Minos Palace Hotel & Suites - Adults Only

The staff was simply amazing and super friendly! The food was good, the pool and beach facilities all very incredible and convenient.

Not about the property itself, but the guests leave towels to reserve chairs at the beach or at the pool but just for precaution it seems. We watched chairs with towels empty for more than 2 hours and people arriving at the beach with no place to sit because of it. The hotel could watch it more actively to avoid this behavior.

experience of a lifetime. been to many beautiful places , but this hotel beats them all ! Location, architecture, interior design, landscaping of the gardens, pool , access to the private beach and sea , restaurants and ever so friendly and helpful staff. absolutely recommendable.

possibly the selection of cold meats at breakfast, but who needs meat if you can have such wonderful fresh fruits and greek yoghurts with honey? if there is one thing I would recommend to change then this is the choice of music at the bars and restaurants. This endless soundtrack of Ibiza style lounge music mainly by secondary type of artists, who cover all kinds of known hits and force them into a flat and lifeless electronical straitjacket is nervewracking. Especially since there is so much cool and real music out there ! To invite a DJ to entertain at the bar and this DJ plays just the same playlists - that tops it. What a difference it makes when you then hear a real greek trad band the next night !

We spent one week at Minos Palace Hotel and we really enjoyed its beautiful location and equipments. The team is smiling, responsive and customer-focused. The hotel is perched on a hill overlooking the sea. It offers multiple viewpoints towards the sea or/and towards Agios Nikolaos, great at dinner and breakfast. The infinity pool is also great and I really enjoyed going every morning before breakfast to the small private beach of the hotel. The breakfast buffet is good and varied. To get great food at Minos Palace Hotel, book a table at the peaceful Inblu Restaurant! We loved our two dinners there. It takes you 30 minutes to walk (along a road) to the city center.

There are a number secluded sunbathing areas around the beach / sea, some are completely private. High quality sun beds for a relaxing time. A very nice beach bar where you can sit and have a drink or you can order from your sun bed via their app. which the bar staff will bring to you 🙂

The pool opening times are a bit restrictive (10am to 6pm) if you wanted an early morning swim. It’s also not heated which wouldn’t be a problem in mid summer, but a bit chilly in May.

Absolutely everything. Only one example, see image below: When you sit down at your breakfast table, the waiter is immediately at your place and even turns around the coffe cup for you, in order to relieve you from this kind of hard work :) ... that is the way of life that continues for the rest of your day.

The dumbbells in the fitness room are too light, the heaviest one is 10kg. Instead of the large amount of small weights there schould propably also be 2x12kg and 2x15kg. ... yes, after a stay of 11 days that is indeed everything that comes to my mind when I think about what I did not like...

Infinite edge main pool was awesome. Large property with room to walk the grounds and spots to relax at waters edge.

Closet doors scraped the floor. Dinner buffet bit uninspiring.

First the staff they were amazing friendly and very helpful, especial thanks to Marina, Mariana and Sofia and all reception staff

Only recommendation to have more machines in the GYM like elliptical

I loved absolutely everything about this hotel. It’s one of those places – as you walk in through the front door, you immediately have a sense that you’ve arrived somewhere very special. That feeling is confirmed at reception as the very charming staff are so welcoming and super-efficient. I stayed in an ‘Infinity Room’ which had a balcony with a perfect uninterrupted sea view, across to the nearby islands. The room itself was beautifully designed, well-equipped and incredibly comfortable. The swimming pool, the gardens, the restaurants, the little beach, all of the many sun-beds, the design of the entire hotel… it was just perfect. The buffet breakfast was amazing – all tastes catered for! I loved the daily yoga and fitness training classes in the open-sided pavilion, again with lovely sea views. It’s quite a large hotel but never feels so, such is the lay-out and architecture and the extensive grounds. The walk into nearby Agios Nikolaos was easy, taking about 30 minutes, with many shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. I also enjoyed drives to nearby Sitia and to Plaka for the boat across to Spinalonga Island, the atmospheric one-time leper colony. There’s a lot to see and do in the area, although it was hard to tear myself away from the beautiful hotel. Thank you to all the lovely staff for ensuring I had such an amazing stay. I very much hope to be able to return. 

It’s not the fault of the hotel, but why do ‘adults’ get up at the crack of dawn to ‘reserve’ sun-beds with towels etc? There were plenty to go around with this sort of childish behaviour.

Amazing venue and views, private beach

Gym has very limited equipment Restaurant offer and quality could be better

Gorgeous. Stunningly built into the scenery and very natural design. Staff was amazing and everything was top notch.