http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T14:29:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Crete%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/23/63012/0355 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/movenpickcrete.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>About eighteen months ago we mentioned that the former <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/14/225247/11/hotels/M_venpick_Makes_A_Move_Into_Crete">Candia Maris</a> resort on the beautiful Greek island of Crete was being taken over and turned into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Moevenpick+Resort+Crete/ian/265162/"><b>M&#246;venpick Resort and Thalasso Crete</b></a>. In fact, they've spent a good two years doing renovations and are finally open for business.</p><p>With all that time passing we're figuring the new resort won't resemble the old one very much. The M&#246;venpick people are advertising the new Crete resort as being upscale and modern, with some particular cultural characteristics, including an:</p><blockquote><p>exquisite combination of typical Greek hospitality and the traditional Swiss passion for efficiency, reliability, punctuality and precision.</blockquote></p><p>They have a huge seawater spa known as the Aegeo Spa Center which includes a amandak 2008-04-23T09:23:25-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/10/43715/0809 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> fantasizes about a Meditteranean getaway. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/crete_greece1.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>My holiday inspirations sometimes come from odd places. A British documentary about four friends amandak 2007-04-10T13:20:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/4/0530/17509 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Picky%20Chick/stories">Picky Chick</a> lets us know about her recent "quickie."</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/blue_palace_crete.png" class="imgborder"/><p>While sitting in my windowless office, I often scour the Internet...looking for places Picky Chick 2007-01-04T09:35:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/14/225247/11 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/crete_beach.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Swiss coziness (and maybe a decent helping of alpine chocolate) will meet the relaxed Greek way soon as M&#246;venpick Hotels take over the Candia Maris resort on Crete. From early 2008 the four-star spot will be known as the <a href="http://www.moevenpick-hotels.com/homepageHotel.htm?mode=flash"><b>M&#246;venpick Resort and Thalasso Crete</b></a>.<p> Sounds like M&#246;venpick has big plans for its first Greek hotel, which is nicely located directly on the beach and seven miles from the aiport--they plan to do renovations during the next two winter seasons. The big drawcard is the massive Thalasso spa complex which will offer regular thalassotherapy and beauty treatments plus niche specialties like a unique spine rehabilitation institute. Two indoor thalasso pools will add to the huge volume of water amandak 2006-12-15T09:15:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/19/10490/755 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/elounda_villas_crete.jpg"><p><br> Let's get two things out of the way up front, Elounda is a resort town.<p> Furthermore, plenty of Brit expats find themselves starting a new life in this small Crete town--what exactly are they running from anyway?<p> Anyway, if you want to test the waters before relocating to resort town, or just go on a holiday where you don't need to worry about leaving your hotel, <a href="http://www.eloundavillas.com/">Elounda Gulf Villas &amp; Suites</a> could be your style. &nbsp;The owners of this beautiful villa-dise are hands off, which is perfect if you don't want some stranger up in your grill from the moment you step off the plane.<p> Villas include cliff-hanging infinity pools, jacuzzis with ocean views and mood lighting, markj 2006-10-19T10:49:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/