Porto Elounda Golf & Spa Resort, Six Senses Spa

About this hotel

Perched along the Elounda coastline, this 5-star resort looks across Mirabello Bay from every room. A golf course runs on site, tennis is available, and the Six Senses Spa here was the brand's first location in Europe. Rooms have wooden flooring and a furnished veranda over the sea, set with teak seating and potted plants, plus an LCD television carrying satellite and cable programming and a sitting area. The spa delivers holistic treatments within a space of its own. There is a heated freshwater indoor pool alongside a sauna and a steam room. Only resort guests play the 9-hole golf course. A water sports center runs jet-skis, windsurfing, water skiing and sailing; luxury yacht charters can be booked and a PADI-certified diving operation works out of the resort. Children have a playground with structured learning activities. Nafsika Restaurant serves breakfast and dinner with the sea in front of it, Aglio e Olio does Italian at lunch, and Odysseus is the tavern on the beach. Heraklion International Airport lies 43 mi away, though a helicopter pad allows direct transfers in from Athens or Heraklion. Inside the grounds, guests are moved about by the resort's own transport.