Marie Melie

This hotel is in a decent location away from the strip (although i'd avoid it like the plague) The apartment was tiny for 4 19 year olds and it was not the cleanest. The pool area is absolutely fantastic as we essentially had the entire pool to ourselves. There is also a shop within 5 minutes walking distance. The owner never spoke english but you cannot fault that as we are in his country and his service was always great. Overall the hotel was enjoyable but i would never return to Malia as it is full of drunken english idiots.

Myself and two of my friends turned to a week ago to a very cold reception from poppy. The apartments are lovely and good value for money with nice grounds but we felt uncomfortable throughout our stay. We met a group of boys there who had stayed for slightly longer than us. As we are all 18 year olds finishing our exams we are bound to be going out and having fun, especially because we are in Malia. As we would pre drink quietly, Poppy and her husband would constantly come out and scream in our faces for making too much noise (which is quite ironic). Poppy would swear at us in Greek but as soon as anyone would start piping up she would go mental. She charges you €13 if you lose your keys. There are no cleaners and they do not empty the bins throughout your stay. Our sheets were never changed and we only had one new towel. Poppy’s husband was very creepy and would sit on sunbeds watching us at 6am or following us outside shouting at us in Greek. Another one of our friends later turned up and received no welcome from poppy other than her hurling abuse at us at night. As the boys left, Poppy continued to throw abuse at them, telling them to go to hell, that ‘Greek boys f*** English girls’ and that the boys ‘did not f***’ and there was mention of racist slurs. She also said she is never having English people back again which is just racist. She does not allow you to keep your bags there when you leave and have a late flight and constantly threatens to kick us out on the street. She complains about us making noise but on our second last day as our friends were leaving, she enters our room with no warning as we are asleep and begins shouting at us and the boys who were stood outside. This is inappropriate and hypocritical. The pool was flighty with a layer of grease on the top and dead bugs everywhere. She did not provide extra toilet paper when needed. We were kicked out at 12pm and we’re not allowed to leave our bags anywhere, even though our flight was not until midnight, meaning we were left to carry our suitcases around malia and had nowhere to go. There was a couple staying at the same time as us and she called them animals. Overall, Poppy and her husband are in the wrong area to be complaining about noise and acted as if they could control our activities on our holiday. They really put a downer on the holiday and had a rude manner from the minute we arrived. Would not recommend.

Despite being a very attractive lady, Poppy the host was constantly rude to me and my friends and did not make us feel welcome at any given point. We were constantly controlled and monitored by Poppy’s husband - Luigi - who would sit outside our apartments and literally stare at us for hours or shout at us when we were too loud. In addition to this, during the day time Poppy told us to not put a lilo in the pool as it would “damage” the water. We were denied of basic hygiene accessories such as bin bags and toilet paper, and she did not change our bed sheets once in the 11 days we stayed. On one occasion we were outside in our balcony and she came in and started saying that we “sleep all day and go out at nights like animals”. Other comments made by Poppy include things like cursing at us in Greek, threatening that Luigi will come and beat us up and saying that she will never let English people come back. Such a shame the hosts were so rude because the apartment was nicely located and had a large pool - which to no surprise was dirty all day. Personally I would not recommend staying at the place unless you like being watched and shouted at constantly.