My wife and I ended our 12 day Greece honeymoon with a four day stay at the Elounda Peninsula. We arrived late in the night and were greated by a nice gentleman at the reception desk. After a brief tour of the hotel we were showed our room which was beautiful. We were delighted to find a bottle of champagne, fresh fruit and a plate of sandwiches - which was great since we had just endured a five hour ferry ride from Santorini (which was an experience...). The grounds are well manicured and very well designed. The private pool is a nice touch although we spent most of our time at the private beach area. Every morning we went down for the breakfast buffet - good assortment and attentive staff. We stayed close by for dinner. The first night we went to Calypso which was very good. Actually the whole evening was a wonderful expierece since we started off with a wine tasting in the wine cellar with Chari. It was our first formal wine tasting in a small group setting and were made to feel very comfortable. He is extremely knowledgable and answered all of our novice questions. The other nights we went to a seafood buffet and The Yacht Club. We definitely plan to return someday - we highly recommend this experience to anyone!

We arrived at the hotel late in the evening, and were given a brief introduction of the hotel and shown our Junior suite with private pool and located right on the beach. A delightful honeymoon reception awaited us, including flower petals across the mantleplace and bed, candles, fruit, and a bottle of cheap red wine.

Unfortunately our pool light wasn't working the first evening; they were not able to repair this until the next morning to our disappointment. We enjoyed the pool, although it was cooler than desired for a heated pool.

The bathroom looks nice, but the shower is way too cramped (be wary of banging your elbow). The whole room smelt of smoke, and required a lot of airing out (which should have been done before our arrival).

One of the gentleman in reception was a bit on the snobby side, instantly losing credibility with us. He was extremely reluctant to provide information of restaurants that are not part of the resort, and was reluctant to allow us to use the Par 3 golf course because we are amateurs.

We enjoyed use of the private theater. The breakfast buffet had some unique and tasty foods, but overall variety was limited.

We booked and stayed at the Elounda Peninsula hotel when it was shutting down for the season. The hotel was open to us staying in our room for the duration of the trip; we opted to stay in the more populated Porto Elounda (part of the same resort). Given this circumstance, Elounda Peninsula were extremely flexible in allowing us to pack up our things in one hotel room and move to another.

Refer to our Porto Elounda review for further commentary. There are multiple activities and restaurants occurring on the premises.

my husband and i stayed here for a week on the 18th september for our honeymoon after a long taxi ride we arrived to be welcomed by the staff with a glass of champagne .
after the formalities we were taken to our room (no 42) which overlooked the beach and sea with our own infinity pool the views were excellent where we were greeted with a bottle of champagne !
the first night we ate in the calypso restaurant which we thoroughly enjoyed it the staff were brilliant and the food was too.
breakfasts were amazing lots of choices.
we ate out every lunch sometimes in the resort which was great and sometimes in elounda which was horrendous.
we ate in the yacht club on the fish night which was ok.
we went into agios nicholias one night to eat but wished we had stayed at the hotel .
we took part in the wine tasting with chari ( hi chari ) which was great because we didnt know anything about greek wine.we found chari to be very helpfull,fun, and he knew his stuff about wine....
our last night we ate in the calypso again the staff cant do enough for you and with chari choosing our wine for us made our last night fantastic thanks to you all !!!!!!
the private beach was great when the sun did eventually come out with our beds reserved for us every day , bottles of water brought to us aswell as melon ,grapes.
all the staff were very attentive and always smiling which to me is important .
the only things i would say they need to do is put tea/coffee in the rooms and supply an iron/ board in every room ,also add some english channels to the tv
on the whole we had a lovely time on our honeymoon .

My fiance and I have just returned from a 10 day stay at the Elounda Peninsula All Suite Hotel. We flew in to LGW yesterday and can only wish we were still there!

We both had an amazing time from the point of arrival at the Hotel to our departure. We arrived at around 5am after a very 'good' taxi transfer arranged by our tour operator Sovereign. We were met at the car and taken to Reception where a kind Gentleman talked and walked us through all the details of the Hotel. We were understandably very tired so we were left fresh fruit and a bottle of champagne in our room rather than drinking upon arrival. All water is complimentary throughout the stay so we were able to cool down in the balmy summer evenings. Our bags were taken to the room for us.

We had a Peninsula Collection Suite facing the mountains rather than inland (Beach area). This is preferable as the view is breathtaking. You can see the sunrise every morning and the mountains make for a spectacular view. Our Suite was very spacious and clean (housekeeping was excellent and very thorough) and had 2 storeys. We had a balcony upstairs equipt with lounge furniture and downstairs patio doors with a patio and a private pool which was heated according to the weather. There was a hammock and more lounge furniture. All comfy and stylish. The room was cretan in style but comfortable and elegant. There was air conditioning upstairs and downstairs. A bathroom with shower downstairs and a large marble bathroom upstairs with twin basin, separate shower and jacuzzi tub which is fab! I agree about the lack of English speaking TV channels though, although one goes on holiday not expecting to watch much TV!

The restaurants at the Hotels (Porto Elounda and Elounda Mare) serve very good food (dinner and breakfast) and have commendable service. We had a very special night at the Calypso sitting outside by the infinity pool overlooking the sea. The food is Michelin starred and exceptional and the Restaurant Manager and Semelia named Chania is very attentive. He chose a perfect wine to accompany our meal and also recommended a good champagne as an apertif. The Serene Bar is set in a lovely setting also, right on the sea edge serving great cocktails. We often had our breakfast (we were bed&breakfast) on our patio by the our pool at an extra cost of just 5E.

We had fresh baked goods, wine and fruit brought to our rooms on several occasions as a gesture. We were even given a gift upon our departure by the Management and the General Manager of the Hotel came to wish us well whlist we were waiting for our return departure (whilst sipping cold mineral water)!

The Reception staff were exceptional throughout, always polite and willing to do whatever it took to help and advise throughout our stay. They are a credit to the Hotel and Owners of this amazing resort.

The Beach is also excellent and ideal to have the Private Peninsula Beach away from the Porto Elounda. It allows for a more relaxed and calm atmosphere. Again the helpful gentleman at the Beach secured and reserved our sunloungers for us each day so we had our favourite spot!

My fiance did his 15 minutes of jet skiing which he loved although 50E for this privilidge. Although expected at a 5* establishment. There are 3 boats/yachts moored at the Hotel which are used for events and boating trips. You can go to Spingalonga too which is not very far at all and worth a visit.

A taxi to Elounda is 7E and to Agios Nicolas is 12E. Very reasonable and pretty harbour villages with shops, supermarkets and restaurants a plenty.

We were always offered fresh towels each evening after house keeping had been which was not always necessary but appreciated nevertheless.

Overall the holiday was a relaxing, memorable and wonderful experience. The Peninisula is set in an amazing location with views to match. I would highly recommend a visit and cannot understand the 1* this Hotel was given by a previous guest - although we experienced a similar guest during out stay !!

Relax and Enjoy...!