It might be the early days of January, however it’s by no means too early to begin pining for summer season. And this coming August, Marriott Bonvoy loyalists — and people who simply wish to get away to Greece — can sit up for the first-ever JW Marriott resort on the island of Crete.
Now accepting reservations for stays starting on or after Aug. 1, 2025, the JW Marriott Crete Resort & Spa is positioned on Marathi Seaside close to the town of Chania. The closest airports are the close by Chania Airport (CHQ), primarily serving home flights, and Heraklion Worldwide Airport (HER), Crete’s main worldwide airport, about two hours away by automobile.
The brand new-build resort sits on over 100 acres of land and can have 160 rooms, suites and villas designed to appear and feel trendy and chic, with layers of “genuine Cretan heritage” woven all through. For company in suites and villas, count on a non-public pool or jacuzzi.
Eating at JW Marriott Crete will embody an open-fire seaside Cretan restaurant, an upscale seafood restaurant, an Italian spot open for dinner, a buffet and a la carte Mediterranean restaurant open all day — plus each a poolside bar and a predominant bar.
All through the resort, there will probably be lots to do, together with lounging round a number of swimming swimming pools or sunning at Marathi Seaside, hitting up the Anoseas Spa for a therapeutic massage or different therapy and basking in the great thing about Greece.
“The debut οf JW Marriott Crete Resort & Spa will redefine luxurious hospitality within the Mediterranean, and likewise reinforces Greece’s place as a horny vacation spot for luxurious manufacturers and worldwide jetsetters,” in accordance with Stelios Koutsivitis, president of Swot Hospitality, the corporate working the resort developed by Crete-based Vasilakis SA.
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Reservations are actually open for stays from Aug. 1, 2025, onward, with the bottom money charges on the finish of the season in October for about $290 per night time. Sadly, Marriott Bonvoy level charges should not but obtainable.
