Guest User
August 22, 2023
Me and my fiancé we live i two different countries and we spent around 25% of the year together. So we really value our time together highly. We have four kids between the two of us and our lives are busy so we were looking forward to a getaway holiday for just the two of us in Crete. We chose this hotel because it was for adults only, because it looked so nice on the pictures, because it was close to the beach and culture and had a bar and a swimming pool. We hoped to get to relax and have a good time. We travelled longer to Heraklion specifically to get to this hotel, the trip to Chania would have been easier for us, but we really wanted to try this hotel. We were not disappointed, in fact this turned out to be one of the best travelling experiences we have had in our lifetimes. The Hotel is more beautiful than the images even. The family and staff so welcoming and helpful and some we now consider our dear friends. The swimming pool and sunbathing area is great. The food and drinks amazing. I love the animal life around the area and all the beautiful plants. We enjoyed getting to know downtown Heraklion and visiting the beach. We stayed a lot at the hotel itself too because we felt so good there and had a lot of fund and relaxing. We stayed one week and we thought that was a perfect amount of time for us for this holiday. I had seen some reviews complaining about a smell from the drains but actually that is something that is simply present in the whole of Heraklion and hardly anything the Hotel itself can improve further. I myself have experience of this problem in Iceland even in the latest state of art sewage designs in lower temperatures, close to the sea, in certain wind circumstances such a thing is hard to avoid. This was not a problem for us because there is a large window in the bathroom with an insect net. One can close the door to the bathroom and the airconditioning system is good and very powerful. One can also just run a bit of water down the drain and that really helps if any smell comes up. Everything was really elegant looking and well maintained. We had a lot of fun, relaxing time and we liked the routines and disciplined structure at the hotel so we always knew when was time for breakfast, for coffee, drinks or music. Thank you so much for this experience. We can recommend it to anyone, in fact, I think some of our family and friends are already thinking about visiting the Hotel too! Shady and Greta