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Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels★★★★★

Malia, Crete

Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels
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Family hotel in Malia, Crete

In Malia, on Crete's north coast, this elegant resort stretches down to a private beach, 11 km from the Aquaworld aquarium. Kids have their own pool, a playground, clubs for little ones and teens, beach games and regular activities. Parents will appreciate the family rooms, the buffet and kids' menus, stroller loans and babysitting, not to mention massages in the garden and the three restaurants.

  • Kids club, ages 0–12
  • Kids' pool
  • Family rooms
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The kids club

  • Tiny Explorers Club · ages 0–3 Confirmed by the hotelEvery day, 10am-9pm
  • Kids Club · ages 3–12 Confirmed by the hotelEvery day, 10am-9pm · Free

Rooms & prices

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The hotel's family rooms

Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Deluxe Suite
Deluxe SuiteSleeps up to 4
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Junior Suite Sea Front
Junior Suite Sea FrontSleeps up to 4
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Deluxe Family Bungalow
Deluxe Family BungalowSleeps up to 5
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Junior Suite
Junior SuiteSleeps up to 4
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Bungalow Pool View
Bungalow Pool ViewSleeps up to 3
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Bungalow Beach Front
Bungalow Beach FrontSleeps up to 3
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: Bungalow Pool Front
Bungalow Pool FrontSleeps up to 3
Phāea Cretan Malia, a Member of Design Hotels: One-Bedroom Suite
One-Bedroom SuiteSleeps up to 3

Family reviews

8.6Very good120 family reviews

60% of the hotel's guests travel as a family.

Cleanliness
8.6
Service
9.2
Location
9.0
Rooms
7.8
Amenities
8.6
Value for money
8.0
Overall experience
9.4
Irena · USFamily trip · September 20267

Walk out to pool rooms Restaurant options

Hotel Staff was sometimes indifferent to concerns/requests at best, giving attitude at worst

Uros · RSFamily trip · September 20267

Nice but overpriced. There are better hotels in better areas of the Island.

Beautifully designed lobby and common space area. Beautiful nature well kept. Staff was warm and welcoming.

Its sort of wannabe white lotus if you know what I mean but far from there (not that we expected that to say in advance). Rooms vary in quality and location significantly. Our garden view room was overlooking kids playground with not more than 2 meters of space from the room. At the end we never sat at the balcony. Kind of awkward to get out of the shower and think whether kids will see you naked. Also bit humid, not superb smell in the bathroom. Far from 5 stars quality despite decent size and nice design. Its located in quite a terrible place of Malia (we knew that so no worries; had rentacar and planned to drive around in any case) and hotel restaurants are very nice looking however food quality is just not there for that price. It would be silly to spent these euros in the hotel whereas you can ear far better food and drinks in Elounda or Agios Nikolaos. We pretty much ended up dining out every single night. Also some stuff are just crazy like having no water daily delivered to the room (or you can get it but for extra charge) and having store that sells it but that is open only for cpl hours per day so you get forced to buy bottles at the bar for 4-5 euros. Or like 4 eur espresso and 10 eur glasses of wine and 15 eur aperols. You just start hating the environment with these prices after cpl days regardless of the fact that it looks nice. Beach looks beautiful but waves made it pretty much unswimmable. I read that before I thought that It cant benthat kuch of a problem but it is. You technically cannot swim in the sea if there are waves.

Caroline · FRFamily trip · September 20269

Qu’on soit en couple ou en famille cet endroit répond à chaque personne qui vient chercher une parenthèse.

L’établissement tient toutes ses promesses, un lieu où il fait bon vivre et flâner. Mais ceux qui font de ce lieu un endroit unique c’est sont personnel. Accueillant, attentionné, souriant. Le service repose sur eux et ils facilitent notre séjour. Merci encore à tous pour votre professionnalisme.

Les prix des restaurants /bars/snacks sont démesurés pour la Grèce. La plage n’est pas la plus belle de Crète mais elle a le mérite d’être proche de l’hôtel

Review in French
CAMILLE · LUFamily trip · August 20266

Niveau rapport qualité prix c’est bof

Piscine et plage

Personnel de restaurant Chambre pas propre et vieille

Review in French

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Amenities

Family essentials

  • Kids' pool
  • Water slidesTo be confirmed
  • Water parkTo be confirmed
  • Wading poolTo be confirmed
  • Walk to the beachTo be confirmed
  • All-inclusiveTo be confirmed
  • Kids' buffet or menu
  • Family rooms
  • Connecting roomsTo be confirmed
  • Crib
  • Evening babysitting
  • Kids' discoTo be confirmed
  • ParkingTo be confirmed

All hotel amenities

For kids

  • Kids club
  • Kids' pool
  • Playground
  • Outdoor play equipment
  • Kids' meals

Pools & beach

  • Outdoor pool
  • Heated pool
  • Pool bar
  • Beach
  • Beachfront

Dining

  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • Snack bar
  • Coffee shop
  • Themed dinners

Sports & wellness

  • Gym
  • Spa
  • Massages
  • Tennis court
  • Ping-pong

Services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Laundry

Good to know

Check-in & check-out

Check-in
From 15h
Check-out
Until 11h

Worth knowing

Please note that this property participates in the Greek breakfast initiative by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival. All rooms are nonsmoking. Guests are only allowed to smoke in the private balcony/terrace area of their room. Smoking is allowed only in outdoor designated areas. Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.In the event of an early departure, the property will charge you the full amount for your stay. Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation. Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. A deposit may be required at the property.

Where the hotel is

Malia, Crete

Page last updated November 11, 2026.

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