Areti

We just love this place. Every year we book this fantastic apart hotel. We have now been here six years in a row! The staff, pool and location is incredible. The family driven hotel is so professional and kind and the happy cleaning staff shows that the work environment is friendly. We enjoy the place and can only give our best recommendations to everybody considering a relaxing place in a beautiful scenery valuable, like we do.

Stunning setting in a quiet area overlooking Souda bay and the White mountains in the background. All kinds of flowers and plants, very well maintained garden. Great pool with pool bar and very good service. Lovely family, you feel welcome straight away. Lots of cats, a very happy dog. Great value. The best holiday we had, so we skipped the other hotels we had booked and prolonged our stay there. If you are looking for real Crete, that’s the place to be. Mary and her son Dimitri go out of their way to make you happy. Next time we will stay even longer, as we loved it so much.

This is the most difficult rating I’ve ever done. The outside of the hotel and the grounds and the pool were pristine and modern. It looks like it would be a really fun place to hang out in the summer. But our room #2 was straight from a 1950’s New York tenement. There were twin beds that were literally sleeping on springs. No mattress, no mattress pad , just springs. This was a new experience and one I don’t want to repeat. The owners were very nice. And I can only hope they intend to bring the room quality up to the same quality as the exterior. There was no hand or bath soap but when we asked for it, they were happy to oblige. So I can only assume the maid just forgot. Pretty much everything in the room was old and run down. When we pulled down the bedspread, it was stained. The interior was the complete opposite of the exterior. I don’t use the coffee in the rooms but I’ve noticed it’s always there except at this hotel. I’m trying hard to think of good things about the room. There was a hair dryer and I’m assuming it worked though I didn’t try as I really didn’t want to touch anything I didn’t have to. There was a tiny safe but it wouldn’t fit computers. There were plenty of places to set your luggage. The view from the balcony was fantastic. There is no screen door so you can’t keep the door open at night so you need to run the A/C all night to stay cool. We’re normally awake until midnight but we went to sleep at 9 hoping to forget about our surroundings as soon as possible. The room might have been clean but it was so worn that I really couldn’t tell. Sleeping was quiet until the rooster started crowing about an hour before dawn.