Elia Dorotheou

Greece , Crete
Chania, Episkopou Dorotheou, 24
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20 reviews shown

6/10

Pleasant

14 May 2025

Scott

Amazing location on a charming side street in Chania and very walkable.

Can be tough to find initially though. There was a large stain on the chair which I used the provided robe to cover it up. Strange smell in the room which was off-putting. Quite loud until 2am every night since there is a restaurant directly outside.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2025

Verified traveler

Staff were amazing. Super friendly and helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2023

Jill

Excellent!!

Everything was good, from friendly check-in, great room with excellent facilities and a delicious breakfast.
We like the Elia hotels very much and have already booked another stay.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2023

Brian W

Elia - best in Chania?

can't go wrong with the Elia Hotels group

Self

4/10

Poor

19 Jun 2022

Verified traveler

4/10

I booked a room with balcony and they gave me room with just a tiny window over the bed overlooking a roof of another buildng so it was useless! They said that hotels.com made a mistake and lied that the hotel didn’t had balcony’s bit clearly you could see one on the third floor! So Hotels.com contacted them and they offered me a room with balcony the next day of my two day stay! I didn’t want it after cuz i didn’t wanna go through the hustle of changing rooms and i was upset that they lied to me when they said that the hotel doesn’t have balcony’s! The room btw was ok for the money you are paying in Chania! Plus the check in is a mess! You have to go to a sister hotel of that one to check in but that is not mentioned anywhere! I had luck to ask one of the people who was staying there in the hotel already and help me out!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2019

Tracy

Elia hotels in Chania Old Town

When I arrived I found they had moved me to another nearby property, Elia Potie. The room they gave me was larger than what I'd reserved, and had very nice decor. And a small balcony! It is in the heart of shopping & restaurants, and a short walk to the harbor. The only drawback was that there was a popular nightspot on the ground floor of the building, with music and crowd noises until around midnight. The noise level wasn't too much, and should not bother you unless you're a light sleeper.

Be aware, you will check in at Elia Betolo, a short distance from both Elia Dortheou Episkopou and Elia Potie. Breakfast is at Elia Betolo as well, if you reserved a room including that. Note that all three hotels are on the edge of the Old Town which restricts motorized traffic. If you have a car you will need to park and walk a distance to the hotel. Also, there are no lifts (elevators to Americans). There is only one key per room.

Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Aug 2019

Ekaterina

Cute and comfy hotel, the only problem is the noise from outside restaurant, even with the windows closed cannot be avoided. But it is not the fault of the hotel really, just something to keep in mind if you are a light sleeper.

8/10

Excellent

18 Jul 2019

Michelle

First time to Chania!

We loved how spacious the room was and the hotel is in an awesome location. Front desk suggested we go to Golden beach and we’re glad we did! Short public bus to the beach. Awesome stay.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2018

Robert

Friendly staff couldn't have been more helpful when I told them of noise from event happening in street below. Was upgraded to double room away from noise for remainder of stay - thank you. This small hotel is excellently located close to pretty harbour, restaurants and bus station. Had a great weeks holiday.

8/10

Excellent

29 Sep 2017

Verified traveler

Very central

Not really a hotel-just a building with 5 letting bedrooms. Good bathroom and excellent shower

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2017

Verified traveler

Very charming place

Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

nice hotel

good clean comfortable and relaxed room for a day stay in the center of old town

8/10

Excellent

29 Sep 2016

Lisa

Central and comfortable hotel

Really comfortable room and friendly service

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2025

Verified traveler

Boa localização, mas muito barulho

Camas extremamente confortáveis. Hotel na região central de Chania, muito bom. O ponto negativo é que embaixo do hotel funciona um restaurante que tem pessoas falando alto até de madrugada, o que pode atrapalhar quem tem sono leve.

Partner

4/10

Poor

14 Sep 2024

Marita

DELUDENTE

Stanza al piano terra troppo umida, tanto che è presente un deumidificatore, che però non risolve il problema.
Mal isolata dall' esterno, dove è presente un locale che impedisce di dormire fino alle due di notte, quando chiude.
Rumori e cigolii dalle scale e dai solai delle camere superiori.
Raccordi della doccia montati senza guarnizioni, che, per assurdo, sono state lasciate all' esterno legate con un elastico. Il che causa un notevole spreco d' acqua.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jul 2022

Veronica

Veldig god service, helt ok rom. Føltes ut som det var en del mugg på både rom og toalett. Men veldig sentralt så det var et pluss.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

17 Nov 2019

andrea

Nos dijeron una habitacion interna y con humedad però nos la cambiaron a otra.
El problema es que hay mucho ruido por la noche

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Siisti hotelli keskellä kaupunkia. Siisti ja puhdas, myös kylpyhuone. Huone on pieni. Alapuolella taverna, joten äänet saattavat häiritä herkkäunista.

4/10

Poor

23 Jul 2018

TEK

+ Rooms are really nice: simple, clean and modern (I loved the bathroom faucet!).

+ Location is excellent.

+ Tv, air conditioner, safe locker, small refrigator, toothbrush, small shampoo bottle etc are found in the room. Also free wifi.

+ Bed is great (semi-hard mattress is really good for your back!) and memory foam pillow is great.

- Once you enter the building where the rooms are, you notice an odor which is best described as a mix of fresh paint and a mold problem. Later I noticed that air humidity is quite high and water stays on a shower floor for a very long time, if you don't wipe it with a towel. There's definitely mold problem in this building.

- Closed windows don't block any sound here, so bring your earplugs if you are bothered by sounds when you sleep - there's a small restaurant under windows. With ear plugs I slept ok.

- No light-blocking curtains in the rooms, so you might wake up early in the morning because of the light.

- Tiny, black, flying butterfly-looking insects in the bathroom.

- And finally the worst: Cockroaches. Hotel stuff was really nice until I very politely told them that there was two cockroaches in my room. No apologing, no nothing, just explaining that \"we don't have them in our house, they come outside\".

Despite the moldy odor and other little minuses I first really liked this place and was planning to come back with my family, but this cockroach-episode changed my mind.

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2017

Jättefint, Lagom stort tum, med sköna sängar o lugn miljö, mitt i chania

Partner