Elounda Water Park Residence Hotel

I've met a lot of waiters in different hotels but Illias and Christos are just the best one! Anyway, all stuff were very helpful and kind. I strong reccomend this hotel especially for big families. Also they have a good cooking with different food

Had the best week here. A beautiful hotel in a fantastic location with a sea and mountain view. The food was delicious with plenty of choice and our 2 year old son loved playing in the pools. The restaurant staff are so friendly, the cleaners are amazing, our room was spotless every day and I loved the Jumbo club entertainment team, they were great fun! Thanks for having us, we hope to return again!

This Hotel was incredible for my needs. I was there at the end of season (Oct) with my teenage daughters. Our apartment had everything we needed. I did ask for additional bowls which got delivered within minutes. I also had a ...lets say interesting neighbour who cause potentially a huge issue for me on the 2nd night of my stay and the manager handled it incredibly well. As a single mum with 2 teenagers it could have potentially gone horribly, but the manager made sure it didn't impact the rest of my holiday. My teenagers obviously enjoyed time without me leaving me on my own a lot which resulted in me chatting with many of the staff on a daily basis. They are all an absolute credit to the Hotel and always with no exception made me feel so welcome and that they had all the time in the world for me. Even the Lovely Nala in the shop made sure she had my brand of cigarettes for me after they ran out and were potentially not restocking so near to the end of the season. Nothing was ever to much trouble and always greeted with a smile where ever I was in the hotel. Which after a long hard summer can be a challenge sometimes having had experience of the industry many years ago. The public areas of the complex were always clean and tidy and regularly maintained allowing you to completely relax. The golf carts which helped guests around the complex due to the hilly location were a welcomed sight on many occasions. The bus service into resort was also an added bonus I didn't expect and although left you on a steep hill it gave you the most breath taking views of the whole resort and the perfect photo opportunity, making the 5min walk to the resort and the beach no issue. The apartment was cleaned everyday and fresh towels left , even towels for your sun lounger too, what more could you ask for really. There was still entrainment all day and every night at this late stage in the season, which we enjoyed enormously as there was a lovely mix of nationalities that got involved every night. I even got invited to play French Bowls some lovely French families and quite literally beat them at their own game lol. Although the hotel is moving to an all All inclusive one next year and it is not normally what I like to do I would absolutely go back here in a heart beat. One of the things I was most looking forward to was eating Meza and as much as I could I did. There Meza restaurant had an incredible view (as did most of the hotel, especially my balcony where I could watch the sunrise each morning) and the foot was outstanding. The main restaurant had s huge variety with everything from chicken nuggets to Moussaka and everything in between. Reminding us Brits how easy it is to at well and healthily. They even managed to showcase a lot of locally sourced produce, honey, and fish being my favourites. I would absolutely recommend this to just about anyone, I'd just be mindful that it is on s cliff side so for those with mobility issue keep t

This was our second visit to this family run hotel. We were also there in July 2024. On arrival we received a warm welcome and settled into our spacious villa which had a fabulous panoramic view of Elounda, the surrounding area and of course the beautiful clear blue sea. All members of the management team and staff were very pleasant and attentive throughout our stay. The food was delicious. Excellent quality local ingredients cooked simply in the Cretan way. This hotel is unlike so many hotels in that we were always treated as "guests", not just occupants. Crete is a lovely island and we really enjoyed our stay in Elounda as the Cretan people are genuinely warm and friendly. We had a great holiday.

Lovely family friendly hotel, enjoyed the hotel facilities, my son especially loved the fun park and little pool area. It is a hotel situated hillside which meant our calves definitely had a work out but there is a golf caddy cart that can take you to and from your room to the facilities which was a life saver for our little one. View from our room was amazing and the room was spacious and clean. Food was great, especially enjoyed the Cretan food we had, the lamb was lovely and soft, there’s salt and pepper for people to season to taste. The man that manned reception usually in the evening was super friendly and helpful, especially when it came to gyro’s recommendations! Be warned, even though the hotel food is lovely, when you taste the local gyros, you will make any excuse to eat them! The hotel had a free shuttle to the end of the hill which then meant we had a short walk into Elounda square and beach. We rented bikes with a baby seat for a day, directly from the hotel and had we not pre booked tours prior to our arrival, I would have just organised all at the hotel. Everything you need in a hotel is found here. We even had a late check out which made it easier for us with a toddler, to schedule his naps before our very late flight out of Crete. Evening entertainment seemed good, as it was mainly geared to the French tourists, we were silent observers but didn’t feel unwelcome when we joined the disco night to let our son run off some stream. Lovely gem of a hotel and we plan to be back next year but in summer to celebrate my father in law’s 70 birthday. Btw Elounda is such a lovely and beautiful little village, if you can, despite the hotel having everything you need, it’s well worth a visit into the main area to experience the local Cretan charm and gyros!

We went here for a family holiday- stayed 7nights. Water park residence means it has three slides that are ok and a small baby pool area and other standard pools so not quite a water park. But the kids enjoyed. Lots of kids activities available as well and the usual games by poolside. For some reason the activity club hosts were all french so although they spoken english some of the shows and sentences snd themes were french eventhough we were in Crete- Greece not in France- so that was a little annoying as it meant some of the evening shows we did not understand. Food was buffet style- there was some sort of theme nights in the food but we found it not great- just average. Rooms were ok, but as its situated kn a hill its quite steep to go to the different areas, say your rooms are near the top of the hill then you have to come down for the main resturant area another bit of a walk to go down to pools and right down to bottom for the kids areas- yes they have an onsite buggy that you can call but we didnt feel right to keep calling for this only for check in and out. Staff were generally friendly. No issues. Lovely views from there as well. And not far from the town areas.

Just returned from the Beautiful Island of Crete, having enjoyed the beautiful weather & the hospitality awarded by the locals to our Family, Grand Children & Us Oldies!
We stayed in the Elounda Water Park Residence and this place certainly was the "glue" which pulled everything together we expected from the island and truly made the holiday the relaxing experience we hoped.
Arriving in the dark, we were amazed at the Stunning views from our rooms in the morning - we never tired of that view.
The rooms we were given were 1st rate, very clean & modern. Cleaned daily to the highest standards.
All the staff of the Residence were very attentive & hard working making sure everything was to be the very best it could be. The pools, bars, restaurants, animation team were great.
This place really did provide a personal, homely feel that is not generally evident in the large all-inclusive complexes. It was like you were part of their family.
The town of Elounda was a wonderful place to spend time if you choose to wander out - lovely bars & eating places, beaches all you could want but not swamped with people - very chilled.

Would We return to Elounda and the Elounda Water Park Residence ? - Try and stop us!!!!