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Grecotel Creta Palace
Rethymno, Greece · Grecotel · Core Luxury
Grecotel Creta Palace holds the Missiria shore four kilometres west of Rethymno: 335 rooms and bungalows on a 1989 beach estate that spent 2026 rebuilding four overflow pools, a Village Quartier, and seven restaurants. Condé Nast Traveller readers ranked it eighth worldwide in 2025. This is Rethymno's palace by the sea. Sleep for the Cretan Riviera; Casa Marron is the Peloponnese sister.
- 335 rooms
- Opened 1989
- Neighborhood: Missiria
- Rooms from 301 sq ft (28 m²)
About Grecotel Creta Palace
- Grecotel's 2026 fact sheet counts 335 keys: 153 rooms and 182 bungalows at Missiria, about four kilometres from Rethymno town, 74100 Crete.
- The 2026 rebuild added four overflow pools with in-pool loungers facing the sand, plus a Village Quartier with the 1989 Kafenio and Antica Taverna RITHY.
- Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards 2025 placed Creta Palace eighth in the world. AMI lists year built 1989 on the Missiria shore west of Rethymno.
- Entry-level rooms start at 301 sq ft (28 m²).
History
Opened 1989 as Grecotel Creta Palace on the Missiria shore west of Rethymno: 335 rooms and bungalows, a 2026 pool and village rebuild, CNT readers' eighth worldwide in 2025.
The setting
Missiria beach, four kilometres west of Rethymno town, 74100 Crete, on the Cretan Riviera.
Amenities
- Fragrant gardens
- Views of the Cretan Sea
- Professional meeting facilities
- Attentive planning for meetings, corporate gatherings and private celebrations
- Refined dining for events
Awards
- Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards (2025)
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