Crete Golf Club Hotel
Crete Golf Club Hotel is a 25-room hotel beside the island’s first 18-hole championship course, in the hills above Hersonissos. It scores 9.0 on Booking.com across 124 reviews and 4.8 on Tripadvisor across 35, with 30 of those at Excellent and none at Poor or Terrible. Both samples are small, and the hotel exists for a specific purpose that most Crete visitors will not have.
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Hotel information
| Hotel | Crete Golf Club Hotel |
|---|---|
| Address | Roussos Lakkos Hersonissos |
| Type | Air conditioning · Airport shuttle |
| Style | Small hotel beside the first 18-hole championship golf course in Crete, inland from Hersonissos |
| Keys | 25 rooms, spacious, with large bathrooms that have a bathtub and a separate shower |
| Review record | 30 of 35 Tripadvisor reviews at Excellent, with none at Poor or Terrible |
| Evidence | Small samples on both platforms, 124 and 35 reviews |
| Quiet | Guests report never hearing other rooms |
| On site | A restaurant rated highly by the guests who eat in it |
| Getting about | Inland, so a car is close to essential beyond the course |
| Airport | Heraklion (HER) about 25 km west, then a climb inland |
| Booking.com rating | 9.0/10 (124 reviews) |
| Tripadvisor rating | 4.8/5 (35 reviews) |
| CreteLocals score | 8.4/10 · read the verdict |
Booking.com and Tripadvisor scores checked on September 28, 2026.
Location
Crete Golf Club Hotel is located at Roussos Lakkos Hersonissos. The map below shows the exact spot; Google Maps and Waze give turn-by-turn directions.
Who Crete Golf Club Hotel suits, and who should skip it
This hotel suits golfers who want to sleep beside the course and play early. It suits couples who want quiet, large rooms and a proper bathroom, and who have a car. Anyone who wants a beach, a town on foot or a lively evening should book on the coast below, because the setting here is inland and deliberately still.
Advantages
- 30 of 35 Tripadvisor reviews rate the stay Excellent, with none at Poor or Terrible
- Beside the first 18-hole golf course of international standard in Crete
- Spacious rooms that guests describe as spotless
- Large bathrooms with a bathtub and a separate shower, which guests single out
- An on-site restaurant rated highly by guests
- Quiet enough that reviewers report never hearing other guests
Disadvantages
- Both review samples are small, at 124 and 35
- No beach, since the hotel sits inland in the hills
- A car is close to essential for anything beyond the course
- Only 25 rooms, so availability is limited
- The setting suits golfers specifically, and others may find it remote
- Hersonissos and its restaurants are a drive rather than a walk
The rooms: 25 keys, and the bathroom is the detail
Crete Golf Club Hotel runs 25 rooms, and the review that describes them is precise about what matters. A couple staying 4 nights in room 111 report a spotless room, a very comfortable bed, and a large bathroom with both a bathtub and a separate shower, which they call a five-star standard for Greece.
Quiet is the other recurring theme. The same guests note that they never heard other guests, which in a 25-room property built around a golf course is what you would hope for and what many hotels of this size fail to deliver.
The golf course, and who else this suits
The course is the reason the hotel exists. Crete Golf Club is the island’s first 18-hole course built to international standards, and staying on site means walking to the first tee rather than driving to it, which is the whole argument for a golf hotel.
Non-golfers can still use it, and some do. The hills above Hersonissos are quiet, the rooms are larger than the coastal hotels at similar rates, and Knossos, the Lasithi plateau and the eastern beaches are all within an easy drive. Treat it as a quiet inland base with a car, and it makes sense even without a set of clubs.
The course itself is worth understanding if golf is the reason you are looking. Crete Golf Club opened as the island’s first 18-hole layout built to international competition standards, set in dry hills where the fairways run between rock and scrub rather than through parkland, and it plays differently from anything in northern Europe. Non-residents can book tee times, but staying on site is what removes the early-morning drive in summer heat.
How to get there
Fly into Heraklion airport (HER), about 25 km west, roughly 30 minutes by road, then turn inland and climb from Hersonissos.
Hire a car for a stay here, because the hotel is inland and the course is the only thing within walking distance; the terms to check are in our car hire guide for Crete. Pre-book a transfer for the arrival if you are not driving, using the operators in our guide to taxi and transfer services in Crete. Hersonissos, with its beaches and restaurants, is a short drive downhill.
The Crete Locals review
Crete Golf Club Hotel earns 8.4 from us. The ratings are high and mutually consistent, with 30 of 35 Tripadvisor reviews at Excellent and none at the bottom, but both samples are small, so we are treating the evidence as indicative rather than conclusive.
What the hotel does, it does clearly. Rooms are larger than the coastal average, the bathrooms are a genuine cut above what Greek hotels usually provide at this level, the restaurant is rated by the people who eat in it, and the site is quiet. For a golfer, sleeping beside the only championship course on the island is the whole point.
The limitation is that the hotel is built around one activity. There is no beach, no town on foot and no evening beyond the property, so a week here without a car or clubs would be a long one. Guests who understood that in advance have written uniformly positive reviews.
Book Crete Golf Club Hotel for a golfing stay, or as a quiet inland base with a hire car. Book on the coast at Hersonissos or Stalis if you want a beach and somewhere to walk in the evening.
