Seaside A Lifestyle Resort - Adults Only

This was our first time at the hotel and visiting Crete and thoroughly enjoyed the week! The hotel service, rooms, food, housekeeping and al a carte dining was amazing! We especially enjoyed the Japanese restaurant called UMI and would recommend visiting all the Al a cartes when staying here. The room we had was very clean and had the most amazing view. Luckily the hotel is in a prime spot for views over the sea and sunset! We would not hesitate to come back here and highly recommend this to anyone wanting to visit Crete and Heraklion.

A wonderful 6-night stay at the Seaside resort! I found myself largely confused by a lot of the critiques left in the reviews of this hotel that we read before our trip. The hotel is perfectly situated in a beautiful position 30 minute drive from Heraklion. Its staggered setting on the cliff side lends a feeling of a small - but luxe - village. We found exploring the different routes really enjoyable and helped us clock up our step count for the day! We were happy to receive two nights at the a la carte: the Japanese fusion was great but Oceano was simply beautiful - both of a quality far superior to even standalone restaurants found in cities. The food was of great quality in the buffet with evening variations enough to not feel repetitive for nearly a week stay, and the all inclusive drinks never left us feeling like we were exhausting the menu. Our room (355) was not one of the rustic-chic rooms the hotel uses to advertise the hotel, but our room was still smart and exceptionally clean and had an incredible balcony view of the sunrise. The main hotel reception and bar is stunningly modern and perfectly styled. There are early-worm sunbed-savers as you would expect, but there are so many areas for you to sunbathe we never felt disappointed with our spot. Our favourite spot was on the lowest level a staircase down from the pool, on decking right on the cliff edge. The bar and restaurant staff were all absolutely wonderful and welcoming - Elena and Stavros very much standing out for their personality and service. We decided to break our trip up with a trip to Heraklion city, easily accessible by bus from the hotel. I would happily stay here again, a perfect little oasis to escape and enjoy.

Thank you to Seaside for the best holiday my Fiancée and I have ever had. We stayed in room 45 that was a swim up room with a sea view and it was absolutely stunning. From the room we had a view of the sea which is a crystal clear emerald and the cliffs. Just outside the room was a shared balcony area with a shared infinity pool overlooking the beach and the pictures the hotel use are not edited or made to seem better than they actually are. What you see is genuinely what you get. There are 3 a la carte restaurants on site and I would recommend booking these on the day of arrival for your best chance to visit all 3, and they are all worth a visit. The customer relations staff were brilliant in getting us booked in for these, we had to go on a waiting list for Umi but managed to get in the same day. We were planning on heading into Heraklion for a couple of nights rather than eating at the buffet restaurant but after our first time eating there decided it wasn't worth heading out! The food at the buffet in my opinion was restaurant standard and there was a huge variety. Even though it was self serve the restaurant still presented each dish very nicely. The desserts here are also incredible and so photogenic. We had a couples massage whilst we were here and the masseuses were brilliant , the massages are on the expensive side however I would expect this at a 5* resort and you get what you pay for here. We were unsure whether to get our first massage but after experiencing that decided to book back in for another before we flew home. We did make use of the on-site gym which has enough things to get by but not loads of equipment etc. We also attended a yoga session which was really nice and relaxing and the yoga instructor was friendly and patient. There is also a padel court and tennis court free to book, we played a bit of padel one of the evenings which was great. All in all the views are the huge selling point of this resort and we would come back purely for that reason, however the food and facilities are truly top tier as well. The final cherry on top is that the staff here are truly wonderful and really make this hotel what it is. There are so many staff members we would love to name as they deserve recognition but unfortunately we have forgotten a lot of the names; however special mention to Giorgios who went out of his way to help and speak to us; the night staff Leonidas who showed us around once we arrived and really set the standard for the staff, Mario at the bars and the girls at Pelagos pool bar. The maid service here is also amazing and they are so friendly, always have a huge smile on their face! Whilst not necessary due to the staff knowing multiple languages, I would really recommend learning some small Greek phrases, it really puts a smile on the staffs face and we are visiting their country after all! Absolutely superb holiday and we can't wait to visit again!