Divina Apartments
Gouves, Crete

Mr R Marshall, Hitchin

The best things about this place are the food and staff. The pool area is lovely too.

Mr L Shufflebotham, Sheerness

Only thing I can fault is some sun loungers was broke and not enough of them.

Mr J Antoniou, Glasgow

Mrs R Oldroyd, Sheffield

Staff are brilliant, pool is brilliant, taverna is brilliant, rooms are clean, excellent value for money!

Mr D Pashley, Leeds

What a true gem of a place this is - we just spent a week here (7 people in 3 rooms) and we'll definitely be back. The rooms are basic but are very clean and have everything you could need, with an incredibly friendly maid service every other day. It isn't the rooms that make you want to keep coming back though - it's the most amazing warm welcome and friendly, courteous service provided by Alex and Marcel and their small team of people. We couldn't have been welcomed more warmly if we were family and they totally made our holiday. There was a heat wave (yes, a heat wave - even for Greece) and it was touching 40 degrees every day so we were a bit limited as to what we could do, but the ocean is literally right there in front of you and it's stunning. You're less than a 5 minute walk away from lots of other restaurants and bars, and we tried many of them, but honestly the food at the Divina Taverna was better than everywhere else so we ate there a lot and were never disappointed.

We wanted to see the Minoan Palace and Alex gave us just the best advice - to take an excursion to the palace and the museum was €37 (plus entry of €16), but Alex being the gentleman he is advised against it - he showed us where to catch the bus into Heraklion bus station (€2.20), and then told us the bus to take from there straight to the Minion Palace (€1.70) though there are tonnes of people about during the whole trip, the majority of which speak English so it's very easy to just ask if you're not sure. It was super easy and felt far more authentic than getting on a coach with tonnes of other tourists - not to mention the fact it saved us over €230 for the 7 of us! The other great piece of advice he gave us was to get there early before all the tour buses start arriving, so we left at 7am and arrived at the palace around 8.30 and had the whole entire place more or less to ourselves. A couple of hours is plenty of time to take it all in, and it's well worth a visit! By the time we were leaving the place was heaving with coach loads of people, so that's by far the best tip - get there early! We will definitely be returning, thanks so much Alex, Marcel and co. for a wonderful week.

Ms S Birch, Barnsley

Family run apartments that go out of their way for a brilliant holiday. Excellent food, basic but clean apartments. Fantastic swimming pool with plenty of sunbeds.

Mr M Peacock, Bristol

Very friendly and helpful.

Mr R Holland, Oldham

Been to Divina on and off for last 15 years but now needs a refurbishment of apartments.

Mrs K Brookes, Preston

Mr M Clarricoats, Margate

Clean and basic apartments, but more than made up by the owners (Alex and his family) who's warm hospitality made a excellent weeks holiday. The food in their Taverna excellent, good value with good size potions - a starter was the size of a main course in many restaurants.

Mr D Susans, Dunfermline

Mr D Phillips, Plymouth

Very basic but very clean and nice pool. Owners Vivian and Alex were very friendly.

Mrs A Heal, Littlehampton

Very nice! Quiet, very clean, staff very friendly, nothing too much trouble. Restaurant excellent! Whether a cooked breakfast or an evening meal or just a bite of lunch, plenty to suit everyone. Highly recommend!

Mr D Dumpleton, Sheffield

Room cleaned and clean towels and bedding every other day, food super and great menu, friendly staff and nice pool area.

Mrs R Saunders, London

Very nice, spacious and clean apartment. Basic but well run and pool and restaurant excellent. Although on the outskirts of Gouves - therefore not close to shops, bars etc, the apartments are across the road from the beach and the food in Divina is really nice and good value - you really don't need to go out in the evening. A word of thanks to Alex who makes everyone so welcome and is a very good cook. For a week "fly and flop" is perfect.

Mr D Sillars, Fort William

Lovely apartments although basic they had everything that you need. Rooms were cleaned every 2 days, fresh sheets, towels etc. Plenty of room in the apartment, space for clothes, double bed, shower, toilet, kitchen with fridge, 2 ring stove, cutlery etc. Safe and air con extra as is norm. Family that run the apartments are lovely and nothing is too much trouble. Food was excellent with a good variety giving something for everyone's taste. Pool area great.