Crete Holiday
Wed 6th to Wed 13th May 2026
£1130 per person based on 2 people sharing a double room or 1 person in a single room
deposit £300, solo occupancy +£150
This retreat can be tailored to your needs, but you need to be comfortable using goggles, front crawl is useful due to the rocky/shallow nature of the coastline.
Join us for a week long retreat in Crete. Expect crystal clear warm waters, amazing food, rocky isolated coastline and sea life galore - a swimmers paradise. The average water temp for earl May is 19-20C and the air between 20-26C. The week will be spent enjoying the breath taking seas around Crete, with plenty of time for relaxing and enjoying some local towns/markets and sights! This week also includes a private boat for the day to explore Comino!
Please note the accommodation for this week is in a hotel. Each hotel room has an en-suite, the Hotel is 4 Star. We have Double, Twin, and Triple Rooms available (3 single beds). Family rooms available on request (2 doubles, or 2 single 1 double).
When checking out, you will be paying for both people at the same time so a Twin and Double room costs £2260 (or £1130pp). The solo occupancy room is a double. You can also chose to pay just a deposit for £300pp, the remaining will need to be paid at least 6 weeks before the retreat.
The week includes
2 meals a day, breakfast is served by the hotel, and dinner out a local restaurant is included
For all dinners out, we cover 20 Euros for a main meal, any drinks/starters/desserts etc are extra and will need to be covered by you
Accommodation for 7 nights in a hotel
Pick up from Malta airport
Travel while in Malta
All swims and safety cover
Training and skills sessions
Theory lessons
Snacks post swim
Not included:
Lunches - each day we will stop at a supermarket or cafe (allow 5-10 euros per day)
Snacks, extras like ice cream/coffee etc
Starter/Dessert/Drinks at dinner
Tow floats/personal swim equipment
Transport to Paphos
Personal /Holiday Insurance
A brief weekly outline:
Wednesday - collected from Heraklion Airport. Flights land on Wednesday from Bristol, London, Manchester. Once collected we will drive you over to our hotel for check in from 2pm. Relaxing, we will meet in the evening for a meal out.
Thursday - Meet, brief and swim locally in the AM. Lunch, swim 2 and home.
Friday -A hike and swim day, around 2 hours walking, and 3 different swim spots
Saturday - This day we swim a longer swim along isolated cliffs in the morning, and then a shorter more exploring/snorkel style swim in the afternoon.
Sunday - We head north and find some caves, and then enjoy a half day 'off' local markets, and sightseeing, or enjoying a cocktail! Pick up a packed lunch for the next day
Monday - We hire a boat and head across to some islands, our captain drops anchor for us and we explore caves, zawns and coastline only accessible by boat
Tuesday - We swim out to an island (or get the ferry) and then swim the entire island enjoying the majestic architecture from the water!
Wednesday - Check out, say our goodbyes and then back to the airport

