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Azul Eco Hotel is a stylish Mediterranean hotel located 100m from Skaleta beach and 12Km from Rethymno. Excellent guest services and warm hospitality make it a great workplace and a top choice for our guests. Local lifestyle and culture is blended in our services making your stay a unique authentic experience. A variety of culinary choices and activities will create precious moments. Indulge yourself to the local lifestyle and create memories that will last a lifetime!!!
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Azul Eco Hotel draws guests in with its renovated, modern rooms and cozy bedding, though a few have noted the rooms can be on the smaller side and have raised cleanliness concerns. The attentive staff and vibrant atmosphere, complete with live music and Greek-themed events, are often highlighted by visitors.
While the hotel's location garners mixed opinions for its scenic yet somewhat remote setting, the amenities like pools and a beach bar add to the appeal. However, guests' views on value and the all-inclusive options vary, with some pointing out hidden costs.
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We booked a last minute get away and were apprehensive due to the lack of photos (artistic impressions) and reviews but we gave it a go and couldn’t have been happier. The hotel is absolutely spotless throughout All staff really friendly Food best all inclusive we’ve ever been to, small restaurant and didn’t feel like a school canteen like others do, different choices every night and drinks were local but all tasted sound, not watered down at all. 2 pool areas and another pool with 4 decent slices to it, all with comfy sunbeds. The hotel must have been newly refurbished as immaculate and the beach is across the road with free sunbeds if you buy a drink. The only slight negative is the hotel advertises daytime and evening entertainment, this isn’t the case and even on reception they change the daily entertainment sheet but there’s nothing all day. One night a couple of girls connected their phone to a speaker and I think it was the kids disco but they looked that young and nervous not sure what it was meant to be.
The best value for money holiday we have ever been on and would come again 100%. Soon as a big holiday provider get hold of it I’d expect prices to treble. At moment It seems only a polish travel company uses the hotel.
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Date of stay: May 2024
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Jun 7, 2024
Thank you for recently staying in our hotel and sharing your positive rating. We were truly pleased to know that you were happy with your stay. Kind regards,
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Small rooms, bathrooms not clean, all-inclusive food not tasty, drinks too sweet, noise in the corridors late at night. Your plate is taken from the table before you've finished eating. Absolutely not a hotel for 4****. In the swimming pools small children with props (balls, water mattresses, etc). I would not choose this hotel again. Disappointing.
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Date of stay: July 2024
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Jul 31, 2024
Dear guest, We are sorry to read that your experience was below your expectations. The rooms are spacious and the cleanliness is one of our first priorities.The All Inclusive Program fits on a wide food variety and quality and we usually take nice feedback from our clients. We would have appreciated if you would have notified about any complaint. The hotel is 4* and family friendly. We hope that we will have the opportunity to accommodate you again in order to ensure your next stay is much more satisfactory. Best Regards,
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Booked this for myself and my daughter we just wanted to chill and that's just what we was able to do. Very laid back and chilled out place all the staff was helpful and looked like they actually enjoyed going to work they are a credit to this hotel. Food was nice not loads of choice but whatever was served was really nice and we always found something,nice atmosphere in the restaurant and not packed with people.We spent all our days on the beach the hotel beds are the wooden one to the left, if you buy a drink beds are free all day we left towels on and went for dinner and returned,Beds are 2.50 euros each but we just bought two water for 5 euros then we had water and beds ,the free drinks are fizzy drinks coffee/tea and I think larger ,the blue beds past the wooden ones are the hotels and the same price. You can get the bus outside the large hotel to the little town you buy tickets for it in the supermarket 2 euros ask for coming back also and that's another 2 euros,think it's 22 euros if you want a taxi ,nothing in the area of the hotel apart from two shops we was ok with this they had everything we wanted at reasonable prices.The hotel has two pools and another with slides and a little park bit ,it was never full around the pools I was amazed I have never seen this before.In all we had a very pleasant stay if you just want to wind down and chill then this is the place for you. Would I come back I most definitely would .
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Date of stay: June 2024
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Room Tip:Â We could see through to next doors shower through the grate so hang a hand towel through it .
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Jun 22, 2024
Thank you very much for recently staying in our hotel as well as the time you were willing to share with us your review. Your positive commentary gives us the pleasure and strength to continue our work deservedly. We send you the warmest smile from all of our team and we hope to welcome you back to our friendly environment. Kind regards,
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We booked an all-inclusive stay in July with our 2 children 10 and 6 years old. It’s not an inclusive whole the snack shines by its desert. You will find only the leftover breakfast pancakes, dry bread with a sad sausage, no ice. In short if you want to eat something to snack anticipate and have breakfast, this is what we have done for our children. The choice at the buffet is very limited and redundant. Attention also to safety the swing was not sealed to the ground it almost spilled on our children. We were forced to show the video to management for them to react. Same for the electric wires of the spotlights apparent by the pool. Speaking of the pool the water line and the skimmers are green. The family room awfully small. Roof sheets that rise dangerously as soon as there is wind. The staff at the restaurant or bar do not speak English or French. PlayStation room without console, animation almost non-existent....The Pension is still under construction fences are permanently open anyone can enter secure PS. To save our holidays we rented a car from this place. Brief place to flee, not at all up to what they claim to sell.
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Date of stay: July 2024Trip type: Traveled with family
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Definitely doesn't deserve 4 stars, food not tasty very plain. Animations for children do not exist In this hotel also forget about evening attractions for Adults. Drinks full of sugar with cheap alcohol. During the day your kid’s definitely became hungry because in the snack bar you will get only something what they call hotdogs in this hotel( plain roll with sausage, leftovers from breakfast) It's not worth to buy all inclusive plus, it only gives you a free plastic deckchair on a dirty beach. Plus for the slides, new and clean, but next to them the smell was awful like in the public toilets. Thanks to the nice waitress who recommended us a local tavern Ilios, thanks to her we weren't hungry and we tasted real Greek cuisine
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Date of stay: August 2024
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Oct 16, 2024
Dear guest, We are sorry to read that your experience at the Beach Bar and Snack Bar was below your expectations. The Ultra All Inclusive Program fits on a wide food variety that we provide on our buffets and also a variety of international brands of spirits and cocktails. We hope that we will have the opportunity to accommodate you again in order to ensure your next stay is much more satisfactory. Best Regards,
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Me and my family had a good experience with this hotel! The room was clean and modern, the staff cleaned the room every day. The staff from the reception was really frendly and helpful, they answer to all the question with a smile on their face. The food was good but we found some plates that wasn’t really good cleaned, but It wasn’t a lot of them, we found just 2 plates in a a week. Both pools are well maintained, the slides are perfect for the children but not only, we had a good time on them! Not a really good thing is that you have to cross the road to get to the beach, but there is an employee who drives you to the beach. Overall we had a good experience and we strongly recomand It!!
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Date of stay: June 2024
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Room Tip: It’s a lot of noise in the night, you can’t sleep very well.
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Jun 26, 2024
Thank you for recently staying in our hotel and sharing your rating. We were truly pleased to know that you had a good experience overall. We will be happy to host you again in the furture! Kind regards,
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We didn’t feel as welcomed as we hoped, some of the staff was very nice but others weren’t. Something we didn’t know was that you have to pay taxes when you arrive at the hotel, we had to pay 77 euro for two, so in case you didn’t know now you know.
If you gonna come here with family and have a lot baggage be aware there is no elevator here.
The bathroom is very small and there will be water everywhere when you take a shower. Also the shower head is questionable, there is barely water coming out of it.
The hotel is also located far away from everything, so there isn’t much to do here and if you wanna visit the city, with a taxi it will cost you 22 euro for one way. The bus is cheaper (2.50 euro) but you never really know when it comes.
So if you get sick of the food here, which you will, and you wanna go to a restaurant there is none close by! I wouldn’t say the food here is the worst but everything tastes the same and it wasn’t that good for a “4 star hotel”
One thing that made us choose this hotel was the “events” they said they would have on the website, but when we asked them they said it’s only in June/july/august, but they didn’t clarify that on the website which made us very annoyed.
One thing that made no sense to me is that all inclusive isn’t all inclusive. They have a beach bar and you have to pay for everything. And even at the hotel there is some stuff you have to pay for, even if you have payed for all inclusive. I thought this was very weird.
Would not come here again.
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Date of stay: May 2024Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Jun 7, 2024
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. We are sorry to read that your experience was below your expectations. The environment fee is applied to all hotels in Greece from 01/01/2024 and this information has been communicated to all travel agencies. The location is a starting point for excursions, and there is a bus station in front of the hotel. Regarding events, we have Greek nights every Sunday. We are very surprised for your comment for the All Inclusive menu. We provide a wide food and drinks variety. As you understand, It is not possible to provide free of charge all items that are not included in All inclusive menu. We hope that we will have the opportunity to accommodate you again in order to ensure your next stay is much more satisfactory.
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I recommend this place, it is amazing! We have received a nice and clean room with a terrace where we have spend our evenings watching the sunset. It was so calm and lovely. The staff was always so nice, the food was good and various, we have ate the best veal, seafood and the pizza on greek pita bread was so delicious. We had a special "guest" visiting us, a cat that we have spent a lot of time with, we called her Greta from Creta, we already miss her. Azul you were amazing, thank you ❤️
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Date of stay: June 2024Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Christos Zagogiannis, Γενικός Διευθυντής at Azul Eco Hotel
Responded Jul 11, 2024
Thank you very much for your review. Your positive commentary gives us the pleasure and strength to continue our work deservedly. We send you the warmest smile from all of our team and we hope to welcome you back to our friendly environment. Kind regards,
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Mediocre meal buffet no change , personal not pleasant except person at the reception. There is no soundproofing , beach bar close I strongly advise against this establishment. Far from all it is absolutely necessary to rent a car or a scooter to go to the city. I will never return to this establishment
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Beautiful Pension located in a beautiful location. The staff was very welcoming and caring. The buffet is on top there is nothing missing. The pools are great as well as the pool bar. The private beach is a huge plus despite having to cross a major road. There is a shuttle service that allows transportation.
Only small downside the lack of soundproofing but it is not very serious
I recommend this Inn
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Date of stay: September 2024Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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There are more places to choose from in the Skaleta area.
PRICE RANGE
$89 - $149 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Hotel Gortyna
LOCATION
GreeceCreteRethymnon PrefectureSkaleta
NUMBER OF ROOMS
122
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