Lemon Garden — Hotel in Municipality of Heraklion

Postcard Perfect Idyllic Lemon Garden Setting||As the world moves beyond pandemics and traditional hotel travel options, booking.com & agoda have included many non-traditional accommodations for travelers to choose from. Some offer the convenience of modern amenities, larger spaces, kitchenettes and washing machines. They also provide a larger size to accommodate more travelers than a traditional hotel room. Most hotels we have come across within Western Europe are a stickler for rules that do not follow common sense. ||Positives|+ Absolutely fantastic host who is cheerful, helpful, and goes out of his way|+ Idyllic Lemon Garden setting in which you could easily pass the time painting and likely was overlooked by Van Gogh|+ Rustic charm both in the exterior and interior furnishings|+ Within a 10 minute walking distance of the Heraklion city center|+ Close by to a fantastic outdoor restaurant (beware most of Heraklion shuts at 10pm except the city-center)||Negatives|- Small Bathroom, in which it is easy to accidentally soak the floors|- Minuscule Shower Stall|- Small Dining room|- Lack of privacy from any internal doors or heavy curtains (the shears did not do much; admittedly there are wooden shutters outside which you can physically close, and not sure if anyone can open to peak in)||Beware roadside car parking which you can search out and find with some sleuthing, but the roads leading into and out of Lemon Garden are tight and...

Finding this accommodation was a lifesaver for my partner and I. The room was an entire studio apartment with an upstairs with an extra double bed but for far cheaper than any other place. The room had a nice closed-off bathroom with a diffuser for all my fellow curly hair people! Just a nice selection of amenities such as oven, freezer, TV with Netflix already signed in within a spacious and clean apartment. It was truly excellent and my only gripes was the TV was a bit high on the wall and sitting outside at night in the gorgeous garden would have been nice but there wasn’t a sufficient outside light we and two others could find unfortunately. Not only was the room fantastic but the host was amazing. Manos is an honest and truly kind soul who was very helpful with our requests and made us feel very safe in an unfamiliar setting while travelling as two young women. He truly went above and beyond by housing our luggage and cleaning the rooms when the cleaner had a family accident when we had arrived early as well as giving us a map and guiding us around town by recommending restaurants and...

Pros:

The location is pretty convenient and the atmosphere and design of the rooms and courtyard themselves are beautiful! There is also plenty of dishware and a burner in the kitchen which is a nice addition.

The host was super friendly and helped us find a parking spot and check in late at night (our flight was delayed).

Cons:

This might be specific to the first floor studio we had, but the rooms were very damp, even after opening the windows to air out after showers. The shower did not drain well either.

The wifi is very slow, less than 10 download and 5 upload. There was also an additional fee we had to pay upon check-in, which was unexpected and a little unpleasant.

Overall, the experience was alright for the price point, but felt like more of a place to come to sleep...