We would highly recommend this place for the hospitality shown to us by Aristea. The rooms are basic but spotlessly clean. The "hotel", if it could be called that, is set on a village street with attendant traffic but our room faced away from that and the views were amazing. Our breakfast consisted of all fresh ingredients - bread, eggs,... More

I recommend it highly; I'm not much of a mountainous type (we stayes there whilst touring Crete); Ms Aristea, the owner, was amazing, chatty and jovial. The views were amazing and when it come sto cleanliness this hotel is really on another plane altogether.

Aristea herself welcomes guests to her beautifully located apartments and rooms on the 'periferal' street of Anogia. She speaks no english, and we have only a few words of greek, but that doesn't deter her friendly chatter. We had a double room, with more space than many places we stayed, a spotless en suite bathroom and a balcony overlooking the... More

I took a seredipitious drive into the mountains during my trip to Crete and ended up in Anogia, the closest town to the Idean Cave, one of the purported birthplaces of Zeus. I pulled into Hotel Aristea in a rainstorm and there was Aristea herself, motioning to me from her home next door "Ella, ella" ("come, come"). I stayed here... More

I stayed at the Aristea Studio and rooms in August with my husband and friends. The rooms are spotless! My group rented two rooms. Both of the rooms had a gorgeous valley view with a large shared veranda on the bottom floor. Each room was two-level with a divan bed, small kitchen, television, fireplace and bathroom with shower, on the... More