Is there more to Malia than meets the eye?

Malia has often shocked the nation with it's image of drunken under-age teens and inappropriate behaviour of the ill-mannered tourists visiting there but little is known that this town on the North coast of Crete has a completely different side to it.

Cheap hotels is what springs to mind when thinking of visiting Malia, but the hotel 'Cretan Malia Park' is a world away from these. This is a five star luxury hotel offering 204 guestrooms and bungalows with a variety of garden, pool and sea views to acquire to different tastes.

On top of this it is surrounded by exotic trees and flowers with beautiful gardens for families to enjoy a relaxing holiday. This hardly sounds possible when the teen tourists go out to party at night but this hotel has placed itself in a quiet location where the hustle and bustle of the “Malia Strip” and the "wild night life", cannot be heard.

Typically, the last place a family would think to book their summer holiday would be a hotel in Malia, but strangely there are family friendly resorts where night-life entertainment is not just for adults or teenagers wanting to party. The hotel 'Kyknos Beach Hotel and Bungalows' offers 4 star accommodation in a child-friendly environment with entertainment such a magic shows going on at night time. There are also tennis courts here for families to enjoy and 'The animation team' who run lively shows make family fun really happen.

The town of Malia does have two sides but it is also a place where families can enjoy a fun filled holiday in one of the well-cared for hotels and perhaps not even get a glimpse of the party night life.

It seems that perhaps Malia has been wrongly judged as only one side of it has really been let out to the public, such as it being portrayed as a town where the tourists are ruining any culture that it once had and the party life there being the only big attraction to sway people to visit.

Now after looking at what else Malia has to offer, perhaps others will eventually start to see that this little town is not all about the partying and not just for young adults or teenagers, but that families can visit and have a relaxing or a fun holiday to their desire.