Golden Beach Hotel

We didn't see any turtles, and I was a bit upset, but then I was a bit glad because I might have cried if I couldn't take it home with me. The hotel is much better than expected. I have stayed in 5* hotels so was expecting the worst, but it wasn't that far away from 5*, the only difference would be the number of pools, and the choice of food. The quality of food in hotels is similar no matter what rating the hotel is given. The breakfasts at golden beach were really weird, roast potatoes with sugar on, little hot dog sausages,... more

We were really looking forward to our holiday and paid extra for a full sea view room and a single room for our son ,so expected to receive this. Unfortunately we had no sea view, well if you stood on the minute balcony and looked past the large building in front and then cranked your neck you could just see the sea!! We complained to our rep the next day as it was too late to do this on arrival the hoteliers apologised and said we could move to another building but our son would have to stay where he was or on another floor. This was... more

i was slightly worried about this hotel when we first arrived as it seemed to be pretty far from anywhere but i soon changed my mind.you can get local buses to practically anywhere on the island or you can pay a bit more to be taken by coach & have a guide(chania is great but lake kornas is a must).the staff deserve so much praise as they were absolutely delightful,they couldnt do more to help.the hotel itself is lovely,its clean & really pretty.the rooms are ok, we paid 20 euros to change to a better much bigger room with a sea view,it was... more

We stayed at that Golden Bay and couldn't be more impressed. A modern very clean hotel right on the beach with great facilities and helpful staff. In the evenings the next door hotel had a great outdoor terrace with entertainment and just across the road from the hotel we found a wonderful restaurant called La Veranda which was more upmarket than the rest of the surrounding places. The food was excellent and the service very efficient. We highly recomend it.

Arriving at the hotel we were offered drinks. How hospitable, we first thought. Beware Greeks bearing gifts we later thought. The management was apologetic but the hotel was overbooked, would we mind staying in cheaper rooms than we'd booked for our first three days, they'd make it up to us, etc.,etc.. We said no, we'd paid extra for rooms with a sea view (the First Choice brochure, incidentally rating this hotel as 3 * plus, described this extra as "Full Sea View") and this was what we wanted now. We were given keys to our rooms and pointed... more

The Golden Beach is situated in Adelianos Kambos, Rethymnon along a golden stretch of beach. There are lots of tavernas and shops to choose from, all serving beautiful food at very resonable prices. The staff at the hotel were lovely, very considerate and did all they could for us. The food at the hotel was delicious and had a broad menu to cater for all tastes, english, italian german and greek. The entertainment was throughly enjoyable, Peter is very funny! The room we stayed in had an excellent view of the pool and the beach and... more

the worst hotel in the univers dont go there it is a completily waste of money the rooms a nasty the bathrooms are very not clean and the service is the worst in the world

The hotel was lovely, the owners couldn't do more for us. Our room was kept reasonably clean, the rubbish was emptied on daily basis and the linen changed every other day but the room was vaced only once during our stay which I thought was a little bit poor considering that we were travelling with a one year old baby and you can imagine how much mess can a one year old make! Hotel food was excellent. The hotel was definitely geared up for the German turists rather than the English:-more German tv channels, the staff spoke fluent... more

A lovely hotel in a very good location. It was very quiet but at the top of the hotel drive were tavernas, bars and shops. We had a wonderful holiday. The hotel was very clean, the food was very good and the staff extremely helpful. I can thoroughly recommend this hotel, the location and Rethymnon.

he Golden Beach Hotel in Rethymnon gave us a wonderful holiday. The owners (family run) could not do enough for us and the rooms were cleaned every day by wonderful ladies The only drawback - shame about the Germans staying there - we were outnumbered by 20 germans to every english person !