If you look for a nice and quiet place to stay in Chania, Halepa Hotel is the one for you.
We spent 5 nights in a double room in the traditional wing this August. The room is spacious with minibar and airconditioning.
Bathroom is new with bathtub (rare in Greece!).
The breakfast is OK, continental style.
The location of the hotel is really a plus if you want to relax: just 20 min walking from old town (5 min by car).
The staff is very friendly and helpful and they can give you good advice about wher to go and restaurants (the hotel has a bar, but not a restaurant!).

This was a delightful hotel located about 20 minutes walking from the Old Town. The service was superior. Very friendly staff - couldn't do enough to please us. Free use of office laptop for internet.

Beautiful facility with pleasant grounds for relaxing in the mornings or evenings. During the heat of the day the room has shutters that make it one of the darkest, quietest rooms we've ever stayed in. Great for the mid-afternoon siesta, which is recommended. We saw the cook dozing at one restaurant during a late lunch, and the owner of the restaurant you pass walking down to the market on El. Venizelou was cutting the z's on a lounge chair when we stopped in about 3:00 in the afternoon. Everbody comes out to eat at the open air restaurants along the Old Venetian Harbor starting around 8:30 or 9:00 in the evening.

The room and bath were adequate in size. We had a double room in the New wing, but in hindsite would have booked an upgrade in the older section. The price was comparable to what we paid elsewhere in Greece and Italy for similar accomodations.

Buy a wide-brimmed straw hat and white Greek half sleeve cotton shirt in the market area if you plan to do a lot of walking. I was amazed at how light and cool they were compared to the high tech wicking fabric I packed.

My fiance and I just came back from a 2 week trek throughout the Greek Islands. Halepa hotel was one of the more memorable hotels on our trip. Not only did we look into booking this hotel b/c we saw it on the TravelChannel's show "Great Hotels"--but the reviews on this site seemed to support the excellent ratings as well.

Hotel staff is available (and extremely pleasant and helpful) at all times of the day which we found out the hard way as our hydrofoil came in 7 hours late into Heraklion--so we didn't arrive to Chania until 6am (supposed to be there at 11pm!). Staff was also very knowledgeable about various tours and sights around Chania in addition to helpful transportation info about getting around Crete.

Beautiful grounds and interior well kept--hotel used to be the British Embassy in the 1800's so the decor and ambiance are well above par. Rooms are spotless and decorated beautifully--beds very comfortable! Breakfast is basic, but good enough to start us out for the day.

Location is fine...located right across the water, grounds directly outside the hotel provide a beautiful view of the Sea of Crete. Expect a 15-20 minute walk down to the Venetian port--which is fine b/c the breeze can cool on a 98 degree day not to mention the breathtaking blue water in the background.

Overall, a great hotel for the price...would recommend for a pleasant stay in a great town by the sea.

We stayed at the Halepa for a week end of June 2007 during the heatwave!

The Halepa is a pleasant hotel situated only 20 minutes walk from the main harbours, it cost 20 Euro taxi fare to get here from the airport.

Throughout our stay the staff were both incredibly helpful and polite, seeming eager to greet us and provide much local information. The rooms in the new part of the building were standard and clean. The bathroom was however a little small. The air conditioning worked beautifully. No decent view was visible from our window but this didn't matter to us as we were out most of the time!

The hotel also has a free (small) electric gate secured car park at its rear for your hire car.

Breakfast was available from 0730 till 1000, continental style. Although there is a bar they do not provide any other meals. The hotel staff were happy however to provide an earlier breakfast for those heading off early to the Samaria gorge!

All in all a good hotel, with plenty of character in its foyer and small lounge areas, the staff were certainly friendly and spoke good english.