- Small hotel of just 14 rooms with an intimate feel.
- Low rates.
- Rooms are recently renovated with newer bathrooms.
- Near the ferry landing, which will be briefly noisy a few times a day; there are no ferries at night
- Closed during the winter.
- Rates start at about 35 Euro for a double, depending on the time of year.
- The hotel is open May-October.
- A trail right by the hotel leads you along the coast and into the ruins of ancient Phoenix only a few minutes away.
The owner of the Sifis Hotel, Paul Kantounatakis, spent many years in the United States. Along with his Australian-born wife Natalie, they are happy to connect with Americans traveling in Crete. When the restaurant is open for dinner, the meat dishes are excellent and the spit-roasted "gyros" - far, far from the mashed broiled meat that passes for gyros in the States - is hard to resist. The seafood is also excellent. One night offered fresh small fish net-caught by the owner's four-year-old son kneeling along the quay a few feet from the table. Talk about eating local fresh food!
The rooms are clean and pleasant, and many of them offer excellent views of Loutro Bay.
Sifis Hotel
Loutro Sfakia
Chania, Crete, Greece
Telephone: (011 30) 28250 91346 and 28250 91337
Email: natalie@cha.forthnet.gr
I first experienced the Daskalogiannis as part of a press trip; I've subsequently stayed here as a paying customer.
