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Overview:

When arriving at Elounda, the first view from the hilltop is a panorama of the Bay of Mirabello, where the foreground is dominated by the Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort
and the green expanse of its golf course. Designed with respect to the architectural tradition of the land, this unique complex is an oasis of recreation comprised of the hotel, the village square and numerous restaurants and bars.

Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort are lodgings with spacious bathrooms, large balconies or terraces, offering fantastic views across the Aegean Sea.

Porto Deluxe rooms & suites with shared pool have direct access to a large seawater swimming pool running the length of the building, reserved for these rooms only.

Porto Deluxe rooms with private pool offer direct access to a private pool.

Two-Bedroom Exclusive Suite with private pool is 120m² large, consisting of two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms with air-bath tubs, large living room with CD/DVD and dining area.


All rooms and suites,  face the sea, have en-suite marble bathroom with pipe music and telephone, air-conditioning, mini-bar, satellite TV, safe deposit box and hairdryer.  The verandahs, terraces and gardens are furnished with teak garden furniture and sunshades, which vary according to the type of accommodation.

Behind the “Blue Flag”-awarded long sandy private beach, featuring sundecks and waiter service, lies "Playiada". Inspired by a Greek village square and covered by a robust wooden pergola, it is the ideal location for taking shade during the day and for theme festivities in the evening. A variety of boutiques, the art gallery and the pro shop are all located around the Orthodox Chapel of Prophet Elias.

Breakfast buffet and table d’hôte dinner are served in the ‘Nafsika’ restaurant, with wonderful views across the bay. During summer, Mediterranean and Cretan à la carte dining is available in the olive grove of ‘Elies’ restaurant, while lunch is served at ‘Odysseus’ tavern, right on the water’s edge, with a selection of fresh seafood and Greek dishes.

The Kirki Bar, offering delightful views across the bay, is the perfect place for aperitifs and cocktails, accompanied by piano music in the evening, whereas at the Beach Bar drinks and snacks are served throughout the day.

The recreational facilities of Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort, in addition to the 9-hole par-3 golf course, include two tennis courts and a gymnasium with a variety of fitness equipment. The heated freshwater indoor swimming pool, the sauna and the hamam at “Thermais” is open to all the guests of the resort.

The first Six Senses Spa™ in Europe situated within the Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort provides a truly relaxing and revitalizing experience, through many forms of holistic healings to balance the senses. Its unrivalled range of signature treatments focuses on health, beauty, pampering, stress reduction and recuperation using pure, natural and environmentally friendly products.  The luxuriously appointed spa spreads over 2,200 m², setting unique standards in spa design. 

For golfers, the Resort offers a private nine-hole par-3 golf course, available to the resort’s guests only. Creatively designed with multiple tees, guests may choose to play the course as an 18-hole, as each hole has two playing options of varying difficulty. With numerous trees and pot bunkers, each hole has its own individual character, with the distance between tees and greens ranging from 60m to 160m. Additionally, the complex has practice nets, a practice bunker and a 9-hole putting green. The PGA, who runs the Golf Academy and is fluent in English, organizes private tuition for golfers at all levels. The Pro Shop sells or rents all necessary equipment. 

Next to the beach and the freshwater swimming pool with children’s paddling pool, set within the shelter of the bay, is the sea sports center. Supervised by experienced coaches, a variety of exciting services are available, including jet-skis, windsurfing, water-skiing, and laser craft rental. Luxury yachts are also available for charter, with a range of excursions or tailor-made itineraries offered. The PADI certified scuba diving center teaches and awards diplomas up to the highest levels of proficiency. The crystal clear waters and rock formations of the bay, home to fascinating flora and fauna, are considered amongst the finest to be found in Greece.

For parents seeking safe and fun activity for their younger children, Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort offers the children’s club called ‘Children’s Ark’. Operated by professional childcare specialists, it allows children from 6 months to 10 years to be entertained and educated in a variety of activities. Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort is the ideal destination for families with small children.

A world–class, five-star resort with outstanding leisure and family facilities at your disposal all year round.

Spa:

The grand Six Senses Spa at Porto Elounda is undoubtedly the most breathtaking spa in the whole of Greece, and among the top such facilities in the whole of Europe. Designed by the world’s foremost spa designers, SYNTAX International, it follows the architectural traditions of the local culture with a touch of the latest trends and some very impressive contemporary art. It takes advantage of a magnificent location at the western coves of Mirabello bay, overlooking the resort’s golf course and the distant mountain ranges across the expanses of crystal-clear waters. Set in the middle of the resort’s accommodation facilities, the spa is accessed through the main entrance of the resort’s new wing, adjacent to the main building of Porto Elounda. Through a heavy wooden door opens a completely different world – the world of Six Senses Spas.

A magical environment of water, stone, glass, wood and breathtaking murals receives every guest to their unforgettable spa experience. No detail has been overlooked in the enchanting reception area and the adjoining Six Senses Shop, where guests walk around a beautiful marble pond and admire the murals of Greek painter Paniaras. Guests are immediately greeted by the expert Six Senses staff and admitted to a private consultation with a specialised therapist in order to assess their needs and propose a well-suited program of treatments.  With all the necessary appointments settled, guests are escorted to the changing rooms and thence to the spa’s focal point, the Tepidarium.

Receiving its name from the Roman baths, where it was an area of initial body adjustment with heightened temperatures, the Tepidarium is a tremendous space that excites all the senses. Water is the main motive force: flowing through a cascade, bubbling in the hydrotherapy swimming pool, glistening in the overhead glass pond, and dominating the view out of the enormous glass façade. Covered wall to wall in natural stone and marble, while discreetly lit from the most ingenious of angles, the Tepidarium is simply a pleasure to be in, and yet one has a plethora of reasons to leave it for more pleasures beyond: the Hydropool with hot seawater, the saunas and caldarium of the Thermal Suite, and the traditional ritual of the Ottoman Hammam.

The spa’s pool is filled with a host of water features like jets, cascades, bubble-beds and air-massage. Having both an indoor and an outdoor section, it is a unique experience to swim around its hot seawater while admiring the distant seascapes and mountain ranges and as the skin’s pores open to admit the beneficial ions that pure seawater contains in abundance. No better place to enjoy the hydropool than lying on the outdoor bubble-beds while admiring the views and taking in the vibrant Mediterranean sun.

After the bath experience, the body is ready to immerse into the therapies of the Thermal Suite. Besides the traditional Finnish sauna with dry heat, there is also the Saunarium with its more subtle heat and humidity and the Caldarium, the traditional Roman steam room. After these cabins, there’s nothing better than a dip in the ice-cold pond. Built by world leaders BALNEA^Ò of Germany, these cabins are simply the best one can find and are readily available to all guests of the spa.

The Ottoman Hammam experience at the Porto Elounda Spa is by no means a simple treatment, but rather a whole ritual whose cleansing and rejuvenating properties have been used for centuries in this part of the world. The space itself, directly accessible through the Tepidarium, takes advantage of natural lighting just like the traditional hammams did with glass bricks set into the ceilings and large windows overlooking the spa’s hydropool. The ritual starts with footbaths and continues with a cleansing whole-body shower onto the main hot room: covered throughout in beautiful Greek marble, this hot and humid space is capped by a magnificent dome and has space for up to ten people. Four springs admit hot and cold water for guests to throw over themselves while their skin softens in anticipation of a thorough body scrub in the adjacent two rooms with large marble tables. After the skin has been exfoliated, guests are admitted into the treatment rooms next door for a gentle massage with natural oils and thence to the hammam’s own relaxation area.

One of the unique features of the Six Senses Spa at Porto Elounda is the Therapy Suite, essentially a small private spa within the spa with all the treatments to be enjoyed by a group of friends in the utmost privacy. The suite is available for hire for a few hours or for the whole day, and offers a private steam room, sauna, small hydropool, outdoor bubble-tub, and two treatment rooms with indoor and outdoor relaxation areas. The suite can also be joined to the hammam in order to create an enormous private space for larger parties who wish to enjoy the best of Six Senses without any interference from the outside world.

All private treatment rooms in the spa are located on an independent level accessible through the tepidarium by a circular staircase decorated all around with stunning murals and having at its centre a magnificent helical glass sculpture by the acclaimed Greek sculptor Varotsos.  Emerging on this level is entering the zone of bliss. The waiting area is around an oval pond out of glass set into the floor, naturally lit from above and at the same time allowing views to the swimming pool underneath and lovely seascapes out the large windows. All around are a plethora of treatment rooms and relaxation areas that can be joined in a variety of ways in order to create various large private suites, as well as a hair and manicure/pedicure salon.

For starters, there is the equivalent of the large Therapy Suite found on the level below: a private space with two massage rooms, a private steam room and a private sauna, as well as an outdoor bubble-tub. This is a space for a party of two or more guests who want to enjoy their privacy while not sacrificing any of the diversity offered throughout the spa. Even meals can be taken in the suites, in order not to spoil at all the feeling of security and privacy.

On the opposite side to the suite is a set of four treatment rooms that are joined to create a junior suite: The Dry Float room contains a bed with heated water mattress and heated blanket for all kinds of wraps, while next door is the room of the Cleopatra Bath for immersion in therapeutic concoctions of milk and honey. The set is completed by two wonderful massage rooms, large enough for couples taking their treatments together, as well as an outdoor bubble-tub for soaking in the sunshine while drenched in therapeutic warm seawater.

This floor also offers: two Oriental Treatment rooms with floor mattresses for a superb Balinese or Thai massage or perhaps a Shiatsu treatment, two Couple Treatment rooms with an outdoor bubble-tub, and two Thalassotherapy Suites each with a fantastic seawater air- and jet-tub and the facilities for all sorts of seaweed wraps, mudwraps, and therapeutic massage treatments.

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