Miramare Resort & Spa

My husband and I spent a week at the end of October here. From start to finish, we had a wonderful time. We arrived at 3am and the night porter gave us a huge bag of food and water before driving us to our room. We stayed in 716 which was a suite with balcony. As everyone has said, the views are simply breathtaking. The suite was clean and had everything we need. The pools are all clean with the bar staff being lovely. A 2 min walk and you can swim in the clearest sea which is very safe and quiet. It was warmer than the pool! We walked into town after dinner most nights and enjoyed the bars/shops. Everything stays open to very late. What really makes this hotel special is the staff. They are all wonderful and couldn’t do more to help. It was 50 euros for a late check out direct with the hotel, cheaper than TUI offered. This meant we could check out at 6 and have lunch, well worth the money.

What a wonderfully beautiful and stunning hotel this is, views that can be seen from pretty much everywhere and that go on for miles. We stayed in a superior room with a balcony, which was fairly basic but had everything we needed. If you would like the use of the safe in the room, it will be an extra 30€ for a week. We only used the Aegeon pool, which was great. Considering we went towards the end of the school holidays in August, we never struggled to get sunbeds, even turning up at 10:00 after breakfast. I would recommend trying to get the metal framed beds as the wooded ones were not comfortable at all. The food was good, and I never struggled to find lovely food to eat. Grill station was always going with meat and fish and greek salad at all times! We would definitely recommend the Cretan night they run on a Wednesday, Crete musicians and dancers, cheese maker demonstrating and food cooked over coals on a bbq. This is extra even on all-inclusive and drinks are also an extra charge. We stayed on an all-inclusive deal that we booked with Tui. All the meals and food were amazing, but unfortunately the drinks package is not the best. Beer, wine and soft drinks are included but no cocktails or other spirits apart from Ouzo and Raki. We found out that if you book with Jet2holidays, you automatically get an upgraded package where other drinks are included, including some cocktails. Almyros beach to the right looking out at sea is possibly the best beach we've been to, crystal clear water, snorkelling was fantastic and one of our highlights as well as jet skiing! Miramare owns the first 100 yards of the beach, which is a bit quieter. They charge 15€ for 2 sunbeds, parasol and 2 bottles of water. Further down is only 10€ but busier. The lady who collects the money is fantastic, likes a chat and tells you exactly as it is, no beating about the bush! She does tell you at the very beginning that if you leave your beds to go back to the hotel for lunch, your stuff will be removed and your beds given to someone else. All staff from reception, bar, restaurant, cleaners and gardeners are all lovely and friendly and will always try to help where possible Transfer time from the airport to the hotel is around 2 hours by coach, not 50 minutes that Tui says. I would definitely recommend this hotel, it's fantastic and cannot wait to return!!

We booked the hotel with the all-in formula. Very helpfull and friendly staff, at the reception, the lobby bar, the swimming pool bar and the buffet restaurant. The choices of drink are of good quality. The manager of the buffet restaurant led you kindly to a table and his team ask directly for the drinks. The buffet is of excellent quality with many choices and all day there are varieties. The room is cleaned every day and you receive new towels. As the hotel is located on a steep slope, maybe less suitable for older people, but there are elevators. Wifi is weak on some places, but overall a great hotel. Certainly highly recommandated.