Crete Greece

The Royal Blue, a Luxury Beach Resort ★★★★★

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VeryChic Perks
  • Half board included
  • Even better rates for solo guests (in Superior Room)
Our price includes:
  • Accomodation in a Superior Room with garden view and shared pool, in a Superior Room with sea view or in a Luxury Villa with sea view and private pool
  • Half board (includes breakfasts and buffet dinners at the main restaurant - drinks excluded)
  • Complimentary wine and local delicacies in room or villa upon arrival
  • A complimentary cocktail per person and per stay
  • For any stay of 4 nights and more : a complimentary voucher of €50 for the spa
  • Even better rates for solo guests in Superior Room with garden view with shared pool or Superior Room with sea view
  • Veryflexible offer or non-refundable offer according to the formula chosen at the time of booking
Our price does not include:
  • Meals and drinks not mentioned in the offer
  • Local tourist taxes of €4 per room, suite or villa and per night (to be paid directly to the hotel)
  • Transport & transfers
  • Optional supplementary insurance (unless selected at the time of booking)
  • Administrative travel costs (visa etc.) for destination and/or transit countries
  • Processing fee in the event of cancellation
  • Anything not mentioned in "Our price includes"
  • 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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The Royal Blue, a Luxury Beach Resort ★★★★★

Escape to your home by the sea to relax in the lap of luxury.

Exceptional
9.3 /10
By Grace Stephen, VeryChic correspondent
It does not take a lot of imagination to conjure up visions of amazing seaside holidays when the destination is Crete, Greece. Now, take all those fantasies to a whole new level at The Royal Blue, a Luxury Beach Resort. Endless views of the ocean in all of its changing moods and colours, balmy weather, gastronomic delights galore, and the sheer magic of an adults-only environment are just a few aspects that make this resort an unforgettable destination.

Superior Room with garden view and shared pool

Maximum occupancy: 2 adults and 1 baby or 1 child / 3 adults

Superior Room with garden view and shared pool
Superior Room with garden view and shared pool
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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

Superior Room with sea view
Superior Room with sea view
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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

Luxury Villa with sea view and private pool
Luxury Villa with sea view and private pool
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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
  • Geropotamos Beach is a pebbled beach with pristine cool waters and a shore that tends to be calm even in the high season.
    Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.
  • Paraschakis Family Olive Oil Factory Tour is a 45-minute tour of an olive oil factory run by a family. This tour is described by many visitors as ‘the best memory of Crete’.
    Melidoni Geropotamou, Rethymnon, Crete 74052, Greece
    +30 2834 022039.
  • The Athos Workshop where guests can learn to make soaps and other beauty products, all made by hand and using natural ingredients.
    Angeliana, Aggeliana, Milopotamos, Crete 74052, Greece
    +30 2834 020728.
  • Castel Milopotamo offers stunning views over Panormo's port from a 13th century fortress.
    Panormos in Rethymno 740 57, Greece.

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.


Location
8/10
Common areas
9.4/10
Rooms
9.2/10
Service
9.4/10
Restaurant
9.1/10
  • Covid-19 health & travel rules for Greece:
    Visit the official EU Reopen website to see the current local health situation, and entry requirements (if any) from EU / Schengen countries or from countries outside the EU / Schengen Area
  • 2 nights minimum stay
  • Government taxes of €4 per room or villa and per night (to be paid directly to the hotel)
  • Room or Villa in Veryflexible offer: cancellation and refund up to 7 days before your departure (on the same payment method, excluding processing fees: handling fees for any cancellation and additional processing fees of €50 for a reservation over €500)
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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.
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