Kalyves Beach Hotel

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Food and location are great. Staff (waiters, bartenders, and animators) were lovely. Overall, we had a good time at the hotel.
  : Room phone didn't work, shower water was always cold, room was cold, TV remote didn't work. The reception wasn't helpful at all about any of these problems and were rude.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Room was fine. Sandy beech with some stones was nice for children to play. Ducks in the river nearby. Giorgos, who works in restaurant, was nice to children and made them feel welcomed during meal times.
  : The food was a major drawback for this hotel. Looks like a lot of food is ordered somewhere from supplier rather then cooked on premises. Most foods were of low quality. Low quality cheese, butter. Lots of boiled stuff that does not require cooking. Hotel could do better quality and more variety. The same breakfast every day.

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : Comfortable, clean and right on the beach. The staff were lovely and helpful
  : We booked two rooms and one of the was a bit smelly

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great value for money! Wide variety of food Room with sea view Nice drinks Great service
  : sometimes quite noisy on corridors

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Great location right on the beach , near to beachside restaurants 50 - 100 metres to the right and right in the small town centre for more restaurants, cafes and supermarket. Kalyves is a very relaxed place , retaining a traditional feeling not touristy in the slightest. Mixture of nationalities , French, German, Polish, British, Israelis and more. Staff were very helpful and friendly. Two nice swimming pools outdoor and one indoor pool in the spa. Water was a bit chilly but was mid may so not surprising.
  : Too many small screaming kids for my liking ( i guess they book this hotel for the all inclusive), I was in a room between 2 families with small children and since my room was an adjoining one ie had only door between my room and the next , was annoying listening to kids screaming and parents screaming at the kids. I would have thought that the hotel would have considered it a bit more and not put a single middle aged man between 2 families with small kids. Also the aircon in my room either needed servicing or was totally inadequate for the room size. Despite being a modern aircon unit , when turned on full speed at the lowest temp was unable to cool the room properly and the outside temp was not that warm in mid may ie 27c max while I was there. I would not like to be there when the temps hit mid 30s in August.Food was ok , good variety for families with kids to feed , but not particularly memorable. I ate out in the evenings at local restaurants. Snacks , sandwiches, cakes and ice cream , tea coffee and bar with alcohol and soft drinks available throughout the day outside the meal times , so food and drink always if you have fussy eating kids. Despite booking all inclusive ( only because it was a good discounted deal) , on arrival you learn that there are 2 levels of all inclusive and you are booked on the 'basic' one which means that the drinks are all locally made unbranded cretan beer and wine and spirits , vodka , whiskey etc . It costs another 10 euros a day to upgrade to the premium all inclusive and have drinks with names that you recognise. To be fair the cretan beer was perfectly drinkable , not sure about the rose wine , I tasted it and it was a bit rough, the white and red were ok. The food at meal times was perfectly edible , a variety of standard breakfast items eg cereals , toast , eggs bacon etc also a good range of traditional Greek breakfast items , nothing wrong with it , just nothing special.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : There was absolutely nothing to fault.
  : It was perfect

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Location perfect in the centre of the village and right on the beach. Staff were helpful and friendlyGreat selection of food for breakfast as was the lunch and dinner. We like to eat out in local tavernas but the hotel did its best with variety. Sea view room was great for view and the bed was very comfortable. I didnt use air con as early in the season but also a ceiling fan. They have entertainment on an evening and our room was just above but luckily this finishes at 10.00pm
  : I would say bedroom furniture needs an upgrade , dark brown and dated. The bath towels also ready for upgrade.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple