There are many good places to spend your holiday in Crete. If you are looking for the best quality hotels in the West of Crete the list below is a very good starting point.
Casa Delfino - authentic 17th-century Venetian mansion
Alcanea Boutique Hotel - waterfront location in a historic building
Fatma Boutique Hotel - at the heart of the Old Town
Porto Veneziano - modern hotel with a superb waterfront location
Casa Leone Boutique Hotel - overlooks the Venetian harbor
Villa Andromeda - self-contained suites in a neoclassical villa
Hotel Amphora - a 14th-century building on the harbour front
Belmondo Hotel - Venetian style hotel with seafront location
Porto Del Colombo Traditional Boutique Hotel - housed in a renovated Venetian building
Avra Imperial Beach Resort & Spa - modern 5-star hotel in Kolymbari
Cavo Spada Luxury Resort & Spa - newly opened 5-star hotel near Kolymbari
Asterion Hotel - 5-star beach front hotel in Gerani
Minoa Palace Resort & Spa - Imperial Beach Wing - 5-star hotel in Platanias
Panorama Hotel - 5-star hotel near Kalamaki
Pilot Beach Resort - 5-star resort near Georgioupolis
Mythos Palace Resort & Spa - 5-star resort near Georgioupolis
City centre
Mythos Hotel - a charming boutique hotel situated right at the heart of Rethymnon's old town
Rimondi Estate - 5-star hotel in the old town of Rethymnon
Palazzo Rimondi - a complex of 15th-century buildings
Antica Diomora Suites - set in a 19th century mansion in the old town
Avli Lounge Apartments - a former Venetian lord's house in the old town
Rethymnon beach
Grecotel Creta Palace - 5-star resort by a sandy beach and 5 km from the centre of Rethymnon
Aquila Porto Rethymno - 5-star hotel on the sandy beach of Rethymnon and within a short walk from the old town
Sentido Aegean Pearl - 5-star hotel on the sandy beach of Rethymnon
The South of Crete has far less mainstream tourism than the North of the island and you will not find 5-star resorts. But there are still quite a few very comfortable places to stay at. A few of these are listed below.
Libyan Princess - Paleochora
On The Rocks - Paleochora
Pal Beach - Paleochora
Syia Hotel - Sougia
Porto Loutro - Loutro
Horizon Beach Hotel - Plakias
Alianthos Beach Hotel - Plakias
Alianthos Garden - Plakias
Plakias Bay Hotel - Plakias
Porto Plakias - Plakias