Arina Beach Resort

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Perfect location, beach, food and service
  : Planes are often and fly very close to the hotel, at night can be bothering, but for kids it is rather an entertainment

Fair
Traveller Type: Group Traveler
  : Very clean.
  : Hotel is an all inclusive. But they do everything in their power to make you feel it is not. In the VIP bar they only have one to two bar tenders working max which means you are waiting at least 15 minutes to get drinks.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Size of our room (beachfront bungalow, no pool) was perfect for us (2 adults, 1 toddler). There was always space/chairs available at the beach or pool. The private beach is handy, and there is plenty of space. The waves were quite strong, and there is a long sandbar just a few meters from the beach so there are waves for a long distance. The water is clear blue and warm. The food variety was good. Plenty of fun for kids (entertainment and water park). Some of the staff were helpful, especially the bellboys who drive you and your bags to your room on a golfcart. The location is ideal, only 10 minute's drive from the airport, and the property is long and thin along the beach, meaning you're never far from the water. It is located right under the airport landing pathway, which was fun for us to watch planes all day and it was not too noisy, but may not be your thing.
  : Our room is "beachfront" but the beach is below a high wall, so to get to the beach you need to walk some distance in either direction it wasn't as simple as using the beach chairs on the lawn of the room, we needed to use chairs further away in the sand. There were ants in the room on arrival but this wasn't an issue throughout the stay. The sliding door in our room was incredibly hard to open, and required all of our strength. Pillows lacked variety between soft/hard, and the ones in our room were almost like balloons where it was hard to flatten them. The beds themselves were a bit stiff.On arrival the "Single room" we had booked for my mother was placed in the "annex" (a separate building across a street from the main property) despite it not being labelled as "annex" or "adults only" when booking (as other rooms are). Their website states that single rooms are located "throughout the property". To move my mother out of the annex, we had to pay an extra 50eur per night. This was frustrating, but worth it. The annex is near a busy highway that is very loud with traffic, even at night.The staff service in the restaurant was hit or miss. Sometimes they cleared our used plates quickly, other times our plates would pile up at our table and we had to clear them ourselves to return to the buffet. They also appeared so busy and focused on cleaning/setting up tables that they would often be rushing around and might cut you off while you're walking around with a plate full of food. The placemats (and menus at the a la carte restaurant, strangely) were often wet as if they had just been hastily cleaned. There are naturally cicadas making noise, but there is an ill-advised tree placed in the middle of the restaurant patio, making the noise extra loud during meal times. The all-inclusive cocktails are very obviously watered down, it would take 3 or 4 if you want to 'feel anything'.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : It was very windy the whole 5 days we were there so the sea was very wavy. Not suitable for small kids. Apart from a small public beach near by with a beautiful bay. Our 5 years old could be only there. The fine sand is nice and clean. The swimming pools are great for all ages. In August, if you didnt go down to the beach at 8 in the morning, there was no chance of finding an unoccupied chair. The hotel was exceptionally clean everywhere you went. We were very disappointed to find non of the public areas of the hotel had air conditioning. Being August we suffered from the heat even in the dinning room. The selection of food was very big and looked appetizing but was not always tasty. I would never go back back there during the summer months because of the lack of air conditioning.
  : Lack of air conditioning in all public areas including dinning room.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Decent value
  : A bit far from main attractions of Crete

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Food
  : Noise of the planes, kids all aroundAlso in the spa - where no kids under 12years were allowed, but people got the little kids with them

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great room, great view, all inc. food was great
  : Not much close by, however the hotel had everything you need...