Anna’s House was lovely and clean. Located about 50 mins from Chania airport. Arrived at Anna’s House late, about 11.30pm after delayed flight and they were very accommodating. Arranged for the bar to remain open and they cooked us a pizza and gave us an ice-cold beer. Anna’s house is split into two sections – one with main reception, pool and pool bar/breakfast restaurant and another section which is a short 100 metre walk down the road. We were ‘upgraded’ to the section down the road which I think had more self-catering apartments. Our upgrade was perfect as we got a 1 bedroom apartment which a kitchenette and two balconies. It meant we could have separate rooms, which as nice. I would say that the main section with pool etc was much nicer and kept up better, neat gardens, clean, pool, bar etc. The grass at the self-catering section was very long and it looked a bit older and not as pristine or maintained. A few cracked glass balcony areas etc Although the grass was long etc, it did get cut on the last day of our holiday which made it look at lot better. It was still nice, but I think the main hotel section was better. Our apartment was spacious and clean with comfy beds. Pool was large and attractive. Enough loungers for us but hotel was quite quiet as not that many guests. The online photos showed a kids splash area but we didn’t see that. As well as a gym but we didn’t look for that either. There were some young children around and there was a little paddling pool attached to the main pool too. Staff were brilliant. All so friendly and helpful. Bar manager was fabulous as was the receptionist. All fab! Breakfast was amazing, delicious choice of pasties, freshly cooked waffles and pancakes, fruit etc and omelette/egg chef too which was a great treat. Drinks and cocktails were served quickly around the pool too, which was great during the day. Anna’s house was about a 10 min walk into town. Walking down to town whilst it was daylight was no problem, there were a few others walking that route too. Coming back after dark was a little unnerving. Although we had no trouble, it felt very remote walking out of town as two women. We didn’t pass any other people walking and some cars would drive past. As I say, we didn’t experience anything bad but we were quite nervous each night knowing we had to ‘do the walk’ and had our wits about us. I wouldn’t have wanted to do it alone or with the kids. Sadly, as Anna’s house isn’t actually that far, it was not worth a taxi driver taking us. Town was nice with some shops and restaurants. We had some lovely meals but really only a handful of lovely pretty tavernas to choose from. If we were there longer than 4 nights we would be stuck for choice. Beach- You can walk from Anna’s but you are the town end which is very busy and quite narrow. We got a taxi from Anna’s (Euro 6) and went further down the beach, which still had beach bars, wide beach and was stunning. Overall, great place!
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