Daios Cove
Hotel · Crete ·
Sea view rooms, private pools, fine dining, spa, and water sports
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Βαθύ, Kritsa 721 00, Greece Get directions
Sea view rooms, private pools, fine dining, spa, and water sports
Βαθύ, Kritsa 721 00, Greece Get directions
"I view Daios Cove as an island escape that pairs family‑friendly villages with resort comforts, making Crete a warm winter option for families." - Jenn Sinrich
"It may be big—there are 280 rooms, suites, and villas dotted around the olive-tree-covered cove—but service at Daios Cove is as smooth and polished as the marble floors. Families are especially well taken care of with complimentary buckets and spades for the beach and electric buggies to glide you noiselessly to your door. Villas are split over two stories, with sitting rooms leading out to the infinity pool and terrace, and the master suite and balcony below. There’s a notable amount of effort to make your stay extra comfortable from the lengthy pillow menu to the choice of mango, vanilla, or violet fragrances to be fed into the air-conditioning, and little treats like macaroons or feta muffins, waiting for you whenever you return to your room. The bars, restaurants, and the swimming pool area are all on different levels up the rocky sides of the bay, accessed by a funicular rail car. Down at the beach, the shore is lined with loungers and the sea is shallow, making for child-friendly rippling waves. —Heidi Fuller Love Price: from $307 per nightAddress: Βαθύ, Kritsa 721 00, Greece"
"A sprawling modernist complex carved into the hillside above a secluded bay on Crete may seem like the sort of place a Bond villain hides out, but it’s a far more welcoming sort of place: extraordinarily family-friendly, decidedly not an adults-only escape, and supremely easy to enjoy. The ratio of rooms to pools is approximately two to one, and when your resort comprises some 300 rooms, that’s a lot of pools!" - Le Guide MICHELIN
"A balm for overworked, whacked-out parents, with stone-built villas dotted around an olive-tree-covered cove. It may be big—there are 300 rooms and 39 villas—but service is as smooth and polished as the marble floors, with fragrant hand towels, ice water, and electric buggies to glide you noiselessly to your door. Villas are split over two stories, with sitting rooms leading out to the infinity pool and terrace, and the primary suite and balcony below. Children can sleep on a sofa bed in the top half, with their own bathroom—an arrangement that works surprisingly well. What the rooms may lack in character they make up for in quality and extravagant extras: lengthy pillow menus, iPod docking stations, a choice of mango, vanilla, or violet fragrances to be fed into the air-conditioning, and Château Margaux (at $2,000) on the room-service menu. Whenever you return, a little treat is waiting: pastel-colored macaroons, giant cupcakes, or feta muffins. Bars, restaurants, and the swimming pool area are all on different levels up the rocky sides of the bay, accessed by a funicular rail car. And though it feels rather resorty, the Crete hotel's eco credentials are impeccable, with water recycling and heat-recovery systems all working behind the scenes. Evenings are low-key and family-friendly with help-yourself buffets that major on Greek classics, from souvlaki and dolmades to filo-wrapped prunes. There's also, of course, a kids club, with mini discos, the occasional games night, and babysitting. At the beach, the sea is shallow and shelves some 50 feet out, making for child-friendly rippling waves. Children can while away the time with their complimentary buckets and spades."
"Daios Cove, the luxe resort on a secluded bay where we were staying" - Travel + Leisure Editors