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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

What a paradise of a hotel. From the minute we arrived the courtesy kindness and full attention from every member of staff was amazing, all they wanted was to make our stay as perfect as possible Which it absolutely was. It is a hotel I'd say for couples predominantly but we were a couple with our son who has special needs and all the staff especially Nikos and Marianna who works in the Beach Bar, Uxue and Penelope were so lovely to us 😊. The rooms are beautifully set out, the shower was superb so many settings and huge. the hotel was so clean and tidy everywhere the outside floors and rooms are cleaned daily. The pool and beach is stunning especially in the evening at sunset & on Saturdays there is music at the pool bar till 11pm which we enjoyed not overly loud just right. We had half board so breakfast and evening meals included .. The food is amazing....you will 100% find something you like, the breakfast was fantastic... the lady who makes the omelettes etc to your specifications was lovely, we are tea drinkers and requested bigger cups in no time we had our own tea pots and cups every morning set up so no need to ask .. they had cereals bread rolls cheeses, meats, pastries all kinds of fruits and dinner was the same such an amazing choice of food my partner is the foodie and she took great pleasure in sampling all the traditional Greek dishes and there is such a vast selection of steak, lamb, chicken, fish, stews,pasta rice, soups all freshly made ... magnificent 😋 I had a bad toothache during my stay and Penelope found me a local dentist and arranged a visit within hours I had been seen. Thank you Penelope 👍🏼 We managed to see some of the local sights there's a lake and an amazing mountain area where the stream runs through the restaurants and bars, Rethymno which is 20 mins drive from the hotel and is beautiful. It was our best holiday ever a huge thank you to Atonis, Uxue, Nikos,Argyo, Dimitri, Marianna, Penelope and all the cleaning and cooking staff that made it so wonderfuL There is so much more to see in Crete and we rarely return to a hotel twice, but for La Mer we will make an exception..hopefully we will be back next year!