Spilia Village Hotel & Villas
Spilia Village Hotel and Villas is a 36-room hotel in the hills near Kolymbari, west of Chania, arranged as a cluster of separate buildings rather than one block. Spilia Village scores 8.8 on Booking.com across 501 reviews and 4.3 on Tripadvisor across 497. Both samples are substantial and they broadly agree, describing a quiet, slightly dated property that guests value for its calm.
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Hotel information
| Hotel | Spilia Village Hotel & Villas |
|---|---|
| Address | Spilia Kolimvariou |
| Type | Air conditioning · Airport shuttle |
| Style | Hotel and villas spread across several buildings in the hills near Kolymbari, west of Chania |
| Signature | Quiet a few kilometres from the main road, in a village layout rather than a block |
| Keys | 36 rooms and villas; guests call them dated but comfortable |
| Access | Many stairs, because the property is organised across levels |
| Evidence | Substantial samples on both platforms, 501 and 497 reviews, broadly agreeing |
| Review record | 258 of 497 Tripadvisor reviews at Excellent; 50 at Average |
| Not here | No beach and no tavernas outside the gate; a car is close to essential |
| Airport | Chania (CHQ) about 40 km east, roughly 45 minutes |
| Booking.com rating | 8.8/10 (501 reviews) |
| Tripadvisor rating | 4.3/5 (497 reviews) |
| CreteLocals score | 8.0/10 · read the verdict |
Booking.com and Tripadvisor scores checked on September 28, 2026.
Location
Spilia Village Hotel & Villas is located at Spilia Kolimvariou, in Spiliá. The map below shows the exact spot; Google Maps and Waze give turn-by-turn directions.
Who Spilia Village suits, and who should skip it
Spilia Village suits travellers who want quiet a few kilometres from the main road, with a car and no need for a beach at the door. It suits guests who prefer a village layout to a corridor. Anyone who cannot manage stairs should look elsewhere, because the hotel is built across levels and the steps are unavoidable.
Advantages
- Substantial samples on both platforms, at 501 and 497 reviews
- 258 of 497 Tripadvisor reviews rate the stay Excellent
- A quiet position a few kilometres from the island’s main road
- Comfortable rooms with large showers and effective air conditioning
- Pools that guests describe as very pleasant
- A village layout across several buildings, which keeps the noise down
Disadvantages
- Rooms described as dated, even by guests who rate the stay well
- Many stairs, because the hotel is organised across levels
- 50 of 497 Tripadvisor reviews sit at Average, with more below
- 4.3 on Tripadvisor is mid-table for this batch
- No beach, since the hotel sits inland in the hills
- A car is close to essential for everything beyond the property
The rooms: 36 keys across several buildings
Spilia Village holds 36 rooms and villas spread across separate dwellings rather than a single block, and a guest staying 4 nights describes the effect precisely: access is unusual because the hotel is organised around several buildings, so there are many stairs, but that layout is also what guarantees the quiet.
The same guest calls the room a bit dated and then comfortable, with a large shower and air conditioning that worked, which is the trade this hotel asks you to accept. Ask about steps between the car park, your building and the pool if stairs are a problem, because the answer varies by building.
Quiet, and what it costs
The location is the product. Spilia sits in the hills near Kolymbari, a few kilometres from the national road, close enough that the drive out is quick and far enough that nothing reaches you at night. Guests who choose it describe tranquillity as the reason they booked and the reason they rated it well.
What you give up is the beach and the evening. There is no sand at the hotel and no strip of tavernas outside it, so dinners mean driving to Kolymbari or the coast. Treat this as an inland base with pools rather than a beach holiday, and the ratings make sense.
Kolymbari is the nearest point of reference and it shapes what a week here looks like. The village sits at the base of the Rodopou peninsula with a working harbour, a handful of tavernas and the Gonia monastery above it, and the road west from there runs towards Falasarna and the Gramvousa boats. Staying inland from it puts those within half an hour while keeping the nights silent, which is the bargain this hotel is offering.
How to get there
Fly into Chania airport (CHQ), about 40 km east on the Akrotiri peninsula, roughly 45 minutes by road. Kolymbari sits on the coast west of Chania, and the hotel lies inland from it.
Hire a car for a stay here, because the hotel is inland and the beaches and tavernas are a drive; the terms to check are in our car hire guide for Crete. Pre-book a transfer for the arrival if you land late, using the operators in our guide to taxi and transfer services in Crete. Elafonissi, Balos and the Gramvousa boats are all reachable from this side of the island.
The Crete Locals review
Spilia Village earns 8.0 from us. Two samples of roughly 500 reviews each, agreeing at 8.8 and 4.3, describe the property accurately: a comfortable, quiet, slightly dated hotel that people choose for the calm rather than the fittings.
The layout is the distinguishing feature. Spreading 36 rooms across several buildings in the hills produces something closer to a small village than a hotel, which is why guests use the word tranquillity so often, and why the stairs appear in the same sentences.
The honest reading of the ratings is that this hotel does not try to be current. Rooms are dated, there is no beach, and the evening requires a car. Guests who wanted those things rated it at Average; guests who wanted quiet rated it at Excellent, and there are more of the second group than the first.
Book Spilia Village for a quiet inland week near Kolymbari with a hire car, and ask about the stairs between your building and the pool. Book on the coast if you want to walk to a beach or a taverna in the evening.
