hdejongh

lol i went to your posts… did you ever visit a hotel which you liked????????? Its like everything is an absolute nightmare

Radiation Station

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Ken C

Booked for late May. Looking for good dinner recommends for Elounda/Agios Nikolaos.

david55

Plaka, right outside the hotel, has some decent waterfront tavernas. Our favorite being " Georgios".

If you are on facebook, there is a FB group called "Cretan Advisors." The person who started this group has a home in Aghios Nikolaos and knows the area better than anyone I have found. She often suggests restaurants in Elounda and Aghios and it would be worth joining just to read her suggestions. There are lots of Crete oriented FB pages, but hers, while small , is the best. I also know she is a admin person on Trip Advisor's Crete forum and you could get good suggestions there as well. You'll get her attention by posting this question on the TA forum.

fredwooch

We would second the recommendation for Giorgios, which I think is also called Jiovanni's. Another restaurant right nearby called Paliria is also good and a little more of a gourmet place, but we actually preferred the more traditional Greek seafood meal we had at Jiovanni's.

Plaka is an easy drive or even walk from the Domes resort. We also had dinner one night in the town south of the resort (I think it's Elounda), but it was a bit longer drive and more difficult to find parking in the evening.

porky73

Does anyone have a review / photos of the garden view suite? I have a booking already for the seaview in August but can "downgrade" to the garden view - so wondering if that would be worth the slight savings - as I have been in a sea view suite a few years back.

Ken C

Just finished a 5 night cash stay in a family suite. No upgrade at check-in but the resort was busy The room was ocean view with a huge picture window in the living room with clear views of Spinalonga.

I am not sure which rooms they classify as garden view, but I would assume on the west side of the resort which are mountain facing and probably a great sunset.

One thing I did not know after reading this thread was how vertical the resort is. I think the majority of people use golf carts to get escorted around the resort.

The beach was very well kept with lots of natural shade. Great views.

The family pool big and was never overcrowed. It does close surprising early (6pm).

Breakfast Buffet was fairly extensive and made to order eggs available. Coffee barista service. Mimosa and Bloody Mary’s.

The lounge has a good assortment of hot/cold food, and beverages (incl wine/beer). Conveniently located next to the family pool.

Found that a rental car was most comfortable to get around close by towns Plaka/Elounda. Sidewalks are not continuous and poorly lit at night coming to/from resort

Staff was professional and very friendly with kids.

platbrownguy

Looking for a place w/ a 2-bedroom suite for 4 adults and a toddler (one bedroom would be me + wife, other would be my mom + sister in 2 twin beds, and ideally the crib would be in the living room or something).

This property seems like a good fit. I booked a "Family, 2 Bedroom Suite, Bedroom 1: 1 King, Bedroom 2: 2 Twins, Sofa bed, Sea view, Balcony" -- via Amex FHR because it was the same rate as the "flexible" rate on Marriott.com but didn't require prepayment like the Marriott.com rate did -- plus the FHR gets the $100 credit.

Any reason to consider paying extra for the "core" residence (+145/night), the "luxury" residence (+214/night), or the villa (+557/night)? Will be Ambassador but will be going in July which I assume means it will be fully booked.

Is there another Marriott or Hyatt-affiliated property that folks would recommend instead? Budget ~1000-1400 euro/night for 3 nights.

hdejongh

I was there as an ambassador in juli 2 years ago. No upgrade (just a better view) was available.
While I really loved the hotel, the room (family, 2 bed room suite), was too small for me / my wife and our 2 children.(they were 8/11 back then), the "living" room turns into a bedroom with the sofa bed but that fills up the room completely

platbrownguy

Did you need the living room so that the 8 & 11 could each have their own "room"? I was thinking that mom & sister would take the twins in the second bedroom, and leave the living room as a living room. Hmm... might ask ambassador to get floor plans

hdejongh

if you are looking at this room (that's what I had):

https://domesresorts.com/domesofelou...dation-family/

(Family Suite with outdoor jacuzzi)

then you direclty enter the living room (there is no hallway), the sofa will sort of change into a twin. We stored our luggage there, but there is no way of really getting them out of sight.
And from the living room you get into the bedroom. Both the bedroom / living room have a door to the bathroom. There was no separate toilet....

When I was there they showed me this room as well:

Luxury 2 Bedroom Residence Sea View

this room is way better!!! I would highly recommend this room, it has 2 bedrooms, a living oom and a private pool.


Scroll down and click floorplan's (its available for all rooms on this websit)

https://domesresorts.com/domesofelou...uite-sea-view/
https://domesresorts.com/domesofelou...sea-view-pool/

The room I had: (the floorplan looks promising but its not

https://domesresorts.com/domesofelou...tdoor-jacuzzi/

platbrownguy

I am so glad I asked -- yes, this is the room I have booked! I didn't realize there was a whirlpool on the balcony but sure enough, it's there in the pictures now that the reservation shows up in my Bonvoy app.

The 1br suite would definitely not work but this looks great. Thanks for the links to the floor plans too, really wish Marriott would have a policy to make those available for all rooms on its own website, so helpful.

hdejongh

can you send a screenshot?

platbrownguy

hdejongh

looks good! enjoy!!