Athina Palace Resort & Spa

Enes Heleteli

I’ve stayed at many hotels before, but athina Palace Resort & Spa in Greece beats them all! Our room was next-level luxury – absolutely BABA-style! Super elegant, with our own private pool on the terrace. Everything was perfect: the fridge works flawlessly, the TV is crystal clear, the lights are on point, and there’s even a secured safe in the room – you don’t find that everywhere! Housekeeping comes every single day – everything is spotless: beds, towels, kitchen area – always fresh and clean. The hygiene standards here are honestly top-tier. The beach is right next to the hotel, super easy to access. With the all-inclusive wristband, you get unlimited free drinks and insanely good food everywhere. The views are breathtaking no matter where you stand – it’s just unreal. The hotel is family-friendly, and every staff member is kind, respectful, and incredibly helpful. I especially want to mention Mihalis – that guy is an absolute legend! He helped us so much and always had a smile on his face. Hospitality 10/10! Overall, this is a beautiful, clean, and luxurious resort where you truly feel at home – just with better weather and even better food. Highly recommended for anyone looking for luxury, relaxation, and world-class service. I love the green olives mihalis is the best

Haitam Salem

There is not one bad thing you can say about this hotel, that's it! We came to celebrate a birthday, and as a gift they upgraded our room to a large room with a private pool and a balcony and a sea view, crazy! The food at the hotel is very tasty and varied, there is plenty of food, the hotel has bars scattered around that serve food and drinks, 2 pools, one of which is quiet for adults only, a private beach for the hotel, the hotel staff is smiling, polite, professional, gives with all their heart and always wants to help. I will recommend this hotel and will definitely return to it again in the future.

Lee Tearle

We had an excellent holiday. Service all round fantastic, great rooms, great food choices especially the Taverna and A La Carte both of which, despite being included in the all inclusive package, I would happily have paid extra for. Will definitely return.

Anna Mohai

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We had a wonderful stay at Athina Palace in Crete! The hotel itself is beautiful, with stunning views and a great atmosphere for relaxation. The facilities were well kept, the food delicious, and the surrounding area is perfect for exploring both the coast and nearby villages. A special mention goes to Sofia at reception, who truly made our stay unforgettable. Her exceptional kindness, warmth, and helpfulness stood out from the moment we arrived. She went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed and gave us great recommendations so we could enjoy the best of Crete. Thanks to her, we felt so welcomed and cared for. We would absolutely recommend Athina Palace to anyone looking for a memorable holiday in Crete, and we’ll definitely be back!

Karen Wareham

Having spent a week here recently, things started off ok. Beautiful place when we arrived sparkling clean floors, beautiful view, friendly staff... What could possibly go wrong? Well, every room after the rooms in reception area have steps, some a few , some many steps, this place is NOT designed for anybody with any walking issues it's all uphill or downhill, nothing else. Breakfast is served next to reception which is stepless but the food has little to be desired, mostly undercooked or cold, bacon, fried eggs cold and undercooked, omelettes all supposed to be warm were not. Coffee isn't hot and they don't come back often and refill they refill one table in a row of tables and walk away. The really disappointing thing was food not laid out in time for breakfast opening, and floors being brushed and mopped around guests eating breakfast, thick dust on window ledges and slippery floors, hygiene is appalling who brushes a floor whilst people are eating food? Breakfast over, there is a shuttle bus to the beach every 20 minutes if you chose to go down to it, we waited well over half an hour, then found the beach was absolutely full to capacity and no room anywhere, having waited another half hour for the shuttle back up (impossible to walk if you aren't fighting fit) and it arrives with staff sat on it who cannot be bothered to walk back from cleaning the rooms...having been 1st in the queue we were jostled out of the way by everyone else, which either meant standing on the bus 9seats only or waiting another half hour for another one and risk the same thing happening so we stood up no health and safety present. Back at our room beds made nice and clean we look to see what time lunch is...it is at 12 at the active pool bar restaurant! We have just been driven past that bar back to our room, it's halfway down the hillside and it's the only place for lunch unless you class pizza, bread and biscuits as lunch that's all that is available at the snack bar. So we literally have to walk back down the steep slope to have our lunch. Too tired to walk back up we sit around the active pool area which is crowded and noisy and have a quick drink before hauling our asses back up to the relax pool, (adults only) with a "snack bar" serving the same as the other one. It is lovely and quiet and the views from there are absolutely stunning. There are only entertainments in French throughout the day so anyone that doesn't understand is left out. The French seem to have the monopoly on everything. At the hotel, preferential treatment as the hotel is primarily for the French, it does not tell you when you book...they even have different coloured all inclusive bands so they stand out from everyone else, you can sit at a table for 4 in the restaurant if there are two of you and you have a blue wristband but if anyone else tries it they are "politely" asked to move!!! Evening meal is in the main dining room, again same old stuff day after day , no thermometers in that place most of the food is cold in temperature. There are a couple of a la carte restaurants you can use once a week if you stay for a week we chose the Greek Taverner 16 taster dishes to try, mostly very nice but the mains course we couldn't eat due it being mostly fish and us not liking fish, especially cuttlefish in squid ink. One main bar in the evening and it is only half open as in if you stand at the wrong end of it you are ignored, one page of all inclusive drinks and ten pages of payable drinks, all inclusive drinks are horrible cheap and sweet. I really have nothing good to say about this hotel apart from one or two lovely staff and a beautiful view, there is nothing to do when it rains ,(it rained 3 days we were there) no bars indoors open, no activities to do. We were glad to hand our key back on our last day, fortunately we hired a car and got the heck out of there and spent a beautiful day at another resort. I would not recommend this hotel, not would I ever revisit it, it is absolutely a waste of money, we have stayed in better 3* hotels than Athina Palace.