Fodele Beach Water Park Resort

May 24 will be my third time in this wonderful place. Beautiful hotel, great food, very kind stuff. Perfect. Shelly from London

This is a truly stunning hotel with a beautiful view and a fantastic chilled out vibe. The staff are friendly and attentive. Really good selection of food morning, noon and night, catering for all tastes. They did a Halloween theme buffet when we were there and wow, the effort put in was amazing. The rooms are awesome, large, beautifully decorated, plenty of storage - Easily one, if not, the best room I've stayed in at a holiday resort. I would say that with the hotel being built into a cliff then the slope/stairs up to/down from the upper-level rooms won't be ideal for all but there is a road train and golf buggies that can be used to make it easier. The area is quiet, which I liked as we were there to chill and there is no real need to leave the resort but perhaps it is too quiet for those who like a change of scenery at night. However, there are regular buses to close by towns. Heraklion about 1hr and worth a day trip. All in all - Totally worth the money, it is beautiful and did not disappoint.

Fodele is an amazing place for vacation... It's like being in paradise.. The view is amazing... The food so delicious!!! The staff is so friendly and all the time have a smile in their face... I made and some friends... Such as Emmanouela from the bar, always in a good mood and smiley!!! And vagelis from the towels... Funny and very good with the children!!! Don't forget to mention the spa which I had a great experience.. The place is so lovely!!! See you all next year!!!

Well… I’m sitting here after 8 days into a 10 day holiday and all I can say is this place is excellent. I read the review before leaving the UK and thought…. Hmmm… But… you can ignore most of the negative comments. The hotel is lovely. Room cleaned daily and new fresh towels. Food is incredible. Swimming pools are great. We spend our time down at the Beach Front Pool which is directly outside our 3 person room (spacious and modern - aircon works great too) as we have never had a problem getting a sun bed at any time of day… 10am… 11am… midday etc. Yes the main pool area is much busier but there is a member of staff who clears non occupied sun beds at 10:30am everyday so there’s a top tip to get a sunbed! Beautiful views, water park great, staff all very welcoming and make you feel at home. Big shout out to the day time entertainment team who keep the kids occupied playing games around the pool, aqua aerobics and water polo at 3:30pm daily (except Mondays when they have a well deserved day off!). Another shout out to one of the girls who is Ukrainian that I met today. Lovely girl… always happy! So relax and enjoy this place. It’s a holiday!

incredible stay at fodel beach crete a quality service an ideal location on the edge of a beach a water park for children a special mention for Anna member of the entertainment team for her kindness, professionalism and good humor Everything was very good here I recommend

We just got back from a weeks holiday at Fodele Beach and overall we had a great stay. Like other reviews I wouldn’t say this is actually a 5 star hotel, there are definitely some strange design choices and things that let the resort down. Pros: - The food is really good. A huge selection and we have 2 small fussy children who always found plenty to eat. Probably the best all inclusive food I’ve had. All you can eat Baklava! - The views are amazing, stunning coast line all around the hotel and the pool and bar area are done to a very high standard. - Convenient access to the beach and plenty of sun loungers down there. Here you can access the beach bar and the beach front pool. - Waterpark is great fun with plenty to do for the kids. Locked until 10:30am so if you get there when it opens you’re pretty much guaranteed a lounger. - We had a room located close to the main hotel which I’d highly recommend, convenient for everything and you can hop on the train to get up to the waterpark easily. I can see it being a pain if you’re in one of the rooms at the top - that’ll be a long slog up the hill in the evening when the train stops running at 6pm! Aircon in the room was good and bathroom nice. - We enjoyed the shows in the evening. A different vibe to the usual all inclusive entertainment and it’s out the way so you could easily avoid it and just chill by the bar. Cons: - Inadequate aircon in the restaurant. It gets very busy at peak times and really hot, especially when the temperature outside is minimum mid 30s. It felt too hot to sit outside for breakfast and lunch as well but ok in the evenings. Expect to wait for specific things, such as the ice cream station! - No sun loungers available by the pools. We managed to get a couple at around 8:30am but any later and you wouldn’t get one, people reserve them and sometimes don’t turn up until midday. - Pools aren’t heated so they’re cold, even when it’s nearly 40 degrees outside! - Queues for the bar can get quite long, I agree with other reviews that for a 5 star hotel there should be table service for drinks especially at meal times. But then it’s also hard to get a table in the evenings if you come out of the restaurant after 8:30pm. - Noisy hotel. If you’re looking for somewhere quiet and peaceful this isn’t the hotel for you. We were also woken up every morning by housekeeping as they shout at each other. They did however provide us with 2 bed guards without us asking when they saw we had 2 small kids so that was really appreciated. - Food selection outside of the main hotel area is extremely limited (I.e at the waterpark and beach) and if you don’t eat meat you will really struggle as every sandwich had ham in it. - The toilets at the waterpark are grim and the beachside pool has a very strong drain smell; also noticed this smell at the amphitheater as well. Not exactly the luxury vibe you’d expect… So quite a lot of cons but all in all we did have a lovely time away, it’s just frustra