Giannoulis – Cavo Spada Luxury Sports & Leisure Resort & Spa

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Nice location, easy to get to beaches, 20 min to Chania. Great spa- kind staff, great breakdfast
  : The photos on booking.com were false and deceptive. Our room was fine but it was a sea view overlooking a half built complex. There is no room - as far as I could see that has a view of the pool, sea and with cushioned chairs and sofa on the balcony.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Good location of hotel and very quiet. Lovely pool area with direct pool access from room. Very good buffet breakfast.
  : The gym required advance booking and only one hotel room at a time could use it, making it impractical and generally unavailable - staff did not provide access even though it was empty, saying it was booked.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : +Fantastic room facing into a super, large pool and close to the beach +Room cleaned every day +Friendly staff
  : -Transport from airport, you have to pay for your own taxi at 65, would have thought that a self declared 5 star resort would provide transport for residents at no cost -Food was reasonable but there was an annoying habit of beginning to remove it quite early -Facilities for children, there is a 'club' but it is geared for infants and there were no organised activities or facilities for our 7 year old. When we were booking, we specifically asked about facilities and events for a 7 year old and we were told there were things happening every day. This was clearly not the case. This is a particular sore point. -Poor night time entertainment. There were performances three nights a week but they finished at 10pm and weren't super entertaining. Nothing the other evenings. We stayed in another, supposedly lower grade, resort in Crete in 2017 where there was something happening every evening until at least 11pm. The resort was isolated which gave us no other options. We were clearly not the only people who weren't satisfied with this. -There could also be some more activities and events for adults. To be fair, there was a Swedish lady who ran yoga and pool aerobics every day and there were some 'fish' nights but they could easily expand the activities. In summary, we had a very pleasant and relaxing 2 weeks but we felt that Cavo Spada could be more proactive in laying on some activities for both children and adults at little cost (or which they could easily recover through small fees). It feels that they have a good resort but could put in a little additional effort to make it really great. It cannot really claim 5 star status otherwise.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Good
Traveller Type:
  : The food was amazingNice staff
  : The pool isn't deep max 1.10m,The pebbles beach was a little bit inconvenient with high wavesThe staff were nice but didn't help as expected from a 5* resortThe sofa bed didn't have an electrical socket next to it

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : Great breakfast. Many choices and something for everyone. No matter what time we came to eat there was always almost full plates and much to choose from.
  : The housekeeping was a bit hasty with entering when knocking, so just be good with sign on the door if its not a good time for them to enter.