We stayed at porto elounda in September and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Nothing is too much trouble for them. The location is fab.We ate in all restaurants at least once, for breakfast, lunch and evening meal and were extremely impressed with the standard of food and wine. We booked a room with a plunge pool which was an added bonus. What was particularly great was the private beach of the hotel. Although we did not have any treatments, we did use the spa pool which was great. We cannot say one bad thing about this hotel and we'll definitely be going back next year. We have recommended it to family and friends who will also be visiting Crete this year.

This is one of the best vacation resorts I experienced.
I certainly will go back.

The hotel infrastructure is great, the food is excellent and the service good and friendly. It deserves all its five stars and is much better than the surrounding five stars hotels I have seen.

 dinner is excellent, wines at 25 euro per bottle.
The SPA center is marvelous and the beach of the hotel the best in the area. Overall a great experience.

I have stayed twice at this lovely hotel. Last year with my family and this year solo. I always stay in this catagory of hotel, but I feel the Porto Elounda is too rigid and didnt accommodate my needs for the holiday. I was not allowed to eat my breakfast on the terrace, I was only allowed t0 take a coffee out there. The breakfast room was very cold from the air conditioning and I asked twice if i could eat outside in the sunshine and was told no. This meant I ate quickly and left, therefor not enjoying my breakfast. Also on the beach, I was not allowed to go to a quiet area called the peninsula despite there being no one on that area. The main beach by the bar had many children and I really came for some peace and quiet. When I checked out no one asked me if I enjoyed my stay. I do like the hotel, for the tennis, great coach, and the excellent Spa. Though not sure if I shall return a third time.

We absolutely loved our stay at Porto Elounda and for the first time on any holiday are considering going back again next year. We went with our 16mnth baby and the hotel was perfect for us. The beach is small, private, shallow and very safe, the baby pool is lovely and there is a fantastic creche, play area and even a mini water park! The buffet breakfast in the mornings was fantastic, really delicious and so much to choose from. We went B&B so we had the option of eating at the hotel or walking into town (25mins downhill) and getting a taxi back (E7). The restaurants in town were lovely, very reasonably priced and very family friendly. The buffet evening meal was very good value but I think we might have tired of it every evening. The room service was excellent but expensive but we found the children's portions are really big so if you're not a huge eater worth considering. The hotel restaurants were all quite well heeled and not so suitable for small children - they are also very expensive!! Eating by the pool/beach was ok, prices ranged from E12 for a toasted sandwich and chips to E22 for a huge club sandwich with chips. The rooms were lovely (if a touch dated if I was being really fussy) with beautiful views over the bay. The staff were amazing, so helpful and so friendly. Finally the spa was literally out of this world, one of the best I've ever been to!
If I was being really picky my only criticism would be that Elounda is on the easterly side of the island so by 5ish the beach was in the shade and if you'd paid for a room with a pool, it would be in the shade by noon. It didn't bother us as we headed back to our room by then but if I'd paid for a room with a pool I'd be gutted if the pool was in the shade all afternoon...