Hydramis Palace Beach Resort

Lovely hotel and value for money. Beautiful settings and the friendliest staff ever make you feel so welcome. Yes it’s a little dated but you get what you pay for. Cannot fault it. I would definitely hook again next time in Crete. Lovely thank you

This is a beautiful hotel set I n an idyllic setting. We stayed here for a week. The staff every where we're friendly and attentive. Rooms were large and clean. Very nicely decorated. We found the bed too hard and the hotel put a topper on the bed for us which totally solved the hard bed problem. Nothing seemed to be too much trouble. Food was excellent quality and plentiful. Drinks were free flowing and the waiters filled glasses immediately upon seeing them empty. Waiters were fast and very helpful. Sweet smelling flowers everywhere. Loved this place and totally recommend it.

This is the third time we visited Hydramis Palace (of the 6 times we visited Crete in a time span of 10 years), we've visited many hotels and also a lot of places. Practically visited the entire island north-east-south-west, we've seen pretty much all. This hotel in particular left a very good impression on us the first time we visited and then during corona was our second time that we stayed. That stay was also very good. In september 2023 we returned to Hydramis Palace by booking via phone with Maria. The price-quality ratio is very good, we've also noticed that the hotel has undergone some changes during the course of these years. There's a renovated pool bar, the entire sunbeds location is renewed and increased in size. The restaurant (buffet style) has improved bain-maries so the food stays warm for a longer period and preserves it's quality better. The gardens are still very lush and full of colors, well maintained. The brushes that were trimmed in the shape of faces are gone though, it was a nice touch but probably the work to keep them in very good state wasn't worth it. We didn't miss them to be honest, it was a nice thing to see but if you didn't know they were there to begin with, then it was a non factor. Instead there are beautiful flowers there now, etc. This time we had a room on ground floor (totally different place than what we had before) , we had a private pool which was a nice addition. The room and all it's facilities were very clean. I've been told that the rooms will be receiving a renovation somewhere soon (if not already). Honestly the rooms were still good but I understand the move to make it more modern and update the style to be more in line with the new pool bar and main bar. Overall they are improving the hotel to be a tier higher that it used to be so far. Which is good, progress is always good but I have to mention that it might come at an increased price in the future. Not sure though, this is something that we'll have to discover in the future and update in a future review. There were still plenty of events and there was animation even in september (almost all the way till closing time if I recall correctly). This hotel also has a very good location in terms of reachability of certain places on the east and south side of Crete. Georgioupoli is a beautiful small town, this hotel is located in Kavros though. A very small touristic hub, it used to be very very small, now there's more shops and other stuff organized near and in Kavros. Kavros is an ideal place to stay and use as your 'main base' to start from with the car. You can go towards Rethymno and from there on scout the entire south side or stay near Rethymno. You can opt to go to Chania and enjoy Chania or drive a little bit further to Falassarna beach or to the port in Kissamos to take the 'cruise' to Gramvousa island and Balos beach. This is definitely a must if you're in the neighbourhood. Falassarna also. You can drive towards Chania and go further

Please do not choose this hotel if you are traveling three adults or parents with teen child!!! They do not have triple rooms. Instead they suggest to sleep in prison/motel-like foldable beds (please see photo attached) or childish sofa, which is 150 cm. We asked hotel to change our room, or at least bed, however, with no results as the staff did not even tried to listen to our reasonable complaints. Staff at the reception (especially the older Greek man) was exceptionally impolite and rude. Wine at the bar is terrible! Like acid or vinegar :( Food is okay. Room and cleaning services are okay. However, the air conditioning in some rooms are not working. Animators and activities during evenings are very poor. There are no self-service of drinks during lunch and dinner time, which is weird and awkward. You need to wait until waiter come and take your order. So if you want to order twice – please arm yourself with patience! What is more, there are no drinks service until 11am (not even soft drinks). You should wait in long queues by the pool bar. Sadly, we do not recommend this hotel.

Before check-out, I thought that the hotel was not bad, but on the day of departure, the blonde employee took away the wristbands and our all-inclusive was over. We waited 5 hours in the heat for departure, the hotel showed us the door. There is not a single tavern within a few kilometers, the place is very bad. Although most of the guests bought AI, the hotel tries to take as much money as possible and many services are extra. At night, when the drinks are extra, there is a disco and the whole hotel has to stay awake with the music. The beds are very hard and unconfortable. I do not recommend it very much!