Elounda Breeze Resort

We have just returned after a week holiday from this resort. We are a family of one adult and 3 children age 12, 13 & 16. We paid for an upgrade to a private pool, this was perfect for us as my children did not want to use any of the kids clubs and meant I could sunbathe whilst they enjoyed the pool. This for us was well worth the upgrade price and I wouldn’t stay here again without having a private pool. We were located in 3032 which was close to everything. I emailed before we arrived and requested a room with all day sun and this room did not disappoint! Although not private as our neighbours were very close it wasn’t as overlooked as some of the other private pool rooms. The room was of a good size, had plenty of storage / wardrobe space and was cleaned daily. They do not top up tea / coffee however there is a self service bar at breakfast and evening meal. Also coffee machines at the snack bar. Food The breakfast had good choices. We ate lunch everyday at the snack bar which again was perfect for us. Evening meals were always varied, hot and plenty of choices. Drinks - we were informed before we left to take refillable cups, this was a god send as no water bottles are topped up in the rooms. You get one large bottle when you arrive but there are a few water filling stations around. The snack bar & evening dinning had a serve yourself bar with beer / wine & soft drinks. Entertainment My 2 younger children enjoyed the slides and there were always free sun beds for me to sit on whilst I watched on. We only used the quiet pool on the last day, which wasn’t really quiet and still has lots of children using this pool. We were able to get sun-beds easily. The evening entertainment was of a good standard, the reps here work extremely hard. If we didn’t want to sit in the amphitheatre we could watch from our small garden. The outside entertainers especially the LED and fire show were superb. Area There is an onsite small shop with reasonably priced snacks, drinks & inflatables. We did buy some inflatables as none were available at the swap shelf located in the lobby bar area. We walked a Couple of times into Elounda, this took us around 30 mins (at a leisurely pace) the roads are quite and a footpath is available about half way. A taxi was 11 euros one way. Highly recommend the Elounda train, we did the 50 min trip to the view point. Also we used Boat Trip Elounda for a day boat trip, this was superb and the highlight for us. A family run business, reasonably priced. Our day trip was 4 1/2 hrs, included several swim stops, a scenic tour of Spinalnglo and the coast. Also included all drinks and home made food which was delicious. We walked to the small beach / cove a few times, the children paddled but would recommend sea shoes as a mix of rocks and sand. Cons The private pool This turned everything green. I had read about this previously so we just made sure we all wore black costumes in the pool. My son who spent the most time

My family has just come back from a week all inclusive at Elounda TUI breeze. There was 11 of us (8 adults ages 25-60 and 3 kids ages 2,6,8). Firstly I would like to say on our first big family holiday we all had a fabulous holiday and would definitely recommend this hotel. Positives: Hotel itself: the hotel is lovely and we actually liked how it’s spread out. 3 lovely pools and then the kids pool with slides which the kids and even adults loved. The pools did get busy but we were always by pool early anyway and you could always get a bed at quiet pool during all hours. The buggies up to the restaurant were fab as is quite steep but super handy. There is a few bars open during the day and 2 open in the evening - we never had to wait to long and was lovely to sit out. The hotel has lots of water stations too to refill. Staff: the staff are what make this hotel and they work extremely hard! They are all so lovely and helpful - a shout to the bar staff Denise and Angela and also a huge shoutout to Diwi! He was brilliant and so lovely. Location: the location is great with stunning views as the hotel is uphill. It’s about a 5/10 min drive to Elounda town by taxi at 11 euros which the reception help order. You can walk there too but is a good 30 mins and due to the heat we avoided this. I recommend going to Agios Nikolais which is about a 15/20 min taxi drive! The hotel beach is a 5 min walk and is absolutely beautiful. It’s always quieter than the pools too. The little cove is shallow which is great for the kids too and you’re able to swim off if needed. Snorkelling is so good there. You do have to pay at the beach bar but it isn’t expensive. But around the hotel itself there isn’t a lot if people do like that. Room: our room was a twin with balcony and was nice. Simple and had all what we needed with beach towels supplied you can change at reception. The others had family rooms which were huge. Air con was fully cold which was needed in 30-40 degree heat. Beds comfy too. Showers don’t have the best pressure but wasn’t an issue and didn’t effect our stay. Food and drink: I had read some reviews on the food and drink before coming and some of them I really struggled to believe? The food overall is good. They have a good selection and tasted great. They have extra 2 restaurants we all went to which were delicious. We mainly had lunch at the pool shack but was easier and tasteful. All of us liked the food and the main buffet restaurant had a good choice. The drinks too were great and a lot was help yourself. The cocktails were delicious we all loved them. We didn’t believe anything to be watered down the drinks were fine. Entertainment: as there was lot of us we didn’t really make use of the kids clubs or evening entertainment so we are unable to comment on this for smaller or families who like this. Overall we had a fantastic holiday and all of us had the best time away. The hotel and staff are great - There are some improvements/recommenda

Just returned from a 7 night stay here at elounda breeze. Check in was smooth and easy, taken straight to the room with our suitcases, room was spacious and appears to be very clean. Bathroom could do with an upgrade as mentioned in previous posts the shower pressure is rubbish and have to leave it running a while to get lukewarm/warm water. The tiling isn’t great in the bathroom and there is a strong sewage smell coming from the bathroom also. Air conditioning was great although it did cut off every time you opened the door and had to switch back on manually each time unlike other places I’ve stayed it automatically comes back on when door is closed? Otherwise room was all okay and kept clean throughout our stay. The splash pool appears quite dirty with the white drain areas coming apart as can be seen in pics. The pool sunbeds are not comfortable at all and a lot of them have a large gap inbetween the bottom and the top half due to the material having broke or shrunk? Umbrellas are stuck to the ground but are few and far between not enough and a lot of unused space where these could have been placed. Around the resort there is a lot of areas that could be used and are left empty no seating etc. We were disappointed there was no bar area at the splash pool and also the snack bar pool didn’t have all the range of drinks available just wine/soft drinks and beer. Snack bar food wise was good but the same everyday & the cardboard take away containers only big enough to take chips out of there, could do with some cardboard trays or plates to be able to take pizza/gyros?? There was no music throughout the day at any time during the whole week of our stay at any pools. Tables were cleaned very quickly throughout the resort we found which was good and meant flys were not around often. Drinks are not watered down and are very strong which was one good thing about this hotel as majority of these days hotels water the drinks down. One complaint about the drinks was the cardboard cups given when they have plastic ones available but don’t use them often only sometimes if your lucky, for a 5* hotel I think a cardboard cup is not ideal. The amphitheater wasn’t very comfortable to sit at night and no where to put drinks and watch a show, I think it’s much more of a better atmosphere when there are tables and families can sit around together, drink, watch entertainment and play games together and sit there throughout the night, entertainment was repetitive and boring unless it was a show that had come in from outside the resort. I came with my 9 year old and we found the entertainment to be a bit young for him. After the entertainment the bar area was very clinical, cold and bright and boring, games room wasn’t great could do with more stuff in there, 1 worn pool table and machines that took your money and didn’t work. Mario who works at the amphitheater bar I saw was serving guests with light blue wristbands on which I thought these were under 18?