Nuovo Crete By Sea
Nuovo Crete By Sea is an adults-only boutique hotel in a restored building at Amoudara, one block back from the sand and 8 km west of Heraklion. Booking.com lists it as Nuovo Crete By Sea – Adults Only and scores it 9.0 across 693 reviews; Tripadvisor holds only 13 reviews at 4.5, so the Booking.com record carries this review. Breakfast, the pool and the beach are not at the hotel: they are at a sister property two minutes away, and that arrangement is the thing to understand.
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Hotel information
| Hotel | Nuovo Crete By Sea |
|---|---|
| Address | Syrou 13 Amoudara |
| Type | Air conditioning · Airport shuttle |
| Style | Adults-only boutique hotel in a restored building at Amoudara, 8 km west of Heraklion |
| Listed as | Nuovo Crete By Sea - Adults Only on Booking.com |
| Signature | Breakfast, pool and beach club at a sister hotel two minutes' walk away |
| Rooms | Four categories, from a double room to a two-bedroom junior suite |
| Review record | 9.0 from 693 Booking.com guests; Tripadvisor holds only 13 reviews, at 4.5 |
| Sub-scores | Staff 9.5, cleanliness 9.2, wifi 9.1 on Booking.com |
| Beach | Amoudara Beach 300 ft, about one block from the hotel |
| Watch for | The pool and beach facilities belong to the sister hotel, not to this building |
| Airport | Heraklion (HER) about 12 km east, roughly 20 minutes |
| Booking.com rating | 9.0/10 (693 reviews) |
| Tripadvisor rating | 4.5/5 (13 reviews) |
| CreteLocals score | 8.5/10 · read the verdict |
Booking.com and Tripadvisor scores checked on September 28, 2026.
Location
Nuovo Crete By Sea is located at Syrou 13 Amoudara, in Amoudara Heraklion. The map below shows the exact spot; Google Maps and Waze give turn-by-turn directions.
Who Nuovo suits, and who should skip it
Nuovo suits couples who want a quiet, well-finished adults-only room in a residential street, with a beach club, pool and breakfast two minutes’ walk away and Heraklion 15 minutes by car. It suits guests happy to walk to the facilities. Anyone who wants the pool outside their door, or nightlife on the doorstep, should book on the seafront itself.
Advantages
- 9.0 on Booking.com across 693 reviews, the third largest sample in this batch
- Staff scored 9.5 and cleanliness 9.2 by Booking.com guests
- Apartments and suites in a restored building, described as stylish and functional
- Breakfast, pool and beach facilities at a sister hotel two minutes’ walk away
- Amoudara Beach 300 ft, with the main strip of restaurants and shops close
- Easy parking, and airport transfers arranged by the hotel
Disadvantages
- Only 13 Tripadvisor reviews, so one platform carries the evidence
- The pool and beach club belong to the sister hotel, not to this one
- A residential position set back about a block from the sea
- 4th of 4 hotels in Ammoudara on Tripadvisor, on a field too small to mean anything
- A car is needed to reach the rest of Heraklion prefecture
- Adults only, which rules out family trips
The rooms: four categories in a restored building
Nuovo sells four categories: Double Room, One Bedroom Junior Suite, One Bedroom Superior Suite, and a Two Bedroom Junior Suite. Guests describe them as clean, functional and nicely done, in a restored building rather than a new block, and the two-bedroom suite works for two couples travelling together.
Ask which building and floor you are in, since the property is small and set in a residential street. Our record holds 22 rooms, and the category list is consistent with a hotel of that size rather than the larger figure the review volume might suggest.
The sister-hotel arrangement, and why it works
The most useful thing in this record is how guests describe the facilities. Breakfast is served at a sister hotel by the beach, two minutes’ walk away, and guests get access to its pool, sunbeds and beach area; several call the breakfast there the high point and one mentions afternoon DJ sets by the pool. The hotel that sells you the room is a quiet building a block back, and the resort facilities are borrowed.
Judge that on its merits rather than as a shortcut. It gives a small boutique hotel a beach club and a full breakfast it could not run alone, and it gives guests a two-minute walk each morning. Reviewers who mention it are positive without exception, and one calls the pairing a must, but anyone who expects to step from the room to a sunbed should know the layout before booking.
The kitchen at Nuovo itself draws separate praise: one guest calls it the real protagonist of the stay, with authentic dishes rather than hotel food. Amoudara is described as being out of the busy areas while keeping everything in reach, which is a fair summary of this strip, and a car is needed for the rest of the prefecture.
How to get there
Fly into Heraklion airport (HER), about 12 km east, roughly 20 minutes by road. Amoudara sits on the coast immediately west of Heraklion.
Pre-book a transfer, and note that guests report the hotel arranging airport transfers as well; the independent operators are in our guide to taxi and transfer services in Crete. Hire a car for Knossos, the Lasithi plateau and the south coast, and check the terms in our car hire guide for Crete. The sister hotel, the beach and the Amoudara restaurants are all within a few minutes on foot.
The Crete Locals review
Nuovo earns 8.5 from us. A 9.0 across 693 Booking.com reviews is a substantial record for a small hotel, with staff at 9.5, and the 13 Tripadvisor reviews neither add to nor contradict it.
What the hotel offers is a quiet, adults-only room in a restored building, with a beach club and breakfast borrowed from a sister property two minutes away, at a rate of around 57 euro a night in our records. For couples touring central Crete who want a calm base near the airport, that is good value and a sensible arrangement.
The reservations are structural rather than critical. The facilities are not on site, the street is residential, and the Tripadvisor rank of 4th of 4 in Ammoudara is meaningless on a field that size. Those are all things to know rather than reasons to avoid, but they explain why the score sits where it does rather than higher.
Book Nuovo for a quiet adults-only stay at Amoudara with the sister hotel’s beach club for the days and the kitchen here for the evenings. Book on the seafront if you want the pool outside your room.
