We have just returned from the Hotel Anastasia and whatever I could write in this reveiw would not do the hotel justice.

From the moment we arrived untill we left there was not one single thing to complain about.

Our flight had been delayed nearly 2 hours so it was quite late at night when we arrived. We were SHOWN to our room which was very spacious and spotless. Then told that as we were we had been saved a cold plate meal, which we thought was very thoughtful.

The staff in the hotel are very friendly they all love children.

Most nights we were there we had entertainment in the hotel. Quiz nights, Bingo, a barb a que night, kareoke and a disco night with a dj and wide range of music including Greek. There was a nice bar that was very reasonably priced.

There is a 24 hour mini market which is run from vending machines you can buy cold drinks, water toys, crips, chocolate, paracetamol etc all at good prices.

The food was excellent. Top quality, well cooked very attractivly presented every day. There was always lots of different choises to suit every one loads of fresh salad, veg and fruit. There was lots of Greek food on offer too for example gyros, mousaka etc. The meals could be eaten outside in the sun or in the shade.

The room was cleaned every day any towels that had been used were replaced every day. You get a fridge for keeping drinks etc in and airconditioning is included in the holiday price.

The pool area is very attractive and clean, plenty of sun beds and a lovely safe pool for little ones our little boy loved it.

The gardens are beautiful too. The hotel is situated in a conveinient area for both Stalis and Malia but far enough away to be very peaceful and relaxing. You do need to cross a busy road to get to the resort centres or beach but there is an under pass which makes it very safe to get across.

If you are considering this hotel for your holiday, book it, give yourself a treat you will not be dissa pointed.

It was our first visit to the Hotel Anastasia also the island of Crete. On our early morning arrival we were given a warm welcome by the reception staff and was shown to our superior room, which was large with a sea view.

The hotel grounds are very nice and well kept, the swimming pool was cleaned everyday and immaculate.t

Te food was wonderful and lots of choices for everyone to enjoy, the hotel also catered for the young ones, chips, chicken nuggets, burgers, pizzas, ice cream and jelly, fresh fruit.

The adults are well looked after too, you have alot of choices, moussaka, roast chicken, pork, veal, beef, salmon, perch, potatoes, plenty of different salads etc, etc!!!!
The breakfast was the usual bacon, eggs, sausage, omlettes, cereals, fruit also some tasty cake that the wife and I sampled a few times!!

The hotel owners Billy and Michael are brothers who are brilliant fun they make sure every guest is looked after.

Billy myself and my friend simon had a few ouzos and mythos one day we were a bit drunk and our wives sent us for lie down to recover from our afternoon session, which was a hard thing to do?

Even billy had to catch forty winks cos he was on restaraunt duty that evening!!

Anyway the hotel staff are all superb, manos, manolis great bar men, maria and evi wonderful waitresses, and billy's brother in law manos who ran the mini supermarket he was a star what a top lad he is!!

If you want a laid back hotel which is central to the resorts of Stalis and Malia with great food and entertainment and superb staff and ammenities then look no further then the hotel Anastasia, I'm off now i've typed so much my fingers are sore!! But we will be back there very soon!!!

We spent two weeks at Hotel Anastasia in August this year.This was the second year running we have been there and,yes you've guessed it,we're off there again next year.

This is a lovely family run hotel which suits people of all ages. Run by Michael and Billy,the friendliest,most caring hotel proprietors I have ever met. They join in just about everything from karaoke to bingo.All the staff are brill,Manos and Manolis on the bar,Maria and Evie the two lovely waitresses.

Nothing is too much trouble for them. Not forgetting the best reception staff ever Nicky and Manolis.Who could forget Manos junior and his obsession with Panathinikos which he lets you know about every day in the mini market,a lovely guy.

This is the cleanest hotel I've ever been to,your rooms are cleaned every day,even on the busiest change over days.The pool is lovely and the facilities available for children are great.This year we saw the addition of mini golf.The kids club is fab and at two euros for two and a half hours is good value.My little one goes every day.The gardens are beautiful,full of the brightest blooms,even in the heat of August.

Food is wonderful and you can eat as little or as much as you like.Plenty for the kids to choose from as well.Lots of salads,hot food and great desserts.Lunch is available and there is a wide lunch menu to choose from.Excellent value for money.

Situated in a nice area away from the main resort centre so you can chill out in peace.Short walk to lots of nightlife if you want it.

When we arrived this year it was in the middle of the night but we still received the warmest of welcomes.Also had a bottle of wine and card welcoming us back from Michael.Eveyone remembers you and greets you with the typical Greek warmness.

We have made some wonderful friends in Michael,Billy,their families and the staff.We have also made some great English freinds who we now meet there at the same time each year.

I can't recommend this hotel enough.There is nowhere else to match it. Go there if you want a relaxing holiday,clean hotel,friendly staff and good facilities for the little ones.

A little piece of heaven on earth!!!!

We read reports on various web sites about the hotel and we could not find one bad report which made us look forward to this holiday and once we arrived we could only agree to what we had read.

All management and staff are very helpful and friendly, very clean inside and out, food very good with plenty of choice.

Pool area very clean and if the sunbeds were running short the staff would soon put more out, also plenty of umbrellas to shade under when it got very hot.

Low key entertainment but it was nice to relax and chat to other people and met some nice people. Karaoke on a Monday was a good laugh and Greek dancers every other Saturday.

If you wanted to go into town it was only 5 minutes walk to the nearest shops, bars etc but the hotel bar was cheaper. It was a good walk if you wanted the beach but a couple of people got burnt off the sand and sea breeze whilst we were there so be very careful.

I went to this hotel with my parents and sister(4). We visted here last year and as soon as we got home we booked again! This is a well managed family run hotel with a very friendly atmosphere!! As soon as we stepped into reception the night we went back it was hugs all around!

It is a short walk away from the town but about 10 minutes away from the beach. It is a small hotel, but very friendly. The entertainment could be better, theres kareoke every monday, bingo and a quiz night during the week and a greek night once every 2 weeks.

The food is delicious, it made me try somthing new every night, there was a barbeque every sunday were you could try some of the local dishes. This is a great hotel with a lovely laid back attitude, but if you had a problem it would get sorted in minutes! Since it was such a small hotel you got to know everyone in it,the bar staff are amazing(Manolis and Manos) and the waitresses(Maria & Evi) are lovely!! When you go here you never want to leave, its just so laid back and time really does seem to slow down.

This is a really good hotel, I would definitley recommend it to anyone looking for a quiet(ish) laid back hotel, I'm even trying to persuade my mum and dad to go back!

We stayed at the hotel Anastasia in June 2005. We were very impressed with the up keep and the high standard, in which it was kept nothing was a trouble for the management or the staff what ever you required.

All the rooms were very well equipped this included t.v fridge, and most important of all for woman hairdryer. And also a very reasonable priced shop on site.

This was a last minute booking and our first visit to Crete. From the moment the taxi dropped us at the hotel we were greeted by a warm and very friendly reception... nothing was too much trouble and this continued for the entire week.

The hotel grounds and rooms were spotless and we were amazed that less than 48 hours before we arrived they had had torrential rain! there wasnt a trace of it!! This a family run hotel with Billie and Michael at the helm and it shows that is their baby. They own it not just manage it.

It is a quiet low key hotel andd there was never a need to run to the pool at 5am to bag a sun bed! There were plenty to go around and loads of space around the two pools.

The food was good with plenty of choice and the bar and shop prices were very good.. they didnt try to rip you off at all.

The entertainment was low key but this was just what we were looking for. All the staff were brilliant with maria and manos espacially nice... thanks guys!

We wanted a quiet low key relaxing break and we certainly found it at the Anastacia. I have no doubt that we will return ( as had 80% of the people we met on our week there!)and would recommend it ... but not to 18 - 30 type people... you would be climbing the walls! A spot on trip.

This was our first visit to Crete and the journey from Heraklion airport and dropping other parties off didn't inspire much confidence, things seemed very basic.

When we arrived at the entrance to the Anastasia we were not too sure what to expect. What a wonderful suprise, from the moment we got there until the time we left we couldn't find fault with a thing, and believe me we're a fussy lot.

We had 2 family rooms next to each other. The rooms are in blocks of four or six around the grounds which are picturesque - we didn't know how they grew such colouful pretty flowers in that heat! Back to the rooms, ours had plenty of room for 4 beds with space to spare, a welcome fridge to keep the aftersun cool (and the Mythos)air conditioning, a TV (charge for remote control)which we didn't need to use, as theres sky TV in the garden. A big enough bathroom with plenty of hot water. The rooms were thoroughly cleaned everyday, clean towels every other day.

Around the room areas were also very clean, especially around the lovely large swimming pool. Plenty of sunloungers and spotless water in the pools, also a childrens pool.

We ate breakfast and evening meal outside under the taverna, adjacent to the restaurant. Really good choice for breakfast always something you liked - from cereals, Greek yoghurt and honey,fresh fruit,continental cheese and salami's to hot dishes, a mix of English and Greek, toast, cake, tea coffee chocolate fruit juices etc.

Evening meal could have been 5 courses if you wanted. Loads of salads, always nice soup, a pasta dish, choice of two meat and a fish dish, veg also chips and pizza or fish fingers, nuggets etc for the kids. Not an awful lot of choice for dessert but what there was tasted lovely, plus melon and fresh fruit. Good value house wine.

Our waiter Manilos and waitress Maria really looked after us with a smile and nothing was too much trouble.

Snack lunches from the pool bar were tasty and good value. There was a BBQ greek evening once a week that was lovely.

The hotel is Located near the very busy dual carriageway,( though noise is not a problem) a little out of the resort of Stalis, which is reached by an underpass directly outside the hotel. Possibly a five minute walk to the beach road and the nearest shops, restuarants and supermarkets. A good 30 minute stroll left to the centre of Stalis and right to centre of Malia.

From the moment we arrived the hotel staff / management could not do enough to make your stay more enjoyable. Thanks to Michael and Billy and all the hotel staff

Entertainment is pretty low key and laid back, but that's what we liked. Lisa organised bingo or a quiz and the occasional karaoke, which is not our usual thing but was just like a family party, with the staff, Michael and Billy joining in. It was almost a requirement to sing badly and everyone got a big cheer if they took part. The childrens club was excellent, our two age 9 and 5 really enjoyed mask making and painting in the air conditioned play room, very well orgainsed thank-you Lisa you made their holiday.

We have never spent so much time around a hotel - we had such a relaxing time. Dont go if you want non stop going on, or plenty of entertaiment in your face etc,But if you like low key, home from home, understated, relaxing with excellent service we would definately recommend you stay at the Anastasia. We're hoping to go again ( soon )