Santa Marina Beach Hotel

We really enjoyed our weeks stay at Santa Marina Beach Hotel. We upgraded, due to it being end of season, it wasn’t very expensive to do so, the double seaview room had stunning views over the beach and the uninhabited island, Agios Theodoros. It was so relaxing to be able to hear the sea. I was so pleased we had a sea view room. The hotel room was serviced everyday, we had clean bath and beach towels daily. There was adequate storage and the beds were comfortable. We loved sitting out on the balcony. The hotel was extremely clean in all areas. We chose to stay half board as we had a hire car and so was off exploring most days. Breakfast at the hotel was my favourite, we always had a table outside in the morning , the outside dining area is next to the beautiful beach. It’s just the most loveliest of places to enjoy breakfast, there was also a fabulous choice of hot and cold food every morning, the chef cooked fresh pancakes each day. The hotel has its own resident duck who waddles around by the beach, he or she obviously visited once and loved it so much, decided to stay, very friendly too and so cute to see. The evening food choices were absolutely fantastic, they definitely cater for everyone’s needs, we always passed on our thanks to the staff for their hard work for creating some wonderful dishes , particularly the pastry dishes. Ifigenia in particular (I hope I’ve spelt her name correctly) was just an amazing lady. All of the staff were just so friendly and worked extremely hard , it was the end of the season but they were still smiling and happy to help. We had drinks in the bar each evening after dinner and on some of the nights there were singers/musicians, a pleasant experience. Bus stops for both directions are on the main road outside of the hotel which is very convenient. We did go and walk around the pools and gardens which are situated in the neighbouring sister hotel, literally a few minutes walk, the pools and the sun beds looked great, the garden areas are very well looked after and very pretty. I would not hesitate to stay here again if visiting Chania area.