Poco Loco Hotel — Hotel in Municipality of Chania

Poco Loco is on the edge of Chania old town, looking out to the old town walls. There is street parking although it can be hard to get something in the middle of the day (and none at all on Saturdays when there’s a street market) - there’s a car park a minute’s walk away that’s only a few euros. There is a few pebbly places 5 minutes down the road where you could have a swim in the ocean but no actual beaches as such nearby.||The walk to the main shopping area and restaurants is around 5 minutes through winding old back streets - we got happily lost a number of times. There’s a self serve laundry a couple of small blocks away (take change, the local shops don’t like giving it out).||Poco Loco has 5 rooms and we stayed Room 4, the triple with seaview. This was on the 2nd floor (two flights of stairs, no lift). The view out the front is over the old walls and is sea glimpses rather than a full sea view but still pretty. Our room actually had three rooms, the first one from the front door overlooking the back into the old town had a single bed and a small bar fridge. Then the bathroom then the bigger bedroom with a queen bed and the the sea view (facing east with blockout curtains). Good airflow if you open windows on both sides and space on the tiny Juliet balcony to hang out washing.||Bathroom is small like a lot of Greek bathrooms. Cabinet with a bit of storage. Hot water was a little on the cool side but it was so warm, that was not a problem at all.||Extra pillows were in the wardrobe which had lots of space.||Basic breakfast was included in the charge (toast, fresh orange juice and coffee) with with other options for an extra one or two euros - we had the yogurt and seeds with fruit which was delicious.||My initial email inquiries were answered within a day or so, with informative answers. Staff were nice.||Rooms were cleaned once a day.||Deck on the roof was good for sunbaking.||Chania itself is lovely and was my favourite town in Crete, I'd love to go back.||||Minor less than optimal stuff - the road it’s on is not large but gets a bit of traffic so it can be noisy occasionally - I’m a light sleeper and I had to use earplugs for noisy motorbikes. The rooms at the back would probably be fine.||The tiny shower had a shower curtain which was a bit challenging to avoid getting shrinkwrapped by (hint -close the bathroom door).||The bed was very hard - some Greek beds seem to be but this was bordering on uncomfortable. ||Wifi was a bit hit and miss. We asked George about it and he said the local infrastructure is a bit off and on.||Staff are not on site all the time (although available by phone) so often we were there by ourselves. This was mostly OK, and I don't expect them to be hanging around just for the sake of it, so probably not really a negative, just...

If you enjoy getting a good night's sleep, this hotel is probably not for you. I don't think I've ever been in a hotel or an Airbnb in which the walls are so thin and the windows seal so poorly. We were in room #2, which has a window facing the street and one facing the inner courtyard of the hotel. In the street-facing room, you can hear literally every single car and bike going past - as well as on Saturdays when there's a street market, people arrived at 4:30am with a truck and began setting up right outside the hotel. This would normally not have been an issue... if the windows actually kept any level of noise out. A simple silicon sealant around the windows would probably have kept the majority of the noise out, but instead, I slept for a total of 3-4 hours over the course of 2 nights that we stayed there.

And the other room that faces inwards has walls which are probably made of paper - you could not only hear a pump of some kind going consistently through the night, but also every time the neighbours take a shower or use the loo. Quite 'loco' in my opinion.

The host was kind of friendly but it would have been great to be warned about these things on arrival (unless of course we're the only ones that faced this issue, which I'd be incredibly surprised to hear). Especially when from the first moment, we were told things that we need to do to make her life easier, like not bringing sand into the hotel (fair) and to be careful with things in the room as they are handmade (also fair). But why not tell us that it's so noisy so we could actually have done something about it, like get some earplugs or something? Also when we came back from our morning out in Chania at 2PM, the room hadn't been cleaned yet which meant that we were only able to rest for 25 minutes before they came and knocked on the door asking to clean, DESPITE us asking for an hour to get some rest (having slept for 1.5h the previous night).

The hotel itself is kinda cute, but not being able to sleep because you can hear either literally every car/bike going by, or people shouting at 5am in the morning on Saturday and moving furniture and equipment around is ridiculous (again, wouldn't have been an issue if the windows kept some noise out). Otherwise, the location is very nice in the old town of Chania, with lots of restaurants and the port/lighthouse area being...

My wife, son and I recently stayed at this great little hotel for a weeks holiday. It was a world apart from the type of holidays we are used to - 5* hotels - but it didn't make any difference, we absolutely loved it! It's a quirky place, only small with five rooms but with a lovely relaxed atmosphere. We had the standard room which had a double and single bed. The room was large and whilst basic in it's amenities provided all the essentials you need; comfy beds, a decent bathroom with stand alone shower, air con, flat screen tv, safe and a hairdryer on request. Although we didn't have the luxury of a balcony, the hotel has a lovely roof terrace with great views of the old town and sea from which you can relax and enjoy drinks.||||The place overall was spotless with the rooms being cleaned every day. We had included breakfast in our deal which was a bonus. A choice of different menus with all the food being prepared fresh upon order.||||The location of the hotel could not be much better and within a couple of minutes walk of the harbour and the bustling front of Chania.||||Thanks to our host George who is a terrific chap and very special thanks to the wonderful Nicki and her team for providing such delicious food and helping us out with everything we needed to know. You were amazing!!!||||We wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel to anyone seeking a quiet and relaxing stay in Chania and we certainly hope to return again in the future.||||Lawrie,...