Tarra Apartments

Stayed here a week for a friend's birthday. Situated in the middle of everything, but so quiet you would never know it. Rooms are clean and tidy and the pool area is a great place to relax and unwind. Great little breakfast, and 30 seconds from the supermarket. Great little place, would definitely stay again

We stayed for 10 days at the Tarra, partly because it was near to friends’ house (they live in Crete), partly due to its great location near to the beach and local amenities, and partly because of the positive reviews we’d read. I have to say that we were delighted with our choice. We had originally booked to stay in early July, but thanks to Barking Boris and his Barmy Army changing the Covid ground rules (again !!), and Ryanair cancelling our return flight (but not the outbound - cute hey ! Only have to refund half a fare, and you can’t get back …) we had to hastily re-arrange. Jenny at the hotel (one of the owners, we discovered) was so helpful and accommodating, in helping us to change our dates to thwart Mr. O’Leary’s money-grab; she was there to greet us when we arrived at 11pm, and even ‘reserved’ us a car park space on the road outside the hotel, helped us with our luggage, and this fabulous attention continued throughout our stay, including printing our boarding cards for the return flight. Tarra is a genuine family-run resort, with Jenny, her sister (sadly I can’t recall her name - sorry) and her Mum, Georgia, running the hotel and the well-stocked, reasonably-priced attached supermarket with a great friendly, cheerful and helpful attitude. Our rooms were spacious, modern and immaculately clean (maintained in this condition by the excellent housekeeping staff), with a small kitchenette including larder-size fridge/freezer, kettle, cafetière, cups, glasses … not enough for a 5-course banquet, but more than adequate. There was a flat-screen TV (with some English channels), with free remote control, a free in-room safe and free air conditioning - a real plus in a country with a reputation for charging extra for these facilities. The pool area is clean and well ordered. Tarra provides (free) good-quality pool-towels and there are Sun-beds and tables/chairs aplenty. The only downside is that (probably due to the impact of Covid) the pool-bar and restaurant weren’t available, apart from for the included breakfast. Talking of which, breakfast at Tarra is NOT typically Greek. Presided over, and freshly cooked by Georgia, breakfast is more English than continental. You can choose from orange juice (freshly squeezed), tea, coffee, bacon, fried eggs, omelette, baked beans, tomato, bread and toast - or everything, if that’s your bag. The atmosphere is just like a big family, and it’s not unusual to see guests chatting, walking round, serving coffee and orange juice, collecting crockery …. Sound a bit odd, but it really was a good vibe. So would we go back to Tarra ? Absolutely yes. Right now we’re torn between booking for next May or trying another Greek island we haven’t visited yet, but Tarra is definitely calling us … Thank you ladies - we loved it.

We arrived late at night to the hotel being completely shut for the night! We eventually found a note and our keys to the room left on a table. So good luck to anyone else arriving on a late flight. The room was large and very clean with an adequate bathroom although very small. We went to breakfast and we were offered bacon and eggs coffee, orange juice a roll and a yoghurt. No fruit, no salad, no cheese etc. After 3 days of being offered eggs and bacon I asked if I could have an omelette. Apart from masses of shell in it it tasted fairly okay. The pool and surrounding areas were nice and spotlessly clean. Our main concern was that not one member of staff spoke to us or even said Hello! We thought something terrible must have happened or that we had done something wrong! I don’t think either of these was the case it is just a very unfriendly atmosphere! Not once did any of the staff ask if everything was okay or even asked if our day was good! We had a late flight so paid 20 euros to keep our room. No one was there to leave the key with when we left so we left them in the empty reception. We left how we arrived… to an empty hotel! I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to my friends and family.

What a fantastic hotel. Spotlessly clean, great size rooms, very helpful and friendly. Lovely breakfast, you can have bacon & eggs, omelettes, rolls, jam, cheese, tomato & cucumber orange juice etc They have a medium sized, very well stocked supermarket next door Super pool area again spotless. Staff were very friendly Position is perfect, in the centre but not noisy and close to beach Just fabulous