Weekend Escape to Platanias :
Posted Sunday, April 2, 2006 :

Weekend escape snapshots
Minoa≠Manoa
After becoming sick and tired of our beautiful and serene surroundings in Agios Onoufrios, Pamela and I packed up the grocery-getter and headed south for the weekend. Our mission was to find a nice hotel and spend the first days of April lounging around, doing nothing.

Mission complete.

We stayed at the Minoa Palace Resort Hotel and we were treated like semi-royalty. From check-in to check-out, our experience at this resort was almost reflective of it's five-star rating. Everything was clean. The staff were nice, courteous and helpful. They jumped at every chance to serve us. Plus, everything looked cool and we felt good about being there.

The minor inconvenience of €200 per night (full board, off season) was worth it. You could spend a lot more and get a lot less. A few details need to be tended to before the tourist season arrives. But it's the off-season, and we considered ourselves warm-up guests.

Minoa Palace Resort Hotel ≡ (5.0)

Note: the Minoa is 300 meters from central Platanias. More images are on the way.

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Fruits of the Minoa :

Fruit, wine and love : Each reservation to the Minoa Palace Resort Hotel is welcomed with fruit and wine (and love).
>> fruit, water and wine



KISS cover :

Rocker escape : Dressed as a foldable 2D frog prince, KISS's Gene Simmons relaxes at a Platanias stationary/souvenir shop.
>> frog Simmons



Island territory :

Giant citrus juicer : This man-made island in the middle of a pool will be full of happy European people soon.
>> island bar that looks like a citrus squeezer



Staff :

Cool dudes : Specially trained graduates of the *University of Cool guide your experience every step of the way.
>> University of cool dudes


Empty space :

We'll be eating here : In one month this place will be full of delightfully dining patrons
>> Empty outdoor restaurant



Empty space 2 :

Concrete : Pamela combines with concrete to make a beautiful picture. This roadway would be full of cars were it not for the lack of early April reservations.
>> Pamela w/concrete

Snapshots :
The Bar :

Disaronno : I don't drink Disaronno, but if I did, I would insist it looked like the one served up at The Minoa Palace Resort Hotel bar.
>> Disaronno at the bar



Reflection :

Reflective surface : There is no reason for this image. I accidentally pushed the shutter button. It is a picture of my sunglasses on a table at a fast food restaurant in Platanias. Plus you can see a partial reflection of Pamela, a 500ml Amstel™, my right arm and a palm tree in the reflection from my sunglasses.
>> My sunglasses reflecting Platanias



The pool :

High quality H₂O : Thie indoor pool at the Minoa without the tidy wrinkles of human activity.
>> Minoa's indoor pool



Bus stop :

Transport : Taxi's come and go, but the busses are always there. Platanias and Chania are very well connected via coach.
>> bus service



The Sign :

Exaggerated movements : Unless you're a roadsign, walking like this will get you nowhere with the transvestites in Platanias.

There are no transvestites in Platanias. That was a joke.

Seriously: there are no transvestites here. Please stop wondering if there are transvestites in Platanias.

>> crete roadsign



Umbrella off-season :

Slim Shade : Umbrellas are a pretty old invention. They work pretty hard in the summer so they deserve a good break in the fall, winter and spring.
>> closed umbrellas



Hallway:

Hallway : A hallway in the south wing of the Minoa Palace Resort Hotel.
>> A hallway



Mountain view:

Mountainview : This is the view from our mountainview suite. The sea view probably looked cool, but it was booked.
>> mountain view



Rock n' Roll High School:


Cool kids : Smart and tough high school students from Athens mixed it up at the Minoa. Many of them support the awesomely talented, yet tragically managed football squad Olympiakos.
>> football fanatics
>> Olympiakos brothers
>> Olympiakos brothers 2