Archipelagos

This hotel is in a great location, a short walk to Old town. There is a nice beach just across the road. The room had a small fridge, kettle and coffee maker. Our room and the common places were very clean, including the pool area. We had a great view from the seventh floor. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The breakfast offers many choices. I highly recommend this hotel.

Stayed in Rethymon many times and was ecpecting this hotel to be fairly central but it was a bus ride away. That wasnt too much of a problem as wedont mind the travel and the buses were frequent. The hotel has a really nice lady on the front desk which was very helpful. The hotel seems to be ran with a skeleton staff. The breakfast staff on the morning were hopless and dont even bother going as the breakfast was minimium and of poor quality, the coffee was awful. We went twice only and never after that. The room was ok however the shower was tiny. The holiday was pricey and you can get much better deals cheaper in a better location and food you look forward to. Unfortunately we would never go back to this hotel.

An excellent hotel with very spacious rooms. The hotel is situated on a hillside with 3 separate lifts. The hotel has a small beach directly in front over the road which is really nice.

We stayed here for a week and really enjoyed it, but it's far from perfect. The hotel is built on a hill slope, making it a bit of a maze, as you have to go horizontally while climbing up to the higher floors. This means there are quite a few elevators and you'll have to get out of one, walk to the next, then go up a couple of floors, walk to the next, and so on. We got used to it and eventually just used the stairs, but it's definitely not something we've experienced before. The rooms are fairly modern, but there's an obvious lack of attention to details. Many things are modern and well kept, but then you have rusty taps and toilet brushes, mouldy showers and wonky bathroom door handles. Another annoying thing was that the safe was on the very bottom shelf, so we had to get on our bellies to use it - awkward for us, impossible for others. These things are unacceptable for a 4 star hotel. Details matter! Breakfast was great and had the largest variety I've experienced. Furthermore, they switched some of the items every day and there was a chef right there cooking on the spot, so you could ask for some things made to your liking (e.g. eggs). The coffee however was terrible, even for a hotel breakfast. There is a pool that you can use, with a good few sunbeds and it was never busy. There's a pool bar as well, with a friendly professional bartender there all the time. They serve really good food too, so you don't even need to go anywhere for lunch. We were disappointed that the pool bar closes very early (7PM) as we would have wanted to have a relaxed dinner or even just drinks later there. The hotel has a "fitness room" as well, which is an absolute joke - one threadmill, one stationary bike and 2 yoga mats in a bathroom-size room by the reception. It's by far the worst I've seen anywhere so we didn't use it at all. Across the street there's a small beach with no amenities. We enjoyed it a couple of times and just came back to the hotel to use the shower and toilet. There is also a 24/7 kiosk nearby where you could get some drinks and snacks for the beach. Rethymno centre is about a 20 minute walk away which is just right - close enough to walk, far enough to be quiet. There's a large supermarket about 10 minutes walk away towards Rethymno. The staff at the reception were always friendly and helpful. If you're driving in, there are a lot of free public parking spots nearby. Lots of them across the street, but they get filled in the evening. Luckily there are some up the hill on the right as you get out of the hotel, and parking was never an issue. There's also a petrol station right next door which is convenient. Overall a great stay, but they should really pay attention to details. As it stands, I'd say this is more of a 3 star hotel than a 4 star, and would probably stay here again.

We enjoyed our Rethymno holiday on Archipelagos Hotel. Location: 10-15 minutes walk from Rethymno Old Town (main area to hang around in Rethymno. Sea view with medium balcony. Room: quite modern, spacious and cleaned every day. We had a medium fridge, good enough to keep some food to eat in the room and few bottles of water. They even have an electric stove, one frying pan and medium saucepan, but we never used. They have a kettle and a coffee filter - here, maybe they can upgrade to a more modern coffee machine (like the ones with pods), cutlery and plates. So if you want to cook small dishes, maybe is enough. Beds were very comfortable and quite large. Service: staff and management were very nice and attentive. Maybe 2-3 bottles with water in the room on arrival will be nice for a 4* hotel. Pool: spacious enough and clean. Breakfast: fresh food and quite limited options. They usually alternate a bit the options on 2 days rotation. So, overall was a good hotel to stay in. Maybe they can work on small bits, especially because they said they're a 4* hotel: water in the rooms (on arrival and maybe during the stay), a bit more breakfast options, more diverse TV channels, coffee machines upgrades. We rated 5 stars and not 4 because they were very nice and staff very friendly and hard working.