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I’ll likely to travel to Greece next year, and have a lot of Hilton points so it seems a natural fit to try and use them.
Any experiences with Hiltons in Greece that anyone would like to share?Any particular part of Greece?!
No.
Royal Senses hotel in Crete is a decent option. Doesn’t have the “charm” of a couple of other places I’ve stayed at on the island, but is a smart, new, hotel
Anything to do around the hotel without a car?
Nothing within walking distance.
~20 min cab into Rethymno, which has a beautiful old town and venetian port, loads of nice restaurants (or 5-10 mins into Panormos, which is much smaller but also nice). Ideally you would want a car though to explore.Domes Aulus Elounda is pretty good. Haven’t stayed, but visited a friend who was. (Other Domes properties in Greece are part of Marriott, funnily enough)
The only Hilton I’ve ever stayed in was the one currently being renovated in Athens.
Thanks George and jsto 🙂
Domes Aulus Elounda is pretty good. Haven’t stayed, but visited a friend who was. (Other Domes properties in Greece are part of Marriott, funnily enough)
The hotel itself isn’t new but it is new to the Domes brand and I assume new management from the recent trip advisor reviews seems its not fully up and running to a 5 start standard, that said it is All Inclusive but its not mentioned on the Hilton website at all so not sure if there will be a premium for Hilton guests to pay
Anything to do around the hotel without a car?
No there isn’t, you need a car or taxi 10m to the nearest restaurants/town which are pretty good. The hotel itself is great and if you can book a room on points 5 for 4 then even better, they are also good with paid upgrades to other rooms. The Hilton Curio in Crete is a well organised hotel and some nice rooms for paid upgrades, I would recommend a car though!
I’ll likely to travel to Greece next year, and have a lot of Hilton points so it seems a natural fit to try and use them.
Any experiences with Hiltons in Greece that anyone would like to share?There is a new hotel in Santorini which looks good and another one in Rhodes which I will hopefully be visiting soon.
The one in Santorini wasn’t open when we went to have a look in April, but appeared to be nearing completion. It looked good from what we could see and is in a nice location with easy access to the beach but it’s a bit in the middle of nowhere and you will need a car
Thanks all.
About the Royal Senses in Crete, what’s the food situation? Namely in terms of prices (don’t want to go to an hotel on points to save money and then spend it all on food because I’m stuck on an expensive hotel in the middle of nowhere).
If I’d go I probably wouldn’t be in the hotel for lunch, but for dinner likely to not want to go somewhere so “far away”.
(Sorry for all the questions, but these website hotels suck and don’t provide the bare minimum of information)Assuming you are Hilton Gold breakfast will be included, which is excellent – huge variety and very fresh.
We ate at the buffet in the evening which again was great – lots of stations with food cooked freshly in front of you. It cost €35pp in summer 2021, which I thought was good value. Didn’t try the other restaurants there – they would have been more expensive but don’t remember costs being excessive. If you email the hotel I’m sure they’ll share prices/menus.
Thanks jsto!
Thanks all.
About the Royal Senses in Crete, what’s the food situation? Namely in terms of prices (don’t want to go to an hotel on points to save money and then spend it all on food because I’m stuck on an expensive hotel in the middle of nowhere).
If I’d go I probably wouldn’t be in the hotel for lunch, but for dinner likely to not want to go somewhere so “far away”.
(Sorry for all the questions, but these website hotels suck and don’t provide the bare minimum of information)The breakfast selection is very good!
The restaurants at night are fairly pricey compared to the local ones but if you pay in advance I think its 25eur or 45eur on the day per person this year for the buffet, which has very good reviews and will be trying it out soon
Thanks all.
About the Royal Senses in Crete, what’s the food situation? Namely in terms of prices (don’t want to go to an hotel on points to save money and then spend it all on food because I’m stuck on an expensive hotel in the middle of nowhere).
If I’d go I probably wouldn’t be in the hotel for lunch, but for dinner likely to not want to go somewhere so “far away”.
(Sorry for all the questions, but these website hotels suck and don’t provide the bare minimum of information)Here’s a link to the restaurants available, but I haven’t been able to track down menus: https://theroyalsenses.troulisroyalcollection.com/facilities/dining-and-bars/
May be able to tell more in a couple of weeks 🙂
I am also curious about the menus to see if they have any decent veggie options. But I guess Tripadvisor may have some pics of the menus
I am also curious about the menus to see if they have any decent veggie options. But I guess Tripadvisor may have some pics of the menus
There are a fair amount of decent vegan/veggie options on the buffet if that of interest, one restaurant specialises in Lamb but I expect there to be several options at the A la carte restaurants too.
Just visited the Royal Senses, probably one of the best ran hotels I have visited in Crete, its not necessarily cheap but everything is well organised, all the pools are salt water so its a very relaxing to swim in them.
I also stayed at the Elounda Hilton option but I would not recommend anyone go there, its unlike the other Domes properties, its all inclusive but currently its worse than a 2* all inclusive hotel, the food offerings are bad and it feels like you have to beg to get anything that you actually want.
Thank you, that’s helpful
April
It’s very nice, the private villas are excellent
Restaurant onsite was good and several in walking distance (15 mins walk)
I had a car which made life easier
The one in Santorini wasn’t open when we went to have a look in April, but appeared to be nearing completion. It looked good from what we could see and is in a nice location with easy access to the beach but it’s a bit in the middle of nowhere and you will need a car
Restaurant onsite was good and several in walking distance (15 mins walk)
I had a car which made life easier
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