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Megaron Historical Monument Hotel, Crete

9, D. Beaufort, Heraklion, 71202, Greece. (show on map)

Expert reviews

Frommers review:

“A former office building, high above the harbor, has been revamped as Iraklion’s most stylish and luxurious getaway, with extremely handsome, spacious guest rooms and public spaces. We’re talking shiny wood floors, top quality mattresses, and lots of light streaming in the windows. A rooftop terrace, excellent onsite restaurant and swimming pool are among the many indulgences on offer.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Megaron Historical Monument Hotel, Crete. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.7 out of 5.0

Ranked 2nd in Crete

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What guests liked

All you need to know

The Megaron Hotel is a luxurious 5-star hotel located in Heraklion. It is situated in the heart of the city, close to many major attractions, making it an ideal location for travelers looking to explore the nearby museums and archeological sites. Many guests enjoy walking to the nearby business district, shopping district, and harbor.

The Megaron was built in the 1920s, with its foundations constructed on the seaside Venetian walls. Throughout the 1930s, this hotel gained extensive popularity, and since then, it has been restored and refurbished to include contemporary amenities and modern design.

The hotel features 58 contemporary rooms, from elegant suites to standard double rooms. Throughout each room, you’ll notice nautical colors, wooden floors, and high-end linens, pillows, and mattresses. All rooms come with modern amenities such as flat-screen TVs and complimentary WiFi. Guests also have access to an outdoor pool, spa, library, and business center.

The Megaron Hotel boasts two onsite eateries. The hotel’s main restaurant serves an array of local and international dishes, while the hotel’s rooftop terrace is the perfect spot for a relaxing evening of drinks or appetizers. The hotel also has a bar and lounge area, where guests can enjoy a variety of drinks and cocktails.

The hotel offers a range of facilities and services, such as concierge services, complimentary newspapers, and a 24-hour reception. Guests can also take advantage of the hotel’s car rental and shuttle services to and from the airport.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

4.5
Richard

8 November 2024

Would stay there again.

Excellent location for both Heraklion and to visit the rest of Crete (near the long distance bus station, car hire outlets + easy access on to the main roads avoiding the congestion in the city). Large, high ceiling room. Spectacular choice at buffet breakfast (coffee/tea/juice served at the table).

Although double glazed, the seals around the windows were not airtight. The slight draught did not matter but Heraklion airport is nearby and flights were taking off in the direction of the hotel! To give some context, the early morning flights woke me up but were not so loud that my partner was disturbed.

5.0
Kathryn

3 November 2024

Gorgeous hotel

The hotel was gorgeous. We had a sea view room with a balcony that was just sublime. The breakfast was simply the best.

Nothing.

4.5
Emma

2 November 2024

Luxury and comfort with first class breakfast

Breakfast. Wowee.

Like a maze inside, bit disorientating

5.0
Susan

30 October 2024

I would recommend this hotel as an experience of luxury and comfort at a reasonable price.

Such a beautiful historical building overlooking the bay. Comfy beds and room with a couch and large bathroom.

5.0
Rodica

30 October 2024

Fantastic hotel in a fantastic town, Heraklion

The very welcoming staff upgraded us to a double VIP room overlooking the sea and the venetian fortress and it was a very nice surprise. We felt indeed like VIPs, the bed was comfortable, the view was amazing, everything was just perfect. Breakfast was perfect, as well. We do recommend this hotel and we hope to come back again.

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5.0
Bruns

28 October 2024

Awesome breakfast, great location

Awesome staff, fabulous breakfast we included in our rate, great location from Port, we could walk across street to hotel.

5.0
Maiman

28 October 2024

Perfect hotel in great location.

Everything. Great facilities, location and staff. Breakfast was off the charts.

5.0
Alekos

27 October 2024

Great hotel

loved the size of the room and the staff. breakfast was great.

the couch in sitting area was a bed with pillows. not at all comfortable to sit in to read or to talk. if a bed is required there should be bolsters on the side to facilitate its use as a sofa.

5.0
Adrian

27 October 2024

One night in Heraklion

Excellent location, excellent amenities, super friendly staff and super good and varied breakfast with lot of traditional products.

4.5
Koh

22 October 2024

Hotel with great location and amazing breadfast

Breakfast is amazing. There are so many choices and all are local cuisines thus it is a great opportunity to learn about local food. It will take at least a few days to be able to "sample" all choices. The orange juice served is the real deal - you can taste that it is freshly prepared. The hotel is ideally located - 2 minutes walking distance from the old harbour. The room I stayed in faced the old harbour thus excellent view. Room is a bit old but is comfortable.

Gym is not 24 hours. However, hotel staff is great - they will open the door to the gym earlier when I requested. Gym is quite small so limited equipment.

4.0
Sadiq

22 October 2024

Very good

I liked the room and location of the hotel. But Breakfast not included with room and at 25 euro extra per person breakfast was too expensive.

5.0
Ezgi

22 October 2024

I stayed only for two nights in off-season, late October. Everything was great.

The location is very convenient. You’ll see that cheaper budget hotels in the same location of course, but I can safely say that the facilities and reception services are excellent. I went late October so it’s not the most busy time. Nevertheless wanted to note that people in the reception were extremely helpful for late check out, arranging transfers and offering suggestions on weather, destination etc so it was nice. The facilities are very good, room felt clean.

Nothing

5.0
Nancy

19 October 2024

Fabulous hotel highly recommend it

Beautiful

5.0
Susan

18 October 2024

Great hotel in a great location

Great hotel in great location.

4.5
Paul

17 October 2024

Lovely hotel and very helpful and friendly staff.

The staff were very helpful and friendly. The hotel has a great location and was a very good standard.

The view from our room could have been better but it was fine.

4.0
Richard

16 October 2024

Great location with staff that couldn’t have been more welcoming or helpful!

Great central location. The staff in particular could not be more helpful. In particular Effe was incredibly helpful!! Thank you!

Gym facilities bit limited and carpeted.

5.0
William

16 October 2024

Exceptional

Location and history. Great view!

5.0
Teresa

15 October 2024

We liked the location within walking distance of the ferry port and the Venetian fort.

Location

Clean, historic, great breakfast

5.0
Gill

14 October 2024

Beautiful room, great location, helpful staff

The welcome, the views from the room and the location

5.0
Linda

13 October 2024

Great Short Stay

We stayed for one night before catching an early ferry. It was the perfect place to do that as it is right across the street. The room was spacious and very clean. The staff was wonderful - even made dinner reservations for us.

Nothing

4.0
Joerg

12 October 2024

A solid 4 star hotel/location with some highlights (staff, breakfast, roof top restaurant)

Best feature of the hotel was Effi at the reception (and a spectacular breakfast). 5 star woman all around. Any question, problem, request she handled very well and fast. Go Effi ! Greek hospitality at its best. Any 5 star hotel would be proud to have someone like her command the reception experience. While photos are friendly to the location (busy street in front between ocean and hotel) good walking distance to town, great roof top restaurant, friendly staff, nice rooms (we got upgraded for free, thanks Effi) and beautiful port views. What truly stands out is the breakfast. The variety of dishes, daily changes and presentation was great. Anyone who prepares food knows that the hotel puts a LOT of effort in the breakfast 6 stars on a 5 star scale. In my view the breakfeast alone is worth a visit. And Effi, of course.

Nothing really bad but do not expect a 5 star experience but a solid 3-4 star one. A few highlights (reception, breakfast) makes up for what could be considered a somewhat confusing layout, meager gym, etc.

5.0
Adrian

11 October 2024

Short but sweet stay

Very central, clean, and comfortable. Amazing staff. Breakfast was really good too.

5.0
Nelline

10 October 2024

Great location. Worth it!

Great location with lots of sites and shopping nearby, and directly across from the port. The breakfast buffet was beyond amazing —a great variety of pastries, egg dishes, and traditional Greek items, and everything was excellent. The restaurant was quite good for dinner, with the best moussaka I’ve had. The room was very nice, and the bed was comfortable. The place has a real sense of luxury. This was a great place to stay for our night after a 24-hour journey to get to Heraklion. It was well worth it. Glad we were able to book it.

The parking was a little tricky to find.

5.0
Eduard

8 October 2024

One of the best city hotels anywhere.

Everything.

Some of the surroundings, awkward shower glass enclosure.

5.0
Robert

5 October 2024

Exceptional

Very nice hotel right across the street from the ferry/port. We had a large superior corner room with wonderful sea view and port view. Bed was excellant and breakfast buffet was one of the best if not the best in all of our travels. Highly recommend!

Nothing

5.0
Melinda

2 October 2024

Met expectations, great stay!

Great location m, professional staff, amazing breakfast

Pool was too cold! Polar plunge!

4.5
Giovanni

2 October 2024

Fabulous

Breakfast and location.

5.0
Mickey

30 September 2024

10

best choice. everything was excellent including the breakfast. I've never had such a wonderful breakfast.

nothing.

5.0
Eduard

30 September 2024

Very well run ship!

Everything.

Some of the surroundings.

5.0
Tammy

30 September 2024

Very nice hotel. Would stay here again

The morning breakfast was amazing. I loved how they labeled everything and listed what was in it.

The air conditioning location in our room blew right on me.

4.5
Roy

28 September 2024

Fabulous

Excellent breakfast with huge selection

5.0
John

28 September 2024

Exceptional

Needs better quality pillows

5.0
George

26 September 2024

Exceptional

Friendly staff, great location, facilities, and a superb breakfast

Nothing

5.0
Carole

25 September 2024

stylish and comfortable

hotel was excellant, breakfast spread unbelievable. Staff couldn't be more helpful

pillows on the beds were terrible far to dense and high.

5.0
Michael

23 September 2024

Exceptional

Big comfortable rooms with all the facilities needed. Short walk to town and ferry port. Airport a quick taxi ride away. Hotel is very confortable with an AMAZING breakfast. Staff could not be nicer or more helpful.

Nothing

4.0
Michael

22 September 2024

Very good

Lovely large rooms, tastefully furnished and decorated. Located by the old port giving grear views. Roof top bar and pool enhanced our visir.

Breakfast searing capacity madew it a bit hit and miss.but a good selecrion and well presented.

4.5
Devitt

21 September 2024

Love the breakfast, you can try all the traditional sweet in Crete

Just next to the bus stop and near the city center

Roof top pool is too small but the view is perfect

5.0
Royce

21 September 2024

Exceptional

Very nice facility. Very helpful staff. Was close to pork, walking distance to catch ferry.

5.0
Yvonne

21 September 2024

Hotel was very central and staff couldn’t do enough for you

The breakfast was excellent

5.0
Kristin

17 September 2024

Exceptional

The room

The bar staff upstairs was slow

5.0
Monica

17 September 2024

Modern and close to transports

This hotel is the closest to the port and the central bus station and is not far from other attractions. Unfortunately we only booked one night as we were leaving on a ferry to another island the next day. We arrived by bus from Chania and it was a very easy walk from the bus station to the hotel with luggage. Words cannot describe the amount and variety of food available for breakfast the next morning. And we had to leave before the hot dishes were served at 7 am but we still had ample food to choose from. Our room was spacious and the shower was luxurious with ample water pressure. We didn’t even have time to visit the gym or pool. The next morning we walked with luggage to the port to fast ferry to another island. But wished we had booked at least two nights at this place. So much more to see and do in Heraklion.

No complaints.

5.0
Lianne

17 September 2024

Luxury near the ferry port.

Modern, well-run. Nice roof deck with infinity pool and restaurant. Incredible breakfast buffet, the best we had in Greece. Great location for the ferry terminal.

We were only there for one night.

4.5
Neil

15 September 2024

Excellent hotel and location. 2nd visit nearly as good as the first.

2nd visit to this hotel. On the 4th floor this time. The room was slightly different to my first visit (and pricier) but still clean, comfortable and quiet. Breakfast exceptional, staff and facilities likewise.

Unlike in my first visit, this room had a walk mounted AC unit that blew straight towards the bed and made it a little uncomfortable. Not really an option to turn it off though.

5.0
Neil

15 September 2024

One of the best hotels in its class for the price

Highly attentive staff. Rooms overlooking the harbor are excellent. Very comfortable, clean and worthy of the highish price. Pool is also great but as with most rooftop pools, space is limited. Sets the bar for breakfast, in the top 5 of hotel breakfasts in my long and varied experience in European hotels.

Wi-Fi could be better.

5.0
James

14 September 2024

Luxurious and worth every cent! Would definitely come back and recommend it.

Felt very looked after. Staff so friendly. Everything was very tasteful and nice. Buffet excellent

Nothing.

5.0
Miranda

13 September 2024

Lovely stay

Everything

The food wasn’t amazing and was overpriced. No half bottles of wine

5.0
Bruce

12 September 2024

Overall a great experience.

The hotel is in a very good location, the staff was incredibly pleasant and helpful, and the room was comfortable and well appointed. The breakfast was especially good.

5.0
Barbara

10 September 2024

Amazing

Staff was amazing! Very nice and went above and beyond to help us. The room was very spacious and clean. The rooftop pool was/looked so cool, especially in the evening.

5.0
Margaret

9 September 2024

Exceptional

Breakfast was spectacular. Close and a easy walk from ferry.

I did not like being on the first floor with widows facing a street that had what looked like a topless bar and a night club. Very noisy in the late hours. But for two nights, I dealt with it.

5.0
Lee

9 September 2024

Would recommend this to anyone and we will stay here again.

Absolutely amazing property and the breakfast was to die for.

Hotel facilities

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Soundproof rooms
  • - Packed lunches
  • - Car hire
  • - Heating
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Shared lounge/TV area

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
  • - Business centre (additional charge)

Food & Drink

  • - Bar
  • - Breakfast in the room
  • - Special diet menus (on request)
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
  • - Fruits (additional charge)
  • - Coffee house on site

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out
  • - Currency exchange
  • - Tour desk
  • - Luggage storage
  • - Concierge service
  • - Private check-in/check-out
  • - Invoice provided

Activities

  • - Sauna (additional charge)
  • - Fitness centre
  • - Massage (additional charge)
  • - Hot tub/Jacuzzi (additional charge)
  • - Hammam (additional charge)
  • - Fitness

Outdoors

  • - Terrace
  • - Outdoor pool
  • - Sun terrace
  • - Outdoor pool (seasonal)
  • - Outdoor furniture

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry (additional charge)
  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Ironing service (additional charge)
  • - Daily housekeeping

Pool and wellness

  • - Rooftop pool
  • - Pool with view
  • - Plunge pool
  • - Sun loungers or beach chairs
  • - Sun umbrellas
  • - Swimming pool
  • - Swimming Pool

Miscellaneous

  • - Key card access
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Access to health care professionals
  • - Face masks for guests available
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