Ложка дегтя в бочке меда A fly in the ointment

Mykonos Paradise Hotel we visited with my husband at the end of February. The tour was bought at Mouzenidis Travel, there are no complaints on arrival, no transfer.

In principle, the hotel is not bad: clean, tidy, with a very nicely decorated lobby, with polite staff. It is wonderfully located: 100 meters from the beach, next to the park, not far from the center of the village of Nea Kalikratia, but at the same time away from noisy cafes and party places. The rooms are newly refurbished, beautifully decorated, the cleaning was very good, towels changed every day. The rooms have large balconies with sea views. The food is plentiful but not very varied. I think that for a dozen tourists in the off season, they did not really try. We took All inclusive meals. The hotel has a small spa (sauna, jacuzzi, small pool, gym with 6 machines), which can be used strictly according to the hours assigned to each guest in order to avoid crowds in this mini-spa complex.

Probably, in the summer it is a sunny and hot paradise, like everywhere else in Halkidiki. And at the end of February - also a paradise, but different: there are no crowds of tourists, everywhere is very quiet, calm, everything is already blooming and green. My husband even swam in the sea. It is very pleasant to come from Moscow -17 to Greek +17! We rented a car for a week and traveled a lot: Thessaloniki, Athos, Kastoria, Kassandra. In general, enjoy nature and weather. Special thanks to the hotel administration for organizing early breakfasts: for us it was just a gift. We planned to leave for Kastoria, Mount Athos, quite early, around 6 o'clock in the morning. And they provided us with a full breakfast. By the way, lunch boxes were also provided as compensation for the missed meals for us on the road. It was very nice.

Well, now about the tar: the hotel administration, with all its benevolent attitude towards the few guests, allows itself strange actions.
During the week of our stay at the hotel, holidays were organized twice in the evenings: once for pensioners, another time for children. And we, hotel guests, were politely asked to clear the lobby area of ​ ​ our presence. Despite the fact that we have "all inclusive" and we have the right to use the services of a lobby bar (and there is simply no other bar in the hotel, and there is simply nowhere to sit with new friends, have a cup of coffee or a glass of wine in the hotel)! Somehow, this shocked us. And there was one more unpleasant nuance: the husband loves dry red wine, and in the bar he was offered only semi-sweet red wine as part of the All inclusive. Then he brought his bottle from the room, bought in the supermarket, to drink in the lobby, sitting at the laptop. The staff demanded to remove the bottle! What a theater of the absurd!

Probably, this fly in the ointment in a whole barrel of honey is not so significant, but nevertheless it is there ...

I don't want to end on a sad note. After all, it's not 5*.
And we didn't pay for 5*. So, have a great rest, bright meetings and unforgettable impressions!