From Fauchon’s first Greek address to a rooftop garden planted with Cretan herbs, Hilton Chania Old Town Resort & Spa opens with private pools, a full spa, and a case for staying in Chania all year.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts is back in Greece, and it chose Chania to make the case. Hilton Chania Old Town Resort & Spa opened its doors on June 1, 2026, five minutes on foot from the Old Town and twenty minutes from the airport, positioning itself as a year-round rather than seasonal property in a city that has historically leaned into summer-only hospitality.
85 rooms, each with a private pool
The family-friendly resort holds 85 rooms and suites, each with a private balcony and heated pool, some with in-room saunas and Aegean views. It’s a layout built around privacy: the indoor-outdoor blur that heated private pools allow, room by room, rather than concentrated in a single shared space.
Beyond the rooms, the property carries a heated rooftop infinity pool over the coastline, a botanical garden with sunset views toward the Old Town, a full spa and wellness center, and a fitness facility.
David Kelly, Hilton’s senior vice president for Continental Europe, framed the opening as part of a broader push: the brand now counts more than 50 hotels across Greece under various flags, with this property marking the return of the flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts name specifically.
Five food and drink concepts
The hotel’s culinary program is built across five distinct spaces. Poème de la Canée is the all-day anchor, a two-level dining room with Mediterranean flavors, live music, and a social pace meant to carry from morning to late night. Above it, Céleste is the rooftop draw, an infinity pool and all-day menu with panoramic coastal views.
Fauchon Café Pâtisserie marks the French pastry house’s Greek debut, set in the lobby with direct street access, a stop before heading into the Old Town rather than a destination in itself. The C Bar leans into a slower register, aged spirits and cigars in a lounge built for evenings. And Little Galaxy, an open-air rooftop garden planted with Cretan herbs, doubles as an events space for up to 120 guests.
Wellness under L’Occitane
The spa is run under the L’Occitane en Provence concept, with four treatment rooms, a hammam, saunas, and steam baths, alongside indoor and outdoor heated pools. A retail boutique carries the brand’s skincare and fragrance lines for guests who want to extend the experience past checkout.
A long-term bet on Chania
Lambros Tsiledakis, Vice President of Development and Operations at Tsiledakis Group, described the opening as a long-term investment in positioning Chania as a 365-day destination, one meant to support the local economy while holding onto the character of the place. The hotel’s event infrastructure backs that ambition: a ballroom for up to 220 guests, three breakout rooms, and the Library Lounge for smaller private meetings.
The property is managed by Hotelleading, which also runs the nearby Chania Flair Boutique Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, along with three seasonal properties in Georgioupolis. Two further Cretan projects are already in development.
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