"Our 2nd time staying at Alianthos Garden. A wonderful family run hotel and you can tell how passionate they are to look after their guests. Location is excellent. Staff are so helpful and friendly. Sp..."
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About this hotel
Alianthos Estate Resort - ex Alianthos Garden Hotel is a family-run complex, located just 164 feet opposite the wonderful beach of Plakias, in Rethymno area. It offers free Wi-Fi access and free private on-site parking.
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8.9Excellent
(497 Ratings)
"Our 2nd time staying at Alianthos Garden. A wonderful family run hotel and you can tell how passionate they are to look after their guests. Location is excellent. Staff are so helpful and friendly. Sp..."
Alianthos Estate Resort - ex Alianthos Garden Hotel is a family-run complex, located just 164 feet opposite the wonderful beach of Plakias, in Rethymno area. It offers free Wi-Fi access and free private on-site parking.
Amenities
Pool
Air conditioner
Kitchen or Kitchenette
Internet / Wifi
Smoking allowed
Parking
Laundry
Balcony or Patio
Hot tub or spa
TV
Wheelchair accessible
Gym or Fitness Center
Garden
Family friendly
Free parking
Things to know
Additional fees to expect
Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Booking.com properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.
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Ratings and reviews
8.9 / 10.0
Excellent(497 Ratings)
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10.0 / 10.0
Great hotel. Cannot wait to return.
Our 2nd time staying at Alianthos Garden. A wonderful family run hotel and you can tell how passionate they are to look after their guests. Location is excellent. Staff are so helpful and friendly. Spotlessly clean. Rooms and bathrooms could do with an update but I believe this is happening in 2026. Cannot wait to return.
See above - bathrooms but this is changing
10.0 / 10.0
Very nice hotel with excellent staff
Very nice hotel. Room was comfortable and staff was nice. Walking distance to town. We had breakfast and dinner included because we were scheduled to be hiking and didn't want to look for dinner when tired from the hike and drive. Surprisingly good with large buffet style dining. Breakfast was also nice. Parking was next to hotel. The front desk went well above the norm on an issue, trying to find a solution to something that had nothing to do with the hotel.
nothing
8.0 / 10.0
Fantastic food!
Very pretty hotel in a great spot. The buffet food was fantastic quality for both breakfast and dinner.
Our room was a tad dated which was fine but the bathroom was a throw back to the sixties or seventies- very past it’s sell by date and in desperate need of bringing into the 21st century!
10.0 / 10.0
A class act of a hotel
Breakfast was one of the best hotel buffets I've ever experienced, with a wide variety of breakfast items including eggs 3 ways, waffles, pancakes, fruit, veggy spreads, pastries, breads.......anything you could imagine for breakfast! The staff were attentive, welcoming, and efficient.
Nothing - it was 2 days in a paradise hotel, attached to a paradise sandy beach on a quiet bay.
8.0 / 10.0
A wonderful hotel with wonderful staff
Fabulous
Sun loungers to close to edge of pool.
10.0 / 10.0
Lovely hotel, great food
Lovely hotel in beautiful grounds. Comfortable rooms. Nice to be given a free cocktail on arrival. Super buffet dinner and breakfast. Friendly staff. We only stayed one night, but could see there were lots of options for activities and hotel is ideal for families to have a lovely relaxed holiday. We'd happily stay here again.
The pool opening hours felt a bit limiting - we understand why and that safety is paramount. A suggestion would be to allow adults only length swimming for 30mins at the beginning and end of the day. It didn't spoil our stay at all though as the sea is almost on the doorstep, so we swam in the sea instead!
10.0 / 10.0
The best stay I have had by far in Greece!
Everything was amazing. This hotel was the best I have stayed in all my many trips of Greece and I have visited Athens several times and many of the islands! The staff go out of their way to meet all your needs. The food is exceptional, very fresh and with ample options of local cuisine. In all our stay no two meals were the same in fact the buffet is very well planned to have different dishes at every meal! Everything is fresh, local and abundant. The attention to detail is amazing! Children are well catered for and the rooms are impeccably clean! All the staff from the Hotel general manager, the owners and their extended family, the reception staff, the entertainment, housekeepers, chefs, cooks, waiters and barmen are all amazing people and go out of their way to meet and greet all guests and are constantly asking if we need anything and constantly smiling. This hotel is a true gem and probably Crete’s best kept secret! The location next to Preveli and Kourtaliotiko Gorge is very convenient and really enhances the unique Cretan experience! This Hotel is well worth a stay and I really hope we will have an occasion to come back!
Very little as everything was top notch , but if I had to mention something I would suggest that the hotel looks into building a larger pool and deck area may be they can expand the present pool area or build a new pool on the field opposite to the present pool. But there are also amazing beaches just a five minute stroll down the road so having a small pool is not such an issue .
8.0 / 10.0
Great food
Well located, clean and comfortable. The breakfast and dinner were really delicious, offering so many options including a lot of great local food.
10.0 / 10.0
True Cretan hospitality
Nice and warm personnel, great location
8.0 / 10.0
Good value for money. I would recommend this hotel for families.
Great service and food. The hotel is very clean. Location is very convenient and the parking space is great. Nice areas for small kids, including toys and a small swimming pool.
The bathrooms are dated and small. The main pool was always full because it is not large enough.
9.0 / 10.0
Lovely small family run hotel
Lovely friendly hotel ideally placed next to the beach
Nothing
9.0 / 10.0
Perfect location, amazing food and staff
The food and staff were amazing. The location was great as well
The rooms could do with a bit of an upgrade. We didn’t like the breakfast and dinner policy of having to sign up in advance for an exact time of arrival, but they were not really strict about it so in the end not really a problem. It’s just that being on holidays one doesn’t really want a strict schedule, kind of goes against the whole point of a holiday.
10.0 / 10.0
lovely welcome from reception staff , and all staff throughout stay . Food exceptional easily 5 star plus and restaurant
central in plakias
clean
welcoming
pleasant lay out
lovely appearance , reception area and restaurant area and outside
felt a bit exposed on the loungers at the pool area ( as raised up from dining area ) and a bit tricky walking past other loungers to get past .
9.0 / 10.0
Exceptionally helpful desk staff. They deserve awards
The staff at the front desk was superbly friendly and helpful. The location was good with a spacious parking lot. The room was very nice with comfortable beds.
If visiting again, I would not choose to include buffet meals but would eat in town.
9.0 / 10.0
Friendly, welcoming and wonderful
The room was clean and comfortable, the building overall feels cozy and "resort-y". The food was really good. It's not often a buffet feels so well-made and offers actual variety, but there was a lot to choose from, and all of it was good. So much of the whole experience felt thoughtful, welcoming, and caring. Like someone really wants this to feel special. And nowhere is that more evident than in the staff. This was one of the best and friendliest experiences I've had in a hotel ever.
As good as the staff is, the restaurant staff was almost… too good. Like, there were maybe 10-12 waiters working there at breakfast. Which seems insane considering that it's a buffet, no foods actually needs to be served. They're all just there to remove empty plates and serve drinks, and when they're not doing that they basically stand next to the table waiting for you to finish eating. I get it, service is the name of the game, and attentive staff is wonderful. But this hits just slightly off-mark.
10.0 / 10.0
Although the hotel is very comfortable it’s the staff or what makes this place
The staff were absolutely fantastic they could not have been more friendly or helpful
Everything was lovely
9.0 / 10.0
Wonderful staff!!
Nice resort style hotel right in the heart of Plakias. Lovely to be able to stroll the seawalk and town just steps from the hotel. Breakfast and dinner buffets were included, the food was good with lots to choose from and the restaurant staff were wonderful! As were the reception staff, they made sure we were happy and enjoying ourselves. Overall we really enjoyed our stay here and would recommend it to anyone looking for a resort type hotel.
The hotel was at full capacity so you had to sign up for specific breakfast and dinner times. It worked out alright, but not our personal style.
10.0 / 10.0
Exceptional
very sweet and kind team!!
location, windy weather every day.
9.0 / 10.0
Superb
Superb staff
Extractor fan didn't work in the bathroom
10.0 / 10.0
amazing 4 days in amazing place
everything was just perfect!Location,hotel facilities,staff, service and the ”worst thing“ is that food was just awesome👌
I need to mention the friendliness and superior service delivered by waiters and staff members from Albania 🇦🇱 they were just the best.
nothing to mention.
10.0 / 10.0
Perfection
This hotel is a gem. The location perfect to explore the area and the beaches around.
The staff all over the hotel was so friendly and polite and makes you feel like home.
The room was spotless with very nice view to the beach and the pool of the hotel.
The breakfast and last i ate was exceptional, huge variety with well cooked food.
8.0 / 10.0
Very good
Noisy air conditioning system in hotel rooms
10.0 / 10.0
The Perfect hotel, in the perfect location with wonderful breakfasts & Evening meals - Book it!
Its our second stay here and once again, it was superb. The perfect place to unwind, super close to the beach and a great location to explore further afield. Wonderful meals, lovely happy staff and we'll be back again soon. A huge thank you once again to the staff & management for providing such a friendly caring hotel for us travelers / Adventurers. Your awesome!
It would be an insult to even consider anything negative!
10.0 / 10.0
Exceptional
The room was OK, very clean, but what was truly impressive was the service quality overall and especially in the restaurant. Food was great and I received 5 star service.
Room door isolation is really bad, you can hear everything from the corridor.
10.0 / 10.0
Amazing stay
Very tasty breakfast as well the dinner. Wide selection of meals and salads. Very kind waiters
9.0 / 10.0
great stay even though it was windy, and the staff are all lovely
all inclusive full board included
10.0 / 10.0
Exceptional
Perfectly nice staff, excellent food, beautiful gardens, very close to the beachfront
10.0 / 10.0
WoW! What a superb hotel this is, Fab location, Awesome Restaurant & Super helpful staff -ThanQ
The wonderful homely & spacious, Happy ambience of the hotel, Friendliness of ALL staff, from housekeepers & Waiters to Management. So helpful and accommodating.
It would be an insult to a fabulous hotel team consisting of genuine nice people for me to even consider a fault, let alone write one! We loved and thoroughly enjoyed everything this hotel has to offer
8.0 / 10.0
Very good
Very friendly personnel, great location, great breakfast and overall nicely recommended.
Lack of soundproof in room.
10.0 / 10.0
Exceptional
Great family hotel, not fancy but great staff.
9.0 / 10.0
Enough but expensive
the staff was very kind and the food was very good
no direct access to the beach and the pool was very small
9.0 / 10.0
Nice family hotel with wonderful restaurant & kitchen
The hotel location is about 200m far from the beach.
Very good location, close to beach, shops, beach walk and restaurants.
The hotel has amazing restaurant with very good food. A food serving is perfect.
There was VERY strong wind during our stay there. But this is definitely not the hotel mistake.
We should stay in theis hotel and the place longer. The next time.
9.0 / 10.0
Superb
Friendliness of staff. Service. Food.
Bathrooms are a bit small
FAQs
Is parking included with this hotel?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Alianthos Estate Resort - ex Alianthos Garden. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this hotel?
Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Alianthos Estate Resort - ex Alianthos Garden. Enjoy the water!
Is Alianthos Estate Resort - ex Alianthos Garden pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Alianthos Estate Resort - ex Alianthos Garden?
We found 15 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, and smoking allowed.
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