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Cubicle Dreamin': Stumble to the Beach on Crete

April 10, 2007 at 1:20 PM | 0 Comments

Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.

In this episode, Hotel Maven Amanda K fantasizes about a Meditteranean getaway. Enjoy.

My holiday inspirations sometimes come from odd places. A British documentary about four friends building a villa on Crete (and all the subsequent arguments) fascinated me this week and now I've got a craving for a bit of Greek island sunshine. On greeka.com, who claim to be the Greek island specialists, I searched for somewhere to stay on Crete in the luxury category and between 0 and 50 meters from the beach (why anyone would want to search for a hotel that was more than 200 meters from the beach is a bit beyond me, but just so you know, the option was there).

The Alpha Odeon Rethymno villas turned up at the top of the list. Only three years old, this set of five villas can be found in a village named Agia Triada in the Rethymno region of Crete. They sound super-luxurious until you read the website blurb:

Facilities meet the most demanding deluxe standards offering a reluctant type of lodging.

Well, I'm really not sure what they meant there, but I'm not reluctatn to stay there, with the private pool for summer, the jacuzzi for all year and the fire place for winter; and magical views:

The view from the verandas is outstanding and panoramic, facing the crystal clear sea and the original traditional village of Agia Triada between olive trees and vineyards.

And the villas are built 4 meters from the beach. Just long enough that you won't fall in and get wet accidentally, but an easy stumbling distance when you wake up on a warm summer morning and want to start the day with a dip. Prices range from 210 Euro to 545 Euro, depending on the season and the villa.

[Photo: Tom1024z]

Related Stories:
· Alpha Odeon Rethymno [greeka.com]