Hara Ilios Village - Gouves (Crete)
35.333123, 25.314351Overview
Family-run resort with Creta Spa, 150 metres from Gouves Beach
Accommodation & Grounds
Hara Ilios Village is set amidst a well-tended garden of olive and palm trees, with flowers lining the paths. Rooms offer a furnished balcony with garden or pool views, and superior rooms include a private plunge pool. The hotel has a games room, billiards, and a shared lounge area with outdoor fireplace and picnic space.
Dining
The buffet restaurant serves a breakfast with local specialties and themed evening dinners, including Cretan dishes. A snack bar by the pool offers drinks, ice creams, and salads during lunch hours. The hotel also provides an a la carte option for evening meals, and a pool bar serves cocktails and wine.
Spa & Wellness
On-site Creta Spa provides body treatments, facials, and massages including the Cretan massage, performed by Stamatis and his team. The spa offers body scrubs, wraps, and foot massages, with services for couples and individual guests. Spa facilities include sun loungers and umbrellas by the outdoor pool.
Activities & Entertainment
The hotel organizes live music performances and themed dinner nights several times per week. Guests can play billiards or table tennis, or rent bicycles to explore the area. Diving and snorkelling are available nearby, with excursions to local attractions arranged through the tour desk.
Location & Services
Hara Ilios Village lies 150 metres from Gouves Beach, with public buses to Heraklion and Malia running every 20-30 minutes. The hotel offers a 24-hour reception, currency exchange, and luggage storage, plus a shuttle service to Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (16 km). Car hire is available on-site, and the hotel is pet-friendly, welcoming dogs in designated rooms.
- Location: 150 metres from Gouves Beach, with bus to Heraklion and Malia every 20-30 minutes
- Accommodation: Superior rooms with private pool, standard rooms with furnished balcony
- Dining: Buffet with Cretan dishes, snack bar by the pool, a la carte option
- Wellness: Creta Spa offering Cretan massage, body treatments, and reflexology
- Activities: Billiards, table tennis, live music, themed dinner nights
- Services: Airport shuttle, car hire, currency exchange, 24-hour reception
Licence number: 1123585
Rooms and availability
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Max:4 persons
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Bed options:1 Single Bed or 1 Double Bed
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Max:3 persons
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Bed options:3 Single beds
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Garden view
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Bathtub
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Balcony
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Max:4 persons
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Bed options:1 Single Bed or 1 Double Bed
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Garden view
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Bathtub
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Balcony
Facilities
Main facilities
Valet parking
Luggage storage
Locker room
24-hour reception
24-hour security
Poolside snack bar
Restaurant
Welcome drink
Snack bar
Paid airport shuttle
Seasonal outdoor pool
Pedicure
Manicure
Facial
Body wraps
Sports & Fitness
- Diving
- Snorkelling
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Cycling
- Billiard tables
- Table tennis
Services
- Paid airport shuttle
- Valet parking
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Car hire
- Laundry
- Dry cleaning
- Tours/Ticket assistance
- Welcome drink
Dining
- Restaurant
- Poolside snack bar
- Snack bar
- Picnic area/ Tables
- Dinner
- Packed lunches
- Special diet menus
Business
- Business centre
- Meeting/ Banquet facilities
- Fax/Photocopying
Children
- Cots
- Babysitting/Child services
- Board games
- Toys
Spa & Leisure
- Seasonal outdoor pool
- Beach access
- Beach umbrellas
- Sun loungers
- Live entertainment
- Sun terrace
- Garden area
- Leisure/ TV room
- Spa & wellness centre
- Pedicure
- Manicure
- Waxing
- Body scrub
- Facial
- Treatment room
- Body wraps
- Back massage
- Head massage
- Full body massage
- Foot massage
- Make up services
Room view
- Garden view
Room features
- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Sitting area
- Patio
- Garden furniture
- Tea and coffee facilities
- Ironing facilities
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
Essential information about Hara Ilios Village
| 💵 Lowest room price | 39 £ |
| 📏 Distance to centre | 2.4 km |
| ✈️ Distance to airport | 15.8 km |
| 🧳 Nearest airport | Nikos Kazantzakis, HER |
Location
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