Galeana Beach Hotel

We don't like large hotels, so we are very pleased with our choice of Galeana Beach Aparthotel. We felt great here. A wonderful location where you feel like in the countryside. Wonderful and honest service. You can't complain about breakfast because it's not a 5-star hotel. The only thing missing was a few slices of tomato. By the way. When we returned home, I realized that I had forgotten my wedding ring. The hotel sent it to me. If we return to Crete for a holiday, we will definitely not look for another hotel. For us it's 9+ out of 10. We highly recommend it

Good hotel for this price, private apartaments. We went from 14-21.07 two adults, one child 9 years old. Pluses: -close to the beautiful beach- beach entrance is next to the hotel swimming pools -good breakfasts - but each day the same -good location, a lot of shops, restaurants next to the hotel, but quite surrounding -specious apartment with two rooms -friendly and helpful stuff Minuses: - pools without any slides etc - very expensive air-conditioning, 12 e per day ( it was not obligatory but upper apartaments were very hot)

This gorgeous little aparthotel was a perfect find for us. Very pretty with white walls and blue shutters, sitting right on a huge stretch of beach in a quiet little resort just outside of Rethymno. We requested a quiet 1st floor room and we given room 45 which was ideal. Rooms are basic but have everything you need and are spotlessly clean and beds made every day. Fresh towels and linen twice a week. Could not fault the cleanliness which was superb and staff service throughout the property. Everyone who works there is so friendly. Breakfast every day is fresh and plentiful. I cannot understand reviews that mention little choice. There was cereal, fruit, all sorts of different breads, honey, jam, eggs, cheese, ham and more. Excellent value for money and included in our package holiday cost. WiFi is available throughout the hotel. In some areas it is a little weaker than others but again - works perfectly fine and I can’t understand why anyone would think otherwise. Beds are very comfortable. Single beds but you can push them together if you are a couple. Mattresses are comfortable and good supply of pillows. There is a lovely bathroom with shower over bath and a small and perfectly adequate kitchenette area. Rooms have TV as well. AC is available but it costs 12 euro per day which we thought was rather expensive, but I dare say it’s all to do with energy prices on the island as we found several places were reluctant to put AC on or use fans. It made for a few hot and uncomfortable nights so that would be my only criticism. However, halfway through our 2nd week the weather turned noticeably cooler so we didn’t need air conditioning Beds around the little pool are free but on the beach they are 7 or 8 euros for a set with a sunshade. Again - a bit on the expensive side, but not so bad if you are spending the whole day on the beach. We booked 3 excursions through the hotel reception and they were all very good. Elafonisi, Balos and Gramvousa and South Island. We didn’t use the hotel’s pool bar as we found it had no atmosphere so we used the Caribbean/reggae beach bar next door which was really nice. We would definitely return to Galeana. It was perfect for a quiet and relaxing holiday right on the beach. If you want 5 star luxury pay the price ! Galeana is excellent value for money and highly recommended