But today such conflicts are almost impossible to imagine as you gaze out from the raised quests' veranda where you can take breakfast, or swim in the pool which looks out over this fertile land and to the bay of Kolimbari. Each of the nine suites has its own character and has been decorated with antique furniture and art objects. Traditional wholesome food is served, using only local produce, and the entire hotel is run by the people of Elia, who meet guests and explain how to benefit to the full from their stay at this unique heaven. A walk around Elia an experience in itself. Wander around the ruins of a Venetian house, sit on the stone benches with their panoramic views or simply walk through the olive groves and orchards which surround the main building.
Upon your return you may have booked one of the many holistic treatments offered here, including use of the Turkish bath, aromatherapy massage or a hydromassage with rose petals and jasmine oil. The oldest olive tree in the world (some 2,500 years old) is within walking distance from Elia. The guests of Elia are advised on a series of walks which can be taken from here, some guided, which can lead to waterfalls, hilltop Byzantine churches - or on ways to enjoy rural Crete at its finest. The beaches of Kolimbari, Falasarna and Balos are not far from Elia. A drive through the mountains will take you to the south coast, which is famous for its beaches and where you can also take a whale and dolphin-spotting cruise.
In a natural environment, rich in beautiful sounds and colours, the traditional guesthouse ELIA enables you to relax, unwind and rejuvenate. The surroundings are full of olive and fruit-bearing trees, green gardens and many paths ideal for walking in the tranquillity and calmness that nature offers unsparingly. If this is not enough for you to relax, therapists can fortify your mental and physical balance with specialized programs.
The Turkish bath, the sauna, the hydromassage, the sea therapy and the baths with beneficial essential-oils as well as the healing qualities of the seaweed and the mud stimulate your senses and in combination with stimulating drinks, aromatherapy and different types of massage offer total relaxation and beauty.
Face and body therapies, peelings and vegetable masks for beauty and anti-ageing, offer detoxification to the skin and deal with photo-ageing. The shiatsu, Sotai, Yoga, Reiki and the other energy therapies achieve body and mind balancing, deal with stress as well as with various problems like muscle pains, etc.
The shiatsu, Sotai, Yoga, Reiki and the other energy therapies achieve body and mind balance, deal with stress as well as with various problems like muscle pains, chronic fatigue etc.
Relaxation - Rejuvenation - Health
The relative programs may consist of combinations of the following amenities and are planned by special partners according to individual needs:
- Therapeutic massage
- Total aromatherapy massage with essential oils
- Total aromatherapy massage combined with stretching or shiatsu
- Shiatsu
- Sotai
- Head and limps massage
- On site massage
- Anti-wrinkle face massage
- Total massage with mud
- Rejuvance
- Techniques for breathing exercises
- Reiki
- Yoga in combination with stretching or ma-co-ho exercises
- Inhalation of essential oils
- Turkish bath - Sauna
- Sea-therapy
- Enzyme mud - therapy in the Turkish bath
- Body mask with argil
- Body mask with seaweed
- Body mask with mud
- Deep face cleansing-dermoanalysis-cell hydration
- Face oxygen therapy
- Face peeling
- Body peeling
- Tonic body lotion
- Hydrative face mask
- Hydrative body mask with essential oils
- Bath or Jakuzzi with one or more from the following: Dead Sea salts
- essential oils - seaweed aloe juice - minerals- herbs - milk, honey,
avocado oil - mud - crystal tincture - infusion from olive leaves -
ylang ylang - nutmeg - ivy oil and jojoba.
Individualized programs are formed after an interview.