Name: Golden Bay
Address: Gournes; Heraklion; 71500, Gournes Pediados, Gournes Pediados, Gournes Pediados, 71500, Greece
Rating: 9

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Just spent a relaxed and enjoyable week on a tight budget with family at Golden Bay Appartments.
We booked bed and breakfast in a family room and travelled from the UK with TUI.
It's a lovely place to visit, in a quiet part of the island, right on the sea front  and not far from Heraklion.
We liked the fact that everythings moves at a gentle pace and is very relaxed. If your looking for night clubs and parties it won't be for you.
This was our second visit here and we noted lots of recent improvements with the rooms, bar and pool area.
There are plenty of holiday activities if you want them, we did a couple of excellent boat trips and a day out to Knossos.
There are a few restaurants in walking distance along the sea front but not much else going on.
If you want a relaxing break we recommend a few days by the family friendly pool, plenty of good sunbeds and the bar is open all day for food and drinks. 
The management and staff are all very friendly and will do their very best to make sure you have good holiday. 
Recommended.
We'll be back.
Thank you,
Chris, Sadie and Rowan.  

A good time at Golden Bay

Lovely hotel - spacious rooms and comfortable beds. We had a studio with shared balcony - would have been nice to have a private one. The staff are amazing - we were greeted with such a warm welcome by George and Hanni. Joanna in the pool bar is the loveliest funniest lady - she is so friendly and teaches you Greek along the way when you order anything - she definitely helped to make our holiday a fun one. The hotel is a great base for anyone wanting to hire a car and explore the island , which is what most people during our stay seemed to be doing.
Cons - the evening food wasn’t great, we were disappointed as we thought that having the food in the taverna next door would mean that we would have traditional Greek food - sadly not the case. I would probably recommend staying here as Bed & Breakfast for that reason.
The local beach isn’t great either - if you’re not hiring a car then I recommend getting on the bus in Gournes and going to Analipsi which is only 15 mins away - such a beautiful beach with lovely beach clubs and traditional tavernas. We also got the bus into Heraklion, 20 mins in the other direction - it’s a lovely city and the bus is so cheap at €3 for 2 of us each way.
All in all a great relaxing holiday but if we came back we would hire a car to get out and about a bit more as not much in Gournes itself

Lovely hotel

After 2 weeks traveling throughout Greece/crete we were ready for a spot that was quite & gave us breathing room. We found it here! Clean & updated. 1 bedroom apartment with separate sitting-kitchenette area. Must be even better during summer holidays. Reception/staff were welcoming & lovely. Cute facilities & convenient restaurant. Provided lunch bag for us upon our 6:30am departure. Even took care of our laundry! Accommodations are well laid out. 15 minutes from airport & 25 minutes to Heraklion city center (we had rental car). Water view is spectacular & romantic. I recommend

Peaceful & relaxing

Wonderful clean and comfortable stay. It's located in a part of town where are dealing more with the locals which was fine with me. A sand beach was 5 minutes down the road. The accomodations were great and the staff exceptional with special kudos going out to Ιωάννα (Joanna), who was an unmitigated pleasure. The kindness extended to our departure, where the staff gave us a bagged lunch as we were leaving too early for breakfast. Many thanks! Would gladly return.

Real nice stay

This was our first visit to The Golden Bay, and we are very happy to add to all these positive and well deserved reviews. First and foremost we would like to thank the staff who cannot do enough to ensure their guests have a wonderful holiday. We arrived at midnight and were actually greeted off the bus by Margarita, who was really warm and welcoming. She walked us to our room, gave us all the information we needed and enabled us to have the much needed air con on the our first night. The pool bar stays open late so we then enjoyed a night cap: a great start to what continued to be a lovely holiday. 
Our apartment was spacious with a great balcony providing lovely pool and sea views. Exactly what we needed. The breakfast offers a wide choice of well prepared dishes, to be enjoyed in the beautiful setting of the hotel’s taverna which is very open, light, and spacious with panoramic stunning views of the sea. We booked on a bed and breakfast basis but ended up eating all our evening meals here too as we appreciated the ambience, choice and and value for money. 

We spent most of our week by the pool in the mornings: there are ample good quality  sun beds, with plenty shade for those who want it, and Joanne to keep everyone smiling, and our afternoons on the beach, as we enjoyed the breeze, either by Freddie’s or Avro: free sun beds and umbrella for the price of a drink, how sensible,  and you can get served on the beach! The sea would be perfect for many: a soft, sandy sea bed, shallow for a long way out with small waves to play in. So safe. 
We caught the local bus to Heraklion, (like a tour bus with conductor and air con). Maria and George talked us through the day and it was great. A visit to the Palace of Knossos and the Museum is a must, finishing off with a cool break in the Old Town and including transport and admission cost, the whole day only cost us 25 euros each. 
Our departure was on a midnight flight and check out was 10.30 am, but again our last day was not the usual endurance test, due to thoughtful attention to detail. There are two ensuite showers with plenty fresh towels, in the same space as the luggage room, which is adjacent to the pool, so accessible all day. Thus we could enjoy a full beach and pool day, shower and change as normal, enjoy the evening meal and then have a comfortable wait for a 9.30pm pick up, on the sofas in the reception area overlooking the sea.  There is even a thoughtfully placed recliner, perhaps for any extra long waits. The staff even came out to wave us off with a hug and a final smile before our very 20 minute transfer to airport.

I could go on, but I rarely read reviews that look too long, so I can only finish by thanking the staff again: Rania and George, Joanne, Margarita and Maria, the cleaners who keep the rooms and communal areas immaculately clean, and also say sorry to anyone who I haven’t mentioned by name, due to my poor memory rather than your excellent contribution to making Golden Bay such a lovely hotel to visit. We have travelled extensively,  and therefore appreciate the huge difference good service makes. We hope you can all enjoy a well deserved rest at the end of the season, and we look forward to seeing you soon because, of course, we hope to return. My brother and sister in law have just booked on our recommendation, and will be arriving the 1st October. That says it all. We are sure they will have as lovely a holiday as we did.

A Big Thank You

We have just finished our week at Golden Bay and cannot say a big enough thank you to all the staff there.
We stayed for a week, half board and had a fab time.

The hotel itself is right by the sea front and has local supermarkets within 5mins walk. 
Our room was clean and modern and had a mini kitchenette (although we never really used it) which would be able to accommodate a decent home cooked meal if eating out wasn't your thing.

Golden Bay itself is a lovely, family oriented place run by the loveliest of people. We were met on the road as the coach pulled up by Maria who was really welcoming. Joanna is one of the staff around the bar and pool area and is just fun and warmth on speed! 
The pool area is a decent size and was always clean. There was a little area where people had been kind enough to leave books they'd finished and there were always floats and balls etc at the pool to use. 

The restaurant attached, The Tavern, is a lovely place and the food is good. This is run by Rani and a couple of other staff who were there every breakfast and meal time who went out of their way to make you feel welcomed.
The food was buffet style and, as my wife pointed out, this actually helped us try out new foods and felt like we were eating from different menus each night.

The setting of Golden Bay couldn't be more picturesque as it's right on the seafront and the sun sets each night behind the hills off to the left. 

It's a good base to visit lots of the surrounding towns in the middle of the island; Hersonissos, Herakleion and Khokini Chani. This can all be accessed by bus which can be taken from the bust stop about 10min walk from Golden Bay.

The only reason I wouldn't give Golden Bay 5/5 is that on our last night we got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Although this isn't technically a fault with the place per se it could have been solved by nets on the doors. 

The staff there really make you feel like you're family staying with relatives. 
Thank you again, we will be thinking about you all for a long time to come. 

What a wonderful week away

Just got back from golden bay and would just like to say a big thankyou to all the staff you all work very hard to give us a enjoyable holiday.You were all amazing the hotel is perfect , the rooms cleaned everyday ,the breakfast is one of the best . And I've stayed in a lot of Greek hotels.the location is quite but nice and realaxing especially being right on the beach. The Greek night is a must the food was amazing and the atmosphere was brilliant really enjoyed it . Will be back soon

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