Nontas Hotel — Hotel in Municipality of Chania

We stayed at Dreamland in June/July 2012. The complex is on a very busy, noisy road, so after we were showed to our room on the upper floor, at the front, we asked for one on the ground floor that would be quieter ( We have a 9 month old baby and therefore a buggy) so got a much darker, quieter room on the ground floor at the back - only 1 window & french doors. The kitchen area is tiny, approx 1.5 metres & was very difficult to cook on with a lack of equipment, we even bought our own knifes as the ones provided were useless. There was no kettle or workspace but the fridge was new & worked well. some useless items were provided like a toast rack? but there is no toaster or grill. The reception area smelt of cigarettes as the manager (Angelika) constantly smokes in the reception and public seating area. The ground floor rooms are hot & in an attempt to get a breeze through we opened the door while in our room but you do have to put up with the cigarette smell. The manager also came & shut our door on 3 occasions during our 2 week stay due to 1) our music playing at 10am with no other guests staying on our floor 2) My baby making a noise (??) 3) A pop bottle exploding (???). She also has a dog that not only fouls the gardens ( Which the maid has to then remove after a couple of days of baking in the sun! ) but also barks at anyone who walks past as she locks it behind the reception while she is not manning the reception. This woke my baby up several times at 7:45pm. She also has a TV on quite loud at times which disturbed our child. After paying a cot fee of £40 to Olympic, the manager told us we had to pay €20 additional cot hire for the 2nd week. We advised & showed her the paperwork that showed we had already paid for this but got the response 'Its not my problem' so we saw the manager at Nontas ( Sister hotel, just 50 metre down the road ) who was more helpful and this was the last we heard on that particular matter. The reception is not continually manned as advised 9am-12 then 6pm-8. There is frequently no one available during these times. The rooms are clean the maid does a 5 minute clean, 6 days a week and towel change twice a week. Our room (Number 6) was located next to the hot water tank which clanks every time anyone uses the hot water. Unfortunately a valuable item of mine was taken from our room - their response to my report of this was disappointing, I was told no one could have got in to our room and we have CCTV to deter this type of incident but they didn't check ANY footage to back this up - I had to report this to the local police & neither they nor Dreamland offered any assistance or even showed any interest in investigating the matter. I was accused of 'losing' the item by both the hotel and the police but that was impossible as the item in question never left the apartment during our entire two week stay! The resort is close to beaches but you do have to navigate the busy road. Note there are steps up to the entrance so if you have a buggy you will need to pick it up or take your infant from the buggy. Overall the Dreamland apartments are anything but a 'Dreamland' and we would advise avoiding them at all costs. You have...

Stayed at this hotel in July 2011 with my 10 year old daughter. The accommodation is fairly basic with small kitchen hob and quaint amount of cutlery, pans etc. The room itself was spacious and bathroom was the usual shower with no curtain job which you seem to get in Greece. We paid the 40 euros per week for the air conditioning (definitely need it) which is also pretty standard in basic accommodation in Greece. The rooms were cleaned every day and the supermarket (along the road nearby) was a cheap place to restock the toilet paper and washing up liquid which was needed. We did see one cockroach but I believe he came in from outside because there was no sign of them in the apartment again for the rest of the week. The beach is down a side road opposite the hotel. Five minute walk. You do have to cross a main road to get to it and it is very busy so not really suitable if you have little tots. My daughter and I were happy with the beaches though (there are three). The beaches are clean and sandy, really calm for a swim. We loved been there around five ish when all the locals came down to play a game of bat and ball (they love that game!). We ate at a couple of restaurants (ammos was our favourite) (turn right out of apts, the ammos fronts onto the beach). They were really friendly, the food was great and they gave my daughter something different when she didn't like the pizza (nothing wrong with it she is a bit picky about herbs). Catch the bus to Hania (tickets from paper shop past the supermarket and turn right). Also book the "train" to the waterpark at the train stop near the beach it's cheaper than your reps deal. Greek night was good but be careful when they dance you round the pool lol :o) the staff were always polite and friendly but to be honest we like to do our own thing so didn't have much to do with them. I certainly did not see dog poo or notice any smoke smells from reception. The pool is over the main road at the nontas hotel. it's quite small but clean and the drinks were reasonably priced at the small pool bar. Overall I would visit dreamland again if I could get the same deal - £220 each for school holidays end...

Well, we thought we'd write something as there were no reviews for this hotel before we booked - bit of a gamble on our part, so this could be quite lengthy!||||The hotel was nice, although on a fairly main road where the traffic rarely stops passing, so can be a bit noisy at times! The staff were friendly enough (when we saw them!!!) The rooms were cleaned daily, except Sunday. The linen, towels etc... were changed once during our week long stay. As it's essentially a self catering hotel, you have to buy your own toilet roll when the one on arrival runs out. I'd come across this before, but another couple we met found this strange! The safe in the room costs 10 euros a week. The air conditioning costs 7 euros a day, so if you want this, be sure to factor it into your spending money!||||We opted for bed and breakfast for the week. The breakfast was: a boiled egg, a cheese toastie, 3 crisp bread toast type things with butter and jam, some days a slice of cake, a pot of coffee and a glass of juice each.||||The picture of the swimming pool advertised is actually located at a hotel about 50 meters away - The Notas Hotel. It's owned by the same people, so you can use it, but it's not that big with very few sunbeds. We attempted to use it on our 1st day, but there was no space, so spent the rest of the week going to the beach instead.||||The beach is about 200 meters from the hotel - there's a road opposite the hotel and you literally walk down there to get to it. The sunbeds cost 3 euros a day each, although plenty of people just lay on the sand! There are beach bars on each of the beaches where you can get cold drinks, ice creams and snacks and the prices aren't too bad in these. The beach toilets however leave a lot to be desired!!!!!!||||There aren't a huge number of restaurants in this area, although we would definitely recommend Farmers Restaurant which you pass on the way to the beach - lovely food, atmosphere and staff. ||||If you're looking for late night bars, clubs etc... this isn't the place to go! It's perfect for a relaxing beach holiday, but...