Hotel Vecchio

I'm very hesitant to write this as I love Rethymno and come here a few times a year so I want to be able to come back here now all the time! Also after staying in some places with excellent tripadvisor and booking.com reviews that were absolutely awful, I will never believe in reviews again! So I'm so glad I decided to see what this place was like and it's perfect .. my type of place. It's not 5 star but it's not 5 star prices and imo it's extremely great value for what you get. What I love: Totally private and hidden behind a large Venetian locked doorway, then wow! So much space which is very unusual for Rethymno hotels, so many little snug areas to sit and chill .. as for the pool .. fabulous!! Spotlessly clean everywhere, bedrooms very comfortable, great bed, bathroom fine, spacious room with lots of nice seating areas and couches to enjoy outside, in fact as the lovely friendly receptionist advised me, you can sit anywhere! Staff all very kind and pleasant, when I first arrived some guests glared at me and were not at all friendly so with people like this I can imagine the sort of reviews they leave, not very nice but thankfully everyone else was very friendly and always greeted you. Simple breakfast excellent strong coffee best so far! I could go on ... if you love historic old world different hotels this is for you! There is the old building and then a new more modern building opposite I stayed in the old part but I'm sure the other rooms are lovely and had private balconies but really not needed as there is so much room and space everywhere. Thank you to all the lovely staff I will be a regular now!! Debbie Xx