Cancel with a refund, without need for justification, up to 7 days before arrival.*
*Booking fee is retained as a cancellation service charge, an additional €50 service charge is retained for …
Superior Room with garden view and shared pool
Maximum occupancy: 2 adults and 1 baby or 1 child / 3 adults
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- Surface area: 30 m²
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- Bed types: 1 Queen Size bed or 2 single beds, and 1 extra bed
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- Bathroom with: shower, toilet, hairdryer, bathrobes, slippers, complimentary toiletries
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- Room with: terrace overlooking the garden and shared swimming pool, air conditioning, flat screen TV with satellite channels, telephone, safe, minibar, wake-up service
Superior Room with sea view
Maximum occupancy: 2 adults and 1 baby or 1 child / 3 adults
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- Surface area: 30 m²
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- Bed types: 1 Queen Size bed and 1 extra bed
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- Bathroom with: shower, toilet, hairdryer, bathrobes, slippers, complimentary toiletries
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- Room with: balcony with sea view, air conditioning, flat screen TV with satellite channels, telephone, electronic safe for laptop, minibar, wake-up service
Luxury Villa with sea view and private pool
Maximum occupancy: 3 adults and 1 baby or 1 child / 4 adults
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- Surface area: 103 m² (55 m² indoors & 48 m² outdoors)
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- Bed types: 1 Queen Size bed and 2 single beds
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- Bathroom with: shower, toilet, hairdryer, magnifying mirror, bathrobes, slippers, complimentary toiletries
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- Villa with: terrace with private pool, view of the seafront, air conditioning, flat-screen TV with satellite channels, telephone, safe, equipped minibar, wake-up service
24-hour reception
Check in from 3pm and check out by 11am- 187 rooms & villas (non-smoking)
Smoking is permitted on the balcony or terrace 
Wi-Fi available for free in the rooms, villas and common areas of the hotel
4 restaurants:
• Symposium: main restaurant, serving international & traditional cuisine (open 7:30am-11am & 6:30pm-9:30pm)
• Asterias: serves à-la-carte gastronomy, fish & seafood (open 7pm-11pm)
• Elia: serves à-la-carte Cretan cuisine (open 7pm-11pm)
• Alati: serves Mediterranean cuisine (open midday-5:30pm)
Menus adapted for special dietary requirements available on request and with confirmation from the hotel- Full board at the main restaurant offered as an option upon booking VeryChic at the rate of €28 per adult and €14 per child per night - breakfast, lunch and buffet dinners (excluding drinks)
5 bars:
• Elixir: lobby bar (open 10pm-1am)
• Thea: cocktail bar (open 5pm-1am)
• Beach bar (open 10am-6pm)
• Alati: pool bar (open 10am-5:30pm)
• Enoteca: wine cellar- Pure Blue Spa: (open daily)
Sauna, hammam, hot tub, massages, treatments and beauty centre - for a surcharge
Spa menu available at the hotel reception
Reservation required 
2 outdoor pools
Sun loungers, parasols and towels available
Gym (open from 7:30am-8pm) - for a surcharge
Hotel located on the beachfront
Activities: cooking classes, wine tasting, entertainment, volleyball, bingo, backgammon, yoga, waterpolo, plastic arts - for a surcharge
Private parking available for free
The establishment provides disabled and limited mobility access (on request and with confirmation from the hotel)
Pets are not permitted in the establishment
The Royal Blue, a Luxury Beach Resort ★★★★★
Panormo Geropotamou
74057
Rethymnon (Crete)
Greece
Royal Blue, a Luxury Beach Resort ***** enjoys an exclusive beach-front location on the northern coast of Crete, less than an hour from Heraklion.
BY PLANE
The main airport in Crete, and closest to the hotel, is Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), just east of Heraklion city center, and around 65 km / 40 mi / 55 minutes' drive from the hotel. The airport is well-served with routes from cities across Europe, however, many of the international flights operate seasonally. Year-round flights operate from Athens.
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays and French bank holidays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Local call charges may apply.