Psamathi Living & Taste

An excellent location, caring staff and great food

There is a little upgrading to do on the older suites but in general very good value and everything provided

fantastic breakfast included, which consisted of a sharing platter between two. It had a great choice, with many cretan spcialites. the breakfast choices changed each day. The staff were always keen to promote the local dishes and gave agreat and detailed explanation and description every time. PSAmathi is incredibly relaxiing. It has a wonderful view and the staff take great care all the time. The room ( a junior suite) was luxurious with an incredibly comforable bed. Fan on the ceiling and air conditioning. It had everything you could possibly want, eben complementary toothbrush and toothpaste.

No fault of the property, it is somewhat remote. That suited us, and it was easy to get around as we had a hire car ( and there was private parking available to us all the time)

Excellent breakfast

Friendly staff, nice view

We can‘t really fall in line with the other reviews. We had the junior suite with ocean view, which was more or less a double room on the larger side with a small sofa at the entrance („the living room“). We were met with an incredible stench of cleaning products which didn‘t air out completely over the course of 4 days - it was only met with a chlorine/sulfur stench coming from the drain in the toilet floor. Sheets weren‘t changed during turndown service. There is no mirror other than the one over the bathroom sink. Walls are very thin, you can here your neighbors phone vibrate on their night stand. The ocean view is nice, but the beach area is simply well-photographed on the website: two rows of beach chairs are located on two grassy steps (1-2m in height), you have to walk down stairs, cross a road, walk down more stairs to reach a rocky beach which you can enter via a concrete landing. Breakfast consists of what they called „cretan specialties“ - you are served a platter to share. The „specialties“ do not taste all that that fresh (besides the small portion of greek yoghurt). The eggs were cooked dead (crumbled dry yolk). You are offered 1 drink, all others are extra (orange juice eg costs 4 €). You may not take food from the restaurant to the room, drinks are allowed. Be aware that there are a plethora of stray cats in the dining area.