The prices in the bar are higher than the prices in the neighboring restaurant.
The fourth star was probably received due to the area of the rooms - no other signs are visible. But the bathroom in the rooms is very small, given the door that opens inward, it is not easy for one person to turn around.
The hotel has a very bad beach. Narrow strip with sunbeds and umbrellas (10 euros set). Nearby is a wide municipal beach and the beaches of neighboring hotels are much better, more convenient entry into the sea.
The road separating the hotel from the beach with heavy traffic is not comfortable to cross, there is no bridge or underpass nearby, if you walk a little, there are underground passages from neighboring hotels.
The hotel works on an all-inclusive system, but it’s not clear what to do all day in a hotel with an uncomfortable beach.
Close to supermarkets, restaurants and car rental. There is no entertainment, towards the airport a more lively area or to Rhodes (there is a bus).
We took breakfast and dinner. The food is not bad, a large selection, always fruits, desserts, but the dishes are all broken, with cracks - not pleasant. There is not even water for dinner (if you do not have all inclusive), they cannot bring a glass of water, they offer a bottle of water.
In general, the hotel is not recommended. Be careful, the hotel practices confirming the availability of a room if it is not available - if you eat for seven nights, it may be that upon arrival there will not be a free room, despite your reservation, and you will be offered to spend the night in a single room for hotel staff on the roof ( as compensation for the inconvenience can offer one day all inclusive). According to the hotel manager, this is quite according to the rules.
We went through the tour operator Coral Travel - do not recommend. With the possibilities of the Internet, forget about tour operators - there is no help from them. The hotel guide was once to see the day of our departure, he does not solve any issues with the hotel (as we were told in the ODEON host, he is not competent and not professional in resolving issues with the hotel). If you pay the hotel directly, it is easier to solve problems, but through the tour operator it is dull. The hotel recommends contacting the tour operator, the host tour operator is not interested, and offers to resolve problems with the company that was paid for the tour. In general, a long chain without extreme ones.
First time vacationing abroad.
I really liked the hotel.
If you need animation and night parties, then go to Faliraki on the opposite side of the island.
If you need a quiet knee-deep sea and a completely sandy beach - again - Kolymbia, Lindos, Faliraki on the Mediterranean Sea.
But if small waves do not scare you and you want a cozy, relaxing holiday with delicious food and quality service - you are here.
I will not say that the Aegean Sea is something bad. But I liked the Mediterranean more. Generally without waves, transparent, 2-3 degrees warmer than the Aegean and very shallow. You can stand in the water for 20 minutes, do nothing and you won't freeze.
The weather is 10/10. For 9 days, not a single cloud in the sky.
Mosquitoes were not observed.
70% of hotel guests are Russian speakers. So the myth that only Russians can be in the resorts is not a myth at all.
The room was cleaned every day.
The tap water is very high quality! The pressure is always great.
The staff is very friendly!
With all this, the Black Sea in Crimea is 3-5 degrees colder than the Aegean. Unstable weather. The abundance of cigarette butts and seeds on the beaches and livid little boys makes it impossible even to compare these two resorts.
Of the minuses, I found for myself only 3 small ones:
1) Only 1 free socket in the room. We take an extension tee from the house;
2) Noise from the road all night. So at night we close the balcony and sleep with air conditioning or take earplugs or get used to the noise of the road;
3) Sunbeds in front of the hotel for 4 euros per person. So we take a blanket from the house and lie down for free 100 meters to the right on the blanket. By the way, beaches where there are no sunbeds are not cleaned. Therefore, I took 1 garbage bag and removed the place where we always lay (the shade from the tree is also there) and the beach became as clean as with sunbeds. I did not observe mud in the sea. Only bits of algae.
Z. Y:
And the hotel is 4 stars, not 3.