Daios Cove

This was our third stay at Daios Cove. The first time was perfect - and it seems to somehow keep getting better each time we go. My wife and son have serious allergies and the staff have always gone the extra mile - not only to accommodate our needs but to make every meal a memorable one. We took a picture of us all on our last night at Ocean restaurant and our waiter George made this illustration from the photo. Thank you again to everyone at Daios for another magical holiday!

Daios Cove was spectacular! The rooms, the views and the service were beyond my expectation. It is built into the side of a hill and requires a Funicular to get to different levels. That is part of the fun. You get to meet and socialize on the short rides while viewing Mirabello Bay. The restaurants were excellent, the buffet had an incredible array of food choices. My recollection was that it was over 100 choices. The staff was terrific, very helpful and knowledgeable. In particular, Yiannis who is our server in the adult dining room. We never wanted for anything. He was always there and provided exquisite service. I would recommend this to not only individuals, but also the families as they do cater to those with Children. That said, I never felt like it was overrun by children. A place not to be missed!!

Amazing views, extremely high standards everywhere, but the staff where the best part. Especially Anna and Yannis in the Pangea restaurant, and Alex and all the team at the Ocean bar. They all made our stay extremely nice, and we’re looking forward to meeting them again on our next trip back.

Ons t****e verblijf in dit prachtige resort! Wat een unieke locatie, prachtig strand, heerlijke restaurants en fantastische service en dat alles in een eigen baai. Het personeel is fantastisch en maakt de vakantie extra bijzonder en doen je speciaal voelen. Van housekeeping, restaurants, strand zowel de drank als handdoekservice zijn top! De kamers en suites zijn heel mooi en voorzien van alle luxe. Ik mocht mijn verjaardag hier vieren en werd verrast met een upgrade en heerlijke taart! We hopen volgend jaar weer terug te keren en kijken uit naar 'another stay in paradise' !

Ein Ort, der Maßstäbe setzt – Daios Cove, Kreta Selten habe ich ein Hotel erlebt, das Service so persönlich, aufmerksam und zugleich unaufdringlich lebt wie das Daios Cove. Jeder Wunsch wird fast intuitiv erfüllt, das Team begegnet einem mit echter Herzlichkeit, ist aufmerksam und persönlich. Der Wellnessbereich ist eine Oase – hochwertig ausgestattet, ruhig, luxuriös und mit einem wundervollen Spa-Team, das weiß, was es tut. Und das Essen? Einfach fantastisch. Ob Frühstück, Dinner oder die Gerichte am Pool – alles frisch, kreativ- einfach Mega lecker . Ein Rückzugsort, die Zimmer ein Traum - wir haben ein fantastisches Upgrade erhalten - ein Mutter - Tochter Trip wie wir ihn uns gewünscht hatten - wir waren nach 5 Tagen super entspannt und sind in einer Stunde am Flughafen Heraklion wieder angekommen und haben direkt gesagt - wir kommen wieder!

This is our second trip having booked a double room with swim-up pool (first trip was September 2021 which we have since realised is much quieter and has less families with young children). Our first night we did have to make a noise complaint because of a rowdy family above. The hotel pulled out all the stops to not only move us the next night but as a repeat customer, they upgraded us to a suite with a larger pool. One thing to note is that there are couples who hog sunbeds in the adult pool area. As much as there are signs warning people that belongs would be removed after 20 mins, this never happened and we very often saw customers hogging beds leaving a book or sunglasses on a towel, then heading off to breakfast, returning an hour later. This needs to be more strictly policed or not permitted at all as it is not fair to those who try to find a bed as early as 9am. We really enjoyed the rib boat excursion (special thanks to Nikolaos for looking after us). Outdoor gym is amazing and BXR facilities are fantastic. Loved the boxing and stretching classes! Stretching was free. Pangea restaurant has pretty much everything you need for a buffet. One of us is coeliac however. Breakfast had great gluten free options. Dinner was a little hit and miss (one night there’d be lots of options, other nights it wasn’t so good) and some simple improvements could be made to make more dishes gluten free (eg using gluten free soy sauce as most dishes (even basic vegetables) were cooked or covered in it). But if you needed gluten free pasta cooking they did it for us. The ocean bar has a lovely wellness menu with lots of GF options and they could swap out the soy sauce on most dishes. Beach bar was poor for GF food at lunchtime. We have to give a special shout out to Anna and Yannis who looked after us at mealtimes. Nothing was too much trouble and they were so welcoming. Please tip the staff who look after you (even though they don’t expect it!). Thank you also to the restaurant manager who took care of us too. Housekeeping was also wonderful too and left me flowers most mornings. We will definitely return for our third trip. They really do look after loyal customers. But next time we’ll be back in September!