Hotel Lena

The breakfast was lovely: fresh bread, coffee, orange juice and newly boiled egg.

Everything was nice.

The owner and his crew are very friendly. Room and W.C. were absolutely clean. The location is situated in the town centre but yet in a quiet street.

The Lena is a little gem of a hotel. We wanted to explore Heraklion and the location of the Lena is perfect. The bustling 25th August, a main street of Heraklion is three minutes’ walk away, passing restaurants and a mini-market on the way. The 25th August has shops, bars, restaurants, banks, ATM’s, travel and car rental outlets, so an ideal place to be. We arrived late at night after a 15 minute pre-booked taxi ride (£15) from the airport and the hotel owner was waiting for us and carried cases to the rooms. Rooms are only on two floors, ground and first. The rooms we had were spacious and very clean with quiet air-conditioning, mini fridge & kettle. For us it wasn’t Bed & Breakfast but just Bed, with so many café’s and restaurants close by we could sample and enjoy different Cretan hospitality at every meal. Don’t forget to explore the side roads close to the hotel and off The 25th August Street where we discovered large super markets, leafy squares with excellent cafés and restaurants who were not charging premium location prices. We would defiantly return to the Lena Hotel, it was outstanding value for money and perfect for our stay in Heraklion and the taxi ride back to airport from hotel was just 15 euros.