Our story · Crete since 1985
Some places you visit.
Others stay with you.
Nana Hotels & Resorts grew on the shores of Crete with one simple belief: true hospitality is not something you notice once. It is something you feel, quietly, in every moment.
A feeling before it is a destination
The best holidays are not measured in nights.
They are remembered in moments.
The first swim before breakfast. A long table shared with the people you love. Children who do not want the day to end. The stillness after a treatment. The light over the Cretan Sea just before sunset. These are the moments we want a Nana stay to leave behind.
The Nana feeling
Luxury that feels natural.
For us, luxury is space to slow down. It is privacy when you want it, generosity when you need it and the reassurance that the details have already been considered.
It is a distinctly Cretan idea of welcome: warm without being formal, attentive without being intrusive, and always grounded in a genuine sense of place.
Warmth
Ease
Privacy
Time
Crete
What we want you to feel
Come for the place.
Return for the feeling.
Every Nana experience should leave room for what matters most: time together, time for yourself and the freedom to enjoy Crete in your own way.
Belong.
Hospitality without distance. A welcome that feels personal from the moment you arrive, whether it is your first stay or your return.
Breathe.
Sea, gardens, wellness and unhurried space create the rare luxury of being able to slow down and simply enjoy where you are.
Discover.
From tennis and water experiences to private yachting and aviation, the Nana world gives every day the freedom to become something different.
Four decades of hospitality
Always evolving.
Always Nana.
The collection has changed with the years, but its centre has remained the same: Crete, hospitality and the ambition to create better ways to stay.
1985
Where it began.
Nana Golden Beach opened its doors on the Cretan coast and became the starting point of the Nana Hotels hospitality story within the Karatzis Group.
2018
A new expression of luxury.
Nana Princess joined the collection, bringing a more private, contemporary resort experience built around suites, villas and wellness.
2020
A familiar place, renewed.
Following an extensive reconstruction, Nana Beach entered a new chapter as Nana Golden Beach.
2026
Nana Royal opens its doors.
A new chapter in the Nana Hotels story begins with Nana Royal, bringing a contemporary premium resort experience to the Cretan coast.
2027
Pantheon opens a new world.
In summer 2027, Pantheon Water Park & Suites is set to open its gates, combining a landmark themed waterpark with a new family stay experience.
Why Nana
Because the feeling of a place is what you take home.
Rooms matter. Restaurants matter. Beaches, pools and service matter. But in the end, what stays is how a place made you feel. More rested. More connected. More present.
That is the kind of hospitality we want Nana to be remembered for.