I'll start with the fact that before that they were only in Turkey in 4 stars and when they got to such a wonderful hotel they perceived everything in mostly enthusiastic colors, so please don't bother reading "heavyweights". Of course, a vacation with 3 children of such a young age is very specific, but we ourselves deliberately chose this format and let's just say, whoever has a similar format, go to Cirence and your children will feel good and interesting there. So, we went from the Kyiv office of MIBS-Travel. There were no questions to the operator - everything was at a fairly high level, in Heraklion we were met and accommodated by the local partner of Mibs LeGrand. We left with children from 26 degrees (in the morning! ) Kyiv on May 12, in Heraklion it was below a degree, BUT THE CLIMATE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TRAFFIC: the heat is like in a stove starting to warm up, enveloping dry steam with a MIRACULOUS almost never disappearing refreshing Cretan breeze. Passport control is carried out at lightning speed and children are not a hindrance.
The airport, of course, is old and small, in the middle of May there were not so many tourists and only 2 suitcase transporters worked, but while we were waiting for our suitcase, the transporter either clogged up or broke down 2 times and the Greek climbed out of the dungeon and pulled the suitcases from the clogged conveyor exit : ) -breathed with some strange warmth: ) scoop. The big bus drove in less than an hour: the Beach Road is narrow and there are often places where 2 buses will not part, there is a higher main road, but the bus constantly drops off vacationers to hotels along the way. Most of the people on the LeGrand bus (red colors) went to Sirens Beach, the guide handed out literature on the island and excursions and gave the proper story along the way. She invited me to a traditional meeting at 13-30, but we ignored it, already knowing that it would be discussed there, you know what, we decided to tour, if we were, then at more adequate prices.
We settled in despite the fact that our kids and I were the last to get out of the bus very quickly - I was pleasantly pleased with the questionnaire of the settlement in English, and even more so that all the English questions were understandable. We communicated with the hotel staff clearly in English, but I will say right away that my poor knowledge in the form of just a set of words was enough for a complete understanding. The staff is always friendly and smiling, and even tries very hard for a little bit (and where to go, apparently this year the trend began to change rapidly - the CIS is coming !! ! - about 50-60% of the hotel guests in May were from Russia or Ukraine) learn Russian words. In general, they settled us clearly in the room that was originally purchased: this is the Family Garden View standard with Banked Bed Open plan, visa Bad, it seems they meant a crib?
), no bribes for you, everything is European Union : ), we went into the room and gasped: in the bathroom on the floor there is marble (or a derivative of it, which is not so important in this case: ), plumbing is expensive Ideal Standard, Elektrolux refrigerator, a crib is already standing , the bathrooms are stylishly rolled up, the adult beds are excellent, everything is fine, and the view from the window of such a room is DOUBLE: you really see the GARDEN + SEA. In general, they began to take pictures, thank God that they got there and all that. we had a 2nd floor - this is the 1st floor according to the hotel scheme - because there is another 0-floor -under the Reception floor - it's kind of like a Family - with access to the grass and a courtyard. We visited the sea, swam (the water was generally rated by the children as normal or warm from the 1st day). Our youngest really did not really adapt to the sea, he was afraid of everything, he swam with a circle in the pool or did not swim.
In general, he had a temperature with us for 3 or 4 nights, they called the Insurer - contrary to assurances that evening he did not call back - so they coped with the temperature themselves - and the next day the insurer was given a hang-up - in the afternoon the temperature disappeared. In general, this is the only minus of the trip - the muddy work of the insurer ("Illichevsky" insurer, if everyone knows something), but in general, if something is easy, then the doctor always comes to the reception desk at 10 o'clock in the morning with insurance. I won’t write about the restaurant separately, everything is already written by everyone, the level is very good, fruit, except in a modest serving, is the weak point of the hotel restaurant, they gave more semi-green melons, but we still expected more watermelons.
But my children, this is what came off on ice cream - they absorbed it all day, in the morning and after sleeping in bars near the sea and the pool, dialing into the horn themselves, for lunch and dinner, picking up full saucers with additives, in general, a kind of hardening for the upcoming a year, and mind you, we left in good health, I don’t even know what they have in 1st place: the sea, the pool or ice cream : )
Voobeshem what else so as not to repeat? ...Yes, according to ANIMATION in the hotel, there is RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE ANIMATION, the forum just cries on this occasion, as I understand it, the SALUT club began to work in the hotel for the first year. Everything is interesting with them - my kids, and they started working from the date of May 15-17, often disappeared with Russian animators, and I myself played 1-2 games, but you can play with German Calimeras animators, there are many joint programs where they translate already into 3 languages (Ru-Nem-Ang), I 2 times (with my daughter 9 years old !!!
) played water polo (which struck - the activity of the Germans - they played both girls and women along with boys and men - and fought for the ball on an equal footing !!! ), football - together with the Germans - and everyone understood everything! . - take it to football or buy it there (7-8 euros are simple sneakers) kei, I played barefoot on rubber grass, my feet got decently baked : ). Yes, for souvenirs, don’t go far deep into the city streets, but there are few of them in Ialiya : ), everything is more expensive there and there is not much more choice, everything is in the next 2-3 shops to the right and left, as soon as we went out into the hotel territory through the gate. You can pay with a card in a shop just opposite the gate, across the road (there are oils, towels on 1 showcase). Yes, according to the cards, it's a lie that they can be paid everywhere, except for the aforementioned shop, ANYWHERE could not pay. And these are: entrances: to Knossos, to the cave of Zeus, to the monastery of Kera Kardiotis, to the Tavern where excursions for lunch are brought).
Excursion on the 2nd day, when the sky was covered with clouds, we took the Happy Traine train to the electric car (information about it as well as a drawn map of Malia will be given to you at the hotel reception) - it takes you around the surroundings along the beaches - through Stalida almost to Hersonissos (but there will be nothing urban, beaches , hotels and gardens near the sea) and then turns near the excavations of the Ancient Minoan city of Malia (but you need to watch the excavations privately - from the train windows you will not immediately understand where they are - it reminds of greenhouses, but with huge arched structures), by the way, see our Happy Train one and a half year old baby and blew. In general, on an excursion to Knossos-Lassithi (friends will open the most wonderful views, I highly recommend visiting Lassithi, heavenly places) I went with older and middle children. For WHERE TO WALK in MALIA for people with children, like us. In the afternoon, we walked along the beach RIGHT from the hotel beach to the PORT of Malia 1 time.
everyone liked the walk-back for a change they went back to Road Beach Road. Day 2 we just walked along the central bar and shop street of Malia Demokratias and reached the Central Cathedral of St. Nectarios, on the 3rd day we have already gone deep right behind the cathedral into the old streets of Malia. As you can see from the photo - the cutest places - everything is so artistic, tasteful, each house is like a cake - it doesn’t look like the neighbor’s - nice and picturesque, I DON’T GET WHY no one writes about the old streets of Malia? that no one came? and the map of Malia is extremely simple, because you always go straight and straight and stumble upon the Cathedral, it seems to have turned out like a center, at least for us.
Yes, we bought excursions in the same Excursus Bureau that sells tickets for Happy Traine LiRida tours, their price from the 3-4 travel agencies I monitored on the way from the hotel turned out to be the lowest, and the owner Elena speaks English, but again, the simplest words glued between herself is far from ideal: ) enough for you and she to understand you mutually: ) by the way, we met her later on Sunday in the Cathedral of St. Nectarios at the Liturgy (smiled at each other). The liturgy (the schedule is in Greek, but the numbers make the texts clear: ) on Sunday it starts at 6-30, we arrived at 7-00 (we went together with my daughter) but the cathedral was half empty (with wonderful frescoes, where there is no empty space due to the number of depicted saints , and at the exit it is quite appropriate for those leaving the cathedral: ) the scene of hell and heaven is all very clear, no Greek signs for you: ).
In general, a wonderful liturgy, which is very much in common with ours, 2 deacons wonderfully sing in turn completely replacing the choir, the people began to pull themselves closer to the middle of the Divine service (by the way, women do not wear headscarves among the Greeks), for some reason almost only children stood for Communion. , at the end of the Liturgy The priest distributes prosphora into the hands of the flock - touchingly - in general, they left there despite the long service (about 10 o'clock in the morning ended) very, very happy (by the way, they, like the Catholics, have benches-climate is at least the reason for that).
It has already been said about Wi-Fi and the computer corner, Wi-Fi is more expensive (5 euros for 1.5 hours), but in the corner (2 euros per hour) there is NO SKYPE, although there is Internet - by the way, it is slow - the video could not be uploaded - just wasted time) . D
Yes, by telephone conversations, we settled on a PACKAGE from Kyivstar "Europe-20" (go to their website) - we bought this for 20 minutes for 30 hryvnias for ourselves and my wife - a total of 40 minutes for 11 days of CALLS FROM GREECE. (quite cheap compared to brutal roaming), and most importantly, as soon as 20 minutes are over, you turn off, roaming will not start dripping on the sly) If you need an insured event, you will need it very much, we appreciated it!
By the way, there are REALLY 5 pools!!! ! 3 adults with different depths (the deepest in the center between the Central building and the Villa building. 2 children, one in the Village, the other at the back of the Center of the building, where the animator cabin.
There are 2 toilets on the territory, which is important for children: 1 is just under the main pool, 2 is between the reverse side of the Center of the building (there are 2 pools) and the path to the beach, massage tables next to the billiards.
Large table tennis, mini-golf take equipment at the reception - everything is free - only on Bol.
tennis can be recorded, but at lunchtime, we played, as a rule, there are few people who want to play : )
What simply captivates is the huge number of sunbeds on the beach in May, so in general we sometimes took pictures, alone on the beach (in the evening).
In terms of silence - everything is right - with children - ONLY the central side of the Main Building, or the Villa or the Village - it’s quiet everywhere (the silence is always - I’m surprised - such a considerable hotel, not so far from the entertainment street, but you can’t hear anything - maybe the greenery of the hotel? )
the back of the Main building on the bar-well, everything has already been said . . I subscribe.
We just got to the collective viewing of the Eurovision Final in the Lobby bar on a large screen, very interesting and exciting.
We went to a GREEK EVENING at PALLADIUM - be sure to go - Greek dances - each in a new national costume - it’s unforgettable, by the way, an incident happened to us on it - they left to watch, locking our one and a half year old Miroslav, and then bam-Sirtaki stopped a Russian animator comes out and announces " such and such from room 138, go to the reception, pick up your child --- this shock concert was stopped: ) we run, and he, in a dressing gown in the hands of the staff, left the room himself !! ! - the trick is that from the inside you can easily get out - by pressing the handle - there is no internal latch-type lock.
Back - due to climatic reasons (there was a cyclone from Athens, it was raining) our plane could not land on time and the landing was delayed for 3.5 hours, and in this regard, at the airport, albeit with a butt, they still gave out Coca Cola (or some water) and a huge sandwich per person - even our infant was given a sandwich in half of his height: ) although lunch is not provided for the infant on the plane by the way.
Yes, and in the souvenir hassle of stuffing, do not forget to pick up bottles from your hand luggage - they took away all our olive oil from us (fortunately, we now have Greek oil too : )))), by the way, apart from the bottles, the customs officers were not interested in anything at all - we had papers caviar is wrapped (with labels for export (look at the purchase order so that they are stuck on) asked: -BAT? answered: -Ikons, answered quickly - Ok and left it alone, but I could, after all, and what thread of old contraband icons to carry: )!? ! ((!
The airport, of course, is old and small, in the middle of May there were not so many tourists and only 2 suitcase transporters worked, but while we were waiting for our suitcase, the transporter either clogged up or broke down 2 times and the Greek climbed out of the dungeon and pulled the suitcases from the clogged conveyor exit : ) -breathed with some strange warmth: ) scoop. The big bus drove in less than an hour: the Beach Road is narrow and there are often places where 2 buses will not part, there is a higher main road, but the bus constantly drops off vacationers to hotels along the way. Most of the people on the LeGrand bus (red colors) went to Sirens Beach, the guide handed out literature on the island and excursions and gave the proper story along the way. She invited me to a traditional meeting at 13-30, but we ignored it, already knowing that it would be discussed there, you know what, we decided to tour, if we were, then at more adequate prices.
We settled in despite the fact that our kids and I were the last to get out of the bus very quickly - I was pleasantly pleased with the questionnaire of the settlement in English, and even more so that all the English questions were understandable. We communicated with the hotel staff clearly in English, but I will say right away that my poor knowledge in the form of just a set of words was enough for a complete understanding. The staff is always friendly and smiling, and even tries very hard for a little bit (and where to go, apparently this year the trend began to change rapidly - the CIS is coming !! ! - about 50-60% of the hotel guests in May were from Russia or Ukraine) learn Russian words. In general, they settled us clearly in the room that was originally purchased: this is the Family Garden View standard with Banked Bed Open plan, visa Bad, it seems they meant a crib?
), no bribes for you, everything is European Union : ), we went into the room and gasped: in the bathroom on the floor there is marble (or a derivative of it, which is not so important in this case: ), plumbing is expensive Ideal Standard, Elektrolux refrigerator, a crib is already standing , the bathrooms are stylishly rolled up, the adult beds are excellent, everything is fine, and the view from the window of such a room is DOUBLE: you really see the GARDEN + SEA. In general, they began to take pictures, thank God that they got there and all that. we had a 2nd floor - this is the 1st floor according to the hotel scheme - because there is another 0-floor -under the Reception floor - it's kind of like a Family - with access to the grass and a courtyard. We visited the sea, swam (the water was generally rated by the children as normal or warm from the 1st day). Our youngest really did not really adapt to the sea, he was afraid of everything, he swam with a circle in the pool or did not swim.
In general, he had a temperature with us for 3 or 4 nights, they called the Insurer - contrary to assurances that evening he did not call back - so they coped with the temperature themselves - and the next day the insurer was given a hang-up - in the afternoon the temperature disappeared. In general, this is the only minus of the trip - the muddy work of the insurer ("Illichevsky" insurer, if everyone knows something), but in general, if something is easy, then the doctor always comes to the reception desk at 10 o'clock in the morning with insurance. I won’t write about the restaurant separately, everything is already written by everyone, the level is very good, fruit, except in a modest serving, is the weak point of the hotel restaurant, they gave more semi-green melons, but we still expected more watermelons.
But my children, this is what came off on ice cream - they absorbed it all day, in the morning and after sleeping in bars near the sea and the pool, dialing into the horn themselves, for lunch and dinner, picking up full saucers with additives, in general, a kind of hardening for the upcoming a year, and mind you, we left in good health, I don’t even know what they have in 1st place: the sea, the pool or ice cream : )
Voobeshem what else so as not to repeat? ...Yes, according to ANIMATION in the hotel, there is RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE ANIMATION, the forum just cries on this occasion, as I understand it, the SALUT club began to work in the hotel for the first year. Everything is interesting with them - my kids, and they started working from the date of May 15-17, often disappeared with Russian animators, and I myself played 1-2 games, but you can play with German Calimeras animators, there are many joint programs where they translate already into 3 languages (Ru-Nem-Ang), I 2 times (with my daughter 9 years old !!!
) played water polo (which struck - the activity of the Germans - they played both girls and women along with boys and men - and fought for the ball on an equal footing !!! ), football - together with the Germans - and everyone understood everything! . - take it to football or buy it there (7-8 euros are simple sneakers) kei, I played barefoot on rubber grass, my feet got decently baked : ). Yes, for souvenirs, don’t go far deep into the city streets, but there are few of them in Ialiya : ), everything is more expensive there and there is not much more choice, everything is in the next 2-3 shops to the right and left, as soon as we went out into the hotel territory through the gate. You can pay with a card in a shop just opposite the gate, across the road (there are oils, towels on 1 showcase). Yes, according to the cards, it's a lie that they can be paid everywhere, except for the aforementioned shop, ANYWHERE could not pay. And these are: entrances: to Knossos, to the cave of Zeus, to the monastery of Kera Kardiotis, to the Tavern where excursions for lunch are brought).
Excursion on the 2nd day, when the sky was covered with clouds, we took the Happy Traine train to the electric car (information about it as well as a drawn map of Malia will be given to you at the hotel reception) - it takes you around the surroundings along the beaches - through Stalida almost to Hersonissos (but there will be nothing urban, beaches , hotels and gardens near the sea) and then turns near the excavations of the Ancient Minoan city of Malia (but you need to watch the excavations privately - from the train windows you will not immediately understand where they are - it reminds of greenhouses, but with huge arched structures), by the way, see our Happy Train one and a half year old baby and blew. In general, on an excursion to Knossos-Lassithi (friends will open the most wonderful views, I highly recommend visiting Lassithi, heavenly places) I went with older and middle children. For WHERE TO WALK in MALIA for people with children, like us. In the afternoon, we walked along the beach RIGHT from the hotel beach to the PORT of Malia 1 time.
everyone liked the walk-back for a change they went back to Road Beach Road. Day 2 we just walked along the central bar and shop street of Malia Demokratias and reached the Central Cathedral of St. Nectarios, on the 3rd day we have already gone deep right behind the cathedral into the old streets of Malia. As you can see from the photo - the cutest places - everything is so artistic, tasteful, each house is like a cake - it doesn’t look like the neighbor’s - nice and picturesque, I DON’T GET WHY no one writes about the old streets of Malia? that no one came? and the map of Malia is extremely simple, because you always go straight and straight and stumble upon the Cathedral, it seems to have turned out like a center, at least for us.
Yes, we bought excursions in the same Excursus Bureau that sells tickets for Happy Traine LiRida tours, their price from the 3-4 travel agencies I monitored on the way from the hotel turned out to be the lowest, and the owner Elena speaks English, but again, the simplest words glued between herself is far from ideal: ) enough for you and she to understand you mutually: ) by the way, we met her later on Sunday in the Cathedral of St. Nectarios at the Liturgy (smiled at each other). The liturgy (the schedule is in Greek, but the numbers make the texts clear: ) on Sunday it starts at 6-30, we arrived at 7-00 (we went together with my daughter) but the cathedral was half empty (with wonderful frescoes, where there is no empty space due to the number of depicted saints , and at the exit it is quite appropriate for those leaving the cathedral: ) the scene of hell and heaven is all very clear, no Greek signs for you: ).
In general, a wonderful liturgy, which is very much in common with ours, 2 deacons wonderfully sing in turn completely replacing the choir, the people began to pull themselves closer to the middle of the Divine service (by the way, women do not wear headscarves among the Greeks), for some reason almost only children stood for Communion. , at the end of the Liturgy The priest distributes prosphora into the hands of the flock - touchingly - in general, they left there despite the long service (about 10 o'clock in the morning ended) very, very happy (by the way, they, like the Catholics, have benches-climate is at least the reason for that).
It has already been said about Wi-Fi and the computer corner, Wi-Fi is more expensive (5 euros for 1.5 hours), but in the corner (2 euros per hour) there is NO SKYPE, although there is Internet - by the way, it is slow - the video could not be uploaded - just wasted time) . D
Yes, by telephone conversations, we settled on a PACKAGE from Kyivstar "Europe-20" (go to their website) - we bought this for 20 minutes for 30 hryvnias for ourselves and my wife - a total of 40 minutes for 11 days of CALLS FROM GREECE. (quite cheap compared to brutal roaming), and most importantly, as soon as 20 minutes are over, you turn off, roaming will not start dripping on the sly) If you need an insured event, you will need it very much, we appreciated it!
By the way, there are REALLY 5 pools!!! ! 3 adults with different depths (the deepest in the center between the Central building and the Villa building. 2 children, one in the Village, the other at the back of the Center of the building, where the animator cabin.
There are 2 toilets on the territory, which is important for children: 1 is just under the main pool, 2 is between the reverse side of the Center of the building (there are 2 pools) and the path to the beach, massage tables next to the billiards.
Large table tennis, mini-golf take equipment at the reception - everything is free - only on Bol.
tennis can be recorded, but at lunchtime, we played, as a rule, there are few people who want to play : )
What simply captivates is the huge number of sunbeds on the beach in May, so in general we sometimes took pictures, alone on the beach (in the evening).
In terms of silence - everything is right - with children - ONLY the central side of the Main Building, or the Villa or the Village - it’s quiet everywhere (the silence is always - I’m surprised - such a considerable hotel, not so far from the entertainment street, but you can’t hear anything - maybe the greenery of the hotel? )
the back of the Main building on the bar-well, everything has already been said . . I subscribe.
We just got to the collective viewing of the Eurovision Final in the Lobby bar on a large screen, very interesting and exciting.
We went to a GREEK EVENING at PALLADIUM - be sure to go - Greek dances - each in a new national costume - it’s unforgettable, by the way, an incident happened to us on it - they left to watch, locking our one and a half year old Miroslav, and then bam-Sirtaki stopped a Russian animator comes out and announces " such and such from room 138, go to the reception, pick up your child --- this shock concert was stopped: ) we run, and he, in a dressing gown in the hands of the staff, left the room himself !! ! - the trick is that from the inside you can easily get out - by pressing the handle - there is no internal latch-type lock.
Back - due to climatic reasons (there was a cyclone from Athens, it was raining) our plane could not land on time and the landing was delayed for 3.5 hours, and in this regard, at the airport, albeit with a butt, they still gave out Coca Cola (or some water) and a huge sandwich per person - even our infant was given a sandwich in half of his height: ) although lunch is not provided for the infant on the plane by the way.
Yes, and in the souvenir hassle of stuffing, do not forget to pick up bottles from your hand luggage - they took away all our olive oil from us (fortunately, we now have Greek oil too : )))), by the way, apart from the bottles, the customs officers were not interested in anything at all - we had papers caviar is wrapped (with labels for export (look at the purchase order so that they are stuck on) asked: -BAT? answered: -Ikons, answered quickly - Ok and left it alone, but I could, after all, and what thread of old contraband icons to carry: )!? ! ((!
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