Minoa Palace Resort & Spa

Facilities, staff and location - all great.

Extremely clean and comfortable, sunbeds, towels, beach service first hand. Very good breakfast, staff always helpful and friendly, always smiling and going out of their way to make our stay pleasant and relaxing. We were in the Imperial wing which is literally one step away from the beach.

Minibar was refilled only once during a 10 days stay.

Beautiful views in every direction in the Imperial wing. Friendly and efficient breakfast staff. Great food - especially the huge selection at breakfast. Bar cocktails reasonably priced and delicious. Mini market next door, lots of shops and restaurants in walking distance. Room very comfortable and great bath and shower. Beautiful pool area. Given free upgrade to sea view room on arrival.

We really loved it but to be aware of: buses a lot less frequent than advertised but got us around ok. Area is not the best for food although there are lots of restaurants and shops - I would suggest eating at the hotel as the food is much better and similar price. Beach is rocky but there are sandy beaches you can get to on the bus for a swim. Some of the scheduled opening times eg salon were different on the leaflet given to the actual opening times which was a little inconvenient to discover on last day. Long wait in person to try to speak to guest relations and couldn’t get through on phone - we gave up.

Breakfast was amazing. Too much choice! Dinner was also fabulous and the main dishes changed every night. All the staff were super friendly, smiley and helpful and reception staff gave us some great tips for exploring other beaches (Elafonisi etc!) Our room had plenty of space with a huge double bed and the bathroom was good. Hotel facilities are superb. The beach area is lovely and big choice of pools. We particularly enjoyed the jazz nights with the Marmitas band!

All good