Elounda Mare Hotel

Been there 2 times, small hotel with 2 very nice beaches, a little of water sports like jetski / speedboat / kayaks (need to pay for them..). great food. nice beachfront villas some with private pool and tree shade.

The staff at Elounda suites are fantastic, nothing is to much trouble for them. A special note to Anna who was very helpful and always had a smile and remembered you by name.The room was very clean and spacious, and had a lovely balcony overlooking the pool area. Our luggage was carried to our room and a welcome note along with a bottle of wine, a bowl of fruit a bottle of water was left for us. The choice of food at breakfast is ‘wow’

We had a wonderful holiday at this lovely hotel. From the moment we arrived to the moment we left we felt special. The staff are so welcoming and can’t do enough for you. We had a bungalow with pool. It really felt like our little home rather than a hotel room. The housekeeping staff are the best we’ve experienced. They are meticulous when cleaning the room. Although not wheelchair friendly the hotel is very disabled friendly. Every time we left the room a car was sent down to take us up to reception, always with a smile. The hotel is hilly with lots of steps. The beach was so beautiful and was only a couple of minutes walk from our bungalow (room 46). We will definitely be back!

I know them all - the beautiful hotels in Greece - but there a very few, which can compete with Elounda Mare. A place like in Garden Eden - wherever you look only beauty and peace- water like turquoise chrystal - a huge garden full of flowers, blooming bushes and olive trees- butterflies, bees and swallows... Every place is crearted with great taste and real Greek feeling....Our bungalow with pool and a great view to sea and Sitia Mountains was heaven on earth for us and the smiling friendly staff made us feel like kings... We look foreward to come back....

After so many visits it becomes difficult to write a review that yet again does it justice and which doesn’t simply repeat what I’ve said so many times before: about the beautiful buildings in the Cretan style of grey and apricot stone; about the staggering views from the main building down and across the bright blue sea of the bay and the cliffs the other side of the bay which turn from grey to pink in the setting sun; about the handsome rooms immaculately kept by the friendly smiling maids; about the beautiful pool and elegantly laid out grounds meandering along above the sea to the private sandy beach with the beach boy who always remembers us! So I won’t repeat myself and tell you again about the welcome we receive as we arrive, from the grooms who carry our cases, the beaming smiles and affectionate hugs of the reception staff (special mention would have to be made of Katerina and Eleni); a cold glass of something fizzy and a wave from Dimitris behind the bar; and a huge ‘welcome back’ from the manager Harry who keeps this hotel running like clockwork in the most calm and efficient way. Nor will I need to mention the excellent breakfasts overlooking the hotel grounds and the dazzling sea below. As I don’t need to write all that again I shall have room to talk about this year’s visit! I have written elsewhere that our first time here was just after our Golden Wedding Day and that we loved it so much that we have returned again and again until ten years later when we have celebrated our Diamond Wedding Anniversary this year. A milestone in every possible way, and a delight to be able to come back to this special place once more! A few things were different this year: following a hip operation I was unable to walk very far and the kind and so-caring staff insisted on taking us by buggy round by road to a private door right above the beach from where I could get down on to the sand. Another new experience was to eat dinner at the Old Mill restaurant, a real treat and the most delicious meal imaginable, real fine dining as you’d expect from a Relais & Chateaux hotel and beautifully presented by the friendly and helpful staff. During our first years here we toured the island visiting many of the Minoan and ancient palaces and ruins; we saw exquisite monasteries with heart-breaking histories of violence against oppressors; and we drove up into the mountains for fantastic views and colourful pink and white oleanders along the way. Now ten years later we are slowing down and view our holiday here as an opportunity to visit our old friends, both at the hotel and down in the port of Elounda in the tavernas along the water. Our constant surprise is that everyone always seems to be as pleased to see us as we are to see them and our hope is that we shall continue to be fit enough to add more years of visits to this lovely place.