Baja Beach Club

About Baja Beach Club

On the Gouves stretch of Crete's north coast, with the address on Chiou in Rethymno, this sits close enough to the water that most visits begin in swimwear and stay that way — beachwear is the whole of the dress code, and nobody dresses up. Day beds are the unit of currency here, taken for the afternoon with table service running food and drinks out from the bar, so a group can settle in without moving. The kitchen works in Mediterranean terms, and the shisha menu keeps people in place well past lunch. Deep house and lounge-leaning chill house set the pace rather than push it, which suits a crowd that skews 25 to 45 and largely Western European holidaymakers. Fridays through Sundays are the busiest, the season runs May to October, and the $$ band keeps a long day here reasonable. Google reviewers hold it at 4.2 across some 2,600 ratings.