Apollonia Beach Resort & Spa

All staff was really welcoming and polite. High variety of food in breakfast and even choice of local foods which we enjoyed. All breakfasts we had outside, so we could also enjoy the garden view. Excellent view from our room as it was overseeing same garden and could see beach in a distance. We had some additional requests as we were traveling with 1 year old kid and hotel staff had no issues fulfilling them. Plenty of room at the pool area. For our surprise also water aerobics was free of charge. Parking area only for hotel guests, so there was no issue with parking spaces. We liked also location of hotel, as we were planning to travel by car, so everything was quite close by. Beach is nearby hotel, so you have no issues going there. We went to other areas in Heraklion, and it is a clearly issue in other places. Also beach is quite wide and with soft sand at hotel area, compared to other places were beach is very narrow and in some places covered in rocks and see urchins. Although other reviews mention factory nearby, you don't see it from hotel and if you go to the beach it is somewhere in the distance, so it doesn't affect you at all.

At room reservation it said coffee/tea maker - there was no such service in room, only electric kettle. I expected that if there is electric kettle then at least there will be some tea available, but there was nothing. Air conditioner didn't work properly. I requested 1 double bed - got 2 single beds. YoutTube didn't work properly on TV. If you go for lunch in hotel and order coffee, they have to bring it all the way from the bar, although coffee makers are just there (used during breakfast), but switched off.

Location

The location was nice and the Resort was very well maintained - very refreshing and a smiling warm staff. The food is ok, not very great.

The sea at the beach is cold as it's where the river with the snow water meets the sea, so not very warm water temperature. We had booked a Bungalow, but they gave us a normal room, so that was a bit disappointing.

very complex, nice facility, nice pool and beach, friendly staff.

some how their breakfast buffet „tomatoes and cucumbers are not tasty „ maybe they frozen them over.

Vegan options generally well labelled in restaurant.

The vegan food in the buffet were often repeated between days. Became samey towards the end of the trip. Breakfast options could have been better.

good location to beach and Heraklion. Great to have parking, beds comfortable and room clean

Overwhelming smell of cleaning products in public spaces and no English tv offering. Wine choice at bar limited.