St. Constantin Hotel

We spent a week here all inclusive at the start of September. Our hotel room itself was amazing, we had a swim up pool to our room with our own private balcony! The room was cleaned every other day (minus Sundays) and the cleaners were super thorough. The hotel is situated just off from the beach, from the bottom entrance it’s literally across the street from the beach! There is a really good bar on the beach where we watched an international dance night and fire show, they seem to have different themed nights all the time. Expensive though! There’s a little shop within the hotel grounds which is ideal but more shops just outside the resort. The food was basic all inclusive food, the hotel itself is mainly catered toward French and German so the food and entertainment is provided for them really. We didn’t mind as we were out most nights but as a solely English speaker it may be a bit boring! Overall it was a lovely stay and a short taxi to the aquarium. I also highly recommend doing the day trip that includes a boat trip to the leper island and a BBQ!

Booked the swim up rooms in St Constantin hotel in Gouves Crete and was pleasantly surprised after some recent reviews. The Hotel is very spread out over a large area, with older buildings and newer extension. The room itself was excellent quality, cleaned every day except Sunday’s. The main restaurant was buffet style . Breakfast was very European catering for all tastes including UK “Full English” All other meals were Cretan based but quite international . The selection was enough to give everyone a choice, and also had a kids corner, catering for the youngsters. The desserts were superb including a chocolate fountain agin for the little ones. Fish day was amazing and included snails, octopus and superb stuffed sardines. Outside there was a snack bar open 11 am to 7 pm with smaller choice but again excellent quality. All inclusive drinks were available from 10.30 till 22.00 , ranging from help yourself beer, wine, soft drinks and coffees/teas. The cocktail bar also had a limited selection of cocktails using local spirits. There were three main pools, one pool near the restaurant with music, kids water slides and sunbeds. A second pool by the cocktail bar was a little quieter and the large pool was mostly adults with no music, just relaxation and conversation. There was a sandy beach nearby with two beds and an umbrella at reasonable prices. Entertainment nightly was a mix of kids early on and adults later. The team worked had in three languages to provide fun and laughter. Would add that Gouves is a very quiet resort, more for relaxation than wild nightlife. Overall our stay was really enjoyable and would definitely recommend and consider returning again.

Positives Excellent phone signal Near the airport Nice location Good road links Food is ok, wide choice. All inclusive wine is weak There are nice restaurants in the local area. Clean room, regular towel and linen changes. Staff are friendly. Good price. On site parking. Clean room. Hair dryer, fridge and a fixed retractable clothes airer on balcony. Shop on site is open until 22.00 . There is a supermarket next door which has a wider selection and is cheaper. Near beach. Nice local restaurants off site. Seats loungers on balcony. We upgraded to the newer part of the hotel. Negatives One key card for room. Air con switches off when room key card is not in slot. Plastic cups for drinks. All inclusive wine and beer was tasteless. Soft drinks were ok. Some of the food gets past it best when left in the sun. You need to bring your own beach towel. Hotel is looking tired in places.