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We were in Gouves Mare for a week. We arrived early, the hotel was about nine o'clock in the morning. We were seated quickly and offered breakfast. Despite the "awful" knowledge of English, and even more deplorable knowledge of Greek, we quickly found a common language with Mrs. Ekaterina, who received us. Very sweet, smiling and friendly woman.
In the afternoon she is replaced by Mrs. Mariella, she speaks Russian very well.
I took a Russian-Greek phrasebook with me.
But the main thing, I think, is that in Crete they WANT TO UNDERSTAND you, so I had almost no problems with the language barrier.
The hotel is small and not noisy.
The rooms are cleaned carefully, linen is changed every day, towels too.
If you need anything extra, you can always contact the front desk.
The hotel has a doctor. I got a little cold, I was offered to contact him, but I refused. I just asked for pills, they didn’t refuse me, they provided me with the necessary medicines.
The medical insurance for the tour from itour covers the treatment, so I didn’t worry about this issue, I just thought that a mild cold did not deserve more attention)))
We did not use the safe, there was no need. There are few people - everything is in sight. Remove two permanent maids.
A little about nutrition (although "a little", I think it will not work): the food is delicious.
Breakfast is usually scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, potatoes, vegetables, puff pastries, tea cake, cake, muesli, milk, fruit, jam, chocolate cream and viscous syrup (at first I thought honey, but then it turned out that this is some kind of caramel syrup, as I suspect, from the carob tree) tea, coffee.
For lunch: two types of meat dishes, rice, pasta, potatoes, baked and stewed vegetables - three / four types, fish, puff pastries with cheese or spinach, salads - three / four types of ready-made, as well as separately sliced vegetables and salad dressings, feta cheese, olives/black olives and of course olive oil and grape vinegar. Traditional desserts - baklava and homemade Greek halva (halvas simigdali), biscuits made from very tender dough and cream cakes (the cream is very light, not greasy), there were also jellies and airy creams, fruits. There are three types of juices (pineapple, citrus and apple), but we are used to more concentrated ones, so I read somewhere that they called these juices "Yupi". I disagree, this is not "Jupi", but rather a juice-containing drink (I think, somewhere 50/50).
For dinner: the same principle of compiling the menu. But the dishes are not repeated. I noticed a funny detail - every day the potatoes were of a different separate shape - apparently, so that suspicion would not arise.
There were families with children in the hotel - this was also taken into account, if necessary, the waitress girls are always happy to help. In the evening they are helped by Mr. Manfos - a wonderful person, always friendly and attentive.
Wine red and white, good.
Separately, I will dwell on the situation with water: there is no "takeaway" water. A pack of water in the city (6x1.5 liters) costs from 1.45 to 1.80 euros. a bottle of water separately - from 0.45 euros, so it's more profitable to take packages. If you walk from the building where the reception is, along the road, there will be a small grocery store very close (when you pass the church). If you go further along the highway, there will be a "fur coat" store and an ATM.
Beach: sand, the sea is not deep. Municipal beaches, you can sunbathe everywhere. "Beach set" (two sun loungers and an umbrella) cost 5/6 euros. But if you come with a towel, no one will bother you. It was a bit stormy for two days, but like everyone else, we "jumped" to our heart's content, then it was relatively calm. The water is very clean and transparent.
There are no sea urchins in the Gouves area. Fish appeared - very beautiful: striped, they burrow into the sand and others with yellow tails. The fish are funny, they are not at all afraid of people, they swim right under their feet. A couple of "yellowtails" accompanied me in the water for about 20 minutes))).
There is practically no entertainment in the hotel, mostly quiet. In the evening there is a lounge bar, but we walked around Gouves in the evenings, so I can’t say anything. There is a bar near the pool. The bartender is a woman, very peculiar. Sometimes it can pretend to be "your-my ne panimite", which, in principle, is not typical for the staff of this hotel.
For those who want to spend the evening actively, there are many sports and disco bars, taverns on the coast. There are also taverns in the town. There are also several pharmacies, food and souvenir shops, and several ATMs.
We rented a car at "Balnea" (www. balnea-rent. ru) from Sergey - it's "two steps away" from the hotel.
Before the trip I read reviews about him and I'm glad that they were confirmed. Sergey conscientiously drew us a route, suggested how and where it is better to drive, provided a map, explained the intricacies of driving on the island))) During the day, we managed to visit the Kera monastery (there, next to the cave of Zeus), in cities on the east coast, on the island of Spinalonga ( In the village of Plaka every half an hour a boat goes to the island), we even got to Irapetra)))
If you do not want to take a car, there is a bus stop a hundred meters from the hotel, buses in the direction of Heraklion and Hersonissos run about half an hour, there is a schedule at the bus stop.
In the afternoon she is replaced by Mrs. Mariella, she speaks Russian very well.
I took a Russian-Greek phrasebook with me.
But the main thing, I think, is that in Crete they WANT TO UNDERSTAND you, so I had almost no problems with the language barrier.
The hotel is small and not noisy.
The rooms are cleaned carefully, linen is changed every day, towels too.
If you need anything extra, you can always contact the front desk.
The hotel has a doctor. I got a little cold, I was offered to contact him, but I refused. I just asked for pills, they didn’t refuse me, they provided me with the necessary medicines.
The medical insurance for the tour from itour covers the treatment, so I didn’t worry about this issue, I just thought that a mild cold did not deserve more attention)))
We did not use the safe, there was no need. There are few people - everything is in sight. Remove two permanent maids.
A little about nutrition (although "a little", I think it will not work): the food is delicious.
Breakfast is usually scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, potatoes, vegetables, puff pastries, tea cake, cake, muesli, milk, fruit, jam, chocolate cream and viscous syrup (at first I thought honey, but then it turned out that this is some kind of caramel syrup, as I suspect, from the carob tree) tea, coffee.
For lunch: two types of meat dishes, rice, pasta, potatoes, baked and stewed vegetables - three / four types, fish, puff pastries with cheese or spinach, salads - three / four types of ready-made, as well as separately sliced vegetables and salad dressings, feta cheese, olives/black olives and of course olive oil and grape vinegar. Traditional desserts - baklava and homemade Greek halva (halvas simigdali), biscuits made from very tender dough and cream cakes (the cream is very light, not greasy), there were also jellies and airy creams, fruits. There are three types of juices (pineapple, citrus and apple), but we are used to more concentrated ones, so I read somewhere that they called these juices "Yupi". I disagree, this is not "Jupi", but rather a juice-containing drink (I think, somewhere 50/50).
For dinner: the same principle of compiling the menu. But the dishes are not repeated. I noticed a funny detail - every day the potatoes were of a different separate shape - apparently, so that suspicion would not arise.
There were families with children in the hotel - this was also taken into account, if necessary, the waitress girls are always happy to help. In the evening they are helped by Mr. Manfos - a wonderful person, always friendly and attentive.
Wine red and white, good.
Separately, I will dwell on the situation with water: there is no "takeaway" water. A pack of water in the city (6x1.5 liters) costs from 1.45 to 1.80 euros. a bottle of water separately - from 0.45 euros, so it's more profitable to take packages. If you walk from the building where the reception is, along the road, there will be a small grocery store very close (when you pass the church). If you go further along the highway, there will be a "fur coat" store and an ATM.
Beach: sand, the sea is not deep. Municipal beaches, you can sunbathe everywhere. "Beach set" (two sun loungers and an umbrella) cost 5/6 euros. But if you come with a towel, no one will bother you. It was a bit stormy for two days, but like everyone else, we "jumped" to our heart's content, then it was relatively calm. The water is very clean and transparent.
There are no sea urchins in the Gouves area. Fish appeared - very beautiful: striped, they burrow into the sand and others with yellow tails. The fish are funny, they are not at all afraid of people, they swim right under their feet. A couple of "yellowtails" accompanied me in the water for about 20 minutes))).
There is practically no entertainment in the hotel, mostly quiet. In the evening there is a lounge bar, but we walked around Gouves in the evenings, so I can’t say anything. There is a bar near the pool. The bartender is a woman, very peculiar. Sometimes it can pretend to be "your-my ne panimite", which, in principle, is not typical for the staff of this hotel.
For those who want to spend the evening actively, there are many sports and disco bars, taverns on the coast. There are also taverns in the town. There are also several pharmacies, food and souvenir shops, and several ATMs.
We rented a car at "Balnea" (www. balnea-rent. ru) from Sergey - it's "two steps away" from the hotel.
Before the trip I read reviews about him and I'm glad that they were confirmed. Sergey conscientiously drew us a route, suggested how and where it is better to drive, provided a map, explained the intricacies of driving on the island))) During the day, we managed to visit the Kera monastery (there, next to the cave of Zeus), in cities on the east coast, on the island of Spinalonga ( In the village of Plaka every half an hour a boat goes to the island), we even got to Irapetra)))
If you do not want to take a car, there is a bus stop a hundred meters from the hotel, buses in the direction of Heraklion and Hersonissos run about half an hour, there is a schedule at the bus stop.
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