Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Electra Palace

Hotel: Electra Palace
Address: Trianta Beach, Ialysos, 85101, Greece
 
Time of visit: October 2023
 
Equipment
Dumbbells go up to 24 lbs/11 kgs and an adjustable bench.
There’s also a dual cable machine and a bench for back extensions.
 
In terms of cardio equipment, there’s a cross-trainer, two stationary bikes and two treadmills.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
Opening hours were from 7am to 8pm.
Overall, there’s a lack of equipment – like a squat rack, barbells or heavier dumbbells. The heaviest dumbbell was 24 lbs/11 kgs!?
Treadmills were worn out and loud when somebody used them.
You’re not able to perform full range pull-ups/chin-ups because the ceiling is simply too low.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
No.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Mitsis Rodos Village Beach Hotel & Spa

Hotel: Mitsis Rodos Village Beach Hotel & Spa 
Address: South Rhodes, Kiotari, 85109, Greece
 
Time of visit: September 2022
 
Equipment
Dumbbells go up to 53 lbs/24 kgs.
As for pin-operated machines, there’re machines covering the following: lat pull-downs, ab crunches, hip abductors, leg curls, seated rows and shoulder presses.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’s a cross-trainer, a treadmill and a stationary bike.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? No.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is open 24/7.
The equipment was a little old and run down and the treadmill was very loud/creaky. However, everything is functional and I was still able to get a great workout in!
There’s no squat rack, no bench and other than the leg extension, there was no other lower body equipment. I was happy to see the lat pull down, but wish they had other attachments available.
Disinfectant spray is available.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
No. It’s a holiday resort and the hotel gym seems kind of like an afterthought.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Grecotel Beach Plaza

Hotel: Grecotel Beach Plaza 
Address: Ari Velouhioti 60 Street, Rethymno, 74100, Crete, Greece
 
Time of visit: August 2022
 
Equipment
There’s a good selection of dumbbells as well as two adjustable benches.
There’s also a multi-gym machine allowing for biceps curls, lat pull-down, leg extensions, chest flys and rear delt rows.
 
As for cardio, there’s a spinning-like bike and a treadmill.
 
Accessories include exercise mats, a Bosu ball and even parallettes bars.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
You’re on holiday, need a workout and find this little gem. It has everything you need for a week away, as long as you bring your imagination too. For an instructor of 10 years, there’s more than enough here to program more than a full week of workouts. With a sandy beach just 50yds away, there is nothing else you need…at all.
 
Sure, there’s not much of each bit of kit, but there’s enough for the amount that it gets used. I liked the selection of dumbbells and that they have a multigym machine as well as a treadmill.
 
If you can’t make something of all the available equipment, you shouldn’t be allowed in a hotel gym.
 
Opening hours are from 8am to 8pm.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes! I was really impressed with this hotel gym – especially as there’re well stocked globo and cross-fit gyms nearby too.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Miramare Resort & Spa

Hotel: Miramare Resort & Spa 
Address: Gargadoros, Agios Nikolaos, 72100, Greece
 
Time of visit: June 2022
 
Equipment
There are a range of cable-based machines with different attachments – hip abductors, lat pull-downs and seated leg presses. There are dumbbells with set weights (up to 22 lbs/10 kgs) and dumbbells you assemble by putting together the small bar/handle with plates to adjust the weight. There’re three barbells and plates which adds up to 220 lbs/100 kg. There’s also a barbell bench press setup.
 
There’s a good range of cardio equipment that’s in working order including two stationary bikes, two cross-trainers and two treadmills.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
A word to sum up this hotel gym would be “dated”.
 
To summarize the strengths of this gym, it’s very accessible with opening times from 8am to 10pm. You collect a key from the reception which gives you access. As you enter, you feel the coolness from the air conditioning which is very welcoming!
 
It seemed clean and didn’t smell.
There’s a water machine which had ice cold and cool water.
 
There’s a TV but also good internet connection, in case you want to put on your own music.
 
However, despite having a decent range of equipment available, there were three machines that were out of order (e.g., lat pull-downs) and a lot of the things that were in working order were very old and seemed quite risky to use (e.g., the vertical leg press felt like it was going to snap at any moment). The clips for some of the barbells were terrible as well, either not holding the plates on or being a nuisance to get off.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
No.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Ikaros Beach Resort & Spa

Hotel: Ikaros Beach Resort & Spa 
Address: Main Street, 700 07 Malia, Crete, Greece
 
Time of visit: September 2021
 
Equipment
They have dumbbells and adjustable benches – including a decline bench. There’re also barbells – also in connection with a chest press setup.
There’s also a nice selection of pin-operated machines – for example, lat pull-down, shoulder press, chest press and leg press.
There’s even a four-sided cable tower with a nice variety of handles.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’re two treadmills, two cross-trainers and a stationary bike.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is clean and the equipment is in good condition.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, I would!
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Alexander Beach

Hotel: Alexander Beach
Address: 700 07 Malia, Crete, Greece
 
Time of visit: July 2021
 
Equipment
In terms of cardio equipment, there’re two cross-trainers, a rowing machine, three treadmills and two stationary bikes.
 
There’s a nice selection of pin-operated machines – for example, leg curls, lat pull downs and chest presses. There’s also a hip abductor machine and a bench for back extensions as well as ab crunches.
 
The range of dumbbells available is somewhat limited, but there’s a bench and a barbell with a fair selection of plates.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? No.
 
Comments
There’s a decent variety of machines and equipment but it would’ve been nice with a squat rack.
Because of COVID-19, you must book an appointment at the gym. There’s a maximum of six people allowed at the same time
A personal trainer, most likely for a fee, is available upon request.
Opening hours are from 7am to 8:30pm.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
No.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Spiros Hotel

Hotel: Spiros Hotel       
Address: Agios Georgios, Naxos, 84300, Greece
 
Time of visit: June 2021
 
Equipment
There are two treadmills, a cross-trainer, a stationary bike and a spinning bike.
 
There’s a multi-gym, dumbbells ranging from 1 to 7kgs and an adjustable bench as well as exercise mats and a pair of exercise balls.
 
The multi gym has a range of attachments and handles that allow you to do a range of exercises. The weight stack goes up to 90kgs. The seat is adjustable which helps make the exercises more comfortable and secures adequate range of motion.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Not sure.
 
Comments
This hotel has a very small gym located in the basement next to the hotel spa.
 
The gym is cleaned daily and is equipped with cleaning spray and tissue paper. Since it’s in the basement, there aren’t any windows and there’s only a little bit of natural light from the door. However, there’re plenty of lights, mirrors and good air conditioning.
 
There are two TVs in the gym. However, I was never able to find any music channels, just the news.
 
The hotel gym is open from 8am to 9pm.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Gaia Village Hotel

Hotel: Gaia Hotel Village                 
Address: Tigaki, Tigaki 85300, Kos, Greece
 
Time of visit: August 2019
 
Equipment
Dumbbells and a cable machines as well as a cross-trainer and stationary bikes.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? No.
 
Comments
In the 7 days I was here, I worked out 3 times in the gym and never saw another person in there. For a sunshine resort as this, I would expect this low usage. People come here for a holiday, not to workout.
However, there is just enough in here to maintain fitness while away for a week. Some low-weight dumbbells, a pull up/dip station, some stationary bikes and cable machines.
Sure, it’s not going to cater for the high-end athlete, but I suspect they’re not coming here, at least not to train.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes.
Date:Posted By:Category:Greece

Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa

Hotel: Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa
Address: Platanias, 73014 Platanias, Greece
 
Time of visit: July 2019
 
Equipment
In terms of cardio equipment, there are three treadmills, a pair of spinning bikes, cross trainers and rowing machines.
There’s a fair selection of dumbbells going up till 30kg. There’s a handful of adjustable workout benches but they’re all rather wobbly and the padding somewhat worn out.
As for weight-based machines, there’re two different cable machines with a nice selection of handles as well as the “usual” machines such as the leg press, leg extension and lateral pull machines.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
It might be because I used the hotel gym outside the spa’s opening hours, but there were no towels inside the actual gym. You can obviously bring one from your room but it’s not super convenient. There’re paper towels for cleaning of cardio equipment or workout benches.
 
The hotel gym is open 24/7 – you just need your room card to access it.
 
There’s AC installed but it seems to be connected to the rest of the spa area. As a result, there’s no control panel visible in the actual hotel gym.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Although a little worn-out in some areas, this is surely a great hotel gym. The hotel itself is somewhat pricey but if I’m willing to pay the price, this could easily be my choice!

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