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    Hotel King Minos Palace

    OOOOO Plus

    InHersonissos, Heraklion Area, Greece

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    ABOUT THE HOTEL

    • Official Rating: A Class

    This contemporary hotel gives you a peaceful pool, and a beach within easy reach. And the Greek cuisine is a real hit.

    Terraced into a hillside on the edge of Hersonissos, this peaceful hotel is just a couple of minutes’ walk from a sandy beach. It comes with a large pool and 2 restaurants – 1 buffet, 1 à la carte.

    There’s plenty to do during the day – from tennis to water polo – and at night professional acts perform by the pool. Plus, there are regular Greek nights with a barbecue and dancing.

    • Rooms: 138
    • Lifts: 2
    • Buildings: 1 main building & 3 blocks of bungalows
    • Floors: 2

    Things you'll love

    • 2-minute walk to the beach
    • Pool
    • Buffet restaurant

    Location

    • 150m subway to the sandy beach
    • 1km to the resort centre
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    FOOD & DRINK

    Full Board

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    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Evening Meal
    • Drinks
    • Snacks

    Buffet breakfast and dinner. A la carte lunch.  

    Half Board

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    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Evening Meal
    • Drinks
    • Snacks

    Buffet breakfast and dinner.  

    Facilities

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    • Outdoor pool

      Spend the day lounging by the large, arrowhead-shaped pool. There are sunbeds dotted on the surrounding terrace if youfancy soaking up the sun, and parasols are available if you'd like some shade. Towels are available for a deposit.

    • Ariadne buffet restaurant

      Start your day with an American breakfast in the large, traditionally decorated, non-smoking and fully air-conditioned dining room. If you'd prefer, you can enjoy your meal on the balcony, looking out over the sea. There's a Cretan speciality corner alongside the dinner buffet as well as occasional themed evenings and show cooking at both breakfast and dinner. If you need a highchair, just ask one of the waiters.

    • Snack bar*

      Grab something off the à la carte menu and have a taste of both Greek and international cuisine. From 12pm 'til 3pm light bites are available.

    Rooms

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    Relax and experience a warm welcome
    30 Oct , 2019 ynedd
    We recently returned after a two week holiday at KMP. From the outset you are well looked after with luggage taken from the coach into the hotel and then to your room. Staff at reception, restaurant, bars and the chambermaids give a cheery 'kalimera', 'kalispera' as guests pass by. The hotel is on the edge of Hersonissos with its shops, seafront restaurants and harbour and nearby are pretty hillside villages - walk or take taxi to either. It is in a quiet location with fine sea views. Walk down through its bungalows and well kept gardens, where you see lime and lemon trees, then through an underpass to the beach. The hotel has a lovely, relaxing pool area: the pool is very large and one of the best we have experienced for swimming unhindered by other swimmers. There is a good pool bar/ taverna where George will make you most welcome. Nearby you have a tennis court, table tennis, chess, volleyball court and outdoor spa. The main restaurant has attentive staff and there is a range of dishes including Cretan so you will not fail to find a choice to suit your taste. Of an evening there are occasional good professional shows each week but guests who wish for lively disco type evenings will not find that here. In short, book this hotel for a relaxing time and where you will be a valued guest. You will meet many who return time and again as we have
    Wouldn’t stay again
    19 Sep , 2019 Evie T
    We arrived at around 10:30/11 pm on the 10th of September to be greeted by a rude and moody male receptionist( did not recall the name) to be put in a downstairs room in the basement which felt like we were in a prison cell! The beds are two single beds pushed together( as a couples holiday we arrived to a room with 4 single beds spaced around the room), tv channel has everything but English channels, bathroom 100% needs updating! Went back up to reception to ask if we could change rooms to be greeted again by the male receptionist who was plain rude about the room and said come back in the morning. Came back the next morning to see the receptionist had changed to a girl called Nina who sorted the problem straight away and upgraded us to a sea view room. The food is extremely downgrading on a evening meal and not very much to pick from, many are German dishes, the staff are extremely rude and grumpy do not smile at all! Breakfast staff were not really any better apart from Sula, always had a smile on her face and spoke unlike the others! Back to the food, when others are still eating they take your plate away and are extremely rude when allocating tables. Mini golf they advertise on the website and in the hotel but is non existent. Last and final thing entertainment!! Do not bother going to watch! Extremely poor! Would advise to go down to the beach on a night has more lively bars and a variety of restaurants to choose from, hotel is also full of Germans which were ignorant and rude pushing infront of ques in the dining hall to get food quicker Wouldn’t stay again at all!!!
    King Minis Palace Hersonissos Crete
    13 Sep , 2019 wonderaunt
    Spent 1 week here from 3rd to 10th Sept 19. This hotel was excellent. The reception staff so helpful. Hotel & rooms spotless. Easy to get a bed at pool any time of day which was L shaped and large. I liked the fact it had plenty of room around pool. Kyara and Kevin did a grand job as entertainment team. Also had a massage at hotel which was superb. The hotel is just a short walk from a large spar, shops/bars. If you take one of the side streets on right side of main road you will be at the beach where there are so many bars. Def take bus into Agios Nikolaos. Food at hotel was really good. Nice to try some traditional Greek food. Plenty of choice. Will def return
    Hotel tired and dated .
    12 Sep , 2019 beeroy, 1096493
    Good and bad things about this Hotel,The staff from beginning to end were friendly, efficient and helpful throughout our stay . The food on offer was of a high standard ,hot and plentiful and there was always plenty of tables available. We had an issue with a generator outside our room, this was resolved quickly and with minimal fuss. Everywhere was spotless and housekeeping were always around to keep it in shape. Now the Bad. According to TUI , this is a 4T .There is no way it is to that standard,rooms are tired and the furniture dated. Would have been 4 in its heyday but it’s 2019 and I expect a bit more from a 4T. gentlemen are asked to wear long trousers for dinner and I was told when checking in that dress shorts would also be acceptable. What I wasn’t prepared for was the amount of “regulars “ who seemed to be allowed whatever they wanted to wear. Open toed sandals , Football tops and ripped jeans. No WiFi in rooms, no Tea and coffee making.We paid extra for a sea view room,I wouldnt bother if I was you, Despite having shutters and a patio door, the noise coming from the main road was constant, needs better soundproofing or ask for a room facing the pool. situated up a hill accessible by a road which is very poorly lit at night. Always good to finish on the better stuff. The pool area was perfect , large deep freshwater pool ,decent temperature ,Plenty of sun beds
    Hotel and surroundings
    08 Aug , 2019 Ollie F
    Went here first week of school hols with kids age 19 and 15. After arriving late on the Sunday night ,found the reception staff very polite and helpfull. We had book 2 rooms ,hopefully close to each other. We were told that we had 2 options ,first was the 2 rooms we had booked ,not sure if they were near each other.or the second option was a bungalow with 2 rooms in it but only 1 bathroom. They told us if we took this bungalow they would give us two free lunch vouchers for 4 of us ,free wifi and also free safe in room .naturally we took the bungalow. Apart from the hundred or so steps leading further and further away from hotel all was good .in the morning we all had a good night sleep and woke up to two balconies facing the sea and lemon tree orchards.we walked back upto the hotel for a all you can eat American style breakfast .The pool was warm and clean. Very chearfull drinks bar by pool and welcoming entertainment day staff. We didn't really take part in many activities they provided but that was our choice. The beaches were 5 mins walking from hotel past our bungalow and under a low tunnel. They were very small and crowded. Night time ,we made our way along to the seaside bars for cocktails. Would say that the paths ,roads leading to the seaside were as one, meaning that you couldn't tell , no kerbs etc.and full of big pot holes.overall the hotel was great and also the staff. We also went out on a couple of trips into the small villages above hotel.
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    Special Assistance

    This property is generally unsuitable for those with reduced mobility. Having said that, we understand that everyone has different needs, so feel free to contact our Customer Welfare team if you have any questions.


    Our Customer Welfare number is 0203 451 2585. Lines are open Monday to Friday 09.00-19.00, Saturday 09.00-18.00, and Sunday 10.00-17.00. Calls from UK landlines cost the standard rate, but calls from mobiles may be higher, so please check with your network provider.

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