The Rea Hotel is advertised as 2, and sometimes a 3 star hotel. It may have been this in 1970 but today its a no frill hotel that is run down, dirty and smelly. The entrance to the hotel has 77 steep steps to reception, none of which is mentioned in their advertising. Having lots of steps is understandable as its a very hilly destination, and there is another backroad to the entrance, but the stairs should be mentioned, for the elderly or for those who have difficulty in walking.

The corridors are carpeted with a dark green, old carpet that is not only shabby but rancid with cooking smells and stained throughout. The room itself was average, however, the bathroom was very small and had a handheld shower with a broken shower rail and it was without any proper lighting.

The balcony was tiny with half of the space taken up by the air conditioning unit, leaving no room to sit there. The air con units make a rumble throughout the night which can be annoying.

Luckily we didn't book all inclusive but did have breakfast on the first morning which was dreadful. It's the cheapest scrambled eggs (tastes of 90% made up of milk) and processed ham (90% made up of water) you could probably buy...I even doubt that the local cats would eat it!

I also had some underwear and a T-Shirt go missing as well which is mentioned in other people's feedback.

Overall, the Rea Hotel is not as advertised, and the hotel is in need of a complete refurbishment and should be reviewed as to whether it should be recommended by travel companies & agents. We wouldn't stay there again as the hotel has had its day.

upon arrival we were allocated a very small room, with a filthy floor, decrepid fixtures and fittings which appeared to not have been updated or cleaned in the last 20 years! The water from the shower was freezing every night. There was no air conditioning unless you gave the manager 5 euros a night. The dining room was like a school canteen and the food was almost unedible!!! The toilets in the main hotel had cockroaches and agin were filthy! Even though we were all inclusive, there were no bar staff to serve and when a friend took it upon herself to get a drink, the manger was very abusive.
I was bitten very badly all over my arms and legs, ending up in the local hospital...but I'm not sure it was mosquito's...as the place was so filthy...it may have been other bugs at night! We had repellant and I had been taking anti histamines as a precation before we went. If it wasn't for me having my european E11 card on me, the local hospital would not have even treated me! I had a strong dose of anti biotics and was unable to walk comfortably or eat/drink for 3 days!!! it was a night mare!!! a local man told me the hotel had been in the papers that many times in the past year for cases of holiday makers being extremely ill! if you value your health and your sanity...do not book the hotel Rea! I'm amazed we made it back alive!!!!!!!

the worse hotel ever,,lots of cockroaches,,,,the food is cold and horrible AND YOU WOULD NOT FEED A DOG FROM THE STREET....dont waste your money.is lots of nice places in agios nikolaos,,

20th - 27th July 2010

My partner and I (for our first holiday together) went to Crete to surprise his Grandparents who have lived there for over 15 years, we didn't want to intrude so booked this hotel which was coming up on every travel agents website - I had read the bad reviews but also saw they were 2 years old and thought we would give it a try.....

Upon arrival we waited 2 hours for all flights to land in order for our coach to be full enough for us to set off, this was booked through Resort Hoppa (only use if you don't mind wasting your precious holiday time in an airport carpark!) once the coach set off it took a further 2 hours for us to arrive at our hotel...we were informed upon booking this would only be a one hour transfer!

We arrived at our hotel at 10 o'clock at night along with another couple and the hotel HADN'T EVEN GOT EITHER COUPLE'S RESERVATION DETAILS!!! Due to the late night, thankfully, the hotel assistant gave us both a room each for the night - the worst rooms ever and with no air con!!

The next day this problem was solved as it was our travel agents fault (Travel Republic) who used a third party agent who had forgot to send over any money or book us into the hotel!! ....however the Hotel Manager was extremely rude, arrogant and nasty - I felt I was going to cry!!

The food was hirrendous, words cannot describe how cheap and tacky it was....we paid for all inclusive and a 2 star hotel --- now I understand the saying 'you get what you pay for'. We ended up going out to eat Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner! All Inclusive drinks are only until 9.30/10pm however you cannot use the bar during meal times.

I had CLOTHES GO MISSING FROM OUR HOTEL ROOM (including UNDERWEAR and half a bikini along with others) and on our final day in the early hours whilst we were still asleep in bed, we had a maintenance guy who was working on the bathroom in the room next door WALK STRAIGHT INTO OUR ROOM WITHOUT KNOCKING!!!!


I wouldn't recomment this hotel to my worst enemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!