Hotel Futura

Maleme is a good location for Elafonissi, Balos, Samaria, Falasarna...if you like such distant places with limited attractions and car rental companies.

The most of staff was nice and friendly, the old Owner sitting most of the day in a restaurant and smoking was very nice but for some people his smoking was a problem... I have to admit it was very good ventillation and it wasn't a problem for us. The one exception was a young, quite tall men serving in the restaurant (owner's son?), observing how much food you take, sometimes commenting on that and on food you haven't eaten...very unpleasant and unproffessional.

the food selection is terribly limited (the first impression was a shocking one..) but when you accept lack of choice, it's quite reasonable with some noticeable utilisation of the food from the previous meals..and a lot of cheap food (pasta, potatoes etc.).

i think there was a gym avialable

As for the hotel itself, room was really nice for Crete-have been here in 5star hotel with worse room...

I have to select here: recommend or not, so I select yes, but to be true I can not put here any recommendation or not... Hotel is acceptable, but you have to ignore several disadvantages...