The 13 BEST Boutique Hotels in Chania, Crete (+ full reviews)

The Best Chania Hotel For YOU

You’ll find below the best place in Chania for you, depending on your travel style.

So, these are the best boutique hotels in Crete Chania by category. Keep scrolling to read the reviews and get even more hotel recommendations! 👇

Reviews of the Best Hotels in Chania

While it can be challenging to choose from the plethora of options in Chania, I’ve made it effortless for you by arranging the best boutique hotels based on different travel styles.

And no matter which one you decide on, all of them offer tailored experiences, ensuring you’ll be treated with the utmost care and attention throughout your stay in Crete.

Not sure whether to stay in Chania on your next trip to Crete? Then discover more amazing boutique hotels throughout Crete island in this post.

THE BEST Boutique Hotel Chania Has to Offer: Hanim Boutique Hotel

• Perfect location
• Gastronomic breakfast
• Most comfortable accommodation

The Hanim Boutique Hotel is just out of this world! It has a near-perfect rating out of hundreds of reviews, which I have very rarely seen, but there are very good reasons for that.

First of all, this splendid boutique hotel is perfectly located, right in the middle of Chania, and you will have the opportunity to reach all of the best areas of the town in just a few minutes.

Then, you will live in what is one of the most comfortable accommodations in the entire city, with incredible furniture, comfortable beds, and spacious rooms.

And finally, the little touch that will make you fall in love with it: the hotel offers gastronomic breakfasts, which are different each day!

Runner up: La Maison Ottomane

• Unique decoration
• Parking lot
• Very comfortable beds

While the Hanim Boutique Hotel is my favorite pick, I do believe that La Maison Ottomane has something truly magical, thanks to its very unique decoration. In a more Arabic-style decoration than any other hotel in Chania, you will love this particularly magical experience.

La Maison Ottomane is also perfectly located, right in the beating heart of Chania Town, and you will have all you need in the close vicinity, even a parking spot, which is definitely no easy feat in such a buzzing town.

Plus, the beds are extremely comfortable, the breakfasts are excellent and customized depending on your needs and the hosts are overall very pleasant and caring.

Best Boutique Hotel in Chania Old Town: Alcanea Boutique Hotel

• Very flowery
• Both traditional and modern
• Incredible views

If you are traveling to Chania, you need to visit the old town: it is one of the best places on the entire island, with its cute, narrow streets, stone walls, and bright flowers. And if you desire to spend your stay in Chania’s old town, then the Alcanea Boutique Hotel is an awesome choice.

This hotel is a wonderful mix of traditional and modern decoration, and its interior is overall very bright and well-executed. It is the perfect place to stay because of how flowery and calm it is.

There is another very good reason: the views are just sumptuous. From the sunny terrace, you will eat while gazing at the deep blue sea of Crete.

Best Luxury Boutique Hotel in Chania: Ambassadors Residence Boutique Hotel

• Lit-up jacuzzi
• View of the harbor
• Competent staff

The Ambassadors Residence Boutique Hotel will offer you the most custom, luxurious, and fanciest of experiences in Chania: in a beautiful city, you will stay in a magical and comfortable hotel.

This accommodation is absolutely breathtaking: you will have your very own, lit-up jacuzzi to enjoy some relaxing time while staring at the magnificence of the sea and the majesty of the Venetian harbor. All of this in a lovely and spacious outdoor area, in which you can also have a snack, a nap, or read a book in the sun.

When it comes to its interior, this hotel has nothing to be ashamed of either, as it is very tastefully decorated while staying modern.

Best Budget Boutique Hotel in Chania: Vilelmine

• Lovely balcony
• Great location
• Best value for money

If you are looking for an affordable yet magical boutique hotel in such an active town as Chania, you might be in trouble… unless you pick the Vilelmine.

In this hotel, you will be particularly warmly welcomed, and you will feel like you’re in a luxurious mansion when it’s actually a budget-friendly boutique hotel!

Also, in case you were worried you would have to sacrifice the location to have access to such great accommodation, worry not: the Vilelmine is also in the center of Chania Town, and you will have access to anything you want. Plus, it has lovely little balconies!

Most Romantic Boutique Hotel: Casa Leone Hotel

• Canopy bed
• Tasty breakfast
• Magnificent balcony

What could possibly be more romantic than a stay in the Casa Leone Hotel, where you will sleep in a canopy bed and have your own splendid balcony right next to the Venetian harbor of Chania?

This hotel offers a particularly cozy and intimate experience, and the breakfasts it serves each morning are varied, traditional, and very tasty. Also, the decoration as a whole is pretty old-school (Venetian style), which will make your stay even more dreamy, trust me on that.

Besides, there are only a few rooms in this hotel, so the atmosphere as a whole is laid-back, quaint, and all about relaxing. Have a good stay with your loved one, you’re in safe hands in the Casa Leone Hotel!

Best Chania Boutique Hotel for Families: Samaria Hotel

• Spotlessly clean
• Modern equipment
• Spacious bathroom

The struggle of traveling with your loved ones to a tourist area can be pretty difficult to handle, as you will most of the time have trouble finding something large enough, affordable enough, and fun enough for all of you to enjoy your stay.

Well, that might’ve been the case in Chania if it weren’t for the Samaria Hotel, a wonderful, 4-star accommodation.

This boutique hotel offers very spacious bathrooms, which is perfect when traveling in a large group, especially when you are all getting ready at the same time. Also, the equipment as a whole is fancy and cutting-edge, and the interior is squeaky clean.

More Top Chania Boutique Hotels

While the hotels listed above are truly the very best boutique hotels Chania has to offer for each of the specific categories listed, they’re far from being the only great options.

Let’s see 6 more for you to choose from.

Antica Casa Studios

• Recently refurbished
• Venetian style
• Cute narrow street

Situated in a lovely narrow street, the Antica Casa Studios offer a picturesque view of the sea: with all of the Venetian buildings lined up under the sun, you are guaranteed to witness one of the best panoramas of your life!

Aside from that, these cozy studios have recently been renovated, and they are more than ready to welcome travelers eager to discover Chania and its sunny surroundings.

Similarly to other accommodations, the Antica Casa Studios are decorated in a Venetian style, which will make your stay feel even more authentic and unforgettable.

Palazzo Duca

• Stone interior
• Skilled staff
• Jacuzzi on the terrace

In the Palazzo Duca, you will truly feel like a duke: while its interior is particularly bright and modern, it is most importantly surrounded by sumptuous stone walls, and you will be living a high life in a fancy palace!

On top of that, the rooms are fairly spacious, but the main argument for you to pick this boutique hotel has to be its outdoor area: with a jacuzzi on the sunny terrace, you are in for a treat when you come back exhausted after a long day of walking or sunbathing in the hot weather of Crete.

Another nice little plus is the staff, which will quickly answer your every need and are particularly competent at what they are doing.

Suites Pandora

• Exceptional location
• One of the best breakfasts
• Gorgeous terrace

You might be thinking that if you are this low on the list of the best Chania boutique hotels, you would start to find mediocre accommodations with lots of flaws… and yet here are the Suites Pandora which, despite being pretty far down, are one of my personal favorites.

It is very difficult to be better located than in these suites, which are right in the middle of the old Venetian port, right next to the water and right above all the tourists. Because yes, they offer magnificent balconies with a sunny rooftop terrace, from which you can enjoy one of the best breakfasts of the entire city, all the while basking in the sun and admiring the deep blue sea below you.

Porto Del Colombo Traditional Boutique Hotel

• Calm location
• High ceilings
• Genuine feel

As its name suggests, what makes the Porto Del Colombo Traditional Boutique Hotel so special is the fact that it is indeed very traditional and genuine. If you decide to stay there, you will live in an atypical accommodation, feeling like a local but still enjoying some high-end amenities such as a very bright and modern bathroom.

Plus, I really love the fact that the ceilings are so high: it gives you space to breathe and makes you feel like you are living in a mansion: actually, some rooms feature 2 rows of windows because the ceiling is so high!

Last but not least, the location of the building is very quiet, so it is ideal for you if you are heading to Crete for some relaxing times.

Ifigenia Traditional Rooms & Maisonettes

• Brick, stone, and wood decoration
• Canopy bed
• Indoor jacuzzi

After one traditional boutique hotel comes another: here are the Ifigenia Traditional Rooms & Maisonettes!

This hotel offers a pretty interesting mix of wooden and stony decoration, as well as other areas with more bricks, so make sure to check each room to pick your favorite first! In any case, all of them are charming in their own way, so you can’t really go wrong.

Believe it or not, this boutique hotel offers an indoor jacuzzi, right in your bathroom! Also, it is surrounded by lush vegetation and cute little flowers, so you are sure to enjoy some greenery as well.

Fagotto Art Residences

• Incredible design
• Close to the beaches
• Great recommendations

To say that the Fagotto Art Residences are well-designed and thought-through would be an understatement: I truly think that they are an absolute masterpiece.

In this final boutique hotel, you will be given precious recommendations by the hosts, who will show you the best places to eat locally, and the best activities in the close surroundings.

Also, the building is located very close to some of the best beaches of Chania, so you could easily reach them (as well as plenty of restaurants, bars and other amenities such as shops and supermarkets) in a matter of minutes.

Other Hotels in Crete

Couldn’t find the right place to stay in Chania for you through this post?

Then you should check out this guide to book the perfect home 👉 The 20 Best Accommodations in Chania 👈

If you’d like to choose your home base by location, then check out this district guide instead 👉 Where to Stay in Chania (the best areas) 👈

Or discover these other Chania pieces arranged by travel style: 

• Best All-Inclusive Hotels in Chania
• Best Chania Hotels with Pools
• Best Beach Hotels in Chania
• Best Luxury Hotels in Chania
• Best Villas in Chania
• Best Luxury Villas in Chania
• Best Hotels in Chania Old Town

Also, discover other great boutique hotels in other cities on Crete Island: 

• Best Boutique Hotels in all Crete
• Best Boutique Hotels in Rethymnon 
• Best Boutique Hotels in Heraklion 

And finally, if you don’t mind about the area but more about the hotel, check out this overall hotel guide 👉 The 25 Best Hotels in All Crete 👈

Final Thoughts

Well there you go, that’s it for the 13 best boutique hotels Chania Crete has to offer. If you still don’t know what to pick, as we saw above, the best boutique hotel in Chania is the Hanim Boutique Hotel thanks to its gourmet breakfast and perfect location (among other reasons!), so just go for it.

Hope you could’ve found your next home in Chania thanks to this guide. Don’t hesitate to comment below if this is the case, I would be very pleased to read your feedback. 😁