포델레 비치 워터 파크 리조트

It's a lovely resort which feels like a small village. The food is awesome, the staff are awesome, the pools the beach you name it. Daughter loves the train that goes back and forth up the mountain all day. Honestly can't pick fault with anything! For those that are interested, it's about €40-50 Euro to Knossos Palace and the museum and take around 30 minutes.

We stayed for a week at Fodele with our 7 and 9 year old. The facilities were great, and the food was fantastic. This was our first all-inclusive holiday and we really enjoyed it. Our kids really enjoyed the evening entertainment (live band, disco). The entertainment team were so good and really made the holiday for our kids. Breakfast, lunch and evening buffets were great and plenty of choice. The a-la-carte restaurants offered a really nice dining experience and the staff were brilliant with our kids. Water park was really fun and the beach was nice too. No real negatives, thank you Fodele!

If you have experienced 5* service - this is not it. Good food but not massive variety. Queuing to get in for dinner . Friendly and attentive waiting staff in Cretan and Greek restaurant but we could only get very late slots as they were all booked up. Food was very nice in both. We enjoyed waterpolo, tennis and volleyball and animation team was very good. Arcade was a nice change to family card games we ended up playing in the evenings . They only have news channels in English - no other channels - I guess good detox for the kids 🙂 Location - picturesque but quite secluded - you have to depend on the hotel and onsite shop ( extortionate prices) Rooms - not quite 5*/ empty fridge / hair dryer only worked 2 min at the time No communication around opening times of aquapark or pools - we have spent hours trying to check if / when it will be opened ( there were issues with the dust storm ) and the hotel team worked hard to clean the hotel to bring it to usable state. While weather was not their fault -communication around changes to working facilities would go a long way. No space at the main pool ever to have a lounger until late in the afternoon (4 pm) We have resorted to sharing 1 or 2 between 4 of us and it wasn’t even high season. Rooms not cleaned to good standard , despite number of requests . SPA - very nice massage from Maria end Effie but not transparent with pricing and received different than prepaid and agreed treatment . You are asked to give your reviews pretty much in front of them I was quite taken aback and couldn’t be bothered with writing much at the time but I’m still really upset at how they have tricked me into paying upfront. No late check out service so we were asked to move to 2 person room when we have asked for this service- and charged £175 - now it’s the highest I’ve ever had to pay so wasn’t that happy but it was a patchy weather and we were flying at 1 am in the morning. I was remained that we were allowed to stay on the hotel grounds until my late departure and should be happy about that. Overall disappointing and would not recommend unless you lower your expectations !

We stayed here for a week with our 5 year old, we had a great time. The double room we booked was lovely clean and modern but slightly too small for a family. We moved rooms with no problem the next morning to the family room - definitely worth booking if there is more than 2 people. Kids club was enjoyed & mini disco - great animation team! Food was really good, loads to choose from & fresh. We didn't try the bookable restaurants as the buffet restaurant was always good! Drinks were great and high quality - named spirits and soft drinks. Beach was kept clean and tidy & beach bar was good so close by. The pools were cold but fine once you were in! Waterpark was good as it had the shallow pool for little ones and a beach style pool too. It got noticeably busier nearer the end of our week as the half term started, this is when there were queues for dinner but plenty of space to have a drink and relax whilst waiting. Everywhere in the hotel was so clean, poolside facilities were great with everywhere kept clean and tidy. Really friendly and helpful staff! Lovely hotel for a chilled holiday.

Everything has been excellent apart from the weather but we have enjoyed the hotel, rooms, food etc. i especially enjoyed the back neck and head massage with Maria at the Aegeo spa. I’ve never had a deep tissue massage before and it was very relaxing.