Driades Apartments

Stayed at the Driades for 9 days in August. The apartment was lovely with a huge balcony and a fabulous view. The pool was a good size and we were looked after well at the bar by George. Apartments were cleaned regularly and was stocked with everything to make basic snack meals. Some review's said it wasn't suitable for some people due to the hills leading up to it. How right they are being at the top of the village. But take your time enjoy the view on the way up them have a cold beer when you get there to cool down !!

we had booked a one bedroom apartment, & viewed reviews and pictures online including Driades own website pictures so we knew there were a lot of steps, an extra 7 euros per day for the air-con, a steep hill to the appartments from the road and that the rooms were basic before we went, which we had accepted upon arrival we were shown to our room, which was in the middle of the hill so it could have been worse, when we got to the room we were very disappointed that it was not the same as the pictures online pictures on Driades website show a rectangle room with the bedroom & bathroom off this & a small cooking area, this was not what we received I was told all the one bed apartments are the same & informed them this is not what is on their website to which i didnt really get an answer the apartment itself was clean, but just not what had been expected views from the balcony were good & this was the most pleasant area of the room the pool area was nice enough, wifi not great from room, didnt try at bar area, no TV, no microwave just a couple of electric rings at the end of the sink/draining board we were so disappointed we decided to take a trip to Chania and book something there for a couple of days there were no bowls? and mismatch of a few kitchen items also if i am going to pay 7 euros a day for aircon i would like it in more than just the bedroom i will add pictures rather than pick more holes

These apartments are very basic and could do with updating but they are clean and tidy and the views are outstanding. The staff were wonderful and could not do more to help us throughout our whole stay. We were a family of 5 (a 7 year old a 5 year old and a 4 month old) and had a wonderful break here, all I would say is that if your little ones do not like walking then the hill up to this hotel will not be for you as it is very steep and you are very high up. We were lucky that our children are used to plenty of hill walking so for us it was fine. The beach was a good 20 minute walk down the hill for us with little legs and a pushchair and then we got a taxi back up the hill for €7 each time! The pool is lovely a great depth and when we were there very quiet, it was getting busier during our last couple of days. The children’s pool is very very small. The pool bar was lovely, with a fantastic view of the sunset in the evenings and then you are a 5 minute walk to some wonderful restaurants for dinner. We had a really relaxing break here, very quiet and chilled which is just what we wanted.