Australia Hotel

Recent Reviews: 78

• User:Dave F

  Trip type: Couples

  Australia hotel Heraklion.

  04 Jul 2022

  Great little hotel ...bit off the beaten track.Friendly owner.Nice pool.Free breakfast.Only criticism is that. A kettle in the room would be nice.Beach is about 400 yards away.....shops and restaurants also very close.

• User:nasha2k

  Trip type: Couples

  Australia Hotel Amoudara

  05 Jun 2022

  TravellingAirport/Hotel €1.50Bus stop/ticket counter straight out of arrivals to main road it's on the left OR Taxi €20 upto 4 passengersBoth require masks.Car Hire €9 Day plus 0.39 per mile OR €60 per week.Blue Local Buses averaging fares £1.50 mostly via Heraklion Town Centre, Marina , Georgious Park & The Open Square.Green CoachesEast or West of Island Chania Port or Agios€5 upwards to €70 1 day or 2 daysAttractionsMon, Tues, Wed, Fri & SunChurches, Water Fountain, Tourism Centre, Georgious Park, Heraklion Marina & Fort In Heraklion Town Centre.Thu & SatOpen Bazaar Knossos €5 (also a day pass)ExcursionsHalf/Full DayKnossos Palace (Herkaklion Centre) 1/2 day.Chania Port & Villages & Malia Etc. 1 or 2 days. All Other Beaches (Heraklion Centre)Crete is the size of England with Excursions mainly heading East or West of Amoudara.Down South of Island not much happening.The HotelThe hotel has a free pool, free sun loungers, WC & A small bar where breakfast is also served daily.The rooms looking over the sea with sun rising on your right & setting over the pool on your left.The rooms have ensuite shower/WC space to hang your clothes, hairdryer, fridge with small ice compartment and a dresser with large mirror & balcony.Shops, Restaurants, Cafes, BarsThe local street is 8-10min walk & is mainly served with souvenir, beach goods & beachwear. There is a large selection of fancy restaurants, not many grab & go places, which is where you should try the Gyros Wrap Chicken, Salad & Chips in a bread wrap. We had it meat free. €4 either.Being a seaside area there is a wide selection of fish grills but also meat grills. The fish grills were amazing at €14.50 & Bottled Water €1. There is a wide selection of takeaway crepes at £3-4.BeachThe beach is a 10min walk across the main road whichever side you exit the hotel.Clear blue waters 10meters in you can walk up to the first set of 'yellow' floating balls at head height, sand then stone, then sand. Sun loungers only for beachside hotel guests.EntertainmentIt's

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• User:miss-essii

  Trip type: Couples

  Great hotel

  21 Sept 2019

  Great accommodation for the price paid! It was very cozy and the staff very friendly! Couldn’t recommend enough! The rooms were being cleaned everyday and the hotel is a short walk from the beach and all other bars and restaurants. We had an excellent holiday!

• User:Kira R

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Holiday July 2019

  03 Aug 2019

  Very positive experience with this hotel I had in July 2019. Simple, clean, pretty quiet place, convenient location and kind attitude. This is a great option for that price. Rooms been cleaned every single or second day. Breakfasts also OK. No complaints, I' ve had great time over there.

• User:danicacasal

  Trip type: Couples

  A story of how a great holiday got ruined by the hotel owner’s mother, on the very last day of our staying

  13 Jul 2019

  Having chosen an inexpensive package holiday, my husband and I didn’t expect much at Australia. And that was exactly what we got: the room was spacious but with seemingly pubic hairs on the floor and the bed cover, neither of 4 routers provided good internet connection, there was breakfast but it was exactly the same for 10 days (later I learned it had been the same for years.) Nevertheless! We didn’t mind, the place was quiet, close to the beach and nice restaurants, and the owner Harry, despite being under the direction of his bossy mother who was in charge of the bar, seemed to be nice and helpful. So, we’re getting to the fun part. The one in which both me and my husband lost will to ever visit Crete, or Greece again... or live.When we checked into the hotel, we got no information of when we were to check out. No info in the room either. We didn’t mind this though: the agency previously wrote us we were to leave before 16.00. Except being pleasantly surprised with the late check-out, we didn’t ponder much over it. So, we’re getting back from the beach around 13.00 that day, all happy and careless, when the young girl at the reception anxiously tells us we were expected to check out by 12.00. We start apologizing, saying we need 20 minutes to shower and we’ll be right back. So, my husband gets in the shower, I’m putting our stuff in bags... when I hear the sound as if the FBI is about to break into the room. Fast-repeated, aggressive knocking. I open the door with my heart in my mouth, and there I see Harry’s mother, frantically telling me to leave the room in 5 minutes because the check-out was at 12.00, and the cleaning lady has to enter NOW. I try telling her we did not get that information to which she, with a smirk on her face, says it is written “everywhere”, loudly insisting we must leave. Now comes the most stressful 5-10 minutes of our holiday (arguably any holiday we’d ever been on): we’re running through the room, I’m taking a 30-seconds cold shower, none of us gets to wash our hair dirty with salt and sand... I’m just rashly staffing our bags with my hands shaking and water dripping off my hair... but, we manage to get to the reception in minutes. And there, we are informed that we have to pay for one extra night because we didn’t check out in time! Then came the agony of arguing over why we were not just given that information right away, but put under enormous stress and incredibly disrespectful treatment - it went on and on, eventually Harry agreed we didn’t have to pay and left without a word. The young lady saw we were beside ourselves and tried repairing the situation, saying she hoped everything else was ok and that we enjoyed our staying, wished us a nice flight... It took us hours to calm ourselves down, but the bitterness has remained. I remember that experience every time I remember Crete.If you are unwilling to be ill-informed, mistreated, chased out of a hotel and be accused of lying: my warmest recommendation is to be wary of this place.

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