Wyndham Grand Crete Mirabello Bay

The resort offers many options for a vacation, starting with many pools, a water park, private beach and diverse children's activities. the location is quiet and restful, close to the city, a few minutes away by car. The hotel was full of guests and it seemed sometimes that they were unable to meet the service standard due to the overload, The food in the dining room is not very varied and in fact remains the same every day, so if you are coming for a long stay take this into account

Booked at short notice through Voyage Prive which included flights and hire car. A good all round package. Easy 1 hour drive from Heraklion Airport. We had a one bedroom villa in the village with jacuzzi on large balcony. We overlooked the main hotel and panoramic views over sea, mountains and cruise ship moored in Ag. Nik. (a couple of miles away and 7 euro cab). Room was comfortable with en suite bathroom and separate shower (tiny shower tray which always flooded but dried quickly). Nespresso machine pods refilled daily, kettle and teas/coffees plus fridge with soft drinks. A very comfortable bed with pillows to match. A very well equipped room which had everything we would ask for in a room. Our deal gave us a la carte (you need to pre book) dinners in the Greek and Italian restaurants and lunch at the BBQ. Food, choices and service were all excellent. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were otherwise served in the buffet restaurant with substantial choices included two grill options at lunch and dinner as well as fresh fish, meat and vegetarian options. Choices over a week were very good. Whilst the hotel and separate village accommodation were reasonably busy I can imagine that in high season the hotel would be at severe strain. Whilst there were children in the resort they mainly used the beach area whilst we used the blush pool and bar which overlooked the new water park which was pretty much empty in early October. Again, in high season probably rammed. The pool was sea water and very refreshing! It had its own bar which was rarely busy just like the pool. We would not go there in high season though as described above. Previous review comments on main bar waits were probably valid during high season but we rarely had to wait more than 5 mins. Whilst at Mirabello we ate out in Ag. Nik. a few times, it was a 7 min drive and 20 mins to find a parking space! Can recommend Pelagos sea food restaurant. Visited Spinalonga Island (The island by Victoria Hislop) from Plaka, a 20 min drive via Elounda. Also went on catamaran with Bryan & Toni (owners) from the hotels marina for 11-6 trip to the obligatory blue lagoon with swimming, drinks and food. Maximum of 8 passengers. Had Spa treatments with Maria which were good if overly expensive. The Spa treatment rooms we used need a refurb. That just about precis' our stay beyond saying that the staff work very hard and were extremely courteous. The room was immaculately clean and we had a good stay. BEWARE-Plenty of stairs throughout resort. Overall, we prefer a la carte evening dining on holidays and for this and in comparison to other resorts we have stayed in I would say that it is not a top AI resort but we did enjoy on our first visit to Crete.

Fantastic stay, would definitely visit again