Built in 1990, with extensions added in 2002, the Castro Hotel is set in the resort town of Ammoudara, 300 metres from a sandy beach. The 60 guestrooms over four floors have simple white decor and functional furnishings and open onto balconies with sea views. All have satellite television, telephones, refrigerators and bathrooms with showers.
The hotel is set amid gardens, and features an outdoor pool complete with a sun terrace and a poolside bar serving refreshments and cocktails. The Maxim Restaurant serves Cretan and international dishes and is open daily for breakfast and dinner. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can look after valuables in the-safe deposit box. Motorists will find complimentary parking on site. The hotel is sited five kilometres from the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion Old Town. The Minoan Palace of Knossos is 12 kilometres from the hotel and the Archanes archaeological sites are 16 kilometres away. Heraklion Airport is eight kilometres from the hotel, with an approximate driving time of 20 minutes.

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

Pankritiko Stadium 3.9 km / 2.4 mi
Venetian Walls 4.7 km / 2.9 mi
Kapetan Mihalis Korakas 4.8 km / 3 mi
Freedom National Stadium 4.8 km / 3 mi
Hanioporta 4.8 km / 3 mi
Panayia Akrotiriani 5.2 km / 3.2 mi
Agia Ekaterini Church 5.2 km / 3.3 mi
Dermatas Gate 5.3 km / 3.3 mi
St. Minas Cathedral 5.3 km / 3.3 mi
Historical and Ethnographic Museum of Crete 5.3 km / 3.3 mi
Monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul 5.4 km / 3.4 mi
Italian Archaeological School 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
Geoponikos Kipos 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 6 km / 3.7 mi
Palace of Knossos 10 km / 6.2 mi

The preferred airport for Castro Hotel is Heraklion (HER Nikos Kazantzakis) 9.3 km / 5.8 mi.