Kalypso Cretan Village Resort & Spa

Absolutely beautiful trip! We went for a week 23rd Sept- 1st October and had the most amazing time. The scenery is beautiful, 3 pools as well as the stunning beach area. There is plenty of sun beds at all pools. The views are amazing. The staff are all so happy and lovely can not do enough for you. The rooms were spacious, I do agree with some of the reviews that the bathrooms could do with a slight update. The cleaners came everyday and cleaned our room and gave us fresh bedding, even noticed how we were changing the bedding for our comfort and started doing so, lovely little touches. The resort was lovely, the food was great quality. The resort is far from the airport but if you want a lovely relaxing break it’s a great spot!

We booked through loveholidays and the shuttle bus took us over 3 hours to get to Kalypso from the airport! We landed at 11pm or so and got to the hotel at 4am! We got a shuttle bus half way and a taxi for the rest, I would advise trying to get a private hire car for the transfer there and back. So the hotel! Beautiful location, stunning! They have 3 pools, 3 bars, a tennis court and snorkelling etc. The service: the staff are kind and attentive and they’re very friendly. However I’m surprised you have to request a cleaning service and they come at very odd times of the day so just be mindful of that. Elina on reception is a wonderful person, she’s very attentive and kind and helpful, the staff all around are very welcoming. The rooms: I read before coming that there’s no wifi in the rooms, so we bought unlimited data to watch movies at night in our room or while we get ready however there’s NO SIGNAL at all either. The views of the sea are gorgeous and the rooms are very pretty, they’re vintage looking, the AC is temperamental and you do not get tea and coffee, a kettle or an iron in your room, (you can get a kettle or iron on request but not for your whole stay) these basics you would expect from a 4 star hotel. The rooms could be cleaner however I’ll put this down to coastal erosion maybe? Cleanliness: there were blood stains on the curtains around the bed, men’s hairs behind the tap of the sink, when I asked them to clean my room I think they only made the bed as there was still one of my hairs in the bathtub, they don’t replace your old towels or clean the surfaces or floor from what I can tell, they also do not replace your toilet roll. I ended up just cleaning myself during the rest of my stay and making the bed etc. The location: although it’s scenic and beautiful, it is soooo far away from anything, there’s no food delivery ( I will get to that in more detail) there’s a mini market on site which is expensive and opens at very random times during the day and it is too far for buses and taxis to go so you can only really book excursions and activities with the hotel unless you choose to hire a car (the roads are very narrow and the driving is crazy, so for our own safety we chose not to). Also the service is really bad everywhere. The food: for an all inclusive I am very disappointed, no tea and coffee in the rooms and for breakfast, lunch and dinner there aren’t many options at all, it’s all the same all the time and this is why we were upset that we couldn’t even get a Deliveroo or anything. No halal options and the vegetarian options are not very nice at all unless you’re okay with eating salad for every single meal, they also do not label the veg options or what things are. We spoke to a lot of other guests who ate meat and they didn’t like the food at all either as it was always undercooked. There’s an area called Plakias 10 mins away which is €8 one way which has a lot of different restaurants, bars and taverns. They have

Our experience of this hotel was very disappointing to say the least. The rooms are dated and our daughters room was absolutely disgusting, black mould covered the bathroom ceiling entering into the kitchen area and the kitchen units were visibly damp. the smell of the room was awful and damp, this was particularly upsetting as one of my daughters has asthma. the bathroom was infested with flies. this problem was brought to the attention of the manager who stated there must have been a leak? my reply was that black mould takes a while to grow and why were my daughters put in this room i would have expected housekeeping to have reported this. we also went to reception to report a dead scorpion in the kitchen light fitting. in general the hotel was in need of a good clean the pool was dirty with moss growing in the sides of the pool. we witnessed a manager? shouting at the pool person to clean the pool. some staff were quite rude especially the bar man, this was also reported, we were all inclusive and no diet drinks were available i asked what i could drink and staff said water. food was repetitive same for lunch as dinner. Staff were served before guests and and if you wanted a diet coke you were asked for 4 euros, along with milkshakes or lattes. there was no entertainment apparently it was on at 10pm on one evening whilst the all inclusive bar ended at 10.30pm. there was one member of staff serving the pool bar from 10.30am till 6pm and one person serving the main bar from 6pm til late. if you didnt order your drinks all at once he was quite abrupt and would serve the next person before finishing your order or if a member of staff came to the bar he would serve them first. We paid a lot of money for a special family holiday celebrating a birthday and will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. the area is beautiful but the hotel leaves a lot to be desired 4star rating it isnt im afraid.

Accommodation dated but clean, wifi awful, no kettle or crockery. Food average and only access to restaurant down a very steep hill, no lifts and resort very hilly. Small overpriced shop, often closed but only place to get water outside of meal times. Staff lovely. Cab transfer a nightmare! Salon sent for 4 adults, 4 bags and 4 holdalls. Couldn’t fit in and refused to send another car and threatened to send ( pre-paid) cab away leaving us stranded. Had no choice but to cram in with two cases on seats for 2hour drive to airport or miss flight. Never again, I do not recommend.

This hotel does not one bit look like the picture. The amount of algae in the pool is disgraceful and they don’t clean it at all. The staff is the rudest staff I have ever encountered they were so unhelpful and we had a severe leak in our bathroom which they did not fit at all. Do not go here

We stayed half board in this hotel in August 2024 as a family of 4 with two teenage daughters. The room was very small considering my daughters are 19 and 14. It was just one open space with no privacy between parents and children. There was no kitchen, and as we were staying half board we would have made good use of it. There was no cutlery , plates or even glasses to drink water in the room. Not even a kettle and the fridge was so tiny. We would expect a difference in the rooms between guests who are staying half board and who are all inclusive, as the hotel offers half board as an option. The air conditioning in the room was HORRIBLE. The room only cooled down fully by 3am after it was running throughout the whole night. It was so stuffy sleeping, basically no air. If the air conditioning were to be replaced it would greatly improve the quality of sleep. The rooms were also outdated and could use with a renovation. The pillows were uncomfortable and we had to ask twice at the reception for softer pillows, and only got it after talking to the lovely housekeeping staff lady herself. Rooms were cleaned every day to a good standard and towels and bedding changed regularly. There was shower gel, soap and toilet paper at all times in our room. There is no drying rack outside for swimsuits and towels so they had to be dried outside the front door on the stone wall or chairs. The food was ok. Tasty but basic, not much options for vegetarians and there was barely any seafood, only one type of white fish every day. No signs anywhere telling you what the food is. Restaurant opened for dinner at 7:30 pm but some of the meat wasn't even ready yet, and was only ready when we were done eating. But if you were to come at 8pm there would be no free tables left outside and it was impossible to eat inside as it was so hot and they had no air conditioning. Offered free water every evening and the staff in the restaurant were lovely, didn't pressure to purchase drinks like in other hotels. Breakfast was standard and tasty, special thanks to the guy frying pancakes and eggs :) All pools are saltwater pools, which is nice and unusual. There were two small pools and one big pool. Small pools are a bit dirty. A big upside is that there are a lot of sunbeds so there is no craziness in the morning running around trying to reserve a sunbed. Sunbeds are wooden with a soft mattress on top and not reclinable however very comfortable around the pool. Beside the beach the sunbeds are €14 for a pair and an umbrella. Bring your own towels. Each towel is €10 of which you get €6 back at the end of one week. The beach was very UNIQUE more of a fjord. It is for good swimmers , would not recommend for someone who is uncomfortable in deep waters and for small children. It was very beautiful and perfect for snorkelling. We saw so many different kinds and colours of fish and even a small octopus or squid! Beside the beach there is a diving school, which welcomes peoples from all