Achillion Palace

"Pleasant Very friendly reception staff Room quite decent Very well located. Allows you to return to the old town in the evening The number of people in the dining room can be limited depending on arrivals with more space, tables not set and restocking not done, but we manage. Decent breakfast Free parking 500m away"

"Good location near the beach, beach promenade, and Old Town but otherwise a dull and noisy area. Nice staff, fast check-in, good cleaning, clean, nice bed, ok/spacious room with a small fridge, kettle but unfortunately with a bathtub = old fashioned. Rooms facing the street are disturbing, but with the door closed it works. Nowhere to dry laundry on the somewhat cramped balcony (Room 105). The pool on the roof is nice but not always cleaned. Fresh sunbeds, fine small bar and wonderful view of the sea/harbour. The pool was very cold on 16-17/9... Dull, brown, and impersonal dark 70s environment in reception/lobby, breakfast area/dining room. Not a plant or any nice decoration indoors. The garden is full of dirty chairs for several days until breakfast, which deters sitting outside. Barely okay breakfast if it's to be classified as even 3-star with dry bread, orange juice is bad diluted juice, coarsely chopped tomatoes & thick tasteless cucumber slices - absolutely no finesse. Spoiled apples and sour oranges and after 10 nothing was refilled. Good fried eggs and local sausage pieces. Many tables lacked salt/pepper. Same same whole week! If you want a good fresh breakfast, then 7:30 is the time! Understaffed - friendly and accommodating staff - didn't have time for restocking and clearing tables from the dish. It's impractical not to have plates, cutlery, etc. in one place so you can take new cutlery for the fruit - it's not fun to eat fried eggs and melon with the same cutlery. No teacups, no coasters."

"We stayed at Hotel Achillion Palace in Rethymno in early September, with great pleasure. The people are very kind and want to help you everywhere. The rooms are very clean and have good beds. There is a bathtub in the room that should actually be replaced by a shower stall because the bathtub is difficult for older people and can be slippery. The breakfast is fine and can be in the hall or outside in the beautiful garden. The swimming pool is on top of the hotel with a bar and a beautiful view over the sea and the old town. All in all, a great location close to the old town. fam Hoogheem Leek."