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Grecotel Club Marine Palace
GR 74 057 Panormo
Rethymnon
Crete
Greece
About the Hotel
Away from the shoreline Club Marine Palace & Marine Palace Suites border the village of Panormo. It is a fishing traditional Cretan village with cafés, restaurants and shops. Bougainvillea-clad houses and taste of authentic Cretan rural life. Of course, when you fancy something more lively Rethymno is 20km away.
The Hotel & Rooms:
Club Marine Palace is built like a typical Cretan village. Lemon, mandarin and vanilla-coloured bungalows surround the large swimming pools. A winding path meanders between the main building, the cluster of bungalows on the upper level and the seafront bungalow village. The beautiful Marine Palace Suites are the epitome of luxury and style. The setting is spectacular, a fine cocktail of captivating sea views, blissful serenity combined with the more active life at the Grecotel Club Marine Palace. The suites, built in a peaceful area above the main hotel, encircle a tranquil pool surrounded by free sun beds & umbrellas.
Design-wise, the magnificent high ceiling lobby is a grand space with truly breathtaking views to the Cretan Sea. Yet the feeling of the guestrooms is cosy and relaxed. Selected accommodation offers the best of both worlds combining all the services and amenities of an all inclusive resort with the convenience of a fully equipped second home.
In terms of types of rooms available there are double guestrooms and bungalows, which can sleep three. Then there is the most amazing choice of family accommodation in Greece! From four-bed family rooms with master bedroom and sliding partition doors to convenient fully equipped family suites. Plus there is a variety of bungalow suites that can sleep at least four people and the choice of a family apartment that accommodates 7!
The Dining
Balmy evenings with a meal and a bottle of wine outdoors – it’s one of the best things about being on holiday. Club Marine Palace & Suites offers you plenty of opportunities to dine al fresco. Four different restaurants, Greek, Far Eastern, Mediterranean or International flavours. Take your pick and it’s all for free!
The Experience
Designed with families in mind, there are 6 amazing pools, an aqua park with slide & fountain, a host of activities from morning to night, including the best underwater diving in Crete.
The Elixir Spa at Club Marine Palace & Suites comes with a real thalassotherapy pool, a dazzling skylight and a big Jacuzzi. Right in the middle of the resort, it offers fully equipped gym, saunas & massage cabins.
Luxury island-style village accommodation with breathtaking views, Cretan Hospitality and service, family packed activities and all inclusive arrangements. What more can you ask for?
HIGHLIGHTS
• On a picturesque idyllic sandy bay next to the traditional fishing village Panormo
• 6 amazing pools, an aqua park with slide & fountain
• Excellent range of all inclusive dining
• Great choice of family accommodation: 4 bed family rooms, seafront family suites, bungalow suites with Jacuzzi & family apartments for 7 pax
• Great Children’s Club
• Elixir Thalassospa with a Pyramid-shaped glass roof
• Wide range of sport & water sport facilities including PADI Atlantis underwater diving school
• Day & Evening family entertainment
• Upgraded service
• Ideal for luxury family island-style village holidays
• Environmentally awarded hotel
FACILITIES
• Family friendly rooms including bungalows, family rooms & fully equipped Marine Palace Suites
• Lounge Bar
• Main Restaurant with no smoking area
• Deep Blue Greek Taverna
• Riviera del Castello di Milopotamo Mediterranean Restaurant
• Bamboo Nero Asian Restaurant
• 2 Pool Bars
• Beach Bar
• Sea view Lounges and Verandas
• Great Clubs: Grecoland for Kids & Teenagers’ Club 4U
• Internet Corner (at an extra charge)
• TV Room
• Amphitheatre
• Bridge lounge
• Games room (with electronic games).
• Sunstores Holiday Boutiques
• Fifty-fifty Boutique
• Automatic Banking Facilities
SERVICES
• Multilingual staff
• 24 hour reception service
• Guest Relations & Privilege Club services
• Reception/Concierge services include: Messages, Car Rental/Excursions, Airline information, Bank-Exchange, Credit cards, Porter
• Medical Care: 24hr Medical cover, Doctor on call, Chemist 500m, Hospital 25km.
• Excellent range of all inclusive dining
• Children’s services include: Baby sitting (upon request), cots, baby food, supervised early children’s dinner, pushchairs, safety covers for electrical sockets, baby phones.
• Express Courier Service
• Dry cleaning-laundry
• Luggage storage
• WI-FI Internet upon charge (free for Privilege Club members)
• Lunch baskets
CONFERENCE FACILITIES
The conference and meeting rooms are equipped with the latest technology. The outstanding banqueting selection includes coffee breaks, business lunches and gourmet dinners.
• Technical Assistance
• Podium / lectern
• Overhead projectors
• Video projector
• Flip charts
• Video TV/screen
• Slide projectors
• Microphones (normal & cordless)
• PC
• Printers
• Wi-fi internet connection in the conference rooms
SPECIAL NOTES
This hotel is suitable for guests with mobility impairments. There are ramps throughout the hotel. Animals are not permitted in the hotel.
RESTAURANTS & BARS:
Main Restaurant
All Day Dining - International restaurant with Cretan overtones. The impressive Minoan decorative styles with murals from ancient Knossos are beautifully detailed and the culinary options range from traditional Greek and extend to the rest of the world. The Main Restaurant comes with buffet stations, show cooking and kids’ buffets. It offers starters, soup, main courses, salads and desserts. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Deep Blue Greek Taverna - The Greek Taverna by the sea offers drinks and snacks during the day and opens at 10:30 in the morning. Lunch time with a large choice of appetizers, salads, deserts, variety of different cheeses and sweeties. Mix grill with traditional gyro is prepared in front of you. Afternoon snack offers a variety of Greek sweets with coffee. In the evening it is an a la carte Greek taverna (prior reservations necessary). No extra charge. Open end-April to mid-October, weather permitting.
Riviera (Del Castello Di Milopotamo) - Mediterranean Gourmet Restaurant - Over in Riviera, the resort’s gourmet option, the focus is on Mediterranean haute cuisine and you may enjoy selected national wines (at extra charge, reservations necessary). Open end-April to mid-October, weather permitting.
Bamboo Nero - Asian Restaurant - The Resort’s Asian inspired environment with creative Asian cuisine. Enjoy delicious far eastern flavours in the al fresco dining area or around the impressive black rotundas indoors under the eye of a huge golden Buddha (high season, table reservations necessary).
Aqua Park - Pool Bar - A playground inside the water. A water slide, fountains, penguin-shaped showers and different water games are waiting our little friends and not only. Self service bar with soft drinks, ice-creams, beer and coffee for the older ones.
Lobby Bar - Stylish Bar with Stunning Views
The magnificent high ceiling lobby is a grand space with truly breathtaking views to the Cretan Sea. Sink into a comfortable armchair below the impressive wooden vaulted roof or simply soak up the atmosphere while enjoying your favourite drink and the beautiful sunset.
POOL & BEACH BARS
Soothing Relaxation & Fabulous Vista
Self service pool bars around the different pools of the hotel and lively beach bar overlooking the gardens, pools and beach of the resort.
Agreco Farm - Cretan Organic Dining - No trip to Agreco would be complete without a visit to the farm’s Taverna, where a sumptuous six-course menu of Cretan dishes, based on the farm’s organic produce, is matched by the view over an amphitheatre of vineyards and olive groves to the distant sea beyond. Guests at Club Marine Place & Marine Place Suites wishing to enjoy Agreco’s unique culinary experience are entitled to a price reduction.
Dress Code
Gentlemen are kindly requested to wear long trousers in all hotel departments during the evening.
SWIMMING AROUND:
The four outdoor pools, the indoor pool, the Aqua Park and the beach offer a wide variety of swimming possibilities for all ages and all abilities.
Beach
The hotel lies in a sandy bay with 2 creeks with changing cabins and showers, sun beds and umbrellas free of charge. Beach towels available.
OUTDOOR POOLS
- 3 Freshwater pools (470m2/230m2/245m2)
- 1 seawater pool (250 m2)
- Aqua Park with slides for children (180 m2)
- Paddling Pool
INDOOR POOL - Thalasso Pool (seawater) 75m2 (heated)
Facilities: free of charge - changing cabins, Showers, Sun beds, Umbrellas, Beach towels.
FOR KIDS:
The entire Resort is a dream destination for younger guests with its kids clubs, open-air playgrounds, paddling pools and shallow waters.
Mealtimes are a treat, too. Special children’s menus, yummy kids’ buffets and early sittings are just some ways we make sure that everyone enjoys their holidays.
Grecotel Club Marine Palace has a wide variety of family accommodation sleeping up to 4 persons.
Baby sitting (on request, set rates) - from mid-June to mid-September
Free Services - Cots, highchairs, pushchairs, safety cover for electrical sockets, baby phones and supervised early children’s dinners are offered free of charge
Kids Club - Supervision at regular hours, all season 3-12 years mornings and afternoons.
CLUB 4 U - 13-17 years morning and afternoon activities.
Safety - The resort goes to great lengths to put security measures in place to ensure the safety of all guests. However, we request that you keep a constant check on your children whenever they are not participating in an organized activity, especially around the swimming pools, lagoons and on the beach.
Pathways - As children can become disoriented in new surroundings, we suggest that you teach them your room number and, in the event that they are lost, they should contact any member of staff wearing a name badge.
Beach & Pool - We recommend that children wear suitable footwear at all times when outside to avoid accidents involving sharp sea shells, stones, etc. Sandals and beach shoes can be purchased at the Hotels boutique.



