Aquila Rithymna Beach
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Fast facts
Check in from: | 2:00 PM |
|---|---|
Check out before: | 11:00 AM |
Breakfast | Breakfast available |
Pets | Pets not allowed |
Children | Children are not allowed at this hotel |
Amenities
WiFi
Parking
Air conditioning
Pool
Fitness Center
Spa
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Aquila Rithymna Beach
Surrounded by 20 acres of landscaped grounds, this 5-star hotel includes 4 pools and 4 restaurants, on just over a quarter mile of sandy beach.
Reviews from 
Couple
Comment: Jun 6, 2026
Stayed in: May 2026
Relaxing a couple
Holidayed with her husband for 14 days in May. Excellent reception work- took into account all wishes when checking in. It was very convenient using the hotel app to book restaurant visits and get all the information about the hotel and events, as well as to contact the reception. All issues were handled very quickly. It was nice to have ALL the staff say hello. We have visited many good hotels for the 22nd time in Greece and the 10th time in Crete and can celebrate this. Cleaners are quiet at 6:00 a.m. The hotel manager is on the premises regularly and keeps an eye on order.
Restaurant: with the help of an app where you choose the time of visit ,the flow of visitors is well regulated - no interpretative, everyone is escorted to tables. The food is varied, everything is fresh, a good selection of both seafood and different meats, fruit and desserts are good. The chef oversees the replenishment. Thank you! Husband gained 6 kg in two weeks! (-: Only the main restaurant lacked Greek music in the morning.
The grounds are very well maintained, lots of greenery and flowers.
There are enough sunbeds on the beach, the beach is large sand and in places pebbles, the entrance to the sea is not very comfortable - I would make stairs from the breakwaters. The beach is being watched, all clear. Only there is no non-smoking area!!! I hope they ban smoking on beaches like Spain soon.
The hotel had a great spa centre, took various types of massages - was satisfied. It is very pleasant that the guests’ leisure is supervised by the staff and, if noisy children came, their parents were asked to be quiet, for the children there is a water park and a club, there and you can make noise.
Behind the hotel there is a street with shops and bars, as well as a bus stop to Rethymno(15 min). Bus tickets must be bought in the on-site store at the checkout counter 2.20 euros, the schedule - for reception.
Rest well, but next time we'll go to the adults-only hotel again! Consider Aquila Elounda, as, joined the hotel club, and this gives benefits! Thanks for the rest! The hotel is safe to recommend!
Restaurant: with the help of an app where you choose the time of visit ,the flow of visitors is well regulated - no interpretative, everyone is escorted to tables. The food is varied, everything is fresh, a good selection of both seafood and different meats, fruit and desserts are good. The chef oversees the replenishment. Thank you! Husband gained 6 kg in two weeks! (-: Only the main restaurant lacked Greek music in the morning.
The grounds are very well maintained, lots of greenery and flowers.
There are enough sunbeds on the beach, the beach is large sand and in places pebbles, the entrance to the sea is not very comfortable - I would make stairs from the breakwaters. The beach is being watched, all clear. Only there is no non-smoking area!!! I hope they ban smoking on beaches like Spain soon.
The hotel had a great spa centre, took various types of massages - was satisfied. It is very pleasant that the guests’ leisure is supervised by the staff and, if noisy children came, their parents were asked to be quiet, for the children there is a water park and a club, there and you can make noise.
Behind the hotel there is a street with shops and bars, as well as a bus stop to Rethymno(15 min). Bus tickets must be bought in the on-site store at the checkout counter 2.20 euros, the schedule - for reception.
Rest well, but next time we'll go to the adults-only hotel again! Consider Aquila Elounda, as, joined the hotel club, and this gives benefits! Thanks for the rest! The hotel is safe to recommend!
Hotel response
Comment: Jun 9, 2026
Dear Valued Guest,
Thank you for taking the time to share such a detailed review of your stay with us at Aquila Rithymna Beach Hotel.
We are delighted to hear that you and your husband enjoyed your 14-day holiday with us and that our team was able to make your experience so memorable.
It is especially rewarding to know that our reception team accommodated your wishes upon arrival and that you found our hotel app convenient for making reservations, accessing information, and communicating with our staff. We are also pleased that you appreciated the warm hospitality of our team members, the efficient service, and the attention to detail throughout the hotel.
Your compliments regarding the cleanliness, beautifully maintained grounds, quality and variety of the food, and the organisation of the restaurant are greatly appreciated. We are delighted to hear that our culinary offerings were so enjoyable, although we hope your husband has now recovered from those extra holiday kilos!
We are also pleased that you enjoyed our spa facilities and treatments, as well as the relaxing atmosphere throughout the resort. Thank you for sharing your observations and suggestions regarding the beach access and smoking areas. Guest feedback is invaluable and helps us continue to enhance the experience we provide.
Thank you once again for your kind recommendation and for choosing to spend your holiday with us. We are honoured to have been part of your many visits to Greece and Crete, and we hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back again in the future.
Kindest Regards
Kostas Damanakis
General Manager
Thank you for taking the time to share such a detailed review of your stay with us at Aquila Rithymna Beach Hotel.
We are delighted to hear that you and your husband enjoyed your 14-day holiday with us and that our team was able to make your experience so memorable.
It is especially rewarding to know that our reception team accommodated your wishes upon arrival and that you found our hotel app convenient for making reservations, accessing information, and communicating with our staff. We are also pleased that you appreciated the warm hospitality of our team members, the efficient service, and the attention to detail throughout the hotel.
Your compliments regarding the cleanliness, beautifully maintained grounds, quality and variety of the food, and the organisation of the restaurant are greatly appreciated. We are delighted to hear that our culinary offerings were so enjoyable, although we hope your husband has now recovered from those extra holiday kilos!
We are also pleased that you enjoyed our spa facilities and treatments, as well as the relaxing atmosphere throughout the resort. Thank you for sharing your observations and suggestions regarding the beach access and smoking areas. Guest feedback is invaluable and helps us continue to enhance the experience we provide.
Thank you once again for your kind recommendation and for choosing to spend your holiday with us. We are honoured to have been part of your many visits to Greece and Crete, and we hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back again in the future.
Kindest Regards
Kostas Damanakis
General Manager
Anonymous traveler
Comment: Aug 9, 2026
Stayed in: Jul 2026
We had a wonderful week at this hotel, Everything as advertised and worth every penny. And staff is amazing, especially our floor housekeeper Svetlana and reception team. Kostos, Anna and all of them looked after us very well. Thank you so much, we had great time.
Family traveler
UK
Comment: Jul 31, 2026
A lovely and relaxing stay at the Aquila Rithymna Beach
In early July we spent a lovely 10 days here. Half board suited us perfectly as we tended to eat very well at the extensive breakfast buffet and so did not need anything more to eat until dinner...whereupon we would again feast heartily at the buffet. Huge choice and high quality. A minor observation at both meals would be that the waiters were occasionally rather slow to take our drinks order (even after making allowances for it being high season and, therefore, relatively busy in the restaurant).
The spa is absolutely first class. I'd particularly like to mention Kiki who gave me two excellent massages, the first when I was suffering from sunburn. She was most caring and skilful, using cooling oils where necessary to help my skin recover. And the second massage, when I was feeling much better, was very relaxing. As were the many dips I took in the spa's cool water pool. Overall, a serene and restful atmosphere. Top marks to Elena for running such an excellent service and for being so concerned to help me in my sunburned state!
Back to the restaurant. I need to end with a serious point, which is about the insufficient precautions taken in relation to nut allergy sufferers. My wife and son were greatly restricted in their choices of dessert because of the high risk of cross-contamination from serving tongs that were all too clearly being used both for desserts containing nuts and nut-free dishes. They couldn't even have ice cream because the one serving spoon provided had equally clearly often been used to smear pistachio ice cream into the other ice cream flavours that were available. Might I suggest replacing the pistachio ice cream with a nut-free alternative?
That said, we do love the hotel. It's also a great base for forays into Rethymno, which is only a 2 euro and 20-minute bus ride away and is well worth exploring. We very much hope to return.
The spa is absolutely first class. I'd particularly like to mention Kiki who gave me two excellent massages, the first when I was suffering from sunburn. She was most caring and skilful, using cooling oils where necessary to help my skin recover. And the second massage, when I was feeling much better, was very relaxing. As were the many dips I took in the spa's cool water pool. Overall, a serene and restful atmosphere. Top marks to Elena for running such an excellent service and for being so concerned to help me in my sunburned state!
Back to the restaurant. I need to end with a serious point, which is about the insufficient precautions taken in relation to nut allergy sufferers. My wife and son were greatly restricted in their choices of dessert because of the high risk of cross-contamination from serving tongs that were all too clearly being used both for desserts containing nuts and nut-free dishes. They couldn't even have ice cream because the one serving spoon provided had equally clearly often been used to smear pistachio ice cream into the other ice cream flavours that were available. Might I suggest replacing the pistachio ice cream with a nut-free alternative?
That said, we do love the hotel. It's also a great base for forays into Rethymno, which is only a 2 euro and 20-minute bus ride away and is well worth exploring. We very much hope to return.
Family traveler
Comment: Jul 30, 2026
Underwhelming for a 5-star hotel
Unfortunately, this hotel didn’t live up to our expectations of a 5-star resort. In reality, it felt more like a fairly average, below-par 4-star hotel.
The hotel wasn’t terrible by any means, but there was very little about it that gave us the feeling of being somewhere genuinely 5-star. For the price and the rating, we expected a much higher standard overall.
The rooms and corridors in the main building also felt a little dated and could probably do with some modernisation. Nothing was particularly bad, but again, they didn’t give us the impression of being in a 5-star hotel.
The waiting staff, cleaning staff and reception staff were generally good and did their jobs well. The bar staff, however, didn’t always seem to have the same level of urgency, and they weren’t always particularly warm or engaging when speaking to guests. That said, they did seem to be rushed off their feet at times, so this may well have been more down to how busy they were rather than a lack of willingness to help.
The pools themselves were actually okay, but we felt they could have been much better. They weren’t particularly child-friendly, and it would have been nice to have had more family-friendly pool areas, particularly ones with views of the sea. For a 5-star hotel, we expected the pool facilities to offer a little more.
The snack bar was also incredibly underwhelming. The choice was very limited and the snacks on offer were extremely basic. Having stayed at other 4-star hotels where the snack bars have been genuinely impressive, with a great variety of food and plenty of choice, we were surprised at how little was available here. Again, it just didn’t feel like what you would expect from a 5-star hotel.
One area that really did impress us, however, was the grounds. They were beautiful, extensive and clearly very well maintained. You can tell that a huge amount of work goes into keeping the gardens and surrounding areas looking so immaculate, and this was definitely one of the strongest aspects of the resort.
Overall, there was nothing dramatically wrong with the hotel, but it simply didn’t feel like a 5-star experience. It was adequate, but when you’re paying for and expecting 5-star standards, “adequate” isn’t really good enough. We left feeling quite underwhelmed and wouldn’t be rushing back.
The hotel wasn’t terrible by any means, but there was very little about it that gave us the feeling of being somewhere genuinely 5-star. For the price and the rating, we expected a much higher standard overall.
The rooms and corridors in the main building also felt a little dated and could probably do with some modernisation. Nothing was particularly bad, but again, they didn’t give us the impression of being in a 5-star hotel.
The waiting staff, cleaning staff and reception staff were generally good and did their jobs well. The bar staff, however, didn’t always seem to have the same level of urgency, and they weren’t always particularly warm or engaging when speaking to guests. That said, they did seem to be rushed off their feet at times, so this may well have been more down to how busy they were rather than a lack of willingness to help.
The pools themselves were actually okay, but we felt they could have been much better. They weren’t particularly child-friendly, and it would have been nice to have had more family-friendly pool areas, particularly ones with views of the sea. For a 5-star hotel, we expected the pool facilities to offer a little more.
The snack bar was also incredibly underwhelming. The choice was very limited and the snacks on offer were extremely basic. Having stayed at other 4-star hotels where the snack bars have been genuinely impressive, with a great variety of food and plenty of choice, we were surprised at how little was available here. Again, it just didn’t feel like what you would expect from a 5-star hotel.
One area that really did impress us, however, was the grounds. They were beautiful, extensive and clearly very well maintained. You can tell that a huge amount of work goes into keeping the gardens and surrounding areas looking so immaculate, and this was definitely one of the strongest aspects of the resort.
Overall, there was nothing dramatically wrong with the hotel, but it simply didn’t feel like a 5-star experience. It was adequate, but when you’re paying for and expecting 5-star standards, “adequate” isn’t really good enough. We left feeling quite underwhelmed and wouldn’t be rushing back.
Couple
Comment: Jul 28, 2026
An ABSOLUTE BANGER
An ABSOLUTE BANGER
My girlfriend and I booked a photoshoot with Ema, and it was hands down an incredible experience. This was actually my first time doing a photo shoot, but Emma put me at ease right from the second we met.
She is genuinely adorable, not just in her conversation, but in her whole demeanor and gentle way of guiding us. Even without words, her body language and small gestures are so sweet, reassuring, and thoughtful. She has an incredible eye for detail and captures the most natural moments.
The entire session was so much fun, and the final photos are breathtaking. If you’re looking for a warm, deeply talented, and lovely photographer, go with Ema. Thank you so much, Ema ! We couldn't be happier.
We love you ❤️
My girlfriend and I booked a photoshoot with Ema, and it was hands down an incredible experience. This was actually my first time doing a photo shoot, but Emma put me at ease right from the second we met.
She is genuinely adorable, not just in her conversation, but in her whole demeanor and gentle way of guiding us. Even without words, her body language and small gestures are so sweet, reassuring, and thoughtful. She has an incredible eye for detail and captures the most natural moments.
The entire session was so much fun, and the final photos are breathtaking. If you’re looking for a warm, deeply talented, and lovely photographer, go with Ema. Thank you so much, Ema ! We couldn't be happier.
We love you ❤️
Very good location
Adelianos Kampos, Adele, 74100, Greece|2.25 km from city center
Check in and check out
Check in from:
2:00 PM
Check out before:
11:00 AM
Good to know
Children are not allowed at this hotel
Please contact the hotel for details about adding extra beds.
Please contact the hotel for details about adding a cot.
Pets not allowed
Breakfast available
Breakfast price
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Breakfast times
07:30–10:00 from Monday to Sunday
Please inform Aquila Rithymna Beach of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation. In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), additional safety and sanitation measures are in effect at this property. Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. Guests under the age of 18 can only check in with a parent or official guardian. Water park operating Hours: Daily 10.30 – 18.00 (except Tuesdays) through end of October weather permitting. Men are kindly requested to wear long trousers in all the hotel's departments during the evening. Please note that the hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise your credit card before arrival, according to hotel policy.
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