Fodele Beach Water Park Resort

We have just spent the week at the Fodele Beach Hotel and had a fantastic time. We were a family of 5, with two young children (8&9). On the second day, our children went to kids club and we barely saw them for the rest of the week they enjoyed it so much! The entire entertainment/mini team by Pink Wave were amazing with our children but we were particularly impressed by the dedication and warmth shown by one staff member, Karina. Karina was kind, caring and naturally engaging and will be truly missed by our children.

Fodele Beach Resort is an amazing place to visit. We have been twice now, and have loved each trip! There's loads to do, with the water park on site, loads of pools, the beach just meters from the resort (and right next to one of the pools!) along with water sports and the Aegeo Spa. One of the girls in the spa, Katerina, is really nice and makes you feel so welcomed here! She remembered us from our previous visit and is so lovely. Fodele is one our top 3 places to visit regularly.

This was our first visit to Greece and it certainly exceeded our expectations in every way! The views from the hotel is absolutely stunning - it is not overlooked by any other hotels nearby and felt incredibly serene and calm, a great place to come to relax. Food was fantastic every single night with a large variety to choose from - in particular some beautifully cooked seafood dishes. A huge thank you to the hotel staff who made our stay so wonderful - our children are already asking when can we come back again!

A great place for families! It has kids catered for. The facilities are great, staff very nice. Spa is fantastic, especially the staff here. Katerina is amazing! Maria is great too. I would say that the hotel is great for families, but if you don’t want it too crowded, the beach is gorgeous; the main pool is too busy for us, so we found peace at the water park. Which was great for our little one, in the kids pool. The buffet has such a variety of food, The rooms are very clean. And the place itself is gorgeous. For me it lacks that 5 Star finesse. A lovely place though!

This is second visit to Fodele Beach as a family with our 5 year old daughter. The hotel is perfect for families, catering for all ages and interests. We absolutely love the waterpark and slides. You are guaranteed a fun day in the sun! The food is beautiful and the hotel offers so many different themed nights to choose from. The staff are absolutely amazing, they are so friendly/ welcoming/helpful from the minute you arrive to the minute you leave. They make an effort to get to know you and greet you on every occasion. They help you arrange excursions, and make everything so simple. We visited the CretAquariam which was amazing!! Definitely a must see! Then visited Heraklion city for the day! The restaurant Ippokampus was beautiful with the best seafood!! 😊 A visit to the Aegeo Spa is a must!!! It can be a little pricey depending on what you choose but it's worth every penny! Katerina is fabulous and makes you feel fantastic! You leave feeling so relaxed and refreshed! My husband loved the selection of water sports by the beach and enjoyed the Jetskis so much!! Our daughter had the best holiday in such a clean, safe and friendly environment!! She loved the kids mini disco each night, which is so fun for the little ones. I would highly recommend Fodele beach for a family friendly holiday! We can't wait to return! (Fanily of 3 visiting from Belfast NI)

The hotel is beautiful, but if you don’t do stairs then it’s not for you. Our room was lovely, air con was great and had a gorgeous view but we had 134 steps up to it from main reception. There is a train that runs during the day, but doesn’t start till 10.30am and stops at 8.00pm. This means you have to walk up and down at breakfast and up and down at night. A bit tricky if you want to take a drink up to your room at night to sit on the balcony as by the time we got up to our room I had spilled most of mine. There is nothing around the hotel, no shops or bars to walk to apart from one wee shop on the beach and a couple of restaurants. The shop on the beach was much cheaper than the hotel shop. We were there in May. Weather was lovely and the Waterpark was fairly quiet. We found the pools cold, but once you were in they were fine especially on the days the temperatures were in the early 30’s. We always went to the quieter pool which was near the beach and never had any bother getting a sunbed. There’s a lift up to the bar area. Just a shame there’s no music playing at the pool during the day. We are used to holidays with music and fun activities round the pool. We found the food a bit repetitive, but always found something to eat. The ‘fish’ night was almost all fish which wasn’t great for non fish eaters. The cakes were delicious. I wasn’t keen on the vodka based cocktails. I’m a vodka drinker but they just didn’t taste that good. The lime daiquiri was lovely as was the pina colada. The white wine was nice too. All in all this is a lovely hotel with stunning views, a great waterpark and beach. It will definitely suit some families, but we wouldn’t return only because of the location and the many steps up to the rooms.

I loved the body scrub with cretan herbal mix. The specialist was wery profesional. That gentle whisper in the ear “is everything ok” during the procedure just melted the tension in my body and lead to relaxation journey. Deffinetely recomend to try spa services! ＜3

Had really high expectations for this place. Really raved about on social media and we were excited to visit Greece for the first time. My first point is important for those travelling with children……There are no lifeguards at the pool, and whilst i understand you are responsible for supervising your children, it would have been comforting knowing that a lifeguard was present. Not a lot of people know life saving skills. That being said, we closely supervised the 4 year old with us. ROOMS Safe in room Shower /wet room Rooms clean and tidy Tea and coffee in rooms Blackout blinds Air con Balcony Toiletries TV - basic TV guide Decent wardrobe space Listing stated mini bar service in room for additional cost. Was not even offered this. Onsite shop - very expensive and there is nowhere else to shop so you have little choice Check in was quick and staff very helpful when taking your luggage to rooms. There are a lot of slopes here, which can be very physically challenging. Luckily there is a train which runs around the resort during the day. However it was out of action on our last 3 days. The hotel staff use golf carts to help you around which is great given the number of slopes here. As per, having to get up at the crack of dawn if you had any chance of getting sunbeds. Frustrating to see beds reserved and empty for most of day. On our last day, notes were attached to beds stating that items would be removed if unoccupied. This never happened. Sadly, the food was repetitive, same things every day. We were not at all impressed by the foods available. The queues for the restaurant and drinks are long! This was frustrating particularly as we were travelling with a 4 year old! Snacks and lunches were the same everyday. Pizza, pasta, chips with the usual salads. Any meats were very dry. Asian night was decent food and we managed to eat a decent meal. On several occasions, staff did not replenish food quickly enough. One evening the queues were so long we had to sit separately to accommodate our group of 6. If you wish to sit outdoors to eat, you end up on cheap folding chairs which really lets the place down. One evening the queue was so long we went and had a drink and came back. When we came back the childrens buffet was closed. I felt that there was less choice when dining later in the evening. The self serve drink stations were brilliant and was a relief that you didnt have to queue for a drink with your meal. Hotel staff in general seemed really miserable. I always felt rushed when ordering drinks. The entertainment staff were great though! Rooms were okay, but given the cost of this place my expectations were much higher. The guy who swaps towels was very agressive on one of the days where it rained. He was shouting out that people had let towels get wet. He then ignored the queue of people wanting to swap towels. I walked to reception to get clean towels and was told to go to the man at the pool. I explained wh

Nice Hotel, good Service and very clean. I really liked the Spa and the Massage from Maria. I felt so relaxed after that. Food is also good and the Entertainment in the evening ist cool. The kids loved the beach and the train which goes every few minutes.