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5 out of 5
Kalimera Kriti Hotel & Village Resort
72 400 Sissi Lassithi, Crete, Agios Nikolaos, Crete Island

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 41 out of 73 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 73 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 73 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

BERTRAND

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice resort, large and well maintained. Rooms are OK. As an all inclusive, the food is just OK. There is some variety but the quality and the taste are so-so.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marek

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dragana Savic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were pleasantly surprised how nice this hotel is. The grounds are huge and complex feel like little village. We had an issue the first night with not getting the room with sea view which we paid for, but the staff went out of their way to get that corrected and we were placed in a room with the sea view the next night. We were also given a voucher for lunch for 2 in French restaurant as for the inconvenience. Beach area is beautiful, water is crystal clear and warm. There are several pools around. Nature is beautiful. Buffet offers variety of option for everyone. Super convenient location, very close to village Sisi that has tons of restaurants, gift shops and activities. About 40 min away from Heraklion and Agias Nikolaos.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Norbert

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
酒店的工作人员非常友善，服务很好。部分房间没有WIFI，后来更换房间后，新的房间网络很好，但是水流不够，
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Helen, Brooklyn

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The renovated room is lovely. The resort is not. I have never stayed in such an unwelcoming resort. There are many people staying here - it’s enormous & there are just not enough staff. They are harassed & rude. They all defend the huge number of ‘rules’ that exist & have no interest in actually serving their guests. The customer is never right. It doesn’t feel like a relaxing vacation, it feels like school. Where to begin? The drinking water in the cafeteria is turned off after breakfast. I don’t expect alcohol or even juices to be included in the meal plan - but turning OFF the water? They don’t leave bottles of water in the rooms either, but the cold water might go off in the evening. (Nothing is ever their fault. They never offer a solution - “it’s the village that turns it off you see”). If you get to the buffet an hour before closing there isn’t much left to eat & it certainly isn’t inviting. (“It’s the fault of the children you see, they take too much & don’t even eat it”). The gym doesn’t open until 10am (“it’s because it’s in the spa you see”). The beach towels are in the spa so you can’t get towels until 10am. You can only have 1 umbrella for 2 sun beds. The gestapo on the beach run a tight operation. (“You think I don’t know what goes on on this beach? I see you trying to get another umbrella”). You can only sit in designated areas for lunch, even if all the tables are in the sun and there are empty tables in the shade. Unhappy people everywhere.DO NOT STAY HERE!
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

sana

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing resort! Safe, clean, modern, great food and service. Wonderful beachfront and pool. Everything i needed for a relaxing family vacation.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed at this property for a week. Here are my impressions in brief: CONS: - No room service. In practice this means that you have to track in the summer heat 10 minutes to the breakfast place and then back. - The lunch place (by the pools) - be prepared for sloppy and slow service and food of a very poor quality. - Breakfasts and dinners are buffet-style and the food is nice but the canteen is very understaffed. Be prepared for very long wait times to get a clean and served table and to have your drinks brought to you. - The so-called "Suite room" is not a suite but just two adjacent rooms with very simple decor. - The Internet is very spotty, super slow in the evening and was out for an entire day on one occasion. - There are two beaches - one is an artificial bay with plastic, used masks, paper, leaves and all sorts of trash floating in the water. The other one is clean but has huge rocks in the water which make swimming rather difficult. - My door lock was broken and got fixed only on the 3rd day of my stay after a second reminder from me. - The phone in the room was also broken and had to be replaced. PROS: - very nice huge swimming pools; - it is not too difficult to find sun-beds.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel with Fabulous Buffet & Beach!
The resort is quite large with lots of spaces for different uses. Amazing beach which I will always remember. Buffet had a great food and lots of choices. Balcony room was spacious but was very "beige", nice to add mediterranean colours to give a more luxury/wow feel. Would definitely return.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Hotel Management on 12 Oct 2019
Dear Jacqueline, thank you for your good review and your feedback! We are happy that you enjoyed your time with us and hope to welcome you again sometime! Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 12 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff Service. They make it in a way that you feel special. Always smiling.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Hotel Management on 6 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for your kind words!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I loved everything about the hotel. If there was one suggestion I would make that would be an adults only part of the eating areas. Sometimes when having a romantic meal with your significant other it's nice not to hear babies crying. Just a thought. Overall we absolutely loved our vacation time at the Kalimera Kriti. 10/10
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Hotel Management on 6 Oct 2019
Thank you for your good review and the suggestion regarding the restaurant! We are happy that you and your wife enjoyed your stay here and hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Sheffield

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel.perfect for kids. I would like to come back
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Hotel Management on 6 Oct 2019
Thank you for your review! We 'd be happy to welcome you back soon!

8/10 Good

Ohad

Family vacation
The resort is quite nice, it's built like a greek village. Food is spectacular (we took the half board basis and were very happy with it). On the down side our room was quite remote from the beach and the hotel facilities (7 min walk in the sun with 2 small kids) and the room standard was, in my POV a good 4* rating, rather than 5*. Wi-Fi cover in the rooms and around the resort is quite fickle and calls for improvements.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Jan, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Honeymoon Trip
We were on our honeymoon there and were very pleased with the resort at first. When we arrived to the hotel we have learned that a bungalow means something else in Crete. We liked the village style set up, but we have expected rather bigger room and sea front. Pictures on the hotel websites are misleading.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
This is a very large property, the landscaping could be better. They have buildings that are empty and don't look to serve a purpose. The pool area is a massive lawn area with no trees or shade so every morning people fight for umbrellas. Lawn is not mowed, which is awkward. Our first room was a joke. Some Motel 6 have nicer and cleaner rooms (we had a big ant infestation in our bath room). Not even a coffee machine. After complaining they gave a really nice room however. So not a 5 star resort, but if you have small kids this is a good place.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Johnson, Reading, UK

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely location in Crete but ......
The location of the hotel is outstanding and the friendly staff work really hard to ensure that your stay is enjoyable; they are fantastic! The pool is huge and you can swim to your heart's content and the sea is so close too. Lots of sun-loungers and umbrellas but the latter need refurbishing. The resort is vast so you need to be prepared to walk. Food, breakfast and dinner, is great but there is a stampede when the doors open at 7pm. Not sure about the orange juice at breakfast but you can have fresh at a price. The smoking policy confused me. At the restaurant there is a designated Adults Area and also a designated Smoking Area, but many adults also smoked and should have been in the appropriate area. Smoking seemed ok for anywhere at the pool or at the beach. The rooms are adequate but for a hotel of this quality you would expect a walk-in shower. Air Con just seemed to move the hot ait around - there was no temperature control, and it was a tad warm at night. I would have loved a tea-making facility in the room. I would recommend but with caveats.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

ian, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Superb staff wonderful position fantastic food . Brilliant holiday . Thanks to all who work there and the management for such a well run resort
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Rob, SE England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great family holiday
The only issue is that the rooms are fairly basic in construction and noise carries easily. However, the hotel, its facilities, the staff, the beach etc are so great that we spent very little time in the room (which was a sea view as requested). The hotel was full, though there was always room around & in the massive pools and the catering staff handled meal times with ease. The food variety, quality and replenishment speed was great. Ten days there and we did not tire of it. The day tour to Heraklion / Knosis was very interesting and the little village just 10 minutes walk away is really quaint to boot. A tip: Get to the airport early for departure, it is a zoo!
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful family vacation . The resort has everything you need. The area is large enough to eliminate any sense of density. Friendly service and hospitality.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

nathalie, S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel by several beautiful beaches
The gorgeous beaches are the reason to stay at this hotel! The water is warm, clear, and very calm. The hotel is very spread out so you'll be walking to get around but the grounds are pretty and it never feels crowded. The buffets for breakfast and dinner are excellent and they have a ton of choices even for people who have dietary restrictions or are just picky eaters. If you want a relaxing getaway, this is the place to stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017
Response from Despina V. on 17 Jul 2017
Dear Nathalie, We are so pleased to know that you had spent nice time in our Hotel and that you enjoyed the beautiful beaches. Looking forward to welcoming you back soon. Best regards,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A Great Fine Weather Resort
We had 5 days of fine weather when the Resort and facilities were excellent. We had 2 days of not so fine weather when places like the snack bar were closed all day. We also found that a number of advertised events did not take place. For example tennis for juniors was advertised for Saturday afternoon at around 4pm and for adults at 4.30pm. The weather was ok but there was no-one at the tennis centre. Having said this we were happy with the work of the Animations crew and the friendly approach of the lifeguard on the main pool by the diving board. The Resort needs to be clearer in advance about a dress code of long trousers for men for dinner. Coming from a country where smart dress shorts would be acceptable I was placed in an awkward situation. The food was very good and the table service excellent.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2017
Response from E-Commerce Manager on 6 Jun 2017
Dear Guest, We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with such detailed feedback about your stay. Thank you for your nice words about the facilities. food and table service. Regarding the snack bar and advertised events, please note that when the weather is unstable we do not open the bar or make the events. We will take your remarks of dress code into consideration and add this prerequisite in any on-line site to enter the Hotel's restaurant since the sign outside the restaurant seeems to be not enough. Thank you and hope to see you again. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

BigTrev, Bristol UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kalimera Kriti May 2017
This is a lovely hotel and location. Lots of well maintained bungalows and apartments nestled into a picturesque setting with well tended gardens. The staff are wonderful and always happy to help, especially the waiters and waitresses at the bars and restaurants. The food is well prepared, presented and of a variety to suit all tastes and diets, wine and beer is also supplied with dinner with a variety of soft drinks also at hand, although tea and coffee is only available at breakfast. On the subject of tea and coffee, there is no kettle or beverage making facilities in the rooms but we did have a small fridge. The sandy beach is very clean and well sheltered by the harbour breakwater. Towels sunbeds and parasols are provided free of charge also Jet skis, paddle boards and pedalos are available for hire along with small catamarans. There are plenty of swimming pools including one indoors should it rain. The hotel is about 15-20 mins undulating walk or €6 cab fare from Sissi town where there are shops, car hire and bars surrounding a pretty little harbour. The Jolly Roger bar is a must if you like live rock or blues music and Dave, Danielle and George will make you very welcome! All in all we enjoyed a relaxing and peaceful stay at Kalimera Kriti (Good morning Crete) hotel and would definitely recommend it.
Response from E-Commerce manager on 6 Jun 2017
Dear Big Trev, Thank you for giving us a perfect rating and for recommending our hotel to other travellers. I am sure our entire staff enjoyed catering to your needs as much as you enjoyed your stay. We hope to welcome you back to the Hotel very soon. Best regards,

8/10 Good

ahmed

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Chip, Tucson, AZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredible All-Inclusive Resort
I had no idea what to expect when we booked this hotel on Expedia. The reviews made everything seem great and the price per night was high enough to be that of a nice resort but not over the top either. This is an All-German resort This point is not mentioned in any of the reviews that I read previously... overall I have nothing against that fact but there were things we were definitely left out of because we did not know that before booking this resort. The beach is most likely the nicest private beach in the area hands down. It's very expansive, there are more than enough chairs, umbrellas, etc. and it's extremely gorgeous. The entire resort has many shops, offices, activities etc across the property from Tennis, mini golf, spa, gym, doctors office, beach, pool, adult pool, and the list goes on and on. The food is top notch and the beer and wine flows freely at the meals not like some resorts that try to limit your consumption at meals. The food is also there almost all day from Breakfast, Late Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, and Dinner all of the meals are buffet style but they have many different stations spread out across the dining area so all portions of food are fairly freshly made and I have not a complaint. All of the nights had different themes for dinner with music costumes etc. Every night after dinner there were activities by the main bar! Really cool.. but all in German.. kind of a bummer that we couldn't participate and felt very left out.

8/10 Good

Tania, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay in resort village
Kalimera Kriti is like a self contained village with everything you could need (private beach, 3 swimming pools, restaurants, bars .....) The staff are really friendly and the whole place has been beautifully maintained with lovely flowers around. Recommend you go for half board if you have the option as the evening buffet is plentiful and good quality. A very relaxing place to go. One of the swimming pools even has a 3 metre diving board if you are feeling brave! Note : we went end of May during off season. I imagine that in childrens school holidays could get much nosier as an ideal place for a family location.

10/10 Excellent

Cigdem

Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carmine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

jean-françois

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sand beaches, snorkling fanstastic pools, great spa. But choose renovated appartments because non renovated is below expected standard.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Camili

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Très vielles chambres et déco- de qualité 3 étoiles. Un seul resto buffet - aucun resto à la carte le soir pour varier. Aucune activité aquatique à la plage. Aucune navette vers les villes plus proche (l’hôtel est très isolé -accès difficile sans taxi ou voiture). L’avantage: grand resort avec 2 grandes piscines et vue sur les montagnes et la mer.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Karel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Určitě si zde člověk odpočine a to je cíl letní rodinné dovolené. Hotelový resort je tichý, je velmi dobře umístěný u pobřeží, vane přes něj osvěžující vzduch z moře. Doporučil bych hotelovému personálu být všímavý k drobné provozní údržbě v celém areálu, v zázemí a na pokojích.
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Seyed Soheil

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Problems with aircondition
Overall experience pleasing but the aircondition in the main room did not work. They promised to replace it with a new one but they did not.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

MARIIA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hôtel idéal pour les familles. Les nombreuses (et grandes) piscines permettent de répondre à toutes les exigences. La plage est à 50 mètres. Eau limpide comme souvent en Crête. Pole restauration varié et qualitatif. Animateurs dynamiques. Personnel agréable
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
During the off season it's a good infrastructure eith a lot of space and shaddow. During high season I would avoid to stay there.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Gues Relations on 21 Aug 2019
Thank you very much for your review! Of course, during high season the hotel is more populated than during the off season but with an area of 240.000 sq.m. it is still very spacious. Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

kalliopi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ολα ηταν εξαιρετικα!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Hotel Management on 4 Oct 2019
Ευχαριστούμε για την καλή βαθμολογία! Χαιρόμαστε που περάσατε καλά στο ξενοδοχείο μας.

10/10 Excellent

Christof

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommendable.
This was a very good experience to us from A to Z. We travelled with and without Kids hundreds of Hotels over the world, and this makes it certainly on the top ranks. Attention to detail, overall setup, food, speed of service... name it. All exceptional well. Bathroom was a litlle worn out for a 5 star but nothing to be concerned and definitly clean. Very good experience,
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Hotel Management on 6 Oct 2019
Dear Christof, thank you for taking the time to write a review! We are happy that you enjoyed your time with us so much and that we could be a part of an unforgettable holiday experience. We would love to welcome you again sometime and wish you all the best until then! Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
super hotel
Tres bel hotel, balada sympa à faire et personnel tres agreable ! vraiment classe
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
hotel proche de la plage mais...
hotel tres bien situé et tres agreable dans sa conception mais il semble manquer d'entretien (parasols rouillés qui ne s'ouvrent plus, tir à l'arc fermé car pas d'animateur en pleine periode de congés, sauna en panne certainement depuis très longtemps...) le repas est inégal en qualité et meriterait mieux au vu de la categorie de l'hotel
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

frederique, mulhouse

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel très confortable, très bien situé, qui a sa propre plage, personnel accueillant, restauration de bon niveau, Nous reviendrons !
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Rozita, den haag

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
mooie resort met prive strand.
Mooie grote hotel met goede zwembaden en privé strand en veel sport gelegenheden en Spa. Behulpzaam en aardige personeel. Voor iedereen wat te doen. Goed eten alleen gerechten aan de zoute kant. WiFi was niet altijd even goed kan beter. Was afgelegen geen goede openbaarvervoer verbindingen en mogelijkheden. Een echte familie hotel. Beter een auto te huren.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sebastian, Frankfurt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Hotelanlage, netter Service, gutes Essen
Im Mai haben wir (Eltern + zwei Kinder im Alter von 2 und 4) 10 Tage im Kalimera Kriti verbracht. Über das Hotel haben wir im Vorfeld einen Fahrservice gebucht, der uns in ca. 30 minuten vom Flughafen in die Anlage gebracht hat. Unser Zimmer verfügte über eine Klimaanalage und eine schöne Sicht auf das Meer. Da unser Zimmer auf relativ weit oben auf dem Hügel gelegen war, mussten wir für den Weg an den Strand in paar Minuten einplanen. das war nicht weiter dramatisch, hinderte allerdings daran vom Strand mal"kurz" ins Zimmer zu gehen. Die Anlage lässt an nichts missen. Mehrere Pools, Beach Volleyball, Tennis, Tischtennis, Strand, Kinderclub, Kinderpool, Tischtennis, Fitnessstudio, Sauna... hier wird einem nicht langweilig. Das Essen war überdurchschnittlich gut und der Service exzellent. Ich kann dieses Hotel mit guten Gewissen weiterempfehlen!
Stayed 10 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ingrid, Zeeland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super leuk mooi hotel aardige mensen
Erg mooi hotel, hele aardige mensen, super mooi strand. Voor herhaling vatbaar.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2018
Response from NP on 8 May 2018
Thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

jacques

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bon rapport qualité prix
Bonne chambre luxueuse, PDJ et buffet de qualité, différent chaque jours. Nous conseillons vivement cet hôtel à toute personne cherchant la tranquillité et le confort.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
noch immer gut
alles war super. Wir war hier schon für 15 Jahren und war auch jetzt wieder sehr zufrieden
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017