Erato Hotel Adults Only in Platanias

Ok 3 star hotel. Reception staff were lovely very attentive and sorted any issues with the room quickly. The room was very clean and the clean staff were amazing. The view wasn’t great but we didn’t pay for sea view balcony. Location is great on the beach near plenty of lovely restaurants and a bus comes up past to near areas eg Chania. €2.20 per person to Chania (the buses back from Chania are very busy in the evening). Taxis if you want to go further are more pricy that other Greek islands. The hotel pool area was a bit of a let down we didn’t spend much time there due to that - very few sun beds and little shade. There are signs saying not to reserve sun beds but people do anyway and staff don’t care so wake up early to get one reserved!! If you miss out you have to pay the hotel €8 to rent Sun beds on the beach (this isn’t the same for all beaches locally so go to a beach elsewhere). Also on the last day we had to get money out from local ATM and change it up as they charge to hold luggage €2 per locker… we have never come across this before. Also please note the hotel charge €1 to weigh luggage - at Chania airport this is free to do :)

The rooms where alright. Regular cleaning and functioning AC. What makes me lower my rating was the bitter attitude from the staff and the route you had to take to get to the restaurant/beach. It was basically a back alley with cars and huge piles of trash.