This lovely boutique hotel has been praised to often that it's hard to add anything new. Suffice it to say that this hotel really is as good as it's cracked up to be. My wife and I had one of the rooms at the rear of the hotel for a week and it was like having our own apartment. One of the reasons we loved Chania so much as this hotel. Christine helped make it a memorable experience with everything from her father's wine, raki, and olive oil to decorating the bed as if we were Cretan honeymooners. This is a very special hotel that's conviently located and run by a very special person.
Bob Wisehart
blwisehart@aol.com

We are a Norwegian family who has just returned home from a one week holiday in Chania - nice weather, comfortable sea temperatures, pleasant surroundings, good restaurants - and not least the most excellent little hotel, with an exceptionally friendly and warm atmosphere. The entire family - my wife, our two daughters of 9 and 7 and myself - really did enjoy the spacious two-room suite in the narrow Agion Deka pedestrian street. We also had a small terrace facing the street, and could make use of the beautiful roof-top terrace as well. From our arrival until we left, the hostess Christine took really good care of us - having provided fresh fruit, soft drinks, wine and champagne in the fridge upon our arrival and having decorated the rooms and beds nicely with flowers as well. And always eager to inform and assist us. Conclusions: Really a nice hotel to recommend to all good friends and to come back to.

We just returned from a week's stay in Chania and knew from the minute we walked in the door of the Palazzo Di Pietro that we had made the right choice. It would be hard to even know where to begin raving about this place. Christine was everything and more than people have described in their reviews. She did everything possible to make us comfortable including letting us have our room long after check out time because of our late departure on the ferry. She is an incredibly busy woman and soon is going to eliminate her email address from her website because of all the problems it's causing her but the contact form wil be left in order that she can get back to those people with questions.The location in old town Chania was perfect for all that we wanted to do. Sitting out on the balcony and watching the people go by or listening to the music from the restaurant next door was very enjoyable, as was sitting out t here in the early morning listening to the church bells and watching the cats play. We were afraid it would be too noisy, but the heavy wooden doors closed out all the outside sounds. Our room was spotless and the fruit and champagne in the fridge was a very special touch. We would go back in a heartbeat.

The Palazzo di Pietro is a restored Venetian mansion in the heart of Chania's old town, a few steps away from the seafront. It is owned by a family distantly related to the original Venetian owners.

Each room has an excellent, spotlessly clean bathroom, with a proper bath as well as shower facilities. A few of the rooms, those at the back of the buiding, are accessed from a street parallel to the street on which the hotel is located.

All rooms have basic cooking facilities. Breakfast is not served, but the hotel provides a generous supply of fruit, coffee and other goodies in the refridgerator. You can take your food up to the well-tended roof garden.

The daughter of the family manages it with intense commitment and enthusiasm. She knows Chania well, and can give visitors new to Western Crete plenty of information. People intending to walk the Samaria Gorge will find that she can tell you everything you need to know.