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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!