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Madares

Crete · Greece

LOUTROView location

8.0/10Excellent95 Reviews
Cleanliness8.0/108.0
Service8.0/108.0
Comfort6.8/106.8
Condition6.8/106.8
Amenities6.6/106.6
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About Madares

The hotel is wonderfully located in the seaside village of Loutro, about five minutes from the beach, offering guests a stunning view of the Libyan Sea. The neighbouring villages, such as Sfakia, Sougia and Paleochora, are accessible by ferry. Guests can enjoy the best local dishes in the hotel's restaurant.

This is the perfect place for a relaxing and peaceful holiday.

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When you stay at Madares Hotel in Sfakia, you'll be near the beach, just steps from Turkiko Kastro and 12 minutes by foot from Finikas Beach. This guesthouse is 12.8 mi (20.6 km) from Frangokastello Beach and 12.9 mi (20.7 km) from Frangokastello Venetian Fortress.

Make yourself at home in one of the 12 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature hair dryers and toothbrushes and toothpaste. Housekeeping is provided daily, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

The front desk is staffed during limited hours.

Popular amenities

Free WiFi
Dining services
Concierge
Smoking areas

Check-in and check-out

Check-in from 2:00 PM
Check-in until 8:00 PM
Check-out until 12:00 PM
Minimum check-in age 18

Hotel policies

Beach nearby No rollaway/extra beds available No cribs (infant beds) available No elevators Events/parties not allowed Guests will receive an email with special check-in instructions Guest will receive an email before arrival 48 hours Private host property Pets allowed Only dogs and cats are allowed Maximum number of pets per room 1 Service animals are allowed Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions Pets allowed (no fees)

Cleaning and safety

Essential Travel
Essential workers only - NO

Important information

  • Property Alerts

    You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

    • A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. This tax is adjusted seasonally and might not apply year round. Other exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
    • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 31 March, EUR 0.50 per accommodation, per night
    • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 April - 31 October, EUR 2.00 per accommodation, per night

    We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

  • You need to know
    • Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
    • Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
    • Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Special Instructions
    The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests will receive an email within 48 hours before arrival with check-in instructions. The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools.
  • Instructions
    • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
    • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
    • Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
    • Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds
    • This property accepts credit cards and cash
    • Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
    • Property Registration Number 1334556
  • Minimal age
    18
  • Optional fees
    • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately EUR 5 for adults and EUR 5 for children
    • Late check-out fee: 50 percent of room rate (subject to availability)

    The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

  • Spoken Language

    Greek

    English

Nearby attractions

Turkiko Kastro 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Finikas Beach 1 km / 0.6 mi
Lycos Beach 1.6 km / 1 mi
Marmara Beach 3.8 km / 2.3 mi
Vrysi 6 km / 3.7 mi
Ilingas Beach 7.8 km / 4.8 mi
Agios Charalampos 8.5 km / 5.3 mi
Ammoúdi 8.9 km / 5.5 mi
Agia Roumeli Beach 13.7 km / 8.5 mi
Port of Agia Roumeli 13.7 km / 8.5 mi
Castle of Agia Roumeli 14.5 km / 9 mi
Imbros Gorge 15.3 km / 9.5 mi
Áyios Dhimítrios 18.8 km / 11.7 mi
Vatalos Beach 19 km / 11.8 mi

Hotel facilities & services

Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.

  • Year of construction: 1979
  • Year of most recent renovation: 2012
  • Total number of rooms: 12
  • Number of floors (main building): 5
  • Number of floors (annexe): 3
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  • American Express
  • Diners Club
  • MasterCard
  • Visa
  • Check-in hour
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  • Wi-fiExtra charge
  • Minimum check-in age: 18
  • Canoeing
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Guest reviews

What other guests saying about Madares

8.0
Excellent
95 Reviews
Cleanliness
8.0 /10
Service
8.0 /10
Comfort
6.8 /10
Condition
6.8 /10
Amenities
6.6 /10
48 reviews shown
6/10
Pleasant
15 Oct 2025
Helen
Basic hotel room. Air conditioning not really working and poor shower. Good view from balcony
Partner
4/10
Poor
18 Aug 2025
Maridza
View from front rooms are fabulous, property is very old, bathroom is small, no enclosed shower, room smells, doonas smell.
Overpriced for the poor conditions and state of the rooms.
Leisure
8/10
Excellent
11 Dec 2024
Peter
Very pleasant.
Leisure Family
4/10
Poor
13 Oct 2024
Timothy

Not acceptable !

Hotel was very basic.
No water in bathroom one evening.
Bed was uncomfortable, the kettle didn’t work properly. Plug sockets were unusable in places. No shower holder, had to hold it at all times,virtually no water pressure to shower.
Fantastic view, but all hotels have the same view.

Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
08 Oct 2024
Steve

Great staff in a fantastic location

Beautiful location. Solid no nonsense hotel. Enjoyed the stay enormously. Massively enhanced by superb staff fronted by the charming and helpful Zain.
Friends_and_family Friends
8/10
Excellent
18 Sep 2024
Martin

OK

Great views over the harbour but 74 stairs to get to the room was a bit tiring (especially after a walk up to Anopolis and back!)
Partner
8/10
Excellent
14 Aug 2024
ORESTIS
excellent view - location
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
31 Jul 2024
John
The hotel was reasonably priced. It had a great view of the bay and looking out to sea. It was good having a private balcony.
Leisure Friends
4/10
Poor
05 Jul 2024
Leslie
Clean property, lovely friendly staff- difficult wifi on the 4th floor, beds were uncomfortable.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
06 Jun 2024
Frode

Fantastic view

Clean rooms and perfect view
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
31 May 2024
Garfield

Great location.

Great location, very comfortable, amazing view.
Self
4/10
Poor
24 Sep 2023
Enda
The shower was cold the room was grubby & the towels were rock & had yellow stains on them. We booked for 2 nights but left after the 1st night
Partner
8/10
Excellent
16 Sep 2023
Chris

Fine basic hotel, great location and superb staff

Great location, and fantastic staff. They could not have been nicer. Special praise has to go to \"Ali\" who went out of his way to make us feel like celebrities because we've visited before !! Thank-you, I'm smiling at the memory.

The rooms have great sea views and balconies, with air con. They are a little tired and for a small amount of money could be made much nicer - add shower curtains and hook for the shower head. provide some coat hangers ..... nothing that spoiled our stay, just some suggestions.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
14 Sep 2023
Eleftherios
Simple clean room with great view.
Leisure Partner
6/10
Pleasant
17 Sep 2022
Francesca
My friends and I only spent 2 nights. The room was not the best in regards of cleaningless and the single beds were not very comfortable.

The staff seemed nice and the view from the terrace was beautiful.
Leisure Friends
4/10
Poor
14 Sep 2022
Nicky

Shabby and run down.

This hotel was such a disappointment as Loutro is such a beautiful part of Crete. The bed configuration we requested wasn't fulfilled which was the overwhelming problem but there were so many little errors/lack of attention to detail. There was no kettle but 1 cup & a spoon. The \"white\" towels were grey & like sandpaper, the bath mat looked like it had been chewed by a puppy. The balcony was shared with 2 other rooms which hadn't been made clear, there were no sun umbrellas in the bases which were needed as it was in full sun. We were asked by the young man that had checked us in, we assumed the son of the family that owns the property (he was the only polite member of staff and the only one that spoke english) if everything was ok so I told him actually it wasn't & the main problem was the bed configuration. He went out of his way to try & put this right but it was quite clear form the shouting and body language from his parents that they weren't happy with this. We were shown to another room that was made up in a hurry, sheets and towels were literally thrown on to the beds by the woman in charge in a most rude manner. The 2nd room was no cleaner or smarter but appeared to be the \"luxury\" room as there were paper slipper on the bed! This time there was a kettle but no cups, cobwebs & dead insects and very run down. It was literally like arriving at the Greek Fawlty Towers! We had booked & pre-paid for 2 nights but we left after one!
Partner
4/10
Poor
11 Jul 2022
Maureen
1 side plate & 2 small spoons provided for a room with a double bed and a single bed.
Leisure Family
4/10
Poor
05 Sep 2021
nikolaos
poor room with bad facilities.. lights were broken, shower was broken
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
01 Sep 2020
Coralie
Superbe vue sur le village de Loutro. Propreté de la chambre et de la salle de bain respecté. Bonne literie. Idéal pour deux.
L entrée se fait par le restaurant. Le soir vous pouvez vous balader dans le village et admirer le coucher de soleil.
Leisure Partner
6/10
Pleasant
15 Oct 2025
Marianne
Balkon met uitzicht over de zee
Leisure Partner
6/10
Pleasant
01 Oct 2025
SOFOKLIS
Φοβερή θέα αλλά χρειάζεται ανανέωση
Partner
8/10
Excellent
26 Sep 2025
Stefano
La terrazza della camera ha vista sulla spiaggia
Leisure Friends
10/10
Exceptional
27 Aug 2025
Jane Bødskov

De ser gæsten og handler. ❤️

Receptionen så at vi var to ældre damer, hvor den ene er dårligt gående. Vi havde fået værelse på 5 sal med en meget stejl trappe. Hun tænkte af sig selv: No way!!. Efter lidt tid havde hun omorganiseret og vi fik værelse på 1.
Det var så fint, at vi ikke behøvede at gøre noget selv.
Friends_and_family Friends
2/10
Poor
26 Aug 2025
Ine

Horrible hotel

This hotel must be one of the worst ive stayed in, and ive stayed in a lot… Its like stepping back in time, to wooden furniture, stone hard bed and disgusting bathroom. The bathroom has no shower curtain, and there is a window looking out into the hallway!! Everyone can watch you taking a shower or using the toilet. And there is no way to close it! The bathroom door would not close either… There was also mold in the ceiling. The rooftop is huge, with a view. But the light on the rooftop can not be used, so we had to use a flashlight to play cards in the evening.

Some of the staff were very nice. Except for this, DO NOT stay here. This place needs a huge update.
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
09 Aug 2025
JULIE
Superbe hotel très bon emplacement, personnel très sympa ! On recommande !
Friends_and_family Family
8/10
Excellent
29 Jul 2025
SYLVIE

Bel emplacement

Très bel emplacement.
Seul problème, la chambre donne sur une terrasse commune avec deux autres chambres...pas d'intimité une fois la fenêtre ouverte.
Il est écrit \" Chambre avec vue mer\", c'est faux. C'est la terrasse commune qui a la vue sur mer. Il est écrit que le petit déjeuner est à 5,50 euros à payer sur place. C'est faux. On paye le prix des clients qui ne logent pas dans l'hôtel.
Self
8/10
Excellent
01 May 2025
Geir
Nice place! Frendly people! 👍
Self
10/10
Exceptional
26 Sep 2024
danièle
Super sejour ,personnel a l ecoute des clients et tres serviable,tres belle vue et beau balcon
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
17 Sep 2024
Dimitrios
Väldigt bra läge och utsikt över hela Loutro. Stora ytor och mycket rent, personal service vänlig
Partner
6/10
Pleasant
16 Sep 2024
Philippe
nothing
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
10 Sep 2024
Patrick
Le majordome pakistanais est impayable
Leisure Pet
6/10
Pleasant
17 Aug 2024
Valeria
La Location era perfetta.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
14 Aug 2024
Francesco
Direttamente sul porto di Loutro con bella terrazza. Ambiente pulito e fantastica vista
Leisure Friends
8/10
Excellent
20 Jul 2024
Mai-Kim

Average hotel nice views

Best thing about the hotel was the view. Functional hotel, clean. Only stayed one night so it served it purpose for us to visit amazin Loutro
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
21 May 2024
Anders

Recommended

A very nice hotel with a friendly staff. The room had a balcony and a fantastic view of the bay. Everything was newly renovated and it was absolutely value for money
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
17 Oct 2023
Jesper

Magisk

Originalt græsk, sød familie ingen dikkedarer og luksussen består af området beliggenhed og den åbne terrasse med fuldt kig over hav og havn….og når mørket falder på frit kig til den åbne stjernehimmel…
0 stjerner når det er bedst
Partner
4/10
Poor
19 Sep 2023
Jean

Bof bof

Si on cherche une vue a couper le souffle c est au 5eme etage qu il faut loger. Sinon propreté tres moyenne, électricité moyennageuse, wi fi aleatoire, 1 seul petit drap pour un lit double. Bref bof bof cet etablissement ou le personnel est inexistant
Partner
8/10
Excellent
08 Sep 2023
Lloyd
Very friendly people who work there .
Good and fast service when we needed something to the room.(towels,sheet etc .)
Nice and clean room.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
28 Aug 2023
Julia

Superfint!

Fantastisk personal, fräscha fina rum med otrolig utsikt och ett perfekt läge!
Friends_and_family Family
8/10
Excellent
15 Oct 2022
Carola
Gute Lage, Terrasse mit Meerblick, sauberes Zimmer. Gutes Preis - Leistungs- Verhältnis.
Leisure Partner
6/10
Pleasant
06 Oct 2022
Hans
Fantastisk utsikt över Loutro.
Med tanke på priset så var rummet ok, förutom en hemsk stank i toalett/duschrum från avloppet, troligtvis pga icke fungerande vattenlås. Rummet behöver fräschas upp, så att kontakter sitter fast och att låset till balkongdörren sitter fast ordentligt.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
05 Oct 2022
Christian
Große Balkon Terrasse mit Blick auf Bucht und Gebirge.
Herrlich weiße, crispy Baumwoll-Bettwäsche. Unkompliziert freundlich
Business_and_leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
13 Sep 2022
Elfriede
Alles sauber, super freundliches Personal, total unkompliziertes Ein- und Auschecken
Leisure Partner
4/10
Poor
10 Oct 2021
Heinz-Friedrich
Das gebuchte Zimmer war desolat. Schon beim einchecken begann die Odysse, da keiner genau wusste welches Zimmer wir den bekommen sollten. Das Bad und WC fürchterlich. Kein Duschvorhang, keine Aufhängung für den Duschkopf vorhanden, defekter Abfluss sodass das Duschwasser nur mit einer Handtuchsperre davon abgehalten werden konnte ins Zimmer zu fließen. WC-Brille passte nicht auf die Keramik (Einklemmgefahr). Der Kühlschrank war lediglich mit Isolierband mit dem Stromnetz verbunden und die Verbindung ragte ins Zimmer. Auf dem Balkon stand ein Tisch der es nicht wert war so genannt zu werden, da in Auflösung begriffen. Die Trockenstange auf dem Balkon war nicht nutzbar da total verrostet.
Dieses Hotel könner wir absolut nicht weiter empfehlen.
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
06 Oct 2021
Gerbert
Good price/quality
Leisure Friends
2/10
Poor
05 Oct 2021
Peter Michael
Zimmer 403 > hoffentlich nur ein Ausnahefall

Matratzen hart
Matratze am \"Zusatzbett\" Katstrophe

Zimmer dringend sanierungsbedürftig

Bad-WC – Kombination
-überwiegend kaltes Wasser
-Säule zum Waschbecken am Boden undicht (Wasser läuft über Zehen)
-WC-Papier-Halterung neben Dusche
-Kein Duschvorhang
-Wenn man das WC-Papier vorher nicht entfernt ist das eine nass
-Brause verkalkt/verstopft (?), kaum Wasser, kein Duscheffekt
-Brausekopf passt nicht zum Haken

Hand- und Badetücher hart und gelb fleckig

Reste im Aschenbecher

Klimaaggregat am Balkon verrostet

Geräuschübertragung aus umgebenden Räumen

WIFI/WLAN-Verbindung selten und dann oft ohne Internet

Fernseher “funktioniert nicht” (Batterien in Fernbedienung?)

Deckenlampe flackert

4 Steckdosen im Raum
-1 im Küchenbereich angeschlossenem Eiskasten (schräge Verbindung)
-1 im Küchenbereich ohne Strom
-1 beim Schminkspiegel mit angeschlossenem Föhn
-1 im Bereich Bad (zu hoch zum Handy laden, also wo?)

Sitzfläche für Sessel beim Schminkspiegel nicht befestigt.

Preis/Leistung passt überhaupt nicht
Das war wohl auch nicht das gebuchte 4-Bett-Zimmer

Frühstück im angeschlossenen Restaurant (nicht im Preis inbegriffen)
-Speisen selbst passabel
-Rechnung unbedingt prüfen
-Sauberkeit lässt zu wünschen (Kellner hantiert gleichzeitig mit Müll und Speisen)
Leisure Partner
6/10
Pleasant
23 Sep 2021
Verified traveler
Balcony was, but sheard.
Fridge was dirty and inside was leftovers.
During checkout they wanted us to pay ,despite our stay was payd already throigth Hotels.com
Friends_and_family Family
8/10
Excellent
05 Aug 2021
Verified traveler
Très bon rapport qualité prix, Loutro est un endroit magique !
Leisure Partner

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Madares
LOUTRO, Loutro Sfakia, Greece

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