MINOS BEACH ART HOTEL, A MEMBER OF DESIGN HOTELS, Agios Nikolaos (Crete)

Minos Beach art hotel provides 125 bungalows and villas with private pools along a 2.5km coastline. These accommodations reflect the architectural style of Eastern Crete's fishing villages. The exclusive two-bedroom villa includes two double bedrooms with private dressing areas and a separate living room. Suites are on the upper floor of the main building and feature a double bedroom, separate living area with two sofas, a dressing corner, a bathroom, and a large balcony with views. Amenities include ironing facilities, air conditioning, tea and coffee facilities, a mini-bar, sitting area, terrace, dressing area, trouser press, dining table, patio, soundproofed rooms, garden furniture, sink, free toiletries, cookware/kitchen utensils, electric kettle, AM/FM alarm clock, and a flat-screen TV.

Dining at Minos Beach art hotel features Greek and Cretan ingredients. The culinary team, with Executive Chef Poppy Kourkoutaki and mentored by Chef Yiannis Baxevanis, uses local ingredients. Guests can enjoy local products through menus and weekly cooking lessons, presentations of wineries using indigenous vine varieties, olive oil farms, and natural cosmetics. The hotel includes a traditional Cretan restaurant that serves redefined meze dishes. Pool and beach bars offer grab-and-go meals and drinks. Breakfast and dinner buffets are based on fresh, local ingredients and recipes.

Minos Beach art hotel includes a gym and a large pool with sunbeds. Aegeo Spa offers spa services. The hotel provides direct access to the sea. The gardens display works by Greek contemporary artists, including a sculpture by Costas Tsoclis and 'Painful Pyramids' by Magdalena Abakanowicz. Kostas Ioannides' 'Sea to Shore Stories' includes the underwater sculptural installation 'Lost Ears of Agios Nikolaos', the underwater sound installation 'Hanging Gardens,' and the videotext animation 'Untitled.'

Minos Beach art hotel is located on the Mirabello Bay, near the town of Agios Nikolaos. The Palm forest of Vai is in the eastern part of Crete. The cypress wood of Kritsa is at the southern foot of Mount Tsiva. The gorge of Richtis is located in Lasithi prefecture, on the north side, between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is 60 km away.

Minos Beach art hotel provides donations, volunteering work, sponsorships, free meals, and complimentary use of services and facilities to local health and mental institutions, the hospital's blood bank, the Neapolis orphanage, 'The Smile of the Child,' non-profit local organizations, educational institutions, the social grocery, and the municipality of Aghios Nikolaos. The hotel supports regional products and suppliers, with cooking lessons, Cretan music nights, and trips to surrounding villages. The hotel has outdoor venues for weddings and meetings and offers technical assistance with podiums, projectors, screens, flip charts, video, PC, printer, and Wi-Fi.