Golden Beach

My wife and I booked this hotel for two weeks. Last week of June and first week of July. We got a taxi from Heraklion airport. Didn’t book. Just come out onto the front of airport and taxi rank to your left. They have a map of the island indicating the cost to all destinations. Airport to hotel cost €45. The road was dual carriageway all the way and took approximately 25 minutes. Upon entering the hotel, you are greeted with an opulent reception. It looks like a very large boutique hotel! The staff walk around with a permanent smile and greet you every time. Morning is ‘kalemeras’ Afternoon into evening ‘kalasperas’ Our room is on the first floor or the third floor, depending on which lift you use! Turn left out your door you are on 1st floor, turn right, it’s the third! The chap from reception showed us to our room, which was sea view on the side of the hotel. Lovely view but be warned. The aircon expels out onto the balcony. If one is sitting on the balcony and the other is inside chilling, you will be roasted by the warm air as it flows around your legs! Everything you could want from a hotel room is there. A bed, which is extremely comfortable. I have sleep apnea so I’ve always been a critique when it comes to beds. These are long enough and strong enough to cater for 6’ 1” frame and the weight that comes with it! Sadly, although there is a wardrobe, with plenty of hangers, my wife’s dresses do not hang properly, so crease at the bottom. There are two thin drawers at the bottom, which you can put your underwear in but they are literally on the floor and are about 4” depth. It really could you with a chest of drawers, even bedside cabinets, instead of the side tables. However, it is what it is. Not a major problem but it does feel cluttered. The bed linen is changed daily and, with temperature not dropping below 25 C or 26 C every night, this is a welcome event! The ladies I’ve seen doing this role always smile and say good morning. It’s nice to be greeted regularly like this. The hotel can be proud of all their staff. I know it is expected but to keep it going 24/7 365 is impressive! ❤️ Ok. Bathroom. Sadly this is/was my personal biggest issue. Typical hotel bathroom, with a toilet, walk in shower, was basin. I’m used to toilets that that when seat yourself, it’s like sitting on a chair (I said sitting!!). These are like sitting on toilets you might find in an infants school!! When you expect your bum to be on the toilet seat, you still have another distance to go!! If you have dodgy knees, you may need assistance…. The shower was a major problem! It is small square shower, I estimate a 600 x 600 tray. The sliding doors are half and half, so the slide apart by approximately 150mm. I’m not going to lie, 6’ 1” I carry some extra baggage! I could not get into the shower!! This was, I’m sure you would agree, going to be a bit of a problem. A quick visit to reception to discuss the issue and see if any other rooms were available with a bigger

Just returned from a weeks stay at Golden Beach. Nothing to fault. We had a great time!! Right on the beach. €18 to rent 2 sunbeds and an umbrella for the day. We did this everyday. Well worth your money. Wouldn’t go down until 10am most mornings and would still have a choice of sunbed. However, cannot see this being the case during the summer holidays. Plenty of bars and restaurants right on the doorstep. Will say that the shower was on the small side, but did the job and was much more powerful than what I’ve had at other hotels. Overall, we had a great time at Golden Beach and can’t wait to come back

When we arrived in Hersonissos which was approx 1am, we were left in the street with shady instructions how to walk to the hotel - which was quite daunting when you didn't know the place, when found entrance we paid the holiday tax - approx £50 then 3 euro a day for safe, if you wanted a sunbed on the beach it was 18 euros a day, 3 euros for a towel oh & when your flight home is midnight you have to vacate your room at 11am but you can pay 30 euro to keep it til 3pm and 10 euro for each hour thereafter if you keep your luggage in a locker it's 2 euro - so they like your money. Food was repeated & carried onto the next day - the restaurant manager was quite annoying walking up & down - his staff didn't dare be friendly. Room was clean, nothing to rave about - we had paid for a room with a sea view, but on the 2nd floor, the verandah was concrete so unless you were stood up you couldnt see anything but concrete. Location was central - staff on reception were pleasant, but I won't be going back! I would not rate it 4 star

Attractive entrance to the Hotel We found all the staff were very welcoming, the room was big enough us, the bathroom was very dated and very dark. towels in the room were in some places threadbare Downside of the Hotel 18 euros A Day for two sun beds 3 euros for a beach towel 3 euros a day for the safe

We enjoyed our stay here. The location was great. We used the local bus to go to Heraklion, Knossos Malia and Stalis. Would recommend walking up to the villages in the hills, Piskopiano and Koutouloufari, very pretty. We stayed half board and the food was excellent! Friendly staff. Unfortunately the rooms let this hotel down. They were a little tired, not modern as the hotel states and the shower was very small. However, the bed was very comfortable and the rooms were cleaned daily.

Hotel Golden Beach Hersinissos, Criti! An acceptable hotel. I chose it because it seemed to have the beach nearby and it's not far from Helaklion International airport, if the flight is very early in the morning that's a plus! But... the room is small, small, the bathroom has a very small shower. The safe is paid! The food (half board) was good and varied. All the staff are kind, but with a tip it's even kinder (normal, isn't it!?)... For the 4-star standard, the room space is too small, otherwise it was cleaned and the towels and bedding were changed according to the standard. The beds are quite comfortable, the balcony is narrow and long, the side street where the windows were is quite quiet, except early in the morning when the garbage truck came (but it passes quickly...). In the balcony you have a place to spread the wet clothes from the beaches and the towels. If there were some shelves in the room (above the suitcase rack), it would be a great help for customers. I didn't notice any mosquitoes or bugs... The beach is very small, under any criticism, with slippery boulders and stones, sunbeds and umbrellas are expensive. In the swimming pool on the roof of the hotel, the water was warmer than in the sea. it was not crowded, few people. There the sunbeds and umbrellas are not paid for! A good beach is at a distance of about 8-10 minutes on foot on the seashore or on the main street (STAR ​​BEACH). Sunbeds are cheaper than at the beach at the Golden Beach Hotel. Satisfactory experience, towards a really pleasant vacation. I recommend if you don't know much in the small room and you are not a healthy -bulky person (you don't enter the shower)... In general it is an acceptable place for the money paid.