Solimar Aquamarine Resort

Typical all-inclusive resort… average food, pool too cold, basic service, too far from everything (far from the beach, far from Chania). The room is clean and well equipped. 1F ‘garden’ rooms feel a bit like a basement.

Me and my bestfriend have just spent two weeks at Solimar Aquamarine. We booked a double room with private pool and we loved it! Every summer we book a girls trip and travel for two weeks together. This has to be the two most relaxing weeks we have had. As mentioned we had a room with private pool so we did not use the shared pool area at the hotel, but we did notice that it is not that big. Our stay was to weeks from the start of and to the middle of june, so not in high season. All the sunbeds by the main pool was taken our three last days so we are wondering if there is enough beds in july and august(?) Don’t know how full the hotel was when we stayed there, but we know that it’s 104 rooms here so it might work out well. Also the kids pool is located a bit by itself and it’s an okay amount of sunbeds there. We only used our private pool but the shared pool area at the hotel looked clean and nice. Every night when we ate dinner in the all inclusive restaurant we could see while sitting outside that there was staff cleaning the sunbeds and tables by the pool, it always looked good and clean in the moring when we went for breakfast. The all inclusive buffè is clean and the staff there is nice and friendly. For lunch and dinner they serve water, wine, soda and the drinks you want (those who are included in the all inclusive) to the guests table. We really liked that and it made the meals feel more «exlusive» instead of in hotels where you have to go get your drinks on your own at the buffè. The food might be one of the few things we are a bit disapponted with. Some days it was good! for example when it seemed like there was a theme like mexican (taco, burrito and so on) and greek night (gyros, both self made and ready-made) but some days we did not find that much that tempted. We are not picky and we usually like the most of food, but unfortuanately we were a bit disappointed.. if there had been more focus on themes it would have been easier to put together a meal. We think there is potential for improvement with some small changes :) However the desert is really good! Two times we ordered food to the room, this was not good. 5 euro for delivering it from the restaurant to the room and 20 euro for a small burger and soggy fries.. hate to say it but that was not worth the money. The beach is a three minute walk away and it’s nice and quiet. Free sunbeds and many days there were just a few people there. Sand by the beds and almost down to the sea, but be aware of stones just in front of the water. If you travel to Gerani you should know this if you do a tiny bit of research, so we can’t understand the negative feedbacks on this from other guests.. we liked it. Sometimes it could fill up with a lot of small insects in our private pool, but as soon as we told the staff in the reseption they fixed it within and our. We would like to say a big THANK YOU SO MUCH to Bruna! The lady who cleaned so thoroughly and made our room, and with a big smile

Typical all-inclusive 'resort'. Pool too cold, food pretty standard, too far away from the beach (can't see the beach from the resort, only can see the ocean in the distance) or the city (Chania is 30 mins drive away). The risk is always they have to accommodate families for the buffet, which results into a mix of fries, mini pizza's and average, not too outspoken local food). The snacks at the pool were pretty bad (dry sausage-bread and some cake for instance. The water melon was probably the best). For the same costs you could easily get a better room and enjoy much better food in the city or other nearby restaurants. Rooms are clean, but the room we had felt like a basement. The images they share is always the best one, but the basic 'garden' room on 1F is dark and sad. The room itself was clean and well equipped, excellent (warm) water pressure in the shower. I would not recommend this place.

I recommend that you make a reservation for a vacation and enjoy the food and the environment with your family. The hotel staff are very friendly and polite, the food is very tasty and varied, and very clean, clean rooms with the best service.

Just on our last night of a weeks stay here- and we’ve loved every minute. The hotel is nicely spread out, and is very clean and tidy. The pool area is lovely- comfy sun beds and more than enough for everybody. Food is really good and there something for everyone. All inclusive drinks are very good- lots of options including many cocktails- and the beer is great. Not a great deal going on in terms of entertainment- but that suited us fine. Only downside is it’s in the middle of nowhere- but there is a bus stop right outside the hotel. Had a really relaxing holiday and would stay again in a heartbeat. Beds really comfy too!!

Great stay at Solimar. DINA at front helped us with literally everything during our stay in Crete. We would be lost without her help. The hotel is very clean, the food was good and the staff was helpful always. Little far from attractions, so you might want to rent a car or you can hop on the bus. The stop is right front of the hotel.