We absolutely love Aquila Elounda Village resort! The accommodation is a of a high standard and the staff are exceptional; warm, friendly and focussed on ensuring you have a lovely holiday. We are a family of 4 adults and it suited us all - whether sunbathing on the private beach or deck, swimming in the sea or pools, hanging out at the Beach Bar, enjoying the spectacular views and best of all the delicious cuisine. We stayed Premium All Inclusive and found it to be excellent value, with the drinks and water and plenty of choice. The main restaurant serves delicious food choices and the a la carte restaurants offered plenty of options within the all inclusive at a very high standard of cuisine. We have high food standards and we loved it all! There is a resort cocktail menu which we enjoyed trying out. Entertainment is tasteful - a beach party one evening and a disco another and there are various activities during the day to take part in - nothing is obvious though, all discreet and well done. Location is excellent with just a short taxi ride to Elounda or Agios Nikolaos. Spinolonga is well worth a visit - a highlight for us!

Nothing, although do be aware it is on a cliff with plenty of walking and steps to get from the top to the beach - not suitable for those with mobility issues.

The hotel is great. Private beach one of the best I ever been. Service was great, we had an upgraded huge room, wine and cake as a welcome gift. Stuff was really helpful. Area is beautiful and quiet.

Prices inside of hotel are very high (restaurants, bar, spa, water sport), we had one dinner at hotel restaurant and it was disappointing. my recommendation is to go to nearby restaurant's for dinner. Great attraction, much better value for money and stunning views. The inside of hotel is a bit old. There is no toilet kit, only a bottle of a shower gel/shampoo.

The open spaces and general layout of the property but most of all the friendliness, efficiency and congeniality of all the staff. Truly amazing!

I would have preferred a walk in shower to the bath with a shower since this entailed hopping over the bath to have a shower. I also would like to point out that while the design of the main pool is amazing I think it’s not very practical since there is very little area for loungers around it. I would also recommend taking beach shoes to access the sea from the sand since there are a number of large slippery stones before one gets to the deeper water

If you want to have good vacation, do nothing, drink good wines, eat good food and have the best rest - it’s place for you. We reset our bodies here, it’s so quiet place, peacefull. You have pools, good sea spot, restaurants, bars, mini market, spa.. Everyday you can track plans and events at the hotel by their app. There are excursions, movie nights, and many more. It’s far from airport and city, but it’s village, just for the rest. If you want to go to different beaches, restaurants, you need to rent a car. We had the best 6 nights here and then went to Malia for 2 nights to have a little fun at discos, bars and crowd, the best decision!

Everythings perfect! You have to know if you have all incl. it’s not all incl. 😂 You have to pay many of food/drinks, but a little bit cheaper prices.

Beautiful location, good beach infrastructure, several pools. Good buffet breakfast. Staff is quite kind and helpful, but they are overwhelmed. No kids so very quiet!

Lots of stairs everywhere so if you are not very mobile I would not recommend, you also cant access the beach then. Dont out you phone next to the key card as it deactivates the card, this is something that should be addressed, exactly because it can be cumbersome to walk back to reception(the hotel is on a hill). Hot drinks come sometimes extremely slowly during breakfast. Some body lotion would be nice in the rooms.

Amazing hotel with superb views, great layout and exceptional hospitality [pre- season review] We have picked this hotel for a pre- season getaway to have a relaxed time at the seaside. I pretty much expected no crowds around and being able to relax in a beautiful environment. The hotel has everything to fulfil that. * It was well pre- season, the hotel only opened a couple of days before we arrived, so some outlets ( beach bar, garden restaurant, etc..) were still not open, but I kind of anticipated that. The main season on Crete is clearly just starting after mid- April. Outdoor and indoor pools were all up, main restaurant was serving breakfast and dinner that time. There were barely any guests around, so it was really a great escape - exactly what we wanted. ** Check- in / check out was very smooth, probably the best experience ever - everyone at the front desk was super helpful and kind, Eleni, Maria and Alexandra are all very professional and looked after us well all the time throughout our stay. We have been upgraded to a Junior suite with sea view ( thank you!) - and shown to our room, and explained everything. *** The suite was well equipped, A/C was working well, beds were comfortable, bath/ shower was nice, good pressure, great temperatures. We've had both a smaller and a bigger balcony - one with table and chairs, the other one with loungers. **** Housekeeping did a great job, the room was attended every day, properly cleaned and items replenished. ***** Since some outlets were not open, we had to get our drinks from the main restaurant / bar, but this was always sorted without delay with the best customer service ever. Christos and his team has shown excellent hospitality all the time. Breakfast had a good offer and was always tasty. We have dinner at the hotel only once - which was great - the rest of the days we have been trying various local restaurants. (good variety in the village)

Not much to mention really. Maybe - if at least one of the outdoor pools would be heated - it would contribute a lot to guest experience of people who are staying out of main season (and hot weather). I still did swim in both the pool and the sea though. :-)

quite private, clean and amazing views

the all inclusive didn’t include everything in the other two restaurants as well as some drinks were not free. lack of snacks throughout the day (only has beach bar with toasties etc and had to be ‘sat down’ to get these). sooooo many wasps everywhere but not the hotels fault! we had our own private pool which was nice- I would’nt have wanted to try find a sun bed as there was a lot of people and a lack of space to sunbathe as pool tiny and many people were sunbathing on deck at the sea.

Everything was so nice and clean with a professional upkeep. The spa was perfect and our therapist Eva was amazing. It was a little pricey but worth it.

The restaurant maribello ruined the last night for us, we left hungry to search for another restaurant, we paid for food that we didn't get. And i have to say that it is a 5 star hotel but this restaurant takes a few points to off from this exceptional resort.

We absolutely loved our stay at the hotel. Our room was an excellent size and we had a beautiful view overlooking the sea. The room was also well cleaned every day. We were all inclusive and the food and drinks were brilliant. The food in the main buffet is average for dinner but the food at the two a la carte restaurants - Culinarium and Mirabello - is absolutely delicious (make sure you book in advance of your stay on the app as they get booked up). The service all round was also wonderful - special shout-out to the lovely Babis who always served us wonderfully at Mirabello and made our trip special! It’s a 30 minute walk into Elounda square which was great. The airport transfer that the hotel organised for us (at an extra cost) was also excellent and high quality. Overall, we loved our stay - perfect for couples - and would definitely come back again.

A couple of minor improvement suggestions from us: 1. We think it would be good if the hotel had signs that we could put on the door to say ‘please make up our room’ or ‘please do not disturb’ so that housekeeping knew when to clean the room as we often had to ask them to please come back as we were still sleeping! 2. We also think it would be good if the beach bar was open a little bit later so that you can have a drink by the beach / pool as the sun is going down.

loved the views, private pool, all inclusive option, and the smaller private restaurants

everything isn’t included in “all inclusive” which makes it hard to understand what you can/can’t have. the most popular food and drinks aren’t included, so you end up spending money on top of a lot of money spent to stay there. very few excursions/activities available. wish they had offered transportation to see more of what the island had to offer.