Nestled within the coves of Chania, Crete this design-centric five-star resort offers 148 rooms and suites, private pools, a variety of restaurants, four swimming pools, suites with private pools and a spa.
ATHENS, GREECE – International hotel group, Brown Hotels, officially announces the opening of Isla Brown Chania, a 148-room five-star resort situated on the northern Crete coastline. The resort, which opened on May 1st, is the second property to launch under the hotel group’s “Isla” brand of luxury resorts, following the opening of Isla Brown Corinthia last summer. Ideally situated just a 15 minute drive from Chania International Airport and 30 minutes from Chania town, Isla Brown Chania is reinvigorating Crete’s robust hospitality scene with a refined and contemporary design aesthetic led by Greek architectural firm Liakos Associates Architects, elevated F&B experiences and state-of-the-art facilities.
Isla Brown Chania continues to raise the bar for Brown Hotels’ hospitality offering, as the international hotel group continues to develop its portfolio of luxury resorts. A brand known for its quirky, design-driven boutique urban properties, Brown Hotels’ expanded into beach-side resorts in 2022 with the opening of Isla Brown Corinthia, a 166-room five-star resort on Greece’s Saronic Gulf, swiftly followed by the launch of two additional four-star resorts on Evia island: Brown Beach Evia Island in Eretria, and Brown Beach Chalkida.
Isla Brown Chania’s design presents a clean and organic concept, harmoniously reflecting the vast nature that surrounds it. Designed by Greek architectural firm Liakos Associates Architects, the new resort champions the use of natural materials with a refined interior decorated in earthy, neutral tones. The property features 148 spacious rooms and suites, unique restaurant concepts, an outdoor bar and lounge area, four swimming pools, two designated business/meeting rooms, a beautiful outdoor events lawn immersed in greenery and a spa & wellness centre. Families can rest assured that kids of all ages will be entertained, with the younger ones in the colourful children’s club, which offers creative corners, board games, ball games and a PlayStation, and a youth club for the older children, with a pool table, hockey table, table football and a ping pong table.
Maximising the use of natural materials, the rooms at Isla Brown Chania manifest an organic aesthetic of earthy tones, decorated in cream, taupe and brown shades, with plush green velvet and marble furnishings, natural wood fixtures and upscale gold accents. Following suit, the main areas of the hotel are decorated in warm, earthy tones, with natural wood fixtures and furnishings and deluxe gold detailing. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow for streams of natural light to illuminate the space, whilst connecting the inside with the out, drawing the eye across the Mediterranean Sea.
Isla Brown Chania features two room types and four suite varieties to suit the needs of every traveller. Guests will be able to choose from a “Deluxe Garden” or “Deluxe Sea” room view, or opt for one of the more spacious suites, including a “Junior Family” suite, “Deluxe Garden View” suite with shared pool, “Grand Suite” with private pool, or “Honeymoon Suite” with private splash pool. All rooms and suites at Isla Brown Chania will feature balconies, and will be equipped with complimentary high-speed WiFi, flat HD TVs, bathrobes, slippers and luxury bathroom amenities by local Greek brand Olive Era.
Utilising its prime location, Isla Brown Chania boasts an impressive outdoor terrace overlooking ocean views and its four onsite swimming pools. Gastronomy is a highlight at Isla Brown Chania, with the resort offering three unique restaurant concepts for an exemplary dining experience. Guests can enjoy the lounge area with an all-day menu at the Terrace bar, serving refreshing drinks, snacks and pizza fresh from its pizza oven, as well as the famous Brown Hotels breakfast buffet open until 12pm daily, a main restaurant with an a la carte menu serving contemporary, fresh dishes, in addition to a more traditional style taverna offering Greek culinary classics.
The wellness centre at Isla Brown Chania will invite guests to step into a sanctuary of calm and enjoy a selection of quality spa treatments, whilst making use of its hammam, sauna and on-site gym. In 2024, Isla Brown Chania will reach 222 rooms with 30 suites with private splash pools, and a pier at the foot of the cliff to lead guests directly down to the sea for a refreshing salty dip, as the resort continues to enhance its offering.
Leon Avigad, founder of Brown Hotels, said: “At Brown Hotels, we’re passionate about hospitality in all its aspects and the stories behind each and every one of our 50 hotels from the high-spirited, urban hotels, to sophisticated design resorts. Isla Brown Chania will continue to raise the standards for the Crete hospitality scene with its stylish and luxurious design, led by the famous Liakos Associates Architects, complete with all the signature Brown Hotels’ experiences, including the Mediterranean buffet breakfast, trendy restaurants and bars, spacious sea-view rooms with heavenly beds, full wellness facilities and clubs for kids of all ages. The seaside resort offers total relaxation and privacy, so our guests get to enjoy a pampering 360° vacation”.
Brown Hotels, which operates 23 hotels in Israel and one property in Croatia, expanded into Greece in 2020 with its inaugural property Brown Acropol, a retro-style 165-room-and-suite hotel located on Athens’ Omonia Square. 2021 saw the arrival of Villa Brown Ermou, a cosy 51-room boutique property with Greco-French influences nestled in the picturesque Plaka neighbourhood of Athens, and DAVE Red Athens, an 87-room hotel with an industrial style interior design from the group’s affordable collection of urban hotels. Spring 2022 welcomed Brown Lighthouse Athens, a contemporary and high-tempo 220-room hotel also on Omonia Square, and Brown Kubic, a recently renovated 122-room “smart hotel”, and the hospitality group’s first resorts with the establishment of two new lines; the Isla Brown line of luxury five-star resorts with the opening of Isla Brown Corinthia, and the Brown Beach line of four-star resorts with the launch of Brown Beach Evia Island and Brown Beach Chalkida on Evia island. Expanding its portfolio further, Brown Hotels plans to open an additional four boutique properties in Athens this year, and the acquisition of further properties will see the Brown Hotels’ collection total at 40 hotels across Greece by 2024.
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