Villa Maroulas vacation villa in Crete, 3km from the sandy beach of Platania

Platanias Beach is the closest “night out ‘’ and beach around your vacation villa in Crete (3 km)

Platanias is the ideal place for those who look for a mixture of rural Crete, beaches and entertainment. This small scaled seaside resort offers lots of restaurants and is a shopping highlight of the Rethymno area.

Its long sandy beach spreads as far as the city of Rethymno and changes from wild to developed areas, including along the way small taverns, beach bars and night clubs to entertain all night long.

Among others, the taverna “The River” offers the visitor its organic vegetables from its own garden, then a vast choice of Cretan specialties that you will enjoy facing the sea, watching the sand castles of your children.

Next to it, you will find the beach bar “Baja” with its huge swimming pool, flanked with palm trees where you can taste sandwiches, grilled meat or fish or simply have a drink under straw huts, comfortably seated in sofas. When the sun sets, the When the sun sets, the “Baja” becomes one of the biggest open air night club in the area: one of the hippest places on Crete.

Opposite to the taxi station, the multicultural bar “Sky Park” welcomes tourists and locals of all ages for nights of dancing on traditional and international music.

Along the Platania beach, there are numerous luxurious hotels. You can have access to their sports facilities and go parascending, jet skiing, wind surfing or play tennis…

Platanias is only 3 kilometers away from the Villa Maroulas and there are buses twice a day take you there.

Villa Maroulas Crete Luxury vacation villa rental around the Platanias beach in Rethymno