Ariadni Palace Apartments

Just arrived back from a week's stay in the Ariadni Apartments, Koutouloufari. Bit disappointed with the service from First Choice rep as they disembark the coach before everyone is dropped off at their place of stay. Do not be alarmed when they drop you off at a roundabout and tell you to find your way 150 metres down the road to your apartment. Walk straight ahead and apartments are on your right. On arrival not all rooms were ready but lucky for us ours was. There are two apartment blocks to the accomodation- Block 1- very new and refurbished, Block 2- traditional "greek style".
For those looking for a quiet laid back holiday this is the place for you. It it a traditional Greek village with loads of bars, tavernas and restaurants.The main town of Hersonissos is a 20 min walk down the hill( heart attack hill on the way back) it isn't really heart attack hill if you enjoy walking and are fit and able - there is also another easier route to the main town - come out of the ariadni onto main road and turn right, following the "P" for parking signs and it will bring you to the church, and there it is straight down to the town.
If you like local everything then take a walk to the neighbouring village of Piskopiano- lots of places to eat and drink (10 mins walk- to the left of the ariadni) carry on for another 10 minutes and you will arrive at " old Hersonissos" a traditional greek village with a lovely main square surrounded by cafes and restaurants. This place is worth a visit in the daytime and on monday evenings they hold a Cretan music and dance night- excellent.
Also if you get the chance visit the aquarium on the MAIN high street, at the bottom of heart attack hill, by the bus station and taxi rank- 5 euros for adults less for the kids and you get to see all the local sea life and reptiles from the area. You will also get to see Stephania the blind green sea turtle- she's lovely and the aquarium depends on visitors for its upkeep.

Just returned from a holiday at these apartments and must say that it was one of the best times I've had. On arrival at Ariadni (in early hours morning ) the welcome from Manos & Evangelina was warm & friendly. In the apartment we found the kettle was not working and reported this. A new kettle was provided within hours. We were in the older apartments and although basic, they were very clean. Having socialised with several other guests it became clear that they also were enjoying their stay. All staff were helpful and food was good. Although our apartment overlooked the pool & bar we experienced no noise at all.
A great holiday base in a lovely village. Can't wait to go back

We have recenly returned from ahoilday in these apartments has a famliy of eight .We ask from all room to be to getter Half the Apartments had been re furbed and half had not .We found that we has half the apartments in the old side and half in the the new side All staff was far from helpful .We had a flood in one room coming from the drains and there was no help from the hotelier and had to wait two day before being moved into a room with no air con working we were in heat of 40 plus .
All the rooms were far from clean plus we had no toilet rooms for three days .they only came in to clean when ask to .
The bart staff were very rude and did not like the fact that we were not eating at the apartments .
All the beds were not safe as each one in trun broken .
The hotelier came runing after us on ther day we were coming home saying theat we has stolen thing out of the rooms .And saying that we were a group of people over 50 .
Please do not stop at these apartments

I have just come back from a week's stay at Ariadni Apartments and it was AMAZING! Yes the apartments are basic, BUT they have an old and a new set of apartments, which shows the upgrades are being made. If you are lucky to be in the updated apartments you will have no problems at all, as you have a very flash shower, TV and all mod cons. The old apartments are pretty much the same without the mod cons, Cleanliness is all that matter s to me on a holiday like this as you will spend as less time as possible in the apartment!
The Apartments are run by a VERY friendly family, consisting of Angela (The mum) who looks after day to day guest, Manos (The son) who provides entertainment in the evening, will get you very drunk and a good laugh at all times. Beware not to see much of him in the day as he is sleeping off the previous nights hangover, he works from roughly 5pm, till atleast 5am! so I think deserves the rest!
Waiters including Alex, George and Tony are also VERY friendly and sweet and all make your stay a fantastic one!
Thisis not a MAD, partying getting drunk location, although you will have a great time and more than likely get drunk a few nights or so, it is also still very child friendly and great for couples too. The village Koutoulafari, is one of the quieter ones, but has many bars, tavernas and restaaurants to choose from, Plus you have easy access to the surrounding towns.
I will DEFINATLEY be going back, mainly because I have a boyfriend there, but also because it is a wonderful, FUN place to to holiday for all the family! Don't listen to the bad reviews as they are obviously people who should have booked 5* accomodation. For a 3* type property it is just perfect and the entertainment, food, people are just simply amazing and you will be guaranteed to have the best holiday you hope for!

Ariadni apartments is a lovely base for exploring the surrounding villages and resorts. Staff are helpful, pleasant and are always keen to help. Never encountered any problems and all queries were dealt with in a gentle manner.
The owner is lovely, waiters were great at explaining dishes and efficient. Apartments Were clean, and sheets/towels/bins emptied regularly throughout the stay. Would definitely recommend to other holiday makers.

our stay at ariadni was amazing. all the staff were friendly. angelica is very helpful, manos is lovely always make you feel welcome. all the waiters and chefs and lovely.
one of the best holidays in a while. not a far walk to hersonisse town and you can easly get a bus to the beach if you want to.
the food in ariadni was delicious and good for money the best food in the villiage.
i recommend ariadni i will be returning next summer.

We came back from Ariadni apartments this morning having had a marvelous holiday. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The rooms were very clean and comfortable and staff very helpful. Children were very happy and well catered for, and everyone that we met said they would be going again. We had some great evenings and as long as someone wanted serving they were happy to stay open. There are lots of taverners and roof top restaurants in the village. We would not think twice about going again and would recommend this holiday to anyone.

One of the best holidays ever! The location was perfect , the pool was clean and the accomadation was great. The ariadni aparments and resturent is a family bussiness. The Family are helpful and become friends to you - esspeicially Manos. He works so hard but always has time for a chat and a laugh.The food is the best in Koutolafari.
Everyone must try the greek plate for two.I strongly recommend this holiday for everyone and I garentee a fab time.

Iv just come back from my hols at the Ariadni palace and did have a few problems, but that was only because of First Choice! They put us down for a two bed studio when we needed a 3 bed. Manos` mother was very helpful and moved us to a bigger and better room. The family were Very friendly and helpful, if we had any problems they were sorted. We were even asked if we wanted to be relocated but we didn`t as the staff were so kind to us.
We were there for two weeks and the only fault i would say would be the lack of sleep due to the all night bar (manos you naughty man lol). I found ALL of the staff there really nice and didnt pressure us too much when we wanted to eat out, but i must say the food was amazing (in the evening). I got to know the satff there soo well that after a two week stay leaving felt like saying goodbye to family (i was close to tears). Tony, Manos, Alex and George i`ll miss you!
All three villages are so beautiful you must go at least once, one thing i will say is if you can DO NOT take a night flight, it was the worst i have EVER taken, it was like a night club, the language was disgusting, yubbish,and sleepless at 12.00 am and coming from a 20 year old thats saying something.
First Choice pull your finger out!

We decided to go on a last minute deal for a week the Ariadni came up so we took it,slightly worried about some of the reports we had read,one especially by Mr A J Hall.
Can i just say it was one of the best holidays we have ever taken.
It is a family run business very small only 30 rooms in total. On arrival we were greeted pleasantly and our apartment was basic but nice all we needed for our stay.
We cannot fault the family they could not do enough for us, and Manos is a great barman and we would like to say friend,we had some wicked nights sat at the bar great fun and the Bar B Q was a brilliant night very well organised and the quiz and games that follow are fun. Giani makes the best pizza ever tasted and to watch him chucking the pizza bases around is amazing there is so much passion involved with this family they truly want you to have the best time.Some of the bad reviews are very one sided and we felt very strongly that this should be known, when you have families men throwing punches there wifes picking up knives and there children smashing plates and plant pots all over the place it does make you wonder what you are up against,when you are welcomed into there home.We would just like to say a very big Thankyou to all the family and we will definatly be going back and taking our family with us to.We also made some very lovely friends that we had a pleasure in spending time with so thanks to them to Brian (bear) Lou Hamish and Sal Hope to see you all again soon. You must try a Mikes special when you go.Everything is very clean and tidy the pool is lovely and there are lots of lovely roof top tavernas beautiful place.
Thanks again for making our stay a good one Jamie & Lisa