Cut into the cliff above a glistening bay in Crete’s north-east, Daios Cove Hotel offers all the things that discerning holiday-makers want from their escapes: a powdery soft beach, infinity saltwater pools surrounded by swaying palms and striped umbrellas, water sports, yacht rentals, four excellent restaurants, breakfast buffets that make you feel happy to be alive, two splendid funiculars (just me?) and epic childcare — should you be blessed with the breed of baby happy to relinquish parents for kids’ club. (I, alas, am not.)
This loveliness aside on Greece’s largest island, the glittering jewel in the Daios Cove crown lies in its wellness centre: Kepos by Goco, a 2,500 sq m space that gazes alluringly over the bay. In a land heaving with the legacies and mystique of the ancient Minoans, followed by the Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman empires, it combines a holistic approach to health and happiness under the meticulous curation of wellness director Eleni Papadopoulou, with spanking-new technology for heavyweight results.
