Archipelagos Hotel

Everything was absolutely perfect! The staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming, always ready to help with a smile. The room was clean and comfortable, and the breakfast was simply amazing – fresh, delicious, and with a great variety. We truly enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a great experience. Thank you for making our trip so enjoyable!

I’ve never felt so welcomed by a hotel manager! We were given a personal tour upon arrival, and nothing was too much of an ask. The room was lovely, beautiful sea view, only a ten minute walk into town. The breakfast was fantastic and changed everyday. The place was absolutely spotless! Was a shame to leave!

We knew this would be a great stay because we were treated to a wonderful friendly greeting from the manager Stelios, who gave us a walkthrough of the hotel. We could tell he is very proud to be from Crete because on the swimming pool level you get a breath-taking view of Rethymnon and he gave us a brief history lesson, which is a nice personal touch. The key to this hotel's success is that every room has a view of the sea, built into the mountain and you get to your room via numerous lifts on different levels (Don't worry it will become 2nd nature during your stay). The room was fresh, modern and had a lovely balcony view (used a lot). The swimming pool is a nice size, clean and perfect for a calm swim. The breakfast every morning was ideal and had a good selection that changed daily. The location is a good distance from the historic town centre and is very walkable. Overall the perfect stay and they made us feel very welcome, even when checking out Stelios put our cases in a safe room, so that we could have one last walk around the town before our flight home. If we come back to Crete, this will be our choice of hotel for sure.

We stayed for 10 days end of June and booked a sea view room 9th floor. Views were amazing however you do need to catch 3 different elevators or take stairs so you need to weigh up if its worth it for a view as to be honest lots of lower floor rooms seemed ok however the lower you go the more likely to have shade on your balcony and less of a view but I would say maybe floor 4 upwards would be a good middle ground. We paid for bed and breakfast and found it good value, lots of hot food and traditional Greek cold food such as yoghurts & fruit. Didn't see a toaster or anyone toasting bread so perhaps that would be one suggestion. You can get breakfast until 10.30am. Kitchen staff are very nice. Mr Stelios and staff very friendly and polite as is Andreas who works the bar. Very clean and maids cleaned room daily and even helped us cart our heavy cases to the lifts. Prices at pool bar reasonable and never struggled to find a lounger (got busier by 10am however nobody bagging loungers really early which ive experienced in Spanish resorts). This hotel has a quiet vibe so I wouldn't recommend it for big families or anyone who prefers to have some form of entertainment we just wanted to chill so it suited us and the bar shuts at 7pm but that was fine for us as we would be out anyway. Every day we walked across the road and swam in the sea it was amazing and one of the best things about how the hotel is positioned. There is a large wave breaker wall so you can swim in the shallow part even when the ocean is choppy, we would go early morning and enjoyed meeting a few older Greek locals swimming and we had many a good culture chat with them. The main negatives but not enough to put us off coming again is the 3 elevators to get to room (we are fit and don't mind stairs but if carrying heavy water or wearing heels) , the walk to the town isn't long but pavements are narrow and people are riding at you fast on scooters etc so a bit of a risky walk. Our biggest gripe with the whole area (so not a hotel issue which is why we didn't reflect the scoring but just wanted to note it here) is the safety on roads and pavements as most of the walks we did single file due to people riding on bikes, scooters on very narrow pathways. We managed to navigate around this but some people might get frustrated so just be aware. Like I say wouldn't put us off. If anyone in your group has mobility issues then please think twice about booking a high up room remember the better the view the higher up to walk the stairs or navigate 3 lifts. Mr Stelios wife owns the business and she is the Boss we saw her but didn't get to talk to her she was always busy working in her office however Mr Stelios is very much the face of this family run business and a very knowledge and friendly person. I will miss the quirky Greek music played in the elevators haha! We loved our stay here and our room and view was spectacular. Would highly recommend.

We had a lovely time at Archipelagos in Rethymnon. The food was delicious, the view was beautiful, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Special thanks to Stelios, Anna, and Andreas for their warm and friendly service – they made us feel right at home. Andreas makes amazing cocktails – definitely worth trying! We would love to come back.

The Hotel was very nice and conveniently located a little bit outside the centre, but still walking distance. There is a decent size pool and a small beach just opposite. The staff was very friendly. I would recommend the hotel.