Holidaymakers at a five star hotel were forced to queue up and run to nab a sunbed - with some throwing their towels ahead to claim the best loungers.

A video taken at Akasha Beach Hotel & Spa in Hersonissos, Crete, shows nearly all the spots being taken in 30 seconds.

Guest Isabella Bianco, 23, said "it was like a stampede" - and said she saw a physical fight break out when a couple moved towels off beds which had been left unattended."

Isabella, a physiotherapist, from Birmingham, West Midlands, who instead opted to use the rooftop pool, said: "It was pretty much like that every day. "

"I'm guessing it was a hotel manager that was walking around the pool area and as soon as it hit 9am she did a hand signal and they all rushed towards the beds. "

"It was like a stampede rush. "

"There were quite a few of us on the rooftop pool at 9am all watching". "

Isabella said the hotel's popularity might be behind the race to get a prime spot around the pool.

She said: "I think it's because the hotel is big on TikTok and is really aesthetically pleasing with the water beds. "

"I think that hotel is really big with influencers. "

"Some of the Tripadvisor reviews I read said ‘it was a lovely hotel but I can't put up with the people there'. "

"People were rushing for those beds by the pool just to sit and take photos on them all day. "

"On the last day we went down to the pool to go swimming. "

"There was an altercation between too women. "

"They'd [one couple] moved this couples belongings and towels. "

"When the couple came back from lunch it kicked off. "

"One of the women had her sunglasses smacked off her face. "

"People were jumping in to separate it. "

"Apparently there had been quite a few [altercations] down by that pool but because we'd been on the rooftop we didn't see it"."