MGallery Niko Seaside Resort

The adult only 5-star MGallery Niko Seaside Resort on Mirabello Bay, Crete, first opened its doors in April 2022, providing the perfect setting for a luxurious, grown up holiday. With a prime location right on the beachfront in Agios Nikolaos and with a range of high-end facilities, this super deluxe hotel maintains a cosy boutique feel, with flavours of Greece.

All chic, air conditioned rooms, come with all the amenities you might expect, including walk-in shower, piped radio throughout, free WiFi, and private terrace. Top-end rooms come with private plunge pool for discrete dips à deux and stunning sea views.

The fourth-floor pool area here is stunning, with a fresh water infinity pool stretching almost the breadth of the hotel, offering sensational views out over Mirabello Bay. While super-comfy sun loungers and parasols line the sun terrace, in-pool loungers span its length. Naturally, there's a handy poolside bar, serving all kinds of drinks and all-day cocktails. Guests in suites have access to the exclusive Éther Executive Club infinity pool and sun terrace, which also has its own poolside bar.

When it comes to food and drink, also on the fourth floor and benefiting from the mesmerising sea views on the terrace, is the Mira Restaurant where an American buffet breakfast is served daily, along with Mediterranean-Cretan fusion cuisine is served for lunch and dinner. Or choose the Ariagne Bar Restaurant in the downstairs lounge, with it's curvaceous corner sofas and sophisticated atmosphere.

The Creta's Happy Divers diving centre on the beachfront, just minutes away, allows guests to discover the island's underwater secrets. If you yearn for a longer stretch of beach, the sandy Almyros Beach is just 4 km down the coast, and for even more coastal beauty, travel a little further to Voulisma Beach 15 km down from the hotel.

A 500-metre stroll from the hotel and encircled by restaurants, bars and little boats, pretty Lake Voulismeni is the calming epicentre of town. Take to the water with a boat trip to Spinalonga Island only 25 minutes up the coast, courtesy of Nostos Cruises in town. Both the mainland villages of Plaka and Elounda nearby merit the 20-minute drive up the coast too.

Heraklion Airport is a 55-minute drive from the hotel.