Carisa Maleme

Brilliant little family run hotel. Room was a bit small tbh ,but large enough for 2 of us for 4 nights. Was very modern and very clean. The family that run the hotel are very friendly, and very chilled. The grounds and pool areas are kept nice. There's not much around the area , a few restaurants within walking distance , and all we tried were lovely. The beach is only 150 m away and although mainly pebbles is lovely.

Walkers/Hikers .. Look no further. The Carisa is ideally located for walkers of any standard. There are miles of flat, quiet little roads nearby, or, turn right from the front door, go 200 yds and cross the main road, and you are straight into rolling countryside with pretty little hilltop village, with plenty of tracks through the olive and orange groves. For the more energetic, the nearby peninsular has the 2395ft Tityros. You'll not get much better views in Crete. Nor will you find more more genuine hosts than Roula and Andreas, two absolutely wonderful people for whom nothing is too much trouble. Any decent walking app should show the vast majority of tracks in the area, plus the WWII battle sites and the much older Minoan sites.