"cool respite" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English to describe a refreshing break or rest from something.
Here is an example: "After a long day of hiking in the hot sun, the shady picnic area provided a much-needed cool respite for the exhausted hikers."
Wide and well-traveled, this lovely path offers cool respite in a setting of trilling birds, moss-covered rocks and springy ferns.
The welcoming space (right), with its rough-hewn wooden chairs, brick walls and floor-to-ceiling shelves filled with books in both Spanish and English, offers a cool respite from the city's sweltering temperatures.
It became a year-round resort after World War II, when Mr. Winarick and his son-in-law Raymond Parker embarked on a series of expansions that continued through the 1960's, as the Catskills became the Jewish Riviera for many New Yorkers seeking a cool respite from humid city streets.
The chilled, slightly pungent bite of the wine is cool respite from the zesty, rich, sinful flavor of the snails.
These outdoor showers are also ideal for a quick and cool respite from the hot rays of the mid-afternoon sun.
The sounds of children talking animatedly, laughing amusedly and wandering incessantly greet me as soon as I enter the cool respite of the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, housed in a beautifully renovated neoclassical building in the shadow of the Acropolis of Athens.
Rain showers bring cool respites and lushness to the islands not usually found during the winter.
Three shady rooms, one sporting a marble-topped bar, offer cooling respite from the sun.
In a highly seasoned dish, like the Asian ones in which they are most often found, bean sprouts provide a cooling respite from spice.
That technical perfection was only the starting point for a performance of astonishing energy and sometime ferocious intensity, with the central Adagio refracted through myriad keyboard colours to provide cooling respite, and Rattle following Zimerman every step of the way.
A sunless evening awaited the audience at the South Street Seaport last Friday, as the city's sweltering heat wave gave way to a cooler respite.
