Columbia Beach Resort

Columbia Beach Resort

Pissouri Bay is the reason people book here rather than compare pool sizes: Columbia Beach Resort sits directly on its coastline, and the property has stayed at two low floors since opening in 2002, spreading 169 rooms out toward the water instead of stacking them upward. Three restaurants set different moods across the day: Cape Aspro serves Mediterranean plates from a wood-burning oven overlooking the bay, Apollo Tavern turns out fresh-caught fish below the west pool with garden and sea views, and Bacchus Fire + Raw handles pool-side breakfasts and gourmet dinners built around meat cuts and raw plates. Hébe Spa runs an indoor pool that flows out to an infinity edge, a sauna, steam room and six treatment rooms including a couple's suite, and its sport facilities extend well beyond the spa itself: a flood-lit tennis court, two indoor squash courts, a padel court and a full gym sit alongside diving, snorkelling and windsurfing off the private beach. Families get a playroom, a children's pool and a kids club, and dogs are welcome too, for a flat fee of 20 EUR a stay rather than a blanket ban. That detail alone will decide the booking for travellers who don't go anywhere without their dog. Couples wanting a quiet coastline and families with young children are both well accounted for; anyone expecting a short stroll into central Pissouri should know the town is three kilometres off. Built to Small Luxury Hotels of the World standards and certified under Green Key, it reads as a resort that has thought through its details rather than just added amenities to a list. Columbia Beach Resort sits low and wide along Pissouri Bay, with three distinct restaurants, an infinity-edge spa pool, and squash and padel courts alongside the usual tennis. Dogs are welcome here for a small fee, a detail worth knowing before you book elsewhere.