2 Bedroom Apartment in Makrigialos

Hemera Crete Apartments offers a 2-bedroom penthouse holiday apartment with fully landscaped roof terrace and unobstructed sea and mountain views. The stylishly designed, luxuriously appointed accommodation features the finest architecture, resulting an exclusive retreat just 300 meters from the beach. 
 
The earth colored lounge and dining areas feature high quality finishing and original polished tiled floors. The two bedrooms lead off from the central living room, and a large bathroom, in hushed hues with modern, high quality amenities, is located in the centre of the penthouse. 
 
Double sliding doors lead from the lounge to a comfortable balcony overlooking the southern Mediterranean Sea, with panoramic views of the surrounding area; the perfect spot to dine or just simply relax. A staircase in the communal entrance leads up to a delightful and exclusively designed landscaped roof terrace of 58 square meters, with fabulous panoramic views to the sea and mountain, and the private terrace is perfect for parties or private relaxation. 
 
Brand new for 2011, the penthouse is currently under construction, and will be ready to receive visitors in May 2011.

Part of the Bay View resort, Hemera Crete Apartments is brand new for 2011. The resort, with it's own swimming pool, nestles in a rising amphitheatre on the south east coast of Crete, some 300 yards from Lagada beach. It is 5 minutes drive from the popular yet unspoiled holiday resort of Makry-Gialos, with it's wide choice of tavernas, bars, and amenities, and some 30 minutes drive from the towns of Ierapetra on the south coast, and Sitia on the north coast.

The village is one of the quieter, less developed destinations in Crete, with one of the best beaches in this part of the island. There is a good choice of bars, restaurants, and tavernas, with many establishments fronting onto the beach. There is also a small fishing harbour - a pleasant place to stroll around, with its own patch of sandy beach and collection of waterfront bars, tavernas and restaurants standing side by side. 
 
A land of mountains, plateaux, gorges, and coast, south east Crete enjoys better than average weather, thanks to its North African influenced climate and mountainous hinterland that often takes the edge off the sometimes fierce northerly 'meltemi' winds. The resort is ideally positioned, close to the best beaches in south east Crete, and a central location from which to explore the natural, historical, and cultural treasures of east Crete.

• Travel Info: Makrigialos (officially spelled Makry-Gialos) is a small resort on the south-east coast of Crete. It has a permanent population of around 1000 inhabitants originating mostly from the surrounding villages, but it wasn't all that long ago that the village was just a scattering of store houses and fishermen's cottages. Even today the local economy is based as much on agriculture as it is on tourism, and when the summer season ends, locals look to the olive harvest, which generates some of the finest olive oil in the world.