Luxury bespoke holidays to Domes of Elounda, Crete
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location On the northeast coast of Crete, near Plaka and Elounda
Annual opening 26 April to 2 November
Closest airport Heraklion Airport
Distance from airport The hotel is about 1-hour's drive from Heraklion Airport
Hotel facilities and services
Blend Italian Fusion Restaurant, Topos 1910 Restaurant, Yaosai Restaurant, Tholos Restaurant, Grand Domes Bar, Breeze Bar, Yaosai Pool Bar, Domes Plaza Pool Bar, Dine Around Program, Spa, 3 Swimming Pools, Private Beach Area, Meraki Boat Trips, Aqua Yoga, Children's Activities, Cinema, Tennis Courts, Gourmet Festival.
Chargeable watersports
Boat Trips.
Land sports
Tennis, Cycling.
Out and about nearby
Through the hotel, guests can enjoy a tasting session of Crete's most valuable product, olive oil, at the Vassilakis Estate. Biking and sailing trips can also be organised through the hotel, particularly a ride on the Meraki Boat over to Spinalonga. The Venetian Fortress on Spinalonga has been beautifully preserved; narrow streets lined with ochre stone walls are unfailingly captivating. Some of the original window panes and doors remain, though trees have begun to grow inside what used to be the houses, giving the abandoned fortress an even more picturesque aspect. If you have a hire car, we would recommend visiting Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete and centre of Minoan civilisation. The colours of the palace have been faithfully restored, allowing visitors to witness its halls and painted walls in all their former glory. Inside is also one of the most important museums in Europe. The ancient city of Olous can be seen from the canal of Poros. Olous was once an important European city which traded with the East and held its own currency. The town of Aghios Nikolaos on Apatos Lake is the perfect place to visit for a taste of a bustling Cretan town, with authentic tavernas, small, traditional shops, and an intriguing myth. Apatos Lake is believed to be bottomless and a favourite bathing place of Athena and Artemis.
Sports nearby
Water Sports, Cycling, Walking.
Hotel excellent. Another great holiday organised by yourselves.Mr L, October 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a One-bedroom garden view suite for 7 nights
From about
£1,880 low season
£3,220 high season
Holiday Code EXH986
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Domes of Elounda, Crete
The five star Domes of Elounda was voted Greece's Leading All-Suite Hotel at the Times Travel Awards in 2015. Overlooking the Sea of Crete as it filters between the islands of Kalydon and Spinalonga, the resort climbs the rocks behind the seafront. Terraces, pools, and a secluded beach area capture the stunning, inspiring views at all levels. This Autograph Collection hotel gets its mystical name from the gold and white domes that crown each of the suites. In some higher category rooms, these domes are hollowed out to add extra ceiling height, and have small arched windows that give the light in the rooms a more dynamic aspect. The rooms are so spacious and well-equipped that even the smallest room type, the Premium One Bedroom Suite, can sleep two adults and one child. A fresh, often nautical, colour scheme pervades, focusing on a theme palette of blue, gold, or lilac. Tiled floors keep the rooms cool throughout the day, as do large windows overlooking the rocky cliffs, the sea, and the islands opposite. Each room also has a large panoramic terrace, complete with shaded Jacuzzi or refreshing swimming pool. Marble and granite bathrooms with large cylindrical showers and Jacuzzis add a touch more luxury. All rooms are well-suited to families, couples, and groups alike, with three bedroom UltraLuxe Villas catering for up to 6 adults. Glittering with bronze and gold tiles on curved walls and ceilings, the Spa at the Domes of Elounda is a secluded and indulgent place to relax after a day in the sun. The services of a sauna, hammam, Jacuzzi, gym, Steam Bath, Laconium, Tapidarium, and Salon, are all accompanied by soothing music. The Domes of Elounda views dining in one of their four restaurants as an invitation into their home. Blend Italian Fusion Restaurant serves authentic Italian cuisine alongside a variety of specially-selected wines, creating a truly memorable dining experience. Topos 1910 Greek Seafood Restaurant is located right on the seafront under the branches of an olive grove. An a la carte menu here introduces guests to a wide range of fresh seafood, dished up in the soothing atmosphere of a terrace that looks across the sea to Spinalonga. The brand new Yaosai Asian Restaurant offers guests a menu of exotic delicacies. The main meeting point, however, is Tholos, a Greek & Multicultural Restaurant, in which breakfast is served in the mornings and a platter of varied flavours in the evenings. Guests can also choose to dine privately in the comfort of their own suite. On five weekends between the months of June and October, the Yasosai Restaurant is taken over by prestigious chefs from across the road, bringing you alternative, innovative flavour combinations; on top of this, various theme nights and cooking events are held throughout the year, which are always worth booking in advance. Four bars, all of which are pool or beach-side, are open for cocktails and snacks in the afternoon or evening. The Grand Domes Bar offers a relaxed lounge experience with sensational views, while the Breeze Bar allows guests to sip drinks with the sand between their toes. The Domes of Elounda in Crete is a bubble of paradise on a fairly undiscovered stretch of the Cretan coast, with idyllic beachfront, numerous tranquil pools, stunning dining options, and a luxury spa, all within the walls of a picturesque complex.
Room descriptions
Domes of Elounda has 78 suites and 40 villas with furnished balcony or terrace, living room, air-conditioning, wifi, satellite television, telephone, private refrigerated bar, hairdryer, safe, and Jacuzzi bath.
Hotel excellent. Another great holiday organised by yourselves.Mr L, October 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a One-bedroom garden view suite for 7 nights
From about
£1,880 low season
£3,220 high season
Holiday Code EXH986
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Domes of Elounda, Crete
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to Domes of Elounda in Crete, Expressions Holidays includes scheduled flights with British Airways from London to Heraklion. Flights may be available from other UK airports with Easyjet, Jet2 and TUI for example. The hotel is about 1 hour 5 minutes’ drive from the airport and we recommend that we book a private car transfer for you. You may want to have the use of a hire-car for all or part of your holiday and this can be arranged by us for you in advance.
Additional information
Minimum stays: In Domes Luxury Villa, 5 nights minimum stay is required. In Domes Suites, 3 nights minimum stay is required when staying from 26 April to 20 June and from 1 September to 2 November. In Domes Suites, 5 nights minimum stay required when staying from 21 June to 31 August.
Children: Domes of Elounda offers a range of sleeping arrangements for families with children, as well as activities such as tennis lessons, art lessons, biking excursions, swimming, and water sports. Baby equipment is also available. Domesland Kids Club is managed by Worldwide Kids Company and offers a creche, Kids Club, and Teenagers Club.
Special offers
Call to make your booking and save an extra £50 per adult Call us instead of emailing us when you are thinking of booking a holiday and save an extra £50 per adult (in addition to any special offers that might be available). We want to talk to you to discuss your requirements and a phone call is usually the best way for you to define what you want enabling us to respond more accurately. We want to talk to you and you save an extra £50 per adult.
Complimentary Pool Heating Enjoy complimentary pool eco heating when staying in Haute Living Selection accommodation (Domes Residences and Domes Luxury Villas) from 26 April to 15 May 2024 and from 1 October to 2 November 2024.
Complimentary Upgrade to Half Board 2024 Receive a complimentary upgrade to half board across all room types. Restrictions may apply. This offer is combinable with other offers.
Complimentary Upgrade to Half Board Dine Around 2024 Receive a complimentary upgrade to half board dine around when staying a minimum of 7 nights in Haute Living Selection accommodation (Domes Residences and Domes Luxury Villas). Restrictions may apply. This offer is combinable with other offers.
Complimentary Family Package 2024 Stay a minimum of 5 nights and receive a complimentary family package. Package includes: one complimentary kids snack by the pool bar, daily ice cream happy hour by the pool bar, kids surprise box on arrival, colouring books and information for kids activities, no tear bath amenities, and mini bathrobes and slippers. Offer applicable to all Family Suite, Residence, and Villa accommodation types. Restrictions may apply.
Hotel excellent. Another great holiday organised by yourselves.Mr L, October 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a One-bedroom garden view suite for 7 nights
From about
£1,880 low season
£3,220 high season
Holiday Code EXH986
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Domes of Elounda, Crete
About Greece
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Greece is ideal for any traveller looking to experience the diversity and splendour of this historic country. With 166 inhabited islands, a history spanning millennia of civilisation, distinctive and rustic cuisine often enjoyed al fresco with taverna-views out over the sea, as well as some of the most spectacular beaches in Europe, Greece offers a fantastic holiday for all tastes and budgets. The sum of an extraordinary diversity of parts, Greece has played host to countless empires, and the country today is fair littered with Roman ruins and Byzantine churches, Venetian fortresses and Frankish castles. Its music, food and even language are hugely influence by the Ottoman Empire’s 400-year rule. Scattered far and wide across the Aegean and Ionian Seas, the difficulty with Greece is in deciding which bit to visit. From the rugged hillsides of Crete to the long, wide beaches of Kefalonia, from the dramatic coastline of the Peloponnese to the ancient villages and tiny islands of the Dodecanese and Cyclades, Greece is so many different holidays rolled into one, endlessly multi-faceted country. Whether you just want to fly and flop or explore ancient ruins, whether you’re looking for water sports and nightlife, or wanting to hike between ancient villages, the famously friendly Greeks will be sure to have their welcome mat out for you.
Highlights of Greece
The ancient sites of Athens, with the Acropolis merely the most famous; Halkidiki, three beautiful peninsulas stretching out into the Northern Aegean, dominated by Mount Athos, with volcanoes, beaches and monasteries; Pelios peninsula, well-known to Athenians, little visited by tourists, criss-crossed by ancient mule tracks, with ancient villages, fabulous remote beaches; the Peloponnese, Greece at its ancient (Agamemnon’s Palace at Mycenae and Temple of Apollo at Corinth) and modern (west coast beaches) best; Kos, with beautiful powder-soft beaches sandwiched between verdant interior and turquoise sea; Santorini, perhaps the most iconic island of all, with famous blue-domed churches, white-washed villages and cobalt bays; Corfu’s wonderful old town; Hydra, fantastically scenic, with tiers of stone mansions cascading down towards a perfect horseshoe harbour; Patmos, where St John wrote the Book of Revelations, now a laid-back artistic hang-out; the extraordinarily atmospheric Delphi; Greece’s fascinating second city Thessaloniki; Meteora, one of Greece’s most spectacular sites, with clifftop monasteries overlooking the sea; take a rack-and-pinion train journey through the stunning Vouraikos Gorge to Kalavryta; lobster tavernas of the Fourni islands, a wonderful archipelago with gently shelving islands and hidden coves; the national marine park of Alonnisos, superb snorkelling; turtles on Zakynthos; Ikaria’s bizarre rock formations; spring and autumn migrations, when the cliffs of Lesvos swarm with birds; semi-tropical Samos and pine-scented Thasos with super beaches; tiny, hidden islands of Inousses, Fourni and Psara.
Travelling around Greece & the Greek islands
Greece is an easy place to travel around thanks to a comprehensive public transport system. Buses are the mainstay of land transport, with a network that reaches out to the smallest villages. Trains are a good alternative, where available. To most visitors, though, travelling in Greece means island-hopping on the multitude of ferries that crisscross the Adriatic and the Aegean. If you’re in a hurry, Greece also has an extensive domestic air network. While exasperating ferry schedules make island-hopping here a challenge, the individual character of each island more than makes up for the effort.
Facts in brief
Capital AthensAirport Greece has 16 international airports, but only those in Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes and Iraklio (Crete) take scheduled flights; the other 12, scattered across the islands, are served by a variety of UK low-cost and charter airlines.
Size 51,000 sq. miles
Population 10.5 million
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Luxury bespoke holidays to Domes of Elounda, Crete
Children's clubs
At the resort, children can enjoy supervised activities such as tennis lessons, drawing lessons, biking excursions, swimming, and water sports. Domesland Kids Club and Creche is run by professionally trained experts, offering a large playroom for younger children complete with toys and craft stations, and an outdoor jungle gym/ playground. The extensive programme of activities at the children's club means that spaces fill up fast; we highly recommend booking in advance. The Teenage Arcade Room provides space for older children to enjoy a range of electronic games, table games, and other activities with state-of-the-art facilities and technology. Tournaments are arranged weekly to encourage a team spirit and creativeness, with prizes for the winners.
Babysitting
A nanny can be booked in advance.
Children's entertainment
Youngsters can partake in the excellent Bubblemaker scuba diving course, which allows children to learn to dive through play. Boat hire, waterskiing, wakeboarding and canoeing are also available at a charge for the whole family to enjoy. Tennis, drawing classes, biking and swimming are also on offer to young guests. The sandy beach with shallow waters is especially safe for children to swim. Family excursions include mountain biking, sailing and a day trip to Spinalonga.
Family dining
Children's meal supplements are 50% of adults. Children can dine in any of the resort's restaurants and high chairs are available.
Family rooms
All rooms can accommodate at least one child. Family Suites with garden and sea views are best-suited to family groups, particularly because of the addition of the private outdoor Jacuzzi or pool. These rooms can sleep up to 4 guests, with a maximum of 2 children. The Luxury Family Two-Bedroom Suite with sea views and outdoor Jacuzzi can sleep up to 5 people, with a maximum of 3 children. Private Residences at the Domes of Elounda come with two, three, or four bedrooms and private pools. Two-bedroom residences sleep up to 5 people, with a maximum of 3 children. Three-bedroom residence sleep up to 7 people, with a maximum of 5 children. Four-bedroom residence sleep up to 9 people, with a maximum of 7 children. In all cases, the maximum number of adults in a room with no children is 1 less than the maximum occupancy. Cots can be added at an extra charge, and count as 1 child. Two-bedroom Private Residences can interconnect on request.
Children's amenities
Cots, baby monitors, highchairs, sterilisers, kettles, baby tubs, changing mats, baby bouncer, bed guards, blenders, bottle warmer, potties, buggies, baby step, night light, non-slip mats, pool fence, stair gate, and baby cutlery are available on request. The Mini Market is available for buying disposable supplies. Children are also provided with their own bathrobe and slippers, and receive a welcome gift on arrival.
Hotel excellent. Another great holiday organised by yourselves.Mr L, October 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a One-bedroom garden view suite for 7 nights
From about
£1,880 low season
£3,220 high season
Holiday Code EXH986
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.