Crete by bus.

Written: 6 august 2010
Travel time: 25 july — 1 august 2010
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 3.0
Departure: Transaero delayed the flight from St. Petersburg for 6 hours. Poor place Pulkovo-2, transport does not go to the airport, only commercial. Foreigners ride to the subway standing in gazelles, driven by their dubious personalities. There is only one information board for the entire airport 20 inch TV.
Tour operator: Natalie-tours didn’t meet us upon arrival in Crete, found the same poor fellows, they began to ask in all the booths where Natalie was, pointed the finger at my grandfather, who was chatting with the Greek (later turned out to be our driver), he covered Natalie’s sign with a sheet of paper and he didn't care that they were looking for him. Approached him, he said in walnut to wait). All passengers on the plane left. Finally, Tatiana, the GEA Travel guide, visited us, *crezi* told her grandfather, she handed out booklets to us, after the Greeks had talked enough about the sun by sunset, they decided to take us to hotels.
The departure was great too. The day before departure, 2.00 no information. The girls with whom I was supposed to fly called *where travel*, they answered, we will send a fax, there is no my last name in the *fax*. The receptionist calls again, connects me with Alexandra (like data), she asks what I want, I say... a cup of coffee, she says Tatiana will call back now, she calls the same question, I say, I'm leaving tomorrow morning, I'm not on the list, Natalie made a gift for another week), 12th hour at night, I arrived from Christi Island, tired, like a dog falling asleep, asking me to wait another 5 minutes, he will call back... in short, he flew away, it didn’t bother me, I had fun, a big boy.

Otelchik: nice 3.5 in Egyptian, feeding a normal half board was enough for the day. The furniture is new. The water drains badly in the shower. There is no beach. Sisi also does not have a beach in Mali, I have not been there. But you take a can of beer from the refrigerator, Mobile with music, on the way you grab a chair and sit by the sea, full of flying away).
This is a children's camp dolphin in general from Moscow, they even have their own doctor. Due to the crisis, they are not fully loaded. I don’t know what happened during the day, I wasn’t there. The pool is cleaned, once swam the water is not clear. The room is cleaned every day, mobile tariff is expensive!! ! the Albanians work, they know Russian, there is definitely warm water in the shower, the refrigerator was broken, I asked for it, they replaced it, you can catch free Wi-Fi, you can catch the condo 7th safe 2nd package for the week 50s I didn’t take the condo turned on the next day and didn’t turn off, don’t take out the card, mosquitoes!! ! On the day of departure, the foreigner was hysterical no TV blah blah blah, I don’t look for order, I checked it, it works without a remote control. Maybe not, I didn't need it.
Prices: sissy town is small delicious how to go to the city from the left on the corner of the market, I looked at the prices, they asked me to go out), on the right the market is better and the prices and service, a branch of grapes 3 peaches and 1.5 water 2.9e. Great 10s, scooter 12s needs a license, the car depends on the engine.
Excursions: I will throw a stone in travel agencies). The best way is to take a regular bus *green* go to the highway (2 km 20 min walk you will see the real Crete) E-75 it goes along Crete from 6-21 every half hour a bus from 3-6e between cities 1-2 hours on the way will be faster than by car, they drive cars 50km for 100km, the police brutalize on the roads. 4 main cities, in small cities the schedule is less frequent, all the information at the stations is in abundance. They arrive at the bus station mainly at the port or nearby, you can also buy an excursion to the islands or around the city for a penny, the service is full of maps, schedules, better than in Pulkovo 2. I don’t know languages, I traveled almost all of Crete on a bus cheaper 2-2.5 times than excursions, for example, on about. Christy no tours. There was a GPS on the phone. Travel agencies did not get to Santorini and bought up tickets for goat ferries.

Tips: The bus does not run according to the schedule, but please be 15 minutes before departure to fill up. There are two car companies. Example: I'm going from Heraklion to Retimino changed my mind, decided to chania, while my bus is in Retimino, I take a ticket there to chania, but another company, my bus leaves for an hour waiting for another company's beads). At the end of the day there is a mess, leave early. Contact the Russians, there are no crooks there (they are on vacation), cooperate. This is Greece not the Baltic States and Poland all work for you.
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