LAVRIS City Suites — Hotel in Municipality of Heraklion

This hotel knocks it out of the park in the details. I booked an Executive King room and upon walking in found exactly what I booked. The room had large US style spaciousness. Modern and exceptionally clean. In particular I noticed all the things I really appreciate when on the road….that being….iron & board; dorm-style fridge; wash cloths (big hooray for all the Americans visiting); electric kettle & a Keurig; small safe; shoe horn, good lighting, baggage scale (to check those bag weights before flying); excellent quality towels; sitting corner with 2 chairs and a desk. On top of all this was the most outstanding Cretan breakfast. It was delivered to the door and set up room service style with a linen covered table and linen napkins, eggs, toast, jams, bruschetta, olives, cheese; lemon mousse, fresh fruit with yogurt; a warm cheese roll, coffee etc etc. It was incredible! When it arrived I thought there was no way I could eat it all, but I was wrong.||Add to all of this the ease of literally walking directly across the street and being inside the bus station. If you arrive via the ferry just turn left when exiting the boat, then make a right at the first large road you come to (it’s actually the road exiting the port area), follow this raid up to Ikarou Ave and turn right. The hotel is on the left. Took about 12 min to walk it, which was a slow walk due to luggage being pulled.||This is an exceptionally well run family business and it shows. I would not consider staying anywhere else upon return...

What a perfect place to stay in Herkaliin/Iráklio! A 10 minute taxi or public bus ride from the airport, stroll across the street to the central bus terminal and a ten minute walk to cruise ships or ferries in the harbour. And on top it's a 10-15 minute stroll to the center of the city. The bus for Knossos leaves and returns 100 yards from Lavris, so does another bus to one of the beaches nearby (20 minutes ride). Maria, who primarily runs the front desk, is a gem of a hostess. Very friendly and knowledgable she exudes warmth, compassion and has an answer for any query we had. If you've made it to here, you might think this is an advertisment rather than a rating, but it's not. We are first time visitors to Crete and have found the perfect place fördert a repeat visit to Heraklion/Iráklio.

PS I almost forgot 😇: Our room (rather suite 😊) was very new, modern and well equipped with a very comfortably bed, great bathroom with an outstanding shower and...

From the moment we checked-in to the our check-out, the hotel staff was helpful and accommodating. Mary checked us in and helped us with our air-conditioning since we had an issue turning it on. Mary greeted us with a homemade Greek drink and we had complimentary snacks in our room. The location was perfect for us as we took the ferry into Heraklion and walked about 10 minutes from the ferry dock to the hotel. I chose this hotel due to our transportation needs. Our plan was to stay one night and we needed to take the bus from Heraklion to Chania, and the Central Bus Station is right across from the hotel, which made everything easy and convenient. We also took the local bus to Knossos Palace, and the bus stop happened to be across from the hotel as well. Since we only stayed for one night, the hotel has a luggage room that we used because we wanted to tour Knossos Palace the morning we checked-out. I highly recommend this...