Aquila Porto Rethymno

Beautiful hotel well situated, opposite a great beach, short stroll into old town and fortress, being on the prom spoilt for choice of bars. This is a very clean, friendly hotel. It has 3 pools,though getting a bed near one is tricky, but the fabulous beach opposite with hotel sunbeds and parasols free makes up for that. The food is good fresh and varried, with a carvery counter available, there is also an Al carte restaurant. Beds are very comfortable, great modern bathrooms with good powerful showers with plenty of hot water. It's not the best hotel for young children as the pools are not really designed for kids play. There is also a spar and gym equipment if you like thar sort of thing.

We loved the stay and enjoyed the hotel amenities. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

I was incredibly disappointed with the quality of the accommodation. I've stayed in 3* accommodation in Greece, which was far better than Aquila Porto. It was such a let down to pay for a 5* hotel, expecting a bit of luxury and ending up with a room that was beyond repair. Take a look at the pictures and make your own mind up. A huge let down! 😞

Just got home from 2 weeks at this lovely hotel. This was our 4th visit and hopefully not our last. Staff are so happy and helpful and food was excellent. Many of the staff were there on our first visit. I cant find any real fault although I am not so keen on the refurbished open plan rooms but that us I suppose a personal thing.

So its important to note that Im not going to give my thoughts on what I believe the true star rating of the hotel is, you will have to come yourself and check it out. Let's begin. We stayed in side sea view room 332, which was clean, spacious and had comfortable beds and a good shower area. No issues with the room, good amount of space for cloths etc. We arrived after midnight and no issues at check in, given a form to fill out, and told we could do it in our room and bring down next morning. It would've been nice to have been offered small snack etc, however not the case, its the little things! Staff do work incredibly hard, but not enough of them to go around especially in busy periods, this is very evident. Special mention to Maria, who I have to say had exceptional customer service skills. So, let's talk about food. Well in general its ok, I really can't add much more than that. You can always get something. I've read many reviews saying the buffet style is the best that they have had. Well I've had better and also had much worse. In my mind its an adequate all inclusive buffet trying to cater for different nationalities. Drinks, well there is no formal bar area, so manger please take take this advice. Open up the indoor bar area and give people what they want, a proper bar. You have to wait for staff to walk around and take your order, its not always ideal and this is the first all inclusive where guests can't pull a simple beer! Again its the small things. Again manager take note, its a good idea! Drinks are pricey if you're paying for them. You might want to consider the AI option. So the hotel is in the third biggest city, its a city hotel and as such its landlocked, you can't do anything to expand or modify and as such the major compromise is the main pool area. You see the dining room is not big enough to cater for busy periods so the sunbeds have had to go to make way for outdoor dining. In fairness there is about a dozen or so beds round one side. The pool is partially shaded. Then there is a what I would call plunge pool on the mezzanine terrace which has room for maybe 20 parasols and beds. Also some shaded areas. Then they have the indoor spa pool which is very small,so no one ever uses it. The one big plus is over the road you have full access to free hotel beds and there are plenty of them. Then straight down to the sea which has a lovely small gradient to walk out into. Location is also a huge advantage, 15 min walk to old town which is stunningly beautiful. In peak months is very busy. The A la Carte restaurant is superb, stunning food, huge portions, one might argue too much food, but truly world class. Service impeccable. You must visit. So i will conclude, more positives than negatives overall. Had a good holiday. I will be returning to Rethymno again because it is a beautiful resort. Oh one last thing, be careful around the plunge pool, floor is very slippy, go careful.

We had a great holiday at Aquila Porto Rethymnon! The service, the food, the people, the rooms with good beds, the sea so close, the nice place and so much more. Unfortunately we couldn't say goodbye this morning to Stella and the guy (man) from the restaurant that alsof loves to draw (black and white). So hereby I wish we meet again and thanks for your kindness and warmth. With love Angela & Magteld The Netherlands, Zwolle

Brilliant hotel clean if Heineken made hotels this would be one to try the staff are excellent the beach staff are very friendly helpful. The only one bit there is room for improvement is the food. Mainly evening. It would be nice to maybe have a pizza oven or something just to give it some wow factor. Breakfast brilliant though. We were AInclusive so we did go to town a bit every other night..it's not bad just becomes a same thing .

Arrived at 2 am. on Friday and was greeted by a lovely guy. Our room was awesome. The view at first light was spectacular. The breakfast was so good so much to choose from, as were the lunch time and evening meals, the staff here are exceptional. For the first couple of days, we stayed by the pool and had pool side service of beers and soft drinks. Like a clown on our first day, I slipped and smashed my head on the floor. The manager came running and couldn't do enough for me, my fault totally. The entertainment in the evening is all very good, the hotel is a 10 minute walk to the old town and boat harbour,loads of restaurants and shops. The beach is a 30-second walk across the road from the hotel. I'd highly recommend anyone coming here. We're booking when we get home for 2 weeks next year.

Hotel con gran servicio. Mobiliario un poco viejo pero personal increible. Obtuvimos upgrade y cortesia de vino y bcklava en la habitacion. Las sombrillas de la playa al ser traslucidas no dan buena sombra