Angelika House -Amazing Sea View

Elkysti Crete

"It's so beautiful. I love the sea view suite. The surrounding small villages are also beautiful. It's very close to the beach. It's a very good holiday apartment. I will go back again if I have the chance."

Valley Village

"We recently stayed in a charming bungalow accommodation and found it to be quiet, pleasant and comfortable. The bungalows are clean and nicely maintained, each featuring a nice private terrace set in a peaceful garden. The space is modest but functional. The layout is flat and easy to navigate, making it very suitable for guests with disabilities or young children. Parking is limited. Staff is friendly and efficacious. Breakfast is simple but enjoyable, with tables outside in the garden area. We did not tested dinner; the buffet was small. Matala beach is close, well equipped, not too crowed at beginning of the season (end May). Water shoes needed. As already identified multiple time in previous evaluation, there are many stray cats in/ around the hotel, most clearly in need for food and care. The current situation of hungry, unsterilized cats leads to overpopulation and suffering. This is causing distress both to the animals and to guests. The hotel management should organise sterilization and sufficient feeding stations. They are quiet and nice cats; many are/could be domestic ones. It’s heartbreaking. Until hotel management act, if you’re still planning to stay here and if you care about these animals, help: feed them discretely/sign on-line survey to authorities/donate to Creta association/adopt and/or continue lobbying hotel management. Stray cats are everywhere in Creta; I did only see worst in Cyprus with mistreatment and dying cats. Greece is worse than Africa on this topic. Situation in/around Matala is extremely bad, up to cats poisoning by exasperated; I did not find any local stray cats feeding/sterilization charity !"

Artemis Beach Studios

"Very beautiful place with sea view and an enchanting sunset from the terrace. The room, clean and fragrant, is well equipped with a mini fridge, electric stove, sink and all the accessories to be able to cook independently. The room is cleaned daily and the linen is changed every three days. We were pleasantly impressed by the kindness and helpfulness of the owner who welcomed us with great warmth, their aperitifs were excellent. The staff speaks English. The beach, in front of the room, is well equipped with a fixed umbrella and two deckchairs available to the structure at a cost of 5 euros per day which requires a representative of the municipality. In the immediate vicinity there are several bars and restaurants where you can eat very well at reasonable prices and a well-stocked supermarket. A rental car is recommended for getting around if you want to visit other beaches."

Marina Hotel

Holiday Luxury Villas

"Wonderful vacation at Holiday Luxury Villas, very clean, helpful and friendly hosts, Mrs Eleni tried her best to accommodate us with treats!! Highly recommended for relaxation and quiet holidays in an area that offers various options for food and drinks."

Villa Koutsakis

"I would like to say that this is the only negative experience in two weeks of holiday in Crete, with three huge oil ships to be trapped off the beach and one industrial establishment on the right. The beach is directly accessible from the hotel but it was under absolute degradation (waste around, broken shadows, artificial swamp pieces in the sand and large red-red nets on the edges of the beach). The rooms were completely scrapped and furnished with a garden table and some plastic chairs, so not suitable for dinner: two beds on three were rounded to not move at night. The "kitchen" consists of two malfunctioning electrical plates, one pad and a few stove, a mini refrigerator we had to turn off at night because it was lying every 10 minutes. Of course there is no trace of boiler, coffee machine, Plates ... all things we have always found in apartments that, among other things, cost much less. So in practice it is impossible to cook even a plate of pasta. In addition, the villa is located in a completely isolated area from everything: The first village with a mini market is about half an hour drive away, there is a decent single tavern in the surroundings, to reach the villa there is a fancy road and the last track is completely shredded in critical and very rigid conditions, I would like to add the only opinion that can be considered subjective about the owners' attitude that personally seemed unpleasant and cold. Not that they were hostile, because they answered my questions, but nothing to do with the sun and warm attitude that made us in love with Crete. In short, better avoid the villa Koutsakis, there are countless other better and even more cheap places where they spend the days."

Keramos

"Beatiful perfect little hotel in the mountain village. Family driven, so lovely and nice husband and wife. Good vibes and very good energy. Great service, and a place to find autenthic crete hospitality. All you need and som extra. Recommended!"