Blue Palace Resort & Spa

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While we can’t fulfill your secret wish of trading your legs for fins and ruling a mythical mermaid kingdom beneath the Mediterranean’s surface, our No. 2 can deliver the next best thing. In fact, the Blue Palace Resort and Spa promises to fulfill virtually every whim on your Greece vacation!

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Related Onsite Offerings The Elounda Spa and Thalassotherapy has been awarded a number of prestigious awards and accolades, including the 2007 Spa Finder Readers' Award for the best spa in Greece.

Fun facts If you can’t bear to leave the simple beauty of your Blue Palace villa or suite, this Greece resort will bring its restaurant’s authentic Cretan cuisine to the private comfort of your villa terrace.

Highlights Blue Palace’s beachside taverna, Blue Door, occupies the former living quarters of a Cretan fisherman and serves up everything from grilled seafood to Grecian specialties on tables covered in quaint blue and white checkers.

We could feign surprise, but over-the-top luxury and hospitality like this is to be expected from the Crete outpost of Starwood Hotel’s elite Luxury Hotels Collection. Like an exclusive private villa, one of only four on the property, with a private infinity-edge pool that disappears into the cobalt-blue horizon. And inside, another aquatic venture awaits in this Greece villa’s luxurious bath, where a whimsical egg-shaped deep soaking tub offers just enough space for two. Like we said, Blue Palace Resort is a place where your sea goddess fantasies can finally come to fruition!

You’ll find a generous – okay, extravagant – dose of luxury at Blue Palace Resort, but don’t think this Greece resort has forgotten its Cretan roots. Here, stone paths lead to secluded groves of native olive trees and fragrant herb gardens, and suites feature clean lines and subtle interiors so that nothing distracts from the spectacular Crete scenery that waits outside!