Albatros Hotel

Just spent 10 days at Albatross,great holiday,mamas lamb chops to die for!Family run hotel that makes you feel at home.

We spent 11 nights with a family of 7 at the Albatros, a family run, medium sized hotel in the center of Maleme, only a short walk to the beach front.

The hotel and the rooms are a bit dated, but well maintained and reasonably priced. The sea view/pool view room was quiet and had a very nice view from the balcony, especially in the evenings. Keep in mind that the hotel is next to the main road, so naturally the (cheaper) rooms facing north (towards the road or "mountain view") are more noisy and sitting on the balcony is less pleasing. If you want a quiet room, ask for sea view.

The pool is large, well maintained and well equipped with beds and umbrellas.

The terrace restaurant is open all day, they serve snacks but also fresh traditional Greek dishes and meat from the grill. Food is okay, on par with most tourist oriented restaurants in Maleme. We often had snacks or salads here while hanging at the pool and a few dinners, but also went out quite often. The breakfast is nothing special.

WiFi connection was working flawlessly in the rooms and at the pool and was fast.

The family and staff is very friendly and always helpful, they let us keep one of our rooms on checkout day free of charge so we could leave our luggage there and use the pool all day.

I would recommend the Albatros as a base for exploring the island and the beaches, for hanging out at the pool in the afternoons/evenings and the occasional snack in the restaurant.

My first visit to Crete in 2000 and this was our hotel , the breakfast was poor but it didn’t matter cause the island is a wonderful place , I would love to go back again

Very nice hotel. The family that runs the hotel is so Nice

a family hotel with home cooked food