Lyda Club Hotel - All Inclusive

We stayed 2 weeks at The Lyda Club Hotel, which is only 20 min away from the airport in Heraklion, and 2 min away from the local bus station. Rooms, swimming pools and dining room are clean, all the staff is super friendly and speak all very good English, some also French or other languages. Food: fresh vegetables every day, different meat dishes, different salads and pasta dishes, few fish dishes, but fruits has been the same at lunch and dinner for 2 weeks. More local greek cusine ( especially fish) could add more variaty. Show cooking is quite ridiculos, grilling sausages or frozen hamburger patties is not an highlight! Services: they have only 3 departing hours for the beach shuttle bus ( at 10.00, 12.00 and 15.00 o clock) there is NO shuttle in the evening from the beach to the hotel, you have to walk 20 min back. On Sundays NO shuttle bus at all. Not very good in the high tourist season! Animation: NOT existent during the mornings at the pool, there has never been Acquagym as indicated. Just 2 afternoons 15 min Miniclub animation at the pool Evening: quite boring, no animation programm or something organized. During weekends: NO ANIMATION AT ALL. We have celebrated our son's birthday during our stay, and we asked for a small just symbolic cake. The restaurant baked him a huge, delicious and beautiful cake. Thanks so much, it was very good and nice!!!! In the evenings. only 20 min of Miniclub Babydance

I enjoyed my vacation at Lyda Club Hotel. The room was so clean. The sheets and towels were changed every day. The food which was buffet style was pretty good. I liked the snack bar where they had barbecue almost every evening. Sometimes they had pasta. Overall, it was good and convenient. The staff is nice and friendly. I recommend it.

We stayed in this hotel last summer with two kids and had an amazing time. We didn't understand the complaints people have in some reviews. As for this price you can't have everything but it was well more than enough. Rooms are spacious and clean, staff are amazing, really helpful and more like friends to you. Bar staff makes yummy coctails. There's games to play during the day organised by lovely party people and disco for kids every evening plus something for older guests too. Restaurant busy but still food on time and always fresh and really tasty everyday some different varieties of fish chicken or meat or veggie meals. Maybe more types of olives would be nice and some option of a spicy dish? and adding an option of a garlic tzatziki but if you ask the kitchen staff they'll help if they can give you what you want. And mainly what we could notice, not that was bothering us much, but what people been saying is the lack of normal bacon rashes for breakfast so if they could change anything it would be that and maybe a few more bus fares to the beach. Hotel has 5 swimming pools and only a few minutes away by the local bus there is a lovely beach called Star Beach with quite a few water slides that cost almost nothing. Beach is about 20min walking distance with kids so quite slow legs. Lovely stay and we're actually planning to come back this year again as for this price you can't find a better deal. Kids can't wait too. Thank you Lyda Hotel for our great holiday!!

It's on flight path, no where to go at night, hardly any lights so a bit weary going out and about. To get anywhere you have to pay for a taxi or bus. Room basic, food ok but never hot. Only alcohol for all inclusive is beer wine ouzo and raki. Everything else you have to pay for..