Sadly most people still equate Greek wine with Retsina – although to be fair, there’s nothing wrong with a good bottle of frosty Retsina with a plate of fried calamari in a waterfront taverna, but the resin flavoured gold liquid
IT RAINED THIS WEEK! Which in itself is amazing and perhaps a sign of climate change, rain doesn’t normally come this early. What’s more it was rain of biblical proportions – at one stage Adonis thought he might have to
SINGLES SPRING AND AUTUMN WALKING HOLIDAY IN CRETE We run two walking weeks every year from the Mistral Hotel – the first in spring, the other in autumn, both stunning times of year when the weather is fresh and not
FLAVOURSOME & THEN SOME – SINGLE FOODIES’ SPECIAL To misquote Shakespeare – ‘if food be the music of friendship, play on!’ Certainly many of our single guests have bonded over the dishes created in the Mistral Kitchen – but this
A WELLBEING RETREAT FOR SINGLE TRAVELLERS Life is a journey with many paths and many directions. Often our direction is dictated by the circumstances of the world around us, a fast-moving world where we can get swept up and carried
Singles holiday makers and solo travellers over 50 years of age make up most of visitors to the Mistral Hotel, just a few kilometres out of Chania in Western Crete. Predominantly, the guests are women whose ages range from
