Arina Beach Resort

We were staying here in August 2020, for 5 nights. First of all, the transfer was really quick, because it is close to the main Airport of Heraklion. There is a variety of rooms to choose from, because there is a main building and then a couple of additional bungalow buildings. The rooms are spacious with fridge and air-con. There is also a nice balcony with table and chairs. The beach is beautiful and they offer sunbeds and umbrellas for free. Keep in mind, the Hotel is close to the Airport, so there will be planes flying over your head a couple of times. Mostly the sound of the waves is louder anyway, so it didn't bother us. There is also two Bars located at the pool and the beach with free drinks. The newest attraction is a small water-park with toys for the kids and also three slides for kids and adults and we found the slides to be a lot of fun, very nice surprise. The Hotel offers a variety of food over the course of the day and it was always exceptional delicious! Just don't just stick with pizza and fries (which they have all time and are also good), try the salads (they were always fresh and mixed creatively), try the grilled vegetables and the fish. It was amazing, we tried to taste everything, we probably didn't succeed. ;) There is also an asian buffet every night, it was ok, but don't expect to much of it .. why do one want to eat sushi in Greece anyway? Also there was a lot of staff everywhere and right now because of Covid-19 they have to handle the buffet and give the food to you. The staff was always exceptionally nice and helpful and always smiling. It was a pleasure, thank you for that. There is also free Wifi in the Hotel and even on the beach, speed was ok (~3MBit/s), but there was a lot of packet loss and short disconnects in between. All in all an excellent stay, we will probably come back again.

Hotel is wonderful- location, food, animation, cleaness, hospitality, location, sea, beach, drinks and ice-cream. My parents are there for their summer holidays and my moms BD. Hotel arrenged a wonderful bucet of roses that may dad could present to her at the morning. Thank you for that. And at the evening was nice suprise in the room.

A big thank you for all of the staff in Arina Beach resort. Me, my wife and 12-year old son, we all really enjoyed our holidays. Very nice lady in the reception (we arrived on 26.07.2020.), who speaks at least 4 languages. The food was very good. Self service was replaced with waiters, so you can check all the food stations and tell them, what and how much you want on your plate. A little bit akward at first, but you get used to it quickly and in my opinion that's the best option on how to deal with corona virus - related restrictions. I know, that in some other hotels you are served in your room with verrrrrrry limited food options, so we were happy. The pool was nice and, the most important for us - you can jump in it (not an option in some hotels). The sea is just a few meters from the pool area, it has a nice sand beach and and nice gir.....emmm.... sunsets. The animation team was on point with no days off, even practising dance moves while waiting in line for some water. There are very nice water slides in the hotel area. Not very extreme, very suitable for children and this fatty right here. After a week long pigout in dining area I was able to create the biggest splash and received standing ovations from the kids. We had to check out at 11:00, but were allowed to leave our luggage in separate room near the reception and use all the facilities, eat, drink (not the best idea before the flight) and swim. You can use an individual room with shower, where you can prepare yourselve for leaving. Thank you!