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notes that somehow feel native to this coastline.
Candlelight glows softly on ceramic plates. Each
dish is a journey. Each taste, a discovery.
Yet the experience stretches far beyond what’s on
the plate. This is a place curated not only for rest,
but for reconnection. With self. With land. With cul-
ture. Spend a late afternoon at Kafené, the resort’s
reimagined take on a traditional village café. Sip
strong Greek coffee, nibble on local sweets, listen
to a story from a local artisan, or learn how to say
something in the Cretan dialect. Then explore the
Mosaique Boutique, where handmade ceramics
and coastal-inspired apparel blur the lines be-
tween memory and souvenir.
There’s an outdoor cinema, too. But not just any
screen under the stars. Here, a classic film plays
as the mountains rise behind it like sentinels, and
the sea hums beside you like a score. Later, the
beach bar comes alive—never brash, always
graceful. Resident & guest DJs blend downtempo
with soul as mixologists craft cocktails with cit-
rus, honey, and wild herbs. Màre Màre becomes a
moonlit gathering spot, equally suited to laughter
with friends or quiet contemplation, barefoot in
the sand.
Wellness here isn’t a program. It’s a state of be-
ing. Whether you sink into a a Swissline treatment
at Etherea Spa, where local botanicals and Swiss
luxury meet in a soothing alchemy, or rise early for
yoga in the open air, surrounded by the scent of
pine and sea salt, the focus is always the same: re-
storing what the noise of everyday life has dulled.
The gym, with both indoor and outdoor spaces, is
designed not to impress but to liberate—sweating
under the sun or training in the coolness inside.
And when you crave exploration, curated experi-
ences await. From wine tastings and cooking ses-
sions with local chefs, to boat rides into turquoise
coves or hikes through untouched gorges, every
moment feels organic. Nothing packaged. Noth-
ing rushed. Just meaningful encounters—with
people, with nature, with memory. From soulful massages
Eventually, time will ask you to leave. Your suitcase at Etherea Spa, to
will fill with stones, herbs, perhaps a bottle of olive moonlit cinema
nights, curated
oil, but the real souvenirs won’t fit. They’ll hum qui- finds at Mosaique
etly in your bones—the taste of that peach you boutique, and the
ate by the pool, the sound of cicadas in the after- smooth sounds of
noon heat, the way the sea whispered something a live saxophone
only you could hear. by the sea—Numo
Ierapetra is not just
You’ll leave lighter. Not because you escaped life, a destination, but a
but because, for a little while, you remembered collection of moments
how to live it. • that move you.

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