Excellent hotel

Written: 9 august 2011
Travel time: 24 — 31 july 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
10.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
Memories are quite fresh, were at the hotel 2 weeks ago with my husband.
90% French families + 10% Italian families. We were the only ones there from Ukraine )) but by the end of our stay, I already saw several couples from Russia. We didn’t see a family-type hotel, we didn’t see discos with him, but if anyone needs it, then across the road in Elunda Aqua Beach (a hotel on the beach by the sea) there are discos and restaurants, guests from a neighboring hotel are accepted without problems.
The food is very tasty and varied. It is incomparable with Turkey and Egypt. Nearby there is a tavern where you can also dine with all sorts of goodies that the hotel does not offer, king prawns, for example. Near the hotel there is a kind of supermarket, where for a price with a "fat" of 1-2 euros you can buy drinks, food, souvenirs . . It's not far to go to the sea. On the beach, sunbeds and umbrellas are free, there is a vending machine where you can buy drinks and snacks. On the beach you can swim both in the open sea (entry, or rather jump from the ladder, because the coast is steep) and you won’t need 100% slippers from hedgehogs, or in an artificially made harbor (like an appendix) - it’s shallow and there are no high waves .

In general, I liked swimming on the beach more than in the pool at the hotel.
There are 2 swimming pools on site. They differ in their depth. Therefore, at one pool, animation entertains children and their parents, and at the second pool, no one - those who have no desire to be in the center of the hype swim there. Animation in French, but speak English too.
The hotel has a sauna and a gym - it's free. You just need to ask for the keys at the counter in the lobby.
The rooms are in a standard design overlooking the pool and there are also, as it were, bungalows, but I can’t call them that - it’s just a house for 4 families on 2 floors. The standing bathroom is made under the shower. Towels and linen are changed daily. You need to pay extra for the safe (week 13 euros of which 10 are returned as a deposit)
This hotel is encouraged to take all inclusive, and for those who do not have everything, the hotel offers a loyalty program in the transition from 1 boarding house to the second.
Excursions are cheaper to take in the city in agencies. There are plenty of them. There is a bus to Sant Nikolaus and Heraklion. If desired and possible, you can not rent a car, but drive on your own. Also, in 30 minutes of quiet walking (or for 1.60 euros with a half-hour waiting for the bus at the bus stop, which is 200 meters down the street from the hotel, so as not to walk a lot) you can reach the city center. At the central pier, every 30 minutes a boat goes to the island of Spina Lunga. You can stay on the island for almost a whole day and enjoy swimming in the sea, because. on the way back from the island you are not asked for a ticket and you can thus sail for 10 euros on one ship and sail for free on another. There is a fortress on Spina Lunga, however, you can find out about it in general sources. In the city, prices for items on the menu are 2-3 times more expensive than in a tavern near the hotel.

We also rented a car. She was new in mileage and in words too, although then she let us down a lot. They did not use the headlights and radio, and the car refused to start at all. With God's help, we got back to the hotel)))
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