Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to the Grecotel LuxMe White Palace, Crete
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location On a beach about 13 minutes by car from Rethymnon
Annual opening April to end October
Closest airport Heraklion
Distance from airport About 60 minutes by taxi
Hotel facilities and services
Six restaurants (including two adults-only), wine library, creperie-gelateria, patisserie-chocolaterie, 24/7 snacks, 4 bars, 1000m of sand and pebble beach (sunbeds umbrellas, showers and beach towels are provided at no charge), 20 swimming pools including shared and private pools, Grecoland kids’ club, baby-sitting (on request at a charge), adults-only zone on the beach, evening entertainment, fitness and wellness programme including yoga and Pilates, tennis court nearby at extra charge, water sports (at extra charge), PADI scuba diving (at extra charge), 17 different room types, Hippie Wellness spa facilities (extra charge).
Complimentary
Wi-Fi
Complimentary watersports
Water polo, pool games.
Chargeable watersports
Watersports and watersports with tuition, PADI scuba diving.
Land sports
Aerial yoga, Pilates, Stretching, Power walk, Yoga, Table tennis, Beach volley, Mini-golf, Darts, Boccia, Board games are all included. Mountain bikes and tennis available nearby at a charge, as is horse-riding.
Out and about nearby
Rethymnon, the third largest town on Crete, is just 8 km away and is an intriguing mixture of old-world charm and lively Cretan life. The vivacious atmosphere of the old town is just the place for a stroll on long summer evenings. The different eras and influences on the town, from Venetian to Turkish, can be seen in the unusual architecture and buildings. The multitude of bars, cafes, tavernas, kafenions, and discos are guaranteed to provide entertainment to suit everyone's taste. Explore the new Eleutherna Museum and Archaeological Park set in the countryside of the foothills of Crete's highest mountain, Mount Ida. Visit nearby Heraklion with the bronze age archaeological site of Knossos. The mountains of Crete offer plenty of opportunities for hiking and the Samaria Gorge offers a 16km hiking route. Arkadi Monastery is not far from Rethymno and dates from the late 16th Century and the period of the Venetian occupation of Crete.
Sports nearby
Horse-riding, tennis, mountain bikes, Aqua Park
What particularly impresses us each time we use your services is that ‘what we expect we get’ eg car hire, rooms selected, all with no hassle. Not sure how you do it!!Mr W, July 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Double guest room with garden view for 7 nights
From about
£2,310 peak summer season
£1,750 medium season
Holiday Code EXH46398
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 hotel holidays to the Grecotel LuxMe White Palace, Crete
The 5-star, all-inclusive Grecotel LuxMe White Palace occupies a superb location on a long stretch of sand on the north coast of Crete about 15 minutes’ by car from the town of Rethymnon. The low-rise buildings are spread out along the beachfront and surrounded by gardens and terraces. The style is modern and contemporary reflecting the location with light-filled space, lots of white walls and soft furnishings, with splashes of greens, blues and turquoise. There is a wide choice of bedrooms, situated in different buildings and parts of the resort, many of which accommodate families and many of which also have use of shared or private swimming pools. Swim-up rooms are a new feature and the Yali Collection offers ultra-luxurious suites and villas on the water’s edge with their own swimming pool. As the resort is all-inclusive, with all meals and drinks included in the price, all rooms also benefit from a daily stocked mini-bar as well as tea and coffee. The beach stretches for about one kilometre and is equipped with bamboo umbrellas, loungers with soft mattresses and an adults’ only area. The resort has a total of 20 swimming pools, most of which belong to private or shared use of different room types. The White Palace in concept and its execution works brilliantly for families and for couples. In addition to an adults’ only area on the beach, two restaurants, ‘The White’ and ‘Ventanas il Mar’ are for adults only. For children there is the Grecoland kids’ club with a range of included activities and facilities for children aged 4 and upwards. There is a fantastic choice of dining including Greek, Italian, Asian and Lebanese, as well as café-style creperie, gelateria and patisserie. Within the all-inclusive arrangements you receive unlimited drinks, including premium brands, wines, cocktails and healthy juices. These are served at four bars and two wine cellars. Fitness-focussed activities are abundant and include ones for individuals and groups including yoga, pilates, pool games, water polo, table tennis and mini-golf. Water sports are available but are not included in the price. Nearby you can play tennis, dive, ride horses and visit the Aqua Park. The White Palace is a sophisticated all-inclusive with a superb range of accommodation for couples and families.
Room descriptions
Grecotel LuxMe White Palace has 264 rooms, suites and villas.
What particularly impresses us each time we use your services is that ‘what we expect we get’ eg car hire, rooms selected, all with no hassle. Not sure how you do it!!Mr W, July 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Double guest room with garden view for 7 nights
From about
£2,310 peak summer season
£1,750 medium season
Holiday Code EXH46398
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 hotel holidays to the Grecotel LuxMe White Palace, Crete
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Grecotel LuxMe White Palace fly with British Airways London to Heraklion and then it’s a car transfer of about 60 minutes from the airport to the hotel. We include a private car transfer for you.
Additional information
Children: The Grecotel LuxMe White Palace offers a dedicated Grecoland children’s holiday programme of activities according to age. The children’s club has been designed to look like a Venetian harbour and has a lighthouse, indoor and outdoor play areas, and sand and water features. Children aged 4 to 12 years of age are looked after by qualified, multi-lingual personnel during selected hours (morning/afternoon) six days a week. GrecoKids is for 4-6 year olds and offers arts and crafts, water activities, team games, themed events, treasure hunts and gardening. GrecoJuniors is for 7-12 year olds with a range of activities including sports, games, creative crafts and water activities. For those aged 13 and above, GrecoTeens offer water sports, dancing and tournaments. The hotel also offers a range of baby and toddler equipment which should be pre-booked including potties, highchairs, buggies, bottle warmers, bottle sterilisers, baby bathtubs and changing mats.
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.
What particularly impresses us each time we use your services is that ‘what we expect we get’ eg car hire, rooms selected, all with no hassle. Not sure how you do it!!Mr W, July 2022
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Double guest room with garden view for 7 nights
From about
£2,310 peak summer season
£1,750 medium season
Holiday Code EXH46398
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 hotel holidays to the Grecotel LuxMe White Palace, 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
