Kernos Beach

Greece , Crete
MALIA, Grammatikakis, Malia Area
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4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2025

Stefano

Positive things:
SEA: nice sandy beach with a very clean water. Sea getting deeper very slowly, so perfect for children.
BUILDINGS: nice context well integrated and with a flourishing nature around.
AREA OUTSIDE: nice for an evening walk.
SWIMMING POOL: big and very nice!
RESORT AREAS: many good areas near the pool, under the trees or near the restaurant to relax.

Negative things:
RESTAURANT:
A problem is the quality of what is cooked; it looked like a food cooked in a school canteen, not the one it can be expected from a 4 star hotel.
Food very repetitive and tailor made for German guests: beans, cobs, wurstel, fried onion rings, fried potatoes croquette, ...
Especially in the evening hard to eat and obliged sometimes to eat child food like chicken nuggets and fish fingers, together with same food. They were nice at the beginning but not after a while.
Same fruit ot mostly not local/not seasonal (pineapple, apples, pears, grapefruit).
RESTAURANT SERVICE:
When you order drinks before to sit for dinner you receive them after long time (After buffet picking and eating the meal!) Many times and not understable.
The waiter when changing the tablecloth and preparing the table took the salt and pepper and tried to put in my hands while preparing hands while preparing the tablecloth...are you joking?!?
Extra: I phoned at the reception and they told me that shower gel and shampoo are provided only at arrival. It's a 4 star resort and never heard this in all the hotels I stayed!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

13 Aug 2025

Faisal F

The hotel was good overall, the cleaning staff need to wipe the floor of rooms as it is dusty, they also need to add a box of tissues in each room.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2025

Yossi

Israelis are very welcome here.

From the moment we arrived, the staff welcomed us warmly, helped with every request, and were simply amazing. The air conditioning in our room didn’t work, and they immediately moved us to another room. Everything we asked for, we received. The hotel has a very relaxed atmosphere, and the kids felt free to use the facilities at any time — even at night. We were invited to meals and greeted warmly throughout the hotel.

The food isn’t particularly rich, but it’s decent. We were on a family trip and spent most of the day outside, so it wasn’t a major issue. The location is excellent if you have teenagers, as they can walk in the evening to the nearby clubbing area. The only downside is that if your room is in the main building, there’s quite a bit of walking to get to the beach or the pool.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

07 Jul 2024

Natanel

The hotel room looked nothing as advertised. Not clean and disorganized. House keeping and other workers barged into the room at all hours. Would not recommend

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2022

ROBERT JERZY

Spacious room bungalow, huge pool, clean beach, plenty authentic greek food, beautiful flowers and traditional grounds. A bit annoying but no kettle to make tea or coffee in room, also no mirror in bedroom, was a challenge to dry hair and get ready for the evening from the bathroom mirror, lack of plug sockets. Cleaners did a good job, although not at a consistent time of day, so appearing early evening at door when you want a shower was not ideal. In the main restaurant the fresh fruit deteriorated in the second week of our stay and the general consistency of food from the previous week went down hill. However there is plenty of places on site to get good food and drink at different points of the day, we particularly enjoyed having a local beer from the bar overlooking the beach at the end of the day. Malia town is a short walk away providing plenty of nightlight and authentic eatieries. The evening entertainment at the hotel throughout our stay was very basic and lacked greek culture and fun! Nearby hotels certainly had much more to offer. The room although was in a lovely quiet part of the hotel and ticked many boxes, the view of the sea was very limited, not really what we expected from advertised and the money paid. The staff do favour the requests of the German clients being the main clientele however it did not ruin our stay and we made the most of our well needed holiday.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2022

Erika

Stayed for 5 days at this resort (room 313).

Spacious and clean room bathroom - Comfortable and cozy.

Beautiful and clean grounds.

Beautiful and clean private beach.

Had the half-board, food options can be improved.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Accommodation was great and the staff really looked after us

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Aug 2018

ODYSSEFS

Excellent choice for your vacations in Crete

Nice and comfortable facilities, excellent beach, extremely friendly and professional personnel, outstanding food. Very good location as base for your daily excursions in central and eastern Crete. Excellent choice for your summer vacations.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2017

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel

Very clean and comfortable, good amenities, plenty of choice at breakfast/dinner, helpful and friendly staff. Would highly recommend!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Perfect for a week on the beach

Spacious grounds so it never felt crowded, wide beachfront adjoined to hotel so we could always get a spot on the beach, spacious room & bathroom, plenty of variety for breakfast & dinner buffet & food quality was also very good. We hired a car to look around but found it hard to leave the resort & beach as it was so nice & relaxing. Lovely pool & gardens to relax around if you didn't want the beach.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

Great hotel for a relaxing holiday at the beach. Friendly staff, good food.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2025

Oleg

Sehr zu empfehlen

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Sabrina

Preis-Leistung top! Sehr freundliches und hilfsbereites Personal. Anlage sehr schön begrünt und weitläufig, sodass es nicht zu voll wirkt. Gutes Frühstück inkl. frischer Crepes- & Omlette-Stationen & Toller Sandstrand mit klarem Meer - inkl. hoteleigenen Sonnenliegen (die zwar gerne unerlaubt mit Handtüchern reserviert wurden, aber es gab immernoch genügend Plätze zur Auswahl). Rundherum viele Möglichkeiten zu Shoppen, diverse Restaurants zu besuchen. Wir würden wieder kommen.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Sep 2024

Rainer

- Der Strand ist schön.
- Das reservieren der Liegen am Strand ist furchtbar. Man hätte doch pro Zimmer zwei Liegstühle samt Sonnenschirm vergeben können. Dann wäre dies kein Problem.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2024

Michael

Sehr netter Service beim Buffet.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2024

Khadija

Un hôtel. Magnifique avec un beau et très grand parc magnifique. Une belle plage privée . Un personnel accueillant et sympathique.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2023

Annick

Hotel calme avec acces plage de sable, nombreux transats, chambre propre avec literie correcte, dejeuner correct, environnement magnifique, grande piscine agreable, 2 petits cafes agreables et un 3eme accessible aux personnes externes. Pas d ascenceur ! Grand parking
Gran

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2023

Christian

In die Jahr gekommenes Hotel mit schönem Strand

Großartiger, feiner Sandstrand mit tollen Wellen und Lifeguard. Ausreichend Liegen, saubere und sehr große Pools.
Essen ist ausreichend und vielseitig. Gute Qualität. Preise für Getränke schon sehr hoch (0,2l Prosecco für 15€). Personal hilfsbereit aber nicht sehr freundlich (Ende der Saison?)
Warmwasser im Zimmer nicht immer vorhanden. Auch ein Wasserausfall war dabei (Toilette….).
WLAN nicht stabil aber überall vorhanden.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2023

Joachim

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2023

Elisabeth

Très très bel hôtel avec plage privée superbe .
Personnel adorable . Buffet excellent et varié .
Nous avons passé un merveilleux séjour .
Nous étions en bungalow supérieur vue mer et donc la plage à deux pas ! Le rêve !

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2023

Sabrina

La struttura è bella, elegante, perfettamente inserita nel paesaggio naturale, molto bello il ristorante sul mare, vicino alla piscina e con diretto accesso alla spiaggia dove ombrelloni e lettini sono gratuiti. Le stanze sono moderne ed arredate con gusto, dotate di un efficiente isolamento acustico e termico.
Unico difetto è la mancanza nei bagni di un punto dove appendere gli asciugamani da doccia ed all'esterno di uno stenditoio per teli mare e costumi.
Il personale è stato davvero gentile ed il cibo di buona qualità e abbastanza vario.
Grazie, consiglieremo senz'altro questa struttura!

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2022

Giovanni

Struttura dotata di una spiaggia ampia e ben collegata con servizi e camere.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2021

Emmanuelle

Très bon séjour

Le personnel est vraiment au top, l’accueil, la gentillesse,que ce soit à la réception, lors du dîner ou bien encore lors du ménage c’est un sans fautes.
Pour ce qui est des repas c’est assez varié et la nourriture est bonne.
Ensuite les piscines sont bien et propres.
Le jardin est superbe, manger avec vue sur la mer c’est génial.
La plage est bien c’est très pratique de pouvoir alterner en plus il y a des douches à la piscine des qu’on sort de la plage donc c’est parfait.
Le point négatif :
La literie il faudrait revoir les matelas et mettre des couettes au lieu de couvertures.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2020

Meier

Unterkunft und Strand war super. Abendessen war immer sehr lecker und vielfältig. Das Frühstück war leider nicht sehr lecker.. (aufgrund Covid-19 kein Buffet)
Personal war sehr bemüht und freundlich. Im Grossen und Ganzen ein sehr gelungener Urlaub!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Oct 2019

karl

Super

alles happy

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Buona la prima camera assegnata, cambiata ( perchè non al piano richiesto) con altra molto scadente nel vecchio blocco( porta del bagno che non si chiudeva, sciacquone rotto etc. parti comuni indecenti) e nonostante molti solleciti nessun intervento.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Le restaurant buffet pas top du tout ,après j’ai adoré le complexe

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2018

ila

en arrivant, la réception nous a fait un petit peu peur par sa simplicité, mais je conseil vivement cet hôtel, il est magnifique des petits bungalows qui se fondent dans un paysage verdoyant très bien entretenu. Personnel aux petits soins, très très bon choix

6/10

Pleasant

27 Oct 2018

Chris

Beau cadre/belle infrastructure hôtelière.
Les espaces verts pourraient être plus entretenus notamment les pelouses.
Les services de restauration du soir se terminent trop tôt (21h15) - d’autant qu’aucune animation ou presque n’est proposée.
Bonne table même si l’on peut déplorer des entrées principalement axées sur des salades...
Le service en chambre est très basique - lits baptisés/non bordés et revers en vrac ce qui donne une allure très négligée. Dommage !

4/10

Poor

17 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

In diesem Hotel müsste so einiges renoviert werden!
Der Strand ist sehr schön

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2018

Thomas

Traumhafte Urlaub in bester Atmosphäre

Wir waren rundum zufrieden mit Hotel, Zimmer, Essen und Service unter der kompetenten
Leitung von Herrn Perakis dem Hotel Manager.
Wir werden sicher nochmals kommen

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2018

Luciano

Albergo sul mare

Resort sul mare, alcune camere hanno l’accesso diretto, la sera ti addormenti con il rumore del mare
Direttore eccezionale, sempre presente e attento alle esigenze del cliente

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2018

viaggiatore22

Grande albergo su lunga spiaggia

Il kernos è un grande albergo distribuito su di una superficie enorme. Le stanze vicine la strada sono notevolmente lontane dalla spiaggia le stanze fronte mare pur essendo le più vicine sono in buona parte verso la zona rocciosa quindi la spiaggia è anche li almeno a 100 metri. Ristrutturato stanze gradevoli anche se resta incomprensibile questa specie di open space per il wc diviso dalla zona letto solo da una persiana scorrevole (quindi privacy quasi nulla). Buona e varia la colazione, abbastanza scontata e ripetitiva la cena, fa rabbia il dover pagare molti extra iniziando dall’acqua 3€/litro fino alla bilancia per le valige 1€. Comunque bella la spiaggia lunga e sabbiosa anche se molto esposta al Meltemi, quindi mare mosso 5 gg su sette, almeno per noi in agosto. Stona molto la qualità dei lettini vecchi e rattoppati (siamo in un 4stelle) personale professionale ma asettico. In conclusione mi sentirei di consigliarlo per la spiaggia la vicinanza ai negozi ristoranti e bar, struttura rinnovata comunque con diversi ma.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

sehr schönes Hotel, mit feinem Essen und schöner Lage direkt am Meer

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2018

P J MATTIAS

A great hotel with much to do. Or just relax!

Really nice hotel at the sea front with own beach, as well as olympiuc sized swimming pool. Great service by friendly staff. Good food.

We had half-board, but quite soon we changed the dinner to lunch instead, which we thought was more convenient just to get some lunch at the pool and then have the flexibility to eat wherever we wanted in the evenings.

The air condition in the rooms was working fantastic. Even temperature, no noice, no \"storm\".

Comfy beds.

I only wish there was a gym equipped with some free weights and not only machines. And some organized water aerobics or other sport activities.

Nice tennis court with pretty good rackets and balls to use for free

The life guard at the beached helped with booking water sports like water jets, paragliding etc - that was great. He called and few minutes later you were picked up at the beach by a water scooter taking you to the activity!

They also helped us renting a boat (no driver's license needed), and also for this we were picked up at the hotel and taken to the small port of Malia. I strongly recommend this!!

Every day at noon there was a nurse/doctor visiting the hotel - great service!

A great hotel with a lot of things to do. Or to just relax!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 May 2018

sylvie

HOTEL LES PIEDS DANS L EAU

Très bon hôtel, bien entretenu, bonne nourriture, en bord de mer.

6/10

Pleasant

18 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Der uns zugeteilte \"Bungalow\" war zunächst ein ebenerdiges Hotelzimmer,
nach einigen Tagen durften wir in einen richtigen wechseln.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2017

Urs

The best Hotel in the front of a very clean beach

Consistency, for years the same friendly staff in the hotel. is always a \"coming home\".

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2017

Tiegel

Nice hotel,great beach. The restaurant near beach

God foot, restaurant an beach bars gentli and fine. Sand beach, flowers and palms every were. Bungalows verry god. Beach near hotel. Tennis, minigolf and fitness. Calm but not boring

8/10

Excellent

23 Aug 2017

giovanni

Good location
Good organization
Good food
Well organized also taking into account lot of people being into the structure

6/10

Pleasant

13 Aug 2017

Schönes Hotel, trotzdem keine Weiterempfehlung

Leider war das Essen weder ansprechend noch abwechslungsreich. Für das wöchentliche griechische BBQ muss ein Aufpreis bezahlt werden. Für das Geld sind wir lieber draußen essen gegangen.
Schöner Strand, nettes Personal. Großzügige Zimmer.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Sehr schöne Anlage und supernette Mitarbeiter !!!

Sehr schönes Hotel, sehr, sehr nette Mitarbeiter, tolle Lage, keine laute Partymeile in der Nähe, sehr schöne und zweckmäßige Zimmer, großer Pool, schöner Außenbereich zum Essen mit Meeresblick, Fitnessraum mit Geräten, extrem vielfältiges, leckeres, großes Abendbuffet, tolles Frühstück, 1x wöchentlich Grillabend....etc. Wir waren als Familie mit großen Kindern (16,20) da und uns hat es allen super gefallen....Das einzige \"Negative\" ist, dass man im Zimmer oft Türen knallen hört, wenn andere Gäste die Türen nicht leise schließen ....und die Wassermenge aus der Dusche war etwas wenig zum \"lange Haare ausspülen\".....Aber ansonsten alles TOP und absolut weiterzuempfehlen !!!

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Schönes Hotel für Badeurlaub

für erholsamen Badeurlaub sehr zu empfehlen - wundervoll großzügiger und liebvoll gepflegter Garten, recht kurzer aber schöner Strand direkt am Hotel

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Gemütliches Mittelklassehotel an guter Strandlage

Hotel liegt direkt am Strand. 2-stöckige Gebäude. Unbedingt renovierte Zimmer buchen! Schöne und gepflegte Anlage. Service beim Essen lässt zu wünschen übrig. Essen jedoch sehr gut und grosse Auswahl. Personal an der Reception zuvorkommend und hilfsbereit. Geben gerne Ausflugstipps. Sehr viele Mitarbeiter sprechen deutsch. Vielseitige Unterhaltungsmöglichkeiten im Hotel: Billard, Tennis, Massagen, ein Beachrestaurant, eine Taverne, ein Café, eine Bar mit Musik, Abende mit Live-Musik und exklusivem Essen (gegen Gebühr). Liegestühle und Badetücher am Pool und am Strand gratis. Liegestühle leider bereits durchgelegen (Rückenschmerzen). Beim Wassersport wird man preislich übers Ohr gehauen.

6/10

Pleasant

25 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

Soggiorno di 14 notti con tariffa 1/2 pensione (obbligatoria). Bella moderna e ben tenuta la struttura, ma inaccettabile che in un 4 stelle il set di cortesia non sia stato riassortito in 14 giorni, inaccettabile in un 4 stelle fare la fila a colazione e cena come al refettorio, inaccettabile in un 4 stelle l'espresso a colazione sia extra ed inaccettabile che per la serata greca sia richiesto una integrazione pari al costo in un ristorante esterno. Buona e completa la colazione a buffet, ma monotona e incolore la cena a buffet. Il piatto forte servito al tavolo alla cena misero e poco guarnito. Abbiamo cenato nella struttura solo 3 volte.

4/10

Poor

22 Aug 2016

dja

HOTEL CALME AVEC PLAGE PRIVEE

L'hôtel est majoritairement rempli de touristes allemands donc on mange des plats germaniques, les plats ne sont pas affichés (on ne sait pas ce qu'on mange) le personnel de restauration parle qu' en allemand, l approvisionnement en produit de bains n'a jamais été fait, la literie trop dur, j 'ai demandé 2 oreillers supplémentaires on m'a donnée 2 oreillers en fin de vie, la piscine n' est pas traitée (sable au fond du bassin), autour du bassin quand on soulève les grilles blanches c 'est tres sale, la pelouse autour de la piscine n 'est pas entretenue on marche sur de la terre rouge. A l'exterieur les murs sont sales . Le médecin n' est present que 1/2 HEURE par jour et ne se deplace pas dans la chambre consultation a l'accueil ????? .Salle de sport poussiéreuse , BOF BOF .... PAS 4 ETOILES

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

vacanza rilassante ad agosto 2016

hotel senza animazione. noi abbiamo fatto mezza pensione. camere moderne spaziose e pulite.
il cibo era internazionale, buono ed abbondante, mancavano un po' di specialità greche. un giorno a settimana fanno la serata con cucina greca con un supplemento ma non l'abbiamo provata.
alla sera mancava un po' di musica dopo cena.
per chi vuole rilassarsi ed avere la comodità di una spiaggia di sabbia attrezzata, lo consiglio.
chi invece volesse dedicarsi aglio sport acquatici c'è l'imbarazzo della scelta.
a 1,5 km c'è il centro di malia ricco di locali e bar

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2016

Elisa

Ottimo!

L'hotel è immerso in un grande giardino tenuto davvero molto bene, con molte palme, ibiscus di vari colori, cactus, cespugli di more e bei prati verdi. Il punto di forza sono i 2 ristoranti e il bar all'aperto, a pochi metri dalla spiaggia, che godono di un panorama a 360 gradi sul mare. Consiglio il bungalow con vista mare, molto ampio e con una vista mozzafiato, a pochi passi dalla spiaggia. Cibo buono anche se non molto vario. Per il trasferimento dall'aeroporto all'hotel consiglio \"Shuttledirect\" in Heraklion, molto efficiente e più conveniente del taxi.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2016

Patrizia

Al di sopra delle aspettative

Ho trascorso una settimana in questo hotel con mio figlio. Il giudizio è estremamente positivo sotto tutti i punti di vista. Hotel moderno e recentemente ristrutturato. Camere pulite e spaziose e ben arredate. Cucina ottima e varia. Location molto piacevole, ampi giardini con vista panoramica direttamente sul mare. Spiaggia tranquilla e pulita. Personale gentile e disponibile. Ci ritornerei. Mi sento di consigliarlo.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

Sehr schöne gepflegte Anlage direkt am Meer

Wir wohnten in einem modernen Bungalow mit Meersicht. Alle Bungalows wurden ca. 2014 renoviert. Einige Zimmer im Haupthaus wurden noch nicht renoviert.
Das Personal ist sehr aufmerksam, freundlich und zuvorkommend.
Die Hotelanlage und der Bungalow waren sauber und gepflegt.
Das Abendessen war lecker, Vorspeise, Hauptspeise und Dessert vom Buffet. Zudem hat man die Wahl von 2 weiteren Hauptspeisen welche serviert werden. Diese werden ansprechend auf dem Teller präsentiert.
Pool und Strand sind gepflegt, einziges Manko waren die Sonnenschirme.
WLAN eher ungenügend.
Im Kernos Beach verbrachten vor allem SchweizerInnen ihre Ferien.