Hotel berhampiran Kalives beach, Armeni

From the very beginning the owner welcomed us with such care. The place itself it’s located perfectly outside the rush of people but yet still so close to the city of Chania (8/10mins by car). The establishment is super nice and well kept surrounded by bamboo and olive trees. The rooms are near each other and most of them are overlooking the pool. Room itself was very very clean and towels,bedsheets,products were smelling really nice. You can see that the place is well maintained and taken very good care of! It’s also PET FRIENDLY with stray cats(which you’ll see either in the morning or at night without even bothering you) another reason why we booked this establishment as we brought our own dog which was well accepted without any additional costs or useless comments. Our holiday is still ongoing as we booked for 5 days but it’s a must to leave a positive comment to such a beautiful place and people. To who ever sees this post don’t think twice and just book it! You’ll see us DEFINITELY again! Thanks for hosting us. I.Z

thank you for a pleasent stay, upgrande of our room and gluten and lactose free meal supply. Animators Carla and Lauda were our favourite ones and our daughter talk about them even we already returned back to home. For her absolutely fantastic holiday. I can´t also forget to mention the Magic Circus Show and the French protagonists. They makes their job so profesional and makes the people smily and happy. That was absolutely good choice of the hotel managers to choose them !! Fingers up who sign them. From our point of view everything was fine. We were really happy and I would only recommend this hotel. Petr / Marketa / Agata

We arrived in beautiful Chania and were dropped off on the main road opposite the little track up to the Nireas. I had read TA reviews so knew to expect that Christos, the owner, would offer us a room upgrade but we were happy with our original room which was Apt 24 on the ground floor with a fantastic large balcony opening straight onto the pool area. We paid €5 a night for air con which was really powerful, and €10 for the safe. The room was dated but more than adequate for us as we are used to Greek accommodation. There were 2 beds pushed together and then a single bed near the door which my son slept in. There was a 2 ring hob, microwave and kettle and basic utensils but we only ate breakfast in the apartment so it was more than enough. I think you would struggle to conjure up a Cordon Bleu meal though but with so many fabulous restaurants on the doorstep, it wasn’t a worry for us. There were a few things that made us chuckle…. the apartment door had been hung the wrong way so the handle was inside the room and not on the outside 🤣 and the usual Greek plumbing scenario with the shower head on the wall but the shower screen on the other side of the shower meaning the floor got soaked 🫣 but hey, it’s Greece 🇬🇷 The maid came in every day except a Sunday and the sheets/towels were changed regularly. There was a drying rack on the patio for hanging wet beach stuff up. Plenty of socket points and the beds were super comfy. The pool area was quiet but we only used it in the afternoons once we came back from the beach. There were always sunbeds and Christos was either there or available by WhatsApp. The WiFi worked fine in our rooms and by the pool. Kato Doratso is a residential suburb just 4km outside of Chania so a perfect location for us. Just down the little road from the hotel is a supermarket on the corner for all your essentials/bottles of water. There were 4 beaches within walking distance and we chose Sunset Beach due to the stunning clear water. It’s a bay so no tide and it was shallow for a great way out meaning our son could happily swim and play without us worrying too much. There was a bar on the beach and the owner did a mean Freddo Cappuccino ☕️ 👌🏽 You could buy salads, hot snacks and sandwiches, ice creams, crisps and drinks there. There were also chargeable sunbeds and parasols and you could hire a kayak or paddle board. There was another shop near the start of the hotels to the left of the bay. We bought a couple of parasols from the shop and lay on the beach. It was full of local families and we thoroughly enjoyed mixing with them. The bus into Chania is the #21. Come out of the hotel, down onto the main road and take a right along the path. Just past the car garage there’s a bus stop and a ticket machine. You need the exact change and it’s €1.10 each into town (€2 if you pay on the bus) When you are is in Chania, as you get off, there’s a ticket machine and a kiosk to buy return tickets and you can catch the bus back

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!

Positiv zu bewerten ist die außerordentliche Freundlichkeit des Personals, insbesondere im a-la-carte-Restaurant. Auch Bemängelungen am Zimmer wurden unverzüglich erledigt. Leider hatten wir während unseres 3-wöchigen Aufenthalts ein Zimmer (Superior mit eigenem Pool), das nicht im Haupthaus, sondern straßenseitig gelegen war. Rechter Hand hatten wir eine Autovermietung, ggü. einen Shop und links eine Taverne, die tagein tagaus Fisch grillte, so dass wir auf der Terrasse kaum sitzen konnten. Zudem war es von der Straße her recht laut, also nichts mit Ruhe. Wir haben VP gebucht, da in unserem Buchungsportal leider kein all inclusive angeboten wurde. Das Essen haben wir im a-la-carte Restaurant am Abend und im Corissia Park am Mittag eingenommen. Wir bezeichnen das 5-Gänge-Menü am Abend als mittelmäßig, es war gut, jedoch für ein 5-Sterne-Haus nicht unbedingt raffiniert, zudem meist nicht einmal sehr heiß. Rucola-Salat werden wir hier zu Hause erst mal nicht mehr essen, davon haben wir dort genug bekommen. Das Mittagessen hatte etwas von Schnellrestaurant, gesund ernähren kann man sich hier nicht. Es gab entweder Hamburger, Pizza, Pommes oder mit schwerer Majonaise zubereiteten César Salat. Gyros haben wir dort einmal gegessen, war u. E. Kein hochwertiges Fleisch, uns hat es nicht geschmeckt. Die Auswahl war eingeschränkter, als bei den all-inclusive-Gästen, für sie gab es eine andere Karte. Was uns letztlich noch ein wenig sauer aufgestoßen ist, war die Tatsache, dass wir am Abreisetag das Mittagessen hätten selbst bezahlen sollen, da auschecken um 12 Uhr angesagt ist, es Mittag aber erst ab 13 Uhr gibt. Das entzieht sich unserem Verständnis, da wir bei der Anreise nach 22 Uhr zwar Abendessen (kein 5-Gänge Menü, da das Restaurant schon zu hatte) bekommen haben, nach unserem Verständnis wir aber am Abreisetag noch Anspruch auf 2 Mahlzeiten, nämlich Frühstück und Mittagessen haben. Erst dann hat man für 21 Tage 3 Mahlzeiten pro Tag erhalten. Das wurde zwar vom Reisebetreuer der Anlage zu unseren Gunsten geregelt, mit der Begründung, das sei im Corissia nicht üblich, in Ordnung ist das jedoch nicht. Einzukalkulieren ist bei VP, dass man die Getränke außer beim Frühstück selbst zahlen muss. 0,5 Liter Bier für 5,50 EUR ist kein Schnäppchen. Hier darf man bei 3 Wochen Aufenthalt mal locker noch mal 400,— EUR für die Getränke und 84,— EUR für die Kurtaxe bei 4,— EUR/Tag hinzurechnen. Bei einem Pauschalreisepreis von fast 6.000,— EUR überlegen wir uns das das nächste Mal sicherlich. Die Infrastruktur in Georgiopoulis ist eine Katastrophe, wenn wir geduscht haben, hat sich das Licht gedimmt. Die offene Bauweise des Zimmers finden wir gewöhnungsbedürftig, wenn einer nachts aufs WC gegangen ist, war der andere wach. Die Spülung war sehr laut, zudem war der Fußbodeneinlauf so verdreckt, dass ein Geruchsverschluss nicht gegeben war. Hat man dort die Tür ein wenig offen gelassen, roch das ganze Zimmer sehr unangenehm. Wir würden hier nicht noch einmal