Pilot Amphora Boutique Hotel "Adults Only"

This was our second stay in this hotel for our summer holidays. As last year, we had great time here. The hotel is well located in Georgioupolis, it is very quite and peaceful and close to the beach. It is very clean, the food is good from breakfast to diner. What is the most important is the kindness of all the staff (cleaners, waiters and manager). You feel even better than at home. We fall in love with this place and will come back for sure.

Superb hotel - spotlessly clean , very well designed and decorated rooms ( great powerful shower ) . Staff are brilliant - helpful in all areas and excellent service - breakfast has a very good choice and eggs cooked for you. The pool area is very relaxing and again spotless. It never felt crowded ( it only has 30 rooms) , so everything felt very personal. Gym is very well equipped for its size. We had a room with a private pool (it was the only one available when e booked) , but we never actually used it - as it was quite early in the season (start of June) and as it faced East you got the morning sun , but not the afternoon sun and the pool never really got warm. ( I imagine later in the season this would not be an issue) , but personally i would say a first or second floor room that faced the mountains (south) would be a better option. However as the pool and bar area is so nice and relaxing , this was not an issue. The hotel does not have any se views as its at one end of the town , but everything is on your doorstep ( all the restaurant's and shops etc). The local beaches are a 5 minute walk. You can also use all the facilities at the sister hotel, Pilot beach resort , which is a very large complex. There is a free shuttle there and back a few times a day , but on the two occasions we went , we just walked along the beach ( 30 minutes each way). There is also a lovely local beach ( over the Georgioupolis bridge and to the left of the harbour ). On our last day we were given an unprompted late checkout of 4pm , which was very helpful. Overall i would recommend this hotel and would very happily stay again.

The hotel is fabulous and the manager and staff make hotel an experience you will not forget. . Beautiful modern,clean spacious hotel nestled in the village. We had a gorgeous room with a Mountain View, for our 30th wedding anniversary. We arranged a mountain trek and on telling the manager ‘Panos’ he went out of his way to arrange iced water for our walk and a breakfast picnic for us to take, on our early start. He is so accommodating and nothing is too much trouble. The staff are so friendly, so happy to help, this includes Menia and Stefan. The housekeeping lady who cleaned our room was also an absolute treasure and the room was immaculate. The staff are constantly smiling, they work so hard, and they have made our stay at the hotel superior to any 5* we have stayed at before. We also had an issue retuning to London due to a fire at the airport. Again, Panos arranged for us to have the same room, dinner at the hotel (which is amazing too) and just looked after us as we were stressed and worried about getting back to the UK. I cannot recommend this hotel enough - it is definitely something special and I am hard to please where hospitality is concerned. What an amazing team here that go above and beyond to make it the wonderful boutique hotel that it is. We will come back and we will tell all our friends that they must visit too!

This was our third visit to Georgioupolis in 18 months and our second stay at the Pilot Amphora this year. The reason we went back was for to see Panos and his amazing team again. They did not disappoint & demonstrated what so many hotels get wrong, that balance between warmth and professionalism. There seems to be a natural understanding that, even for a short stay like ours, it is not a transactional relationship, but one that encourages you to feel part of something and makes you want more of it! Something that seems inherent in most Cretan hospitality it seems. We will be looking for any excuse to go back.

Such a lovely new small hotel with great staff. The food was exceptional and we felt very spoiled. We had a room with a small pool which was wonderful. It's the people working there that really make it. Enjoyed the live peaceful music over dinner. Breakfast outstanding. They will take you to the free beach at a sister hotel (just a few minutes away).

Superb journey there. We have booked a bungalow for 2 if us and for a week. The room was perfect. The hotel is really well situated as downtown but not on the beach and so very quiet. The all staff was absolutely lovely and carefull ! The breakfast was also very good and generous. Do not hesitate a second!

Stayed here for 4 night with friends and family. We all loved the hotel. Breakfast was delicious with freshly squeezed orange juice every morning. Rooms are really lovely and well equipped. The pool area is beautiful. Hotel is very close to beach, tavernas and shops. Highly recommended.

We stayed for just over a week at this gorgeous hotel. We stayed in the room that had a private pool attached. The room spacious and clean, the private pool was amazing. The bar and restaurant staff were always available to provide outstanding service and a friendly smile. Georgioupolis is such a peaceful town and a great location between Chania and Rethymno, buses leave regularly to both places. Pilot Amphora was a tasteful, friendly and relaxing hotel. We loved our stay there!! Thank you! :) P.S. make sure to visit Poseidon restaurant around the corner if you stay here and like seafood. It was delicious!

Perfect hotel! First of all, the hotel staff is stunning, helpful and kind. We stayed for a whole week and enjoyed every moment. The food, the pool, the room - everything is clean and tidy. If you are looking for peace and rest, this is the place. Thanks for everything, Evgeni and Ortal.