A hotel for those who want to see Crete, not a hotel!

Written: 25 july 2014
Travel time: 5 — 19 july 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
Rested in Crete for the second time. and the second time in this hotel, even - the room was the same! (213)
Took the ticket consciously without food at all, so I can not assess how "fed". And in general - to go to Crete on the "Olincluses", it's like going to the Tretyakov Gallery to watch TV. Who needs an allink - go to Turkey / Egypt. there you can put a deck chair in the restaurant and not get up for at least a month. And you have to go to Crete to WATCH! and there is something to look at.

And here comes a very good location of the hotel - in the center of the island! that is, any trip to any point indoors will not be long and tiring. The longest - in the bay of Balos - 200 km in one direction. And yes - the average length of the trip does not exceed 100 km. This is very profitable when renting a car, because gasoline is not very cheap! (~ 1.8E / liter)
Again, the island is a cloud of various taverns - you can always find a place to eat.

That's why our daily routine looked something like this - getting up at 7 am in the morning. we drink coffee, make a light breakfast (scrambled eggs or butter), at 8.00 - start! We had lunch in a tavern, came in the evening and, depending on fatigue, either went to the tavern Ambrosia (I highly recommend it! Fortunately, there is a Spar supermarket (in Kokkini Hani). 2 minutes by car.

in the breaks between trips, when the 5th point required rest from the seats in the car, and the brain wanted to settle everything you saw, you can fall on the beach. the beach is very "far" - came out of the hotel gate and "fell into the sea": -) (see photo)
there is, however, one drawback - the "municipal" beach, so on Saturdays and Sundays many Greeks come. But there was never a time when we didn't find a place for ourselves. Sea / beach The sea is clean, shallow. The bottom is sandy! ! ! ! ! ! ! there is always excitement at sea (more or less, but always) Personally, we really liked it - we love the waves!
There is also a swimming pool near the hotel - children can jump from the board.

Now about the number. The hotel is not new, but well maintained, thanks to the manager Oleg (congratulations to him! ). Everything works. The kitchen has knives, spoons, forks, can openers, glasses and cups, 3 types of plates (small / large / deep) according to the number of seats in the room. ours was a 5-seater, respectively, there were 5 pieces. Electric kettle, electric stove. Refrigerator, and not a "minibar", as in other hotels, namely - REFRIGERATOR. let small, but very capacious (watermelon got in! ). There is a frying pan and a few pans. you can cook any food.

What you don't have and you must take with you - salt (!! ), Detergents for dishes and rags (sponge for dishes and for wiping from the table), otherwise you will have to buy everything on the spot for euros.

Towels and bed linen are changed every 3 days during cleaning.
if something is wrong - you can always contact Oleg - he will definitely help solve any problems.
Personally, we had a current kettle - replaced in 30 minutes. and we asked for a Teflon frying pan, because it burned tightly in a steel omelet with any amount of oil. were satisfied.

On cloudy days, there may be problems with hot water - again, you need to notify to turn on the boiler.


Each room has a separate entrance. in our room you could even put a table to eat on the street. (cozy nook)

wi-fi in the hotel is fast, free and catches throughout the territory + even the beach covers! speed is enough for video communication in Skype. you know how much envy is on the "other side" when you call from the beach via video ! ! ? ?

in short, I highly recommend the hotel to active people! who will not lie all day by the pool waiting for dinner.
And there were some - then told in private conversations how they are bored here and no entertainment at all. I wanted to personally kill their abstinence!
There are so many places to look at that it is a crime against humanity to lie down all your vacation in a hotel! There is nothing to do here without renting a car. because if you buy tours separately - you can go bankrupt. example - a tour operator's tour of the Knossos Palace costs 45 euros / person + separate entrance ticket. By car it is 15 km from the hotel door.
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