Rethymnon Hotel Reviews

Tremendous beach the length of the resort with sandy bottom way out. Life guards very strict as in certain conditions undertow substantial. Loads of places to eat and drink. A range of traditional and upmarket shopping opportunities.

If we did not having so many other places to visit this resort & holiday would be a must

staff and owners very rude, more interested in entertaining their family than looking after their guests. their family n the pool leaving no room for paying guests. the whle family desend at 8pm and if you go to the bar to order a drink they make you feel so guilty for interupting their evening. would really not recommend staying here. rethymnon and crete though is lovely

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Crowded and sea bed rocky except very few places. Package bought from Neckermann - the German partner of Thomas Cook.

The resort of Adelianos Kampos was great except the beach, which was a mixture of sand, pebbles, and shingle. As you enter the water beware of huge rocks, you will need to wear beach shoes!! The town itself was great, with a wide selection of shops, tavernas and restaurants. Even the supermarkets were wonderful and everyone you meet is so friendly. If the beach was better this would be almost unbeatable.

Rethymnon itself is very pretty; the hotel is just on the edge of the local town. There's lots of beautiful Venetian architecture, some great Tavernas and a truly excellent, well-priced pizzeria just around the corner on the way into the old town (La Piazza). We also recommend Castelvecchio, in the vicinity of the hotel (home-made food by a very friendly local family) and Taverna Lorenza also in the old town (more beautiful home-made food run by two brothers). All in all the better-quality food is around he old town area. There are lots of great bars offering alcohol for varying prices. Two very nice ones in the square where Rimondi Fountain is. A number of nightclubs that seemed popular; as we are thirty-somethings (i.e. oldies!) we did not go into them. One thing we did notice is the relative value of the pound against the euro these days and our money for meals was stretched further. Secondly, we noticed a definite trend in tavernas now serving wine by the bottle, as opposed to automatically giving you caraffes; we made a point of asking for caraffes, which is less expensive and the quality of the wine is still good. There is a beach by the harbour; we followed other reviewers' advice and avoided this, as it is used by local dog-walkers and also there are no beds. Walk along the promenade and there are plentiful well-equipped beaches offering beds and umbrellas. Word of warning - watch some of the toilets on the beach. There is one on the stretch where the water sports are and we were nearly physically sick with the smell and the fact they had obviously never been cleaned. It's great to take a walkaround the old town, along the promenade towards the venetian fortress and take in the views. There's a folk museum and and archeological museum for culture-ites. Lots of leisure opportunities in Rethymnon (water sports, cycling, pretty walks) and the area. There's a great company, the Happy Walker, that offers guided walks around the local area. Very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff who make for a special day. We also recommend taking bus trips to visit Arkadi Monastry and to walk the Imbros/Prevelli/Samarian gorges and there are also lots of boat trips available around the local caves. The public transport was quite disappointing - buses to anywhere except Chania were not as regular as they could have been, some just two per day at odd times, with one return.