Hotel in Malia, Crete
5-Star Hotel
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Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating
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About this hotel
Catch some rays on Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels's private sand beach or spend the day relaxing at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants.
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels offers 204 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to furnished balconies or patios. These individually decorated accommodations have separate sitting areas. Smart televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers, slippers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
A private beach and 2 outdoor tennis courts are featured at the hotel. 3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels offers 204 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to furnished balconies or patios. These individually decorated accommodations have separate sitting areas. Smart televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers, slippers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.
A private beach and 2 outdoor tennis courts are featured at the hotel. 3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Amenities at Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels
Restaurant
Air conditioning
Pool
Non-smoking
Refridgerator
Bar
Spa
Balcony/Terrace
WiFi/Internet
Minibar
Garden
Laundry services
Free toiletries
Towels
Safe
Desk
Hairdryer
Map of Malia, Crete
Available Rooms
Ratings and reviews
10.0 / 10.0Outstanding·Oct 2025
This is such a brilliant hotel for young families. It’s a really beautiful place with some lovely restaurants, bars & some cute additions like the gelateria & the little on-site kafenio. The staff are brilliant with kids and they’ve thought of everything you need. Malia isn’t the prettiest area, but parts of the Old Town are charming with some lovely, great value restaurants. My only criticism of this hotel how expensive the restaurant are. We chose not to go half board or all-included but I wish we had – I think it would’ve been much better value overall!
8.0 / 10.0Excellent·Oct 2025
Pros
Rooms very nice with everything you need
Huge beds
Staff very friendly
Food and setting at the restaurants lovely (especially Cretan and Italian)
Kids play area was nice to have especially on a rainy day
Design of property is stunning
Cat cafe and organic garden were nice places to potter around
Cons/areas for improvement
Relatively small for a resort and not much to do around the resort.
Bungalow rooms are not actually bungalows - our room was on the first floor
Balconies small
Pools not heated enough to be a pleasant experience in October (24 degrees outside). Daughter was turning blue!
There’s a nice splash pool for toddlers but it’s under trees so coated in tree debris all the time - feels like it should’ve been cleaned out more regularly
Menus were all on qr codes in the app but you couldn’t order through the app
There was a yoga pavilion so I expected to be able to pop along to yoga classes but they only had private yoga classes on offer. Every other resort I’ve stayed in does free sessions once or twice a day
Massage was lovely but availability was very limited so recommend booking in advance. Offers were advertised but not honoured.
Seemed to be one “experience” available most days but they were pricey. For example Brad making we’d have paid €200 for two suits and a one year old
Similarly we paid €23 for our daughter at the buffet (but she was free the second time)
Difficult to get restaurant reservations within a day or two
Beach not the nicest
10.0 / 10.0Outstanding·Aug 2025
Amazing family resort
5.0 / 10.0·Jan 2026
Great hotel with great staff and surroundings. All in all a great stay and we will be back
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Top rated by guests
9.2Outstanding
(360 Ratings)
"This is such a brilliant hotel for young families. It’s a really beautiful place with some lovely restaurants, bars & some cute additions like the gelateria & the little on-site kafenio. The staff are..."
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