Blue Bay Resort Hotel

“Blue bay resort Crete- Excellent Holiday”

Beautiful hotel, food was excellent, staff all very friendly and extremely helpful. Just be aware of the all inclusive drinks package. Beer wine, Raki and Ouso only

“Excellent”

We had the best time. Best views, best beaches, best food , best fun!

“Nice week”

A nice week in the sun. Friendly staff and good food. Views are beautiful. Clean rooms, restaurants and pools. Hotel rooms are slightly dated/basic but clean. We read about the hotel before we came so knew it was on a hill and lots of steps and we booked a family 2 bedroom room in an annex, our ro… more

A nice week in the sun. Friendly staff and good food. Views are beautiful. Clean rooms, restaurants and pools. Hotel rooms are slightly dated/basic but clean. We read about the hotel before we came so knew it was on a hill and lots of steps and we booked a family 2 bedroom room in an annex, our room was below the hotel and had 110 steps from room to the restaurant and a further more to reception or you could walk up the road. There were additional annex buildings to the side of the hotel and 2 min walk down the road. We think the nicest pool and bar was down the road good lunchtime snacks and quite chilled out. We got the bus to heraklion 4 euros each each way, worth a trip lots of shops etc, also did the sunset quad bike trip across the road, 170 euros for 4 for 3 hours was good. Walked to the village about 20min walk several times and got a taxi back 10 euros roughly, lots of restaurants on sea front and a few shops. Read hotel details before you come - yes a charge for beach towels and safe, no bottled water but filling stations, spirits not included on all inclusive, no table/waiter service, no kettles in rooms but can ask, a la carte restaurant not included and its on a hill with lots of steps! We paid to keep our room as had a late flight 10 euros an hour, make a request with reception, check the night before if available, check out is 11am, cost us 80 euros to keep until 7pm. One thing that could be improved please lay tables with cutlery as had to ask at most meal times. We had a good time Crete was nice and would return but probably not to this hotel. A few little things could make it a lot better. Be prepared for mosquitoes! All in all a nice week.

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“Don’t book if your expecting 4 star”

The hotel is a 3 star at the most. The pictures shown on the websites are deceiving. The rooms are VERY basic. We arrived at 3am to cockroaches running around our room. There’s no tea or coffee making facilities in the room, no basics such as an iron and ironing board - As the food finishes at … more

The hotel is a 3 star at the most. The pictures shown on the websites are deceiving. The rooms are VERY basic. We arrived at 3am to cockroaches running around our room. There’s no tea or coffee making facilities in the room, no basics such as an iron and ironing board - As the food finishes at 9pm we were handed a pack lunch on arrival containing a basic ham and cheese sandwich, which personally I wouldn’t feed my dog. We paid the same price as what we paid for a 14 night all inclusive stay in Mexico last year where all inclusive meant all inclusive and to say we’re disappointed is an understatement. The pools are basic and small, it says there are 6 pools but we’ve only seen 4?? the main pool looks murky ( we think it’s all the suncream but day 3 and it’s no better). Beware the all inclusive package is NOT all inclusive. The only alcoholic drinks included are local larger, local wine (it puts hairs on your chest!) Raki and Ouzo, then a variety of fizzy drinks - lemonade cola etc. my partner doesn’t drink so paying €4 for a small bottle of non alcoholic larger. We did visit the supermarket to purchase some at €1,30 (much better value) also bottled water is not included in the all inclusive package. The food is disappointing, we will be eating out for the rest of our stay here. The snack bar at the pool is sandwiches or basic pizza. You can get ice creams but not the best. Overall if you’ve booked to stay here bring plenty of spending money, be prepared for A LOT of stairs all over the hotel! The walk back up from the beach is a killer! Be prepared for the cockroaches. I’d say the positive is the staff are friendly.

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