A fantastic hotel in the small village of Louto overlooking the beautiful turquoise Libyan sea.

We spent three nights in this amazing hotel, everything was perfect.

but the woman who rules the hotel must be upset by her job
She wasn’t nice and welcoming with my wife,  maybe for some racial reasons too, I don’t know, but I don’t recommend to stay in this hotel, as there are at least 6 hotels the same in loutro.

The hotel is relaxed, informal, and charming.

Alison is a very nice host and the hotel is in a perfect spot.

Stayed in this wonderfully friendly hotel, rooms are immaculately clean and staff very kind and helpful.

Fabulous stay at an exceptional hotel where attention to detail is second to none.

The view is best,we stay on the luxury room,Wich was bi, with a great balcony 
It’s up on the hill, so get ready for a nice tracking,the restaurant in the hotel, serves nice Greece food, the staf is very nice, except one time, the manager was a little stressed and not so friendly 
I must say, wen I mentioned this he was asking for sorry.

It’s a small and charming hotel owned and managed by Alison, an amazing and lovely woman.

but comfortable hotel is the best sited in Loutro, with a terrace facing the mountains and overlooking Loutro's sparkling waters.

Alison still runs the hotel as she did when my parents came, and she could not have done more for us.

even though is a steep hill up to the hotel.

Sophia who owns the hotel is a fantastic host.

Every room at the hotel has a view of the turquoise sea.

A steep climb up to reach this hotel, particularly with a suitcase,

This time we wanted to experience the other property and the nice bathroom.

but every year, the hotel, owned and managed by Sofie, seems to become better and better.

I would go back again in the cooler months to do some walking from this hotel.

If you want to moan about the level of noise from the air conditioning or that the bathroom is small,please go elsewhere
to get a life.

The bathroom is so tiny that the sink nearly overlaps the shower corner, and the shower corner is ridiculously small [70 cm x 70 cm or 2.3 ft x 2.3 ft].

but it was very small and the toilet was dysfunctional.

Bathroom very small with shower.Steep steps to room.

Lynsey and Martin x

Ps Be sure to check out 'Wonders Place' jewellery and vintage clothing boutique which is up a little side street.

If you don't want to climb 50 steps from the main street and then up to 50 more to your room, then stay in Porto Loutro 1, under the same ownership.

There are no roads to Loutro, it's made up of just a few winding streets and you can only get there by boat (the main hub is Sfakia, or you can pick up the boat if you walk the Samaria gorge).

We ate here one night for dinner and found it to be better than almost any of the other restaurants in town that have high rankings on TripAdvisor.

The restaurant/bar situatated at the terrace overlooking the village offer some of the best dishes in town as well as a decent assortment of spirits.

Some of the best food in the entire town can be had here.

hotel porto loutro is the pock of the bunch in the town for sure.

Hotel Porto is a well run place with an attentive staff, very nice rooms, breathtaking views and a prime location away from the boardwalk in town.

Town of Loutro is is very nice for a day or two and Sweetwater Beach was beautiful.

The hotel sits just above the town (30 meters) and provides great solitude and views.

Hotel Porto Loutro is the only real hotel in town with all the services and staff needed for a super relaxing stay.

Add to this the fantastic restaurants in the town offering fresh local cuisine all situated right on the edge of the Mediteranean & the chance to do as much or as little as you want to made for an unforgettable week!

We stayed at the one overlooking the town which also added to the peacefulness - we could go down to the main area (easily) to enjoy Loutro and then escape at night when we wanted to.

There was a table and two chairs with a drier for wet costumes etc.

Two hours later we returned to find the room unchanged, still wet with remaining pools of water across the floor.

Hotel Porto Loutro

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Basic hotel that provides a great service, good value for money.

The hotel is a simple hiking accommodation.

but if you really want a true, authentic, Greek mountain hotel experience, this is your hotel.

Dinner at the hotel was lovely, home cooked lamb and all the meals looked very nice.

Ok breakfast and hotel will make you a lunch to bring (sanwich, apple, egg, tomato).

The hotel were very helpful and drove us to a different gorge.

I would gladly stay in the hotel for a night or two to explore the area, which is extremely beautiful, and relax in the nature.

Obviously you go there for Samaria gorge and the hotel is ideal forthe purpose + the food is amazing.

The hotel is really pretty, it's located in a beautiful place surrounded by mountains and goats and it's really close to the "Samaria Gorge".

We asked for help on this hotel, and the service they provided was absolutely stunning.

The hotel regularly caters for large groups walking the Samaria Gorge

I stayed here for about 4 days and it was a nice clean buget hotel.

Neos Omolos is a small, family run hotel designed for walkers.

Very peaceful location 
We took a local walk around the hotel and found a wide variety of wild plants and birds, a naturalist’s paradise

The main thing about this hotel is that they make an effort to look after you.

Neos Omalos Hotel

The beach is just steps away and if you want to explore there are great hikes that are nearby as well.

Chora Sfakion is a small town on the south coast of Crete.

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Plus points
Clean
Beautiful sea view
Good value
Friendly
Right in the centre
Quiet
Modern room with great shower
Good wifi 

Negatives 
None

We came off the boat from freshwater bay and thought we would try a night in Sfakia.

The restaurant of both Samaria and Livikon Hotel has a very nice seafront terrasse and offers delicous food .

but had lunch at their seafront restaurant after a wonderful drive across Crete.

Modern bathroom with rainforest shower and the private balcony overlooking the harbour was the best.

Beautiful room and overlooking the harbour

Facing the Harbour, lovely decorated restaurant area, which I would even call hipster stile.

It’s a gorgeous little town with cafes and restaurants along the waterfront.

We enjoyed the private balcony (well separated from the neighbours) with a great view to the bay.

It was a great base to do a fantastic day kayaking trip along the coast with EnjoyCrete Kayaking and an enjoyable boat ride and visit to Loutro.

I was given a welcome drink of freshly squeezed orange juice – delicious - and sat relaxing reading my book and listening to the waves crashing on the beach until my room was ready an hour later.

It was fantastic to sleep on a very comfortable bed and to listen to the sound of the sea lapping the shore and to wake up to the smell of fresh bread coming from the bakery nearby.

Sfakia is a gem in the southern coast of creta.

It's great to sit on the balcony and watch boats on the little harbour,
The restaurant food was very good and reasonable priced, as were the rooms.

Today we arrived back from touring the coastline (which was stunning ) to find clean towels made into swans and fresh flowers.

Right on the beach front, the rooms overlook the bch and the harbour, excellent.

Continental breakfast was included in the price which is taken in the restaurant below the rooms overlooking the harbour which is delightful.

although booking.com states the Samaria takes credit cards the owner wasn’t keen on accepting payment by card and said he’d prefer cash.

but they tried to charge me for it when I was leaving.

Bread had been brought and we didn't touch it and we're charged for it anyway which seems to be the case in Crete.

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Modern rooms with simple, neutral decor and all very clean.Bed comfortable.

Loved the decor and amazing view from all the balcony’s over the sea.

The rooms have been completely and nicely refurbished in spring 2019 and the balcony rooms offer fantastic views.

On the plus side I found the old interior quite beautiful in itself,

Definitely for the tourist that need peace & quiet, friendly atmosphere and delicious food.

The rooms were clean, with airy high ceilings and the one we had on the corner, facing the center of town, had two sea views, and two balconies.

Nice hotel to use as base to explore the great environment of Sfakia.

but we didn’t really hear any noise due to that

but due to the beds being so close together it was more like a double!

Known locally as " Gods waiting room" due to the large amount of old people that come into the Bar /Cafe.

A beautiful hotel with top notch service, I highly recommend this place

This hotel is beautifully placed overlooking the bay.

(Also Hotel Samaria is owned by the same family and the hotels are joint together and it has also had a refurb). Thank you for a perfect stay it couldn’t have been any better :)

The Samaria and Livikon Hotel belong to the same family and actually share the same rooms.

The Hotel has been renovated this April and it was even better than our expetetions.The view is amazing, we sleept by the sound of the waves!

Even better was the restaurant/ bar/ cafe owned by the hotel.

We are a family of 6 and had a wonderfull time in the Samaria hotel.

So, if you would have to give the hotel a rating from the outside, it would be 5 stars.

This hotel is in the most beautiful location, right on the water (we had a balcony looking out onto the sea).

It is located in a beautiful stone house a short distance from the hotel.

Fantastic hotel and facilities in wonderful location.

The hotel also has a restaurant which I believe has been renovated and is a bit mor upscale.

We stayed for 5 days at Anna's suites, part of Livikon hotel.

Part of the ceiling lining in the bathroom was missing, a light switch IN the shower was hanging out, cables exposed.

I booked a triple and a double room and, whilst the triple was light and airy with modern furnishings, our double in the other section of the hotel was very poor.

The very small room was well worn, light covers missing, sink cracked, in what you would call the worst bathroom we have seen in our travels in Crete.

The staff is so kind and always smiling, the room was clean, the restaurant is very good and the place is beautiful.

The food is excellent and all the staff very welcoming We loved it!

The pace was somewhere else and the food was fresh from wherever.

We had dinner in the restaurant the first night and it was so good we ate there all three nights.

Dinner was superb, especially the Grouper!

The hotel is well placed for supermarkets and eateries,

Food was so good in the restaurant we ate both nights.

The food in perticular are amazing😃
We had a room with an oceanview and a balcony.

There’s a handful of restaurants and a couple shops

The rooms are above a street with restaurants

Staff so friendly and the food variety and standard is excellent.

Of course, at the end of the meal they treat you with some raki and fruit.

but also enjoyed the little town of Khora Sfakion immensely.

but the hotel is of course situated in a town and it has a tavern, so its understandable, it was also quiet during night time.

I loved going to sleep at night with the sound of the crashing waves, as the small town is very quiet at night.

Staff are hospitable, as seemed most the residents of the town.

but it was really nice to be on the balcony in the morning and evening overlooking the town and harbor.

The hotel is practically the first thing you see when walking into town, and it's right on the water.

From Samaria To Livikon

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The two plus points were that the view over Loutro was superb and the beds slightly more comfortable than the average Greek village hotel beds. The plumbing left allot to be desired and found it impossible to get hot water in the shower (couldn’t believe that there was a plug point in the shower,

The fridge was small and antiquated, we had to ask for a kettle (delivered with charm), and the shower water ranged from cold to tepid.

Just had problem with the warm water in the shower the next day

To it's credit there is hot water for showering in the mornings and the wi fi is usuable in the rooms.

Hotel Sifis is near the landing quai of the ferries.

After swimming in crystal clear water retire to Sufi Hotel & Cafe Bistro.

This is a hotel where we definitely did not feel the Greek hospitality like we felt everywhere else in Greece.

The hotel bar is dotted with Greek antiquities and the tables and chairs go right up to the waters edge so there is a constant view of the aqua waters and bay of Loutro.

A great little hotel on the water in Loutro to enjoy a cold beer while waiting for the ferry.

Go to the ends of the earth for you,  that is an understatement , for the hospitality and service that this hotel and family that run it will go to and ensure your visit matches the location of Loutro .

Hotel Sifis was a nice hotel and we would come back.

Sifis hotel is a great place to stay and is the first hotel you come to in loutro from the boat.

The front of the hotel God onto the sea so you can sit, eat, drink with the fish beneath you.

This is a very friendly, clean,well run hotel.

Coming from Canada, this hotel met my expectations of what an isolated Greek island getaway would look like.

As others have said, this a very simple (and inexpensive) little hotel, and yes the rooms are quite basic

If you are after a 2 week holiday in a 5* resort with lots of amenities and facilities then perhaps visit a place like Elounda -

We were there for 5 nights, and the only establishment that seemed to aspire to any sort of standards was the 'on-the-hill' Hotel Pourto Loutro.

The public spaces of this hotel are by far the best in the area.

Stayed in room 4 for 3 nights, the cafe area in front of the hotel is very good and as with all rooms in Loutro the view was superb.

but I was so impressed with this hotel that I have to talk about it!

Overall it's a good family run BEACH hotel.

Feels like an old antique shop, with books, painting and odd bric-a-brac type items,

On our 2nd day of 4 in Loutro I called in here for a beer, to use the wifi, and read a book.

By mistake we booked rooms for 7 people instead of 8

We had a difficult time during the reservation process.

After making the initial booking, I subsequently became slightly apprehensive when a particularly negative review appeared on Trip Advisor just days before we were due to stay.

The booking was the first problem we found.

We booked for 4 nights directly with the hotel and were told we would have a room with 'magnificent sea views' .

Make attention: if your plans change and you cannot stay there for all the days you booked you have to inform the possessor AT LEAST one week before, if not she obliges you to pay the 100% of the amount for the nights your do not pass there.

We had a corner room on the second floor where we had an amazing view of the area, the town, port, and activity.

You have instant access to the hiking trails all around Loutro and you are only steps away from the town beach.

Before our visit to Loutro, we spent a few days in Rethymon Old Town, and afterwards in Chania Old Town.

Your located at one end of town and see the whole town/bay.

The worn mattress and sheets and the little space in the room, invites you only to go out of the building and try to forget about this hotel, enjoying the wonderful town of Loutro.

Sifis Hotel

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Having left my hat on the bus, a very persistent receptionist didn't stop until the hat was found and arranged for it to be left in Hora Sfakion on my return.

Located 96 km from Chania, and 94 km from Rethymnon, bus connections to Chora Sfakion, then ferries or boats to are the only way to get here, except for hiking in (e.g.

A hair dryer was available from the front desk if requested.

There is no hair dryer or iron in the room

We had a  a biurthday anniversary while ther in the hotel and the staff prepared a cake just for us. Appreciated.

Nice older style hotel, great view from balcony.

The modern look of the hotel paired with the quaint village is the best of both worlds.

A real effort has been made to make this hotel the quality choice for Loutro, and it does have several benefits - the super breakfast being the most notable.

Would definitely stay at this hotel again.

We spent 3 night at this hotel with wife and daughter.

Fantastic reception by the staff, incredible view and Atmosphere, nice clean rooms and a very preasant and “chill” sitting space in the café in front of the hotel, witch by the way is right on the waterfront.

My two girlfriends and I stayed at this charming hotel on our first trip to Loutro.

The hotel was located on the waterfront and approximately 25 metres from where the boat docks.

The hotel has a nice reception with the very jovial and helpful Marina.

The ferry took about 20 minutes and the hotel is the closest one to the jetty so no need to drag suitcases far.

Hotel staff are very friendly and helpful.

Wonderful little hotel right on water front & close to boat drop off & the nicest bar in town.

Loutro is very busy and the hotel was lovely and quiet Co-Co to parrot is a great attraction

We were greeted very warmly by the hotel owner.

The bay is lined up with a handfull small seaside hotels, restaurants and shops,  ferrystop and some small beaches.

It is a clean small hotel in the middle of the village, on the sea.

Our room overlooked the bay which is picture perfect .It felt like more of an old building with solid stone walls and wooden ceilings so had a bit more character than many of the hotels we'd experienced.

In Anopolis the hero Daskalogiannis (see picture on the menu) was once also born, after whom Chania airport is named, and also the ferry who goes from Chora Sfakion.

The Daskalogiannis Hotel is not luxurious,

although iif you were hungry you could order more (like yoghurt & honey, fruit-salad) for a small extra fee.

The water is beautiful and the town very pretty.

Larger boats travel to other towns along the south coast.

Loutro is a wonderful getaway on Crete hat has great restaurants, a beach, and lots of hiking to various local beaches and towns.