This hotel exceeded our expectations as we thought it might have been a bit run down, however we were pleasantly surprised to find that the hotel was fairly modern and in the best location if you were not looking for a beach holiday. The room was comfortable, shower OK (for Greece). Bar area was well looked after with free WiFi & happy hour. Pool looked OK & secluded. Breakfast was buffet style with a reasonable selection, fresh juice was available for an extra price. Would consider going back to this hotel if going back to Rethymnon.

I booked this hotel from the Finnish tour operator and after reading room tips from Tripadviser reviews, I decided to contact the hotel beforehand, pre-guessing the room type, which I would get as a solo traveller. I received a polite answer very quickly telling that the room category doesn´t make it possible to get the kind of a room I asked for, but they would do their best to satisfy my wish. The result was that I got the room from the 4th floor with a view to Fortezza and when walking to the narrower end of my balcony and reaching out to watch towards the sea, I had also the sea view. So it was not so bad, after all, but I feel sorry for the persons staying in the second floor, because they cannot see anything else but the walls facing the balcony in every direction. However, there is no accomodation in this corner at the first floor, only conference room.

The hotel is very tidy, small fridge in the room, no water cooking supplies. Early (simple ) breakfast was easy to order from the reception the previous day, when excursion started early and also before the early start to the airport, with hot drink, milk, toast, cheese and cold meat cut and juice + jam selection and cereals). You could eat the breakfast outside after 8.00, when the tablewere was placed to the outside tables. There was different kind of bread, cheese, cottage cheese, cold meat cuts, fruits, juice, coffee/tea, milk, cereals, milk ( I am not sure if there actually was yoghurt), vegetables, jam selection, eggs of 1-2 kind, and also sausages or bacon, and cake and additional other sweet pastry. And some other sweet dishes also, which I didn´t taste ( I believe they all had lactose (milk).

I was very glad to notice that the pool area was spared from unnecessary noice, no annoying music in the background, very tranquil. If there had been more cloudy days, I could have spend hours reading in this silent environment. Also the street-level terrace in front of the hotel would have been inviting, if the nearby Old Town had not interested so much.

Plenty of good restaurants nearby, and shopping street Souliou very near. Beach with sun beds and umbrellas about 20 minutes (800 metres) walking distance. Fortezza is also in the neighborhood, but no super market near the hotel. If the beach is most important, I wouldn´t choose this hotel, but for a person willing to wonder in the lanes of Old Town, it is quite perfect.

The hotel Ideon is in a superb location between the Venetian Harbour and the Fortezza and is a classy hotel. Breakfast is a buffet with a wide variety of choice and the bar has inside and outside areas. The rooms are cleaned daily and equipped with air con (included in the room price),a safe (E2 a day) and a tv with Sky news channel. The staff are polite, helpful and English speaking.