Elix, Mar-Bella Collection

Elix, Mar-Bella Collection

Slide back the balcony doors of a Deluxe Double Room at Elix, Mar-Bella Collection, in Perdika on Greece's Ionian coast, and the water in your private twelve-square-metre pool runs almost level with the sea beyond it. Built in 2021, the resort spreads across 146 rooms in low buildings with gardens between them, no elevators, a design choice that keeps the place quiet but rules it out for anyone who needs a lift to reach their room. Saffron, the main restaurant, is one of four on site, and drinks run through three bars, including one at the beach and one by the pool; breakfast is a buffet, seven to ten each morning. The spa takes bookings for massages, body treatments, and facials, and there is a steam room for after the outdoor tennis court or the gym. Snorkelling, bike rental, and boating can all be arranged on site, and the seasonal outdoor pool stays open from April to November. The room stock is what sets Elix apart: sea-view doubles that come with a private plunge pool, or a swim-up pool reaching thirty-five square metres, features not typical of a resort this size. Families get a children's pool, a playground, and babysitting on request; couples get the quieter end of the garden. This suits couples and design-minded travellers who would rather have a pool to themselves than share one, and families who want their children occupied without leaving the grounds. It is less suited to anyone who needs step-free access throughout, since the resort has no elevators. The resort holds Green Key certification, and cash payments are capped at 500 euros by national law. Elix, Mar-Bella Collection sits on Perdika's Ionian coast, its sea-view rooms built around private plunge pools or a thirty-five-square-metre swim-up pool, best suited to couples over anyone needing step-free access. Built in 2021, it's Green Key certified.