Astir Beach Hotel

I saw reviews about the rooms being bad and the service being horrible, but i find that absolutely false. The rooms, while old-looking, are confortabke and very welcoming. The doors are kinda bad (locks are hard to open (because you need to use a key). In my opinion, the food is great! Although there are not many options, the quality is better than expected. The staff is great, the people at the reception are kinda quiet, but the rest of the staff are nice. Location-wise this is the best, a few steps away from the beach meaning easy access. The animation team is good at keeping kids entertained, with games, dances & more. In coclusion, its a nice, cheap hotel that can provide anything you need for a nice week with your family!

First time on vacation with family and we had a fantastic time! The hotel is great and adapted for small children! The animators impressed us the most, great content and energy! Thanks a lot! Love Crete!

I LOVE MY JOB

Hotel was very nice, big variety of tasty greek and International food. Awesome animation for children and adults, there plenty of activities to do in a hotel. Super nice and energetic young animators. Great place from which you can discover east and center part of Crete.

We had a good experience.
We came with an all inclusive package but we wouldn’t recommend it.
Rooms: we had one at ground floor with very comfortable bed. Toilet/shower is full renovated so it’s a plus. Also a/c works perfectly.

Restaurant: food is different every day, we stayed for 8 days and we were nicely surprised with the variety. We would have been appreciate more sea food however.

Pools: A nightmare, People reserves the beds literally from 6 am despite of being forbidden. ! We were full week and beds would be with towel but people may not show up there at all. This is such nasty behaviour can’t believe it myself. Reserving them just in case you may want to come ?
We never got to have one spare bed in 8 days.
On the other hand the beds by the sea are always available, of course is paid.

All inclusive drinks not worthy! They don’t have good alco drinks included. If lucky they may offer you a cuba libre or gin & tonic, beer! You can only get the drinks at the indoor bar which is quite annoying and no sea ! If you are by the pool or sea you can’t get drinks from the outdoor bar!? Like why!? Same alcohol same place but you have to go all the way inside for it or pay !!!!
Bar where you can get drinks closes at 11pm the other bar closes at 2 am. So if you Kay for all inclusive keep in mind that party is over at 11.

Beach: May be the big plus here as it’s sandy and clear water. Very beautiful!

Staff: the nicest people works here, from restaurant staff to animation team, bar attendants, reception, cleaning staff! Everyone committed with their work and always smiley and nice to you. Thanks to all of them for making the experience better with your vibes!

Location: 100% to relax because there’s no clubs, only few bars around.

Not giving 5 stars ⭐️ Because of the alcohol situation under the all inclusive, the reserved beds at the pool .

I LOOOVE MY JOB

I come here in vacation with my family and we had great time!! The hotel is very beautyful ! The pool and the beach are clean, the staff of the hotel is very kinde one of them is philip, he is great!!! The restaurant is very nice !
Animation team is the best with ines that she is fantastic you cant be bored you will have great time, ayman fantastic the playboy is very good guy and dali dj catastrofa is good also.
The night in the hotel is super, there are a lot of show like fakhir show, quiz music, man vs woman!
I will come here again!!
I live my job kissi kissi

The hotel has a great location. Right across from the sea. The The hotel has a great location. Right across from the sea. The pool is fantastic and kept extremely clean. It's 25 meters and I was able to swim 1/2 mile a day uninterrupted. The food is great. Not excellent. The gym sucks. My television never really worked but you're not supposed watch TV on vacation, but I did ask three times for them to fix it and no one did. Christine at the front desk was lovely and they were all helpful. Janni gave me a great massage. This is a family hotel. Not expensive at all. They have some entertainment but for me, (I'm a professional musician) it was lame. All in all, I recommend it.

All staff at the hotel were friendly. Every evening animation program in Czech, French and English. The cleaning was perfect, the hotel shone with cleanliness. We would welcome a larger selection of traditional Cretan dishes. There were big waves on the beach and a red flag was hooked for 2 days. Sun beds for a fee of 6 euros.

I really recommend this hotel for everyone, the best of all in Crete! ❤️ Stelios and Rena are the best emloyees! Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱💕

We liked the hotel a lot. It has been thoroughly renovated and the rooms are comfortable and clean. The bathroom was really nice as well. The food in the restaurant was plentiful and varied, though it would have been nice if more traditional Greek dishes were available. Our only gripe was the coffee - it was atrocious and, unfortunately, we had to wait till 10 AM for the bar to open to get a decent coffee.
Overall, the staff in the restaurant and at the reception desk is kind and helpful.
The location of the hotel is really nice as well - just across the street from the beach. Even though the sea was quite rough (I am told this is generally the case on the northern shore of Crete), the beach has fine sand and is very clean and pleasant. A parasol and two lounge chairs cost 6 euro per day.
Another thing we liked was the Wi-Fi. It was fast, stable and the signal was so powerful that more often than not you could also use it on the beach right in front of the hotel.