Christina Beach Hotel

Beautiful balcony view and location is very near to main bus station.

We stayed at this hotel during the third week of May. They had just opened for the summer season and yet had fairly few guests, which caused some problems: * a/c did not work - rapidly fixed by change of remote control batteries * electronic door lock malfunctioned - eventually had to be replaced as a unit This big problem was: We did not have any hot water (running it for 10-15 minutes did not help) from our arrival on Sunday until Friday morning. Several attemps were made to fix the problem, a reason being stagnant hot water cooling in the pipes due to little useage. On the positive side everything was clean and modern (incl the pool), the breakfast was very good (although would have benefited from a bigger serving area) and the staff was quite friendly and helpful. Special kudos to Maria, who dressed my wife's right hand that had been rather badly lacerated when she fainted and fell.

There are 2 hotels near each other run by the same family and share facilities. The Christina Hotel is on the main road and the Christina Beach hotel is down a lane on the side of the Christina Hotel. The Christina Beach hotel has its own entrance and reception accessed by a door facing the beach. You can walk into the Christina Hotel and through the ground to the Beach hotel. This review is for the Christina Beach Hotel. We stayed 7 nights in room 4020 on the top floor, (3rd floor) on the west side of the building. The room was spotlessly clean and serviced every day. It had all the facilities you would need if you wanted to do simple cooking. Our balcony had a sea view and being on the west of the building it was in shade in the morning for our coffee and we saw fantastic sun sets in the evening. There were a few hours, in the late afternoon when it was in the full sun and to hot to sit out. The room had a safe and good quiet A/C. All the staff were very friendly. There was a swimming pool that could be used in the adjacent Christina hotel. It's location meant that we had a 10 metre walk to be on the beach. Fantastic. Free parking is available on a first come basis in a small car park. A great hotel and it will be our first choice when we return to Chania.