Hotel Christina
Hotel Christina, also listed as Christina Beach Hotel, is a 39-room hotel on the coast at Chania, about a 15 minute walk from the old town. Christina scores 8.9 on Booking.com across 532 reviews and 4.2 on Tripadvisor across 121, ranking 64th of 122 hotels in Chania Town. The two platforms disagree, and with only 121 Tripadvisor reviews the larger sample deserves more weight.
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Hotel information
| Hotel | Hotel Christina |
|---|---|
| Address | 114, Selinou str, Nea Chora |
| Type | Air conditioning · Beachfront |
| Style | Coastal hotel at the edge of Chania, about 15 minutes walk from the old town |
| Also known as | Christina Beach Hotel; both names are in use, which splits the review record |
| Keys | 39 rooms; the one-bedroom suites with a sea-facing patio are the category guests praise |
| Evidence | 8.9 on Booking.com across 532 reviews against 4.2 on Tripadvisor across 121 |
| Ranking | 64th of 122 hotels in Chania Town on Tripadvisor |
| Review tail | 20 of 121 Tripadvisor reviews sit at Average or below |
| Nearby | Restaurants and coffee shops immediately around the hotel, and a snack bar on site |
| Airport | Chania (CHQ) about 17 km east, roughly 20 minutes |
| Booking.com rating | 8.9/10 (532 reviews) |
| Tripadvisor rating | 4.2/5 (121 reviews) |
| CreteLocals score | 7.9/10 · read the verdict |
Booking.com and Tripadvisor scores checked on September 28, 2026.
Location
Hotel Christina is located at 114, Selinou str, Nea Chora, in Chania Town. The map below shows the exact spot; Google Maps and Waze give turn-by-turn directions.
Who Hotel Christina suits, and who should skip it
Hotel Christina suits travellers who want a sea-facing room within walking distance of Chania old town, with restaurants immediately outside. It suits guests who want a suite with a patio rather than a standard room. Anyone expecting a resort standard, or relying on the Tripadvisor average alone, should read both records before booking.
Advantages
- 8.9 on Booking.com across 532 reviews, the sample with weight behind it
- One-bedroom suites with a small patio looking at the sea
- Restaurants and coffee shops immediately around the hotel
- About a 15 minute walk into Chania old town
- A snack bar guests describe as good, with generous portions
- Clean rooms and helpful staff, raised repeatedly by guests
Disadvantages
- 4.2 on Tripadvisor is among the lowest in this batch
- 20 of 121 Tripadvisor reviews sit at Average or below
- 64th of 122 hotels in Chania Town, which is the bottom half
- Only 121 Tripadvisor reviews, so that record is thin as well as weak
- A beach position rather than an old-town one, so the walk is part of every evening
- Two names in circulation, which splits the review record
The rooms: 39 keys, and the suite is the one
Hotel Christina runs 39 rooms, and the category guests describe favourably is the one-bedroom suite with a small patio facing the sea. A reviewer staying in one calls the space perfect, which for a mid-size coastal hotel is the outcome you are paying the supplement for.
Standard rooms draw less detailed comment, which combined with the Tripadvisor average suggests the gap between categories here is wide. Ask specifically what you are booking, and treat the suite as the product rather than the upgrade.
Two names, two ratings
The hotel appears as both Hotel Christina and Christina Beach Hotel, and guests use the names interchangeably, which splits the review record across listings and makes research harder than it should be.
The ratings split too. 8.9 across 532 Booking.com reviews against 4.2 across 121 on Tripadvisor is a wide gap, and the honest reading is that the Booking sample is four times larger and more recent. Read the most recent Tripadvisor reviews specifically rather than the average, because the 20 at Average or below are what a prospective guest needs to weigh.
The walk into town is the detail that decides whether this hotel works for you. Fifteen minutes each way along the front is pleasant in May and October and warm in August, and it repeats every evening you eat in the old town rather than beside the hotel. Guests who treated the restaurants immediately outside as their default, and the old town as a two or three night outing, rate the position highly; guests who expected to stroll into the Venetian quarter after dinner drinks found the distance longer than the map suggested.
How to get there
Fly into Chania airport (CHQ), about 17 km east on the Akrotiri peninsula, roughly 20 minutes by road. The hotel sits on the coast at the edge of Chania, west of the old town.
Take a taxi or a pre-booked transfer from the airport; the operators are in our guide to taxi and transfer services in Crete. Hire a car for Elafonissi, Balos or the Samaria gorge, and check the deposit and insurance terms in our car hire guide for Crete. The old town is about 15 minutes on foot, and restaurants sit immediately around the hotel for the evenings you would rather not walk.
The Crete Locals review
Hotel Christina earns 7.9 from us. The Booking.com record of 8.9 across 532 reviews describes a decent coastal hotel with a good position, and the guests who write about the suites and the walk into town are consistently positive.
The Tripadvisor picture is weaker and we are not setting it aside. An average of 4.2 with 20 of 121 reviews at Average or below, and 64th place of 122 in Chania Town, says a meaningful minority had an ordinary stay. Where a hotel’s two records diverge this far, the safest reading is that the experience varies by room category and season.
The location is the reliable part. A sea-facing hotel 15 minutes walk from one of the finest old towns in Greece, with restaurants immediately outside, gives you both the beach and the city without a car, which is a combination Chania does not offer often.
Book Hotel Christina for a coastal Chania stay in a sea-view suite, and search both of its names when you research it. Book one of the higher-rated Chania hotels reviewed on this site if consistency matters more than the position.
