The Iolida Beach is a modern 5 star resort ideally located just a few meters away from the sandy beach of Aghia Marina, offering stunning views of the Cretan Sea. The hotel features 139 elegant and spacious rooms, 49 one room apartments, 88 two-room apartments, and a three-room apartment. There is also an apartment that offers unobstructed view to the big swimming pool of the hotel and a maisonette with Jacuzzi and sea view.
Breakfast at the Iolida Beach consists of a wide selection of traditional delicacies, starting with varieties of bread, bread rolls, cakes, mini cream pies, apple pies and “loukoumades” (honey dumplings). The cold buffet serves full fat yoghurt, fruit salad and compote. There are cold cuts, feta cheese, fresh butter, and honey. The hot buffet serves, among other dishes, eggs “strapatsada” (scrambled with ham and tomato), saut?ed mushrooms with parsley and garlic, and village style sausages. Guests will enjoy fresh orange juice, teas, chamomile and sage. The Cretan Corner features plums, figs, apricots, walnuts, tomato, cucumber, slices of lemon, olive oil, olive oil with oregano or rosemary, rusks (mini “dakos” rusks), gruyere and “myzithra” cheese. The dessert section features sweets such as apple pie, “ravani” (syrupy semolina cake) and walnut pie.
The hotel's Greek breakfast includes among others:
"Feta" CheeseCretan graviera (PDO)
“Apaki”
Cow’s Yoghurt
Thyme Honey
Strawberry Marmalade
Bergamot (citrus) spoon sweet
Spinach pie with cheese
Olive bread
Barley rusks ("Krithina" rusks)
Village style brown bread
Extra virgin olive oil
Grapes
Chamomile
Greek Coffee