Athina Palace Resort & Spa

5.0 star property
Upscale beach hotel with 3 outdoor pools

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3 outdoor pools, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
Aerial view
Double Room (Promo)
Lobby lounge
Rowing
Reviews
7.2

Good

Popular amenities

  • Spa
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  • PoolPoolPool
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  • LaundryLaundryLaundry
  • RestaurantRestaurantRestaurant

Check out the area

Map
Lygaria, Agia Pelagia, Malevizi, Crete Island, 715 00
  • Popular LocationAgia Pelagia Beach10 min drive
  • Popular LocationPsaromoura Beach15 min drive
  • Popular LocationMononaftis Beach19 min drive
  • AirportHeraklion (HER-Nikos Kazantzakis)26 min drive

Room options

Single Room Land View

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Family 2 Bedroom Maisonette Sea View

  • 35 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed OR 2 Twin Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Superior Double Room Land View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Sofa Bed OR 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

Superior Double Room, Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Sofa Bed OR 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

Junior Suite Land View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 35 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Double Room (Promo)

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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About the area

Agia Pelagia

Malevizi retreat .Within 3 miles (5 km) of this Malevizi hotel, you'll find Lygariá Beach and Agia Pelagia Beach. Also, Psaromoura Beach is within 3 miles (5 km) and Peninsula Private Beach is within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • Lygariá Beach - 3 min drive
  • Agia Pelagia Beach - 10 min drive
  • Psaromoura Beach - 15 min drive
  • Heraklion Port - 19 min drive
  • Mononaftis Beach - 19 min drive

Getting around

  • Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER) - 26 min drive

Restaurants

  • Γρηγόρης - 5 min drive
  • Almyra - 8 min drive
  • Athina Palace - 1 min walk
  • Main restaurant Athina Palace - 1 min walk
  • Buondi Cafe - 8 min drive

About this property

Athina Palace Resort & Spa

Upscale beach hotel with 3 outdoor pools
Athina Palace Resort & Spa is an all-inclusive hotel. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.

Athina Palace Resort & Spa offers its guests a full-service spa, 3 outdoor swimming pools, a fitness center, and a children's pool. Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

Business amenities include a business center and 4 meeting rooms. A terrace, a children's club, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the luxury Athina Palace Resort & Spa . Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 5-star Malevizi hotel.

  • 355 guestrooms or units
  • 2 levels
  • 3 buildings
  • Buffet breakfast (free)
  • Deli
  • Kid's club
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Umbrellas for the pool
  • Business facilities
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Express check-out
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Pool or billiards table
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
Athina Palace Resort & Spa offers 355 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with jetted bathtubs. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, facials, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is open daily.

Languages

English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Children's club
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–10:00 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Coffee/tea in common area(s)

Things to do

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Basketball
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Canoeing
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness center
  • Full-service spa
  • Playground
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

Accessibility

  • This property does not have elevators

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Jetted bathtub
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
The credit card used to book the reservation must be presented by the cardholder at check-in.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. This tax is adjusted seasonally and might not apply year round. Other exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 29 February, EUR 4.00 per accommodation, per night
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 March - 31 October, EUR 10.00 per accommodation, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted. This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
    Contactless check-in is available.

We should mention

  • Onsite cash transactions can't exceed EUR 500, due to national regulations. For more details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
  • Reservations are needed for massage services. For reservations, contact the hotel before arrival using the contact information on the booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

Athina Palace Hotel Bungalows
CHC Athina Palace
CHC Athina Palace Resort All Inclusive Malevizi
CHC Athina Palace Resort All Inclusive
CHC Athina Palace Hotel
CHC Athina Palace Hotel & Bungalows
CHC Athina Palace Hotel & Bungalows Malevizi
CHC Athina Palace All Inclusive Malevizi
CHC Athina Palace Hotel Bungalows Malevizi
CHC Athina Palace Malevizi
CHC Athina Palace Hotel Bungalows – All Inclusive
CHC Athina Palace All Inclusive
CHC Athina Palace Resort Spa – All Inclusive
CHC Athina Inclusive Malevizi

Athina Palace Resort & Spa Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 34 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 49 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 135 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

BP44

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Oct 2019. We arrived late evening and the man on the desk, was not very kind to us, very rude. Had to email a copy of booking to reception to prove who we was. The rest of reception staff was very good during our 2 weeks stay. Our room was located near the main road right at bottom of the steps. Lots & lots of steps, only suitable for anyone who is very fit 140 steps from top floor to our room. Was very fit at end of our 2 weeks. We had a excellent sea view from our room window. The area we stayed in was very modern, newer part of resort. New modern electrics with lots of USB points and wall mounted TV. so it was worth walking down all the steps to get to our room. We only took the transport occasionally. Restaurant - It is a bit disappointing when you first walk in, needs upgrading, redecorating. The staff in the restaurant did look after you, and food was very good standard. Some staff members did serve you most of the evening in different parts of resort, and they where very nice to us. Did try the Greek Restaurant & La Carte Restaurant as well. The Resort was good value for the price which we paid 42% off, but some areas like main restaurant are not 5 star. There was some entertainment, but we would have liked more entertainment most evenings and in the main hotel bar next to reception. Went down to the beach a few times, but it is a long walk down the hills in the heat, best to take the bus. local bus to Herakilion from the resort, it is in a remote area.
Stayed 14 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rude reception staff including general manager, small dirty room not what we paid for or what is shown on the web site photos of a standard double room with sea view. We stayed a total of 10 hours and left for alternative accommodation at our expence .We have holidayed on Crete for the past 20 years 2 or 3 times a year and never experienced such rude staff or poor quality accommodation. Based on our brief stay at this hotel I would give it 2* max and that is being generous.
Stayed 10 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome sea view, clean renovated room, delicious food, professional staff
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stay here
Checkin was extremely rude, the food in the buffet was all cold and if you moved to get some you lost your table. The checkout was the only thing I would say was ok and that’s because we were getting out of there.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I LIKE EVERYTHINK . WELLCOME , SERVICE , FOOD , DRINKS IT WAS GREAT , WONDERFUL VIEW THAT HOTEL HAS, THE PERSONAL VERY FRIENDLY AND THE FOOD FANTASTIC.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On 9.11, we made a reservation (number 74738506303690 )for hotel named athine palace resort for2 rooms Unfortunately we received something completely different from the pictures in the hotel website. The corridors are dark and unpleasant to walk Rooms with a pungent odor of chlorine. The rooms look like hostel rooms and not 5-star hotel rooms. To get to the room, you have to climb 400 steps and I, as a pregnant woman,in 7 month certainly cannot climb this staircase The vacation became a nightmare The hotel is far from 5 star!!! We are very disappointed and angry. I feel like it's cheating to show different images from reality We asked to cancel the booking but unfortunately they did not agree and we had to stay at the above hotel on holiday without pleasure. we did a reservation through you on 3 rooms. 2 rooms on my name and one room on the name liran Yehuda. Thank you for your treatment and waiting for a response. I request a refund Kind Regards Nitzan Steinberg Phone-972504893595 .
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing staff! Everyone was great!!!! This was a great experience.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Dee, Melbourne Australia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Was a great beach, and the room size was good but the rest was terrible. The room smelt mouldy and damp and we had a 2 bed 2 bath, The staff's attitude was terrible, they didn't greet guests they were rude. The dining experience was like a school dining hall and was a horrible experience. this is definitely not what I d expect of a all inclusive hotel. I think this is like a 3 star motel. the bedding was threadbare. the cocktails at night were in tiny glasses and was terrible. It definitely doesn't match the pictures on the website.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is marketed as 5 stars but it is a 2 /3 star at best. Food is bad , room very basic. Not an enjoyable stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019