Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, Crete

We fell in love with Elounda and Plaka while staying at this lovely first class hotel, The Blue Palace. Rooms are superb, staff is friendly, beach and sea access wonderful. We walked most nights to Plaka a charming fishing village with several world class seafood restaurants to choose from and cute shopping. Crete was a relaxing and enjoyable spot with abundant hiking opportunities and site seeing spots. We loved it!

Just back from the most relaxing 10 days, the hotel is absolutely beautiful .Had a slight hicccup on first night as we arrived having booked superior rooms with private pools we were given rooms 102 and 105 which look directly onto bushes and are beside road as we spent time on our balconies this was not great.After speaking to manager who was very helpful he moved us up to rooms 448 and 449 two days later when these became available.Now these rooms came with the most amazing view over to Spinalonga and down to village of Plaka that is what we paid for . The staff in the hotel can not do enough for you .Two gripes would be if you are half board you can choose either lunch or dinner which was great but they are the exact same menu it would have been nicer to have a light bite at lunch. And definetly our biggest complaint and not only ours would have to be the funicular up and down to beach, one very slow very warm ride for the use of the whole hotel which kept breaking down.The queues waiting at peak times were horrendous to get to our room up and back could take at least 25 mins. Apart from that a beautiful hotel and would come back for the view alone.

We started our tour of Greece at the Blue Palace and my husband didn't want to leave. The staff is amazing, nothing was too much trouble. Breakfast was terrific. If you wanted eggs cooked to order, that wasn't a problem. Champagne at breakfast? Yes please! Don't miss out on the waffles. Our room had its own pool, it was certainly worth it. The pool (and room) were spotless and rooms were cleaned twice a day. The main pool was terrific and you can even order drinks while in the pool. We didn't eat at any restaurants on property. Plaka is a five minute walk with fish caught that day for dinner. Two minor issues- the hotel is like a maze. Don't try to walk from your room to breakfast. You'll be lost and miss out on the champagne. Secondly, the funicula had issues stopping on our floor. We suspect it was due to the heat. Either it didn't stop or we had to pry the doors open. Overall a true luxury hotel, it's worth every penny.

My wife and I just stayed at the Blue Palace. We have traveled throughout Greece 15 times. The Blue Palace is by far the best resort that we have stayed at. The rooms are clean and comfortable, food is incredible and the views are amazing. The Ultimate Guest Services staff was always available to help us with all our arrangements. I would recommend this hotel to all.

After a very disappointing event at the Flame restaurant, the hotel's manager on duty mrs.Tatiana booked us a table at Isola Restaurant. The food was really delicious and we were also very pleased by the staff's behavior which was very friendly and polite. Stefanos, Aspasia and the restaurant's maitre, made our night special.