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First of all, I want to thank everyone who wrote their opinion about the Coral Hotel. It helped me choose this particular hotel and make the right choice.
About the hotel - We arrived around 19-00, after 5 minutes we were already in the room. Booked Standard Town View settled on the 7th floor with a side view of the sea and the unfinished building. The room is quiet, you can hardly hear the road. I want to note that in the rooms with a sea view on the 4th-5th floors and in the rooms on the courtyard of the 2nd-3rd floors it could be noisy from the ventilation in the restaurant and in the kitchen. The room is not small, a lot of shelves, a spacious closet, everything worked. There are no complaints about cleaning, when they came from the beach (about 15-00) - it was already clean. The beach towels were not replaced, despite the fact that the hotel concept states that beach towels should be replaced every 3 days. Soaps and gels that ran out were replenished immediately, but after contacting the staff. There were no problems with the safe, because the boy who brought our things to the room upon arrival helped set the code and taught how to work with the safe. . Restaurant and food excellent. Everything is delicious. They took HB. The manager of the restaurant is constantly in the hall, monitors the work of the staff, if necessary, he helps the waiters, escorts guests to the tables. They took white wine, liked it, a decanter -6 euros. On the day of the excursion to Santorini, departure at 5-00 and arrival at 23-30, a mini breakfast and dinner were served in the room.
The contingent of the hotel is middle-aged and elderly people, in this regard, everything is quiet and calm. There is no disco. Animation is weak. Russian no more than 10-15%. In the neighboring hotel Hermes-Iberostar animation 5 times a week, I liked it.

If you go from the hospital along the road going to Heraklion, then after 10-12 minutes on the left, there will be a large supermarket where locals shop and the prices are slightly lower than in the tourist area. The market, which comes on Wednesdays, struck with an abundance of Chinese and Turkish goods of low quality, but you can buy T-shirts for 3 euros.
The location of the Coral hotel is very convenient, to the lake. Supermarket, sandy beach no more than 10 minutes on foot, and the distance to the pebble beach is 10 meters from the hotel entrance. (We swam in the sea every morning before breakfast). The only drawback of the hotel is the lack of ventilation in corridors, which is especially noticeable when you are in the neighboring Hermes hotel, there is good Wi-Fi, The staff at the Coral hotel does not speak Russian, but everyone tries to help and understand you. lake in the city center. Coral and Hermes hotels are city hotels without territory, located close to the city center, suitable for tourists who do not like to sit in a bar in the evenings, but like active recreation. Without diminishing the merits of the Coral Hotel, with an equivalent location, if you are not embarrassed by a small difference in price, the advantage should be given to the Hermes Hotel.
The sea next to the hotel. , Clean and warm. The wind was constantly blowing and there were small waves. . The exception was the sandy beach, it is less windy and the sea is calmer, but not entirely clean. In early September, there was almost no heat, the air temperature was up to 30 degrees.
We rented a car for 1 day (they didn’t want it anymore) Toyota Corolla - 40 euros a day . . In many agencies, prices start at 50 euros, and with a tour operator from 60 euros. We visited the monastery of St. George on our own by car - this is on the way to Heraklion, then went to Yerapetra on the Libyan Sea. There was complete calm. We swam and walked around the city for half a day . . In the afternoon we moved to Voulisma beach, where we spent the rest of the day.

We bought an excursion to Santorini from the tour operator Bellion Tour. First of all, it is a solid company, and secondly, the price was 10 euros lower than that of competitors. , instead of the planned 2.5 hours . . Powerful air conditioners work on board, it was cold, warm clothes are needed. The islands themselves are very unusual and beautiful. original buildings. Everything cannot be described. This is a must see. The tour and the guide's story are interesting and uncomplicated. It was hot and windless. Comfortable shoes are needed on the island, as it is necessary to overcome a difficult and winding descent to the sea about 500 meters long along slippery and uneven steps. It was especially difficult for the elderly and children. (We had a tour with a boat trip around the volcano and swimming in thermal waters) But the overall impression of the tour is good. I think this place must be visited once in a lifetime.
One day was allocated to the island of Spinalonga. Bus stop 50 meters from the hotel. Buses on schedule. Travel in a comfortable air-conditioned bus to the village of Plaka 2.2 euros per person, then a boat to the island - 8 euros per person in both directions, and 2 euros entrance to the fortress. That's all the costs. We got there in 35 minutes. On the island we joined a group with a Russian guide and listened to an interesting story, then we walked for another 1.5 hours ourselves. or from a special entrance to the water. We had lunch at the Captain Nikolos fish restaurant. The prices are regular, the menu is in Russian, there is Russian-speaking staff . . We took a fish platter for 1 person and a salad. The two of them ate with difficulty. An independent trip made it possible to explore the island without haste, admire the beautiful views of the Aegean Sea and Mirabello Bay, spend unlimited time on the beach and have a delicious lunch.
The return transfer to the airport took 2.5 hours, which allowed us to see the entire northeast coast of the island. Once again we realized that Angios Nikolas is a great place to relax. In other places there was a very strong wind, and the waves were so big that it was impossible to swim in the sea.
In general, I think that the Coral Hotel is a good vacation spot for unpretentious tourists without small children, with an excellent location, good food and tactful staff.