Отель отелю рознь! Hotel hotel strife!

I never wrote reviews - there was no need, but this time I am writing because of a great desire to protect potential vacationers from poor-quality rest...
I won’t write about all sorts of signs here in Russia that preceded the trip and warned in every way - don’t go there - you’ll “break off”... this has nothing to do with staying in Greece, and specifically at the Epihotel KALIMERA MARE hotel. So, I will describe in my opinion how it was:
1. The purchase of vouchers at the NEVA-Travel telephone company was accompanied by a phrase from the staff about the hotel: “we were not there, so we don’t know the nuances, an ordinary 4 * hotel, all inclusive, sunbeds with umbrellas for a fee, a safe too”, swimming pool. . . " etc. in short, everything that is indicated on the "NEVA" website, which we actually saw ourselves flipping through the pages of the "Internet" in search of information about the upcoming trip...

2. Flight there - everything is worthy with food, etc. except for a hitch at registration due to the child (somehow the children did not want to "bear")
3. The Beleon TOUR company met us, pleasant smiling employees in orange shirts handed out envelopes with booklets about Kos and offers to purchase excursions to everyone, later it seemed that excursions and car rental at the highest prices were the main activity of this firms, i. e. if you address them as a meeting party with problems, then they will listen to you carefully, perhaps even try to help, but this will not bring results... although it all depends on the type of claims, perhaps with hefty persistence and modesty of the claim, they will be able to help you. . .
4. The first impression of the Kalimera Mare hotel is not bad, but morally and technically the hotel is clearly outdated and does not correspond to the declared 4 stars... maximum 3 * +... and as it turned out later, 2 * + is the most appropriate rating for this place …
In confirmation of the words, I will indicate +/- (the opinion of our family, and not only)
Disadvantages:
- Distance from the nearest settlement and, therefore, from the slightest shop (so as not to starve to death or buy funds for sunburn and from cockroaches) in the village of Kardamena - 3 km (bus 1.6 euros)

- Rooms - have Non-working PAID air conditioners (4 euros / day), as shown by a survey of "vacationers" they do not work in 70% of cases, thus. if you are not among the lucky 30% and the air conditioner, to the extent of its moral and technical obsolescence, does not work, do not hesitate to demand a refund for the remote control taken at the reception. As well as average scall repairs and furniture, a TV from the distant 90.14 ”CRT broadcasting Turkish channels in our case for the first week, and after that, apparently thanks to the pleas of vacationers, musicBOX RU and RBC appeared with the quality of whoever is lucky, because the cable, like the air conditioners, probably dilapidated in full for 8 years of downtime of the open-air hotel (because it did not function from 2002 to 2010, which, by the way, the operators are silent about). Cleaning is also available, but the quality leaves much to be desired, there was enough toilet paper, soap and shampoo gel, but in order for you to change bed linen or towels, you need to remove them and throw them on the floor, otherwise you won’t wait...
- Lack of any entertainment (animation), etc. – you will feel like you are in a village, on three sides the hotel is surrounded by wastelands with strolling and mooing cows, chirping grasshoppers, locusts and from time to time an unpleasant smell of “canal” wafted over
- Food, despite the fact that it is still there, also leaves much to be desired, firstly because it is strictly tied to time: breakfast from 07:30 to 9:30, lunch from 13:00 to 14:30 , dinner from 19:30 to 21:30... "snack" if I may say so regarding a portion of ice cream from 17 to 18 hours you will not be able to do anything else and secondly - be vigilant - take a closer look, sniff and taste the food in the "canteen" milk can be sour, as well as tomatoes that you want to put in a croissant in the morning, and from a half-eaten morning omelet you will be served a salad in the afternoon - this is the norm of life! It also does not hurt to abandon the "juice" - drinks of unknown origin and color and "lemonade" and the presence of which directly depends on whether there is water in the tap or not! And also do not forget to look after the cleanliness of the dishes... the foam from the “coffee from the machine” may not be washed off randomly, and you go there with your tea, which is either black or chamomile at best, it can be both!... take green lovers with yourself from home!
- BEACH - not cleaned, around napkins, cigarette butts, boxes / bottles of drinks, as well as traces of vegetation, cones and needles, etc. , sunbeds (the cheapest plastic ones in not the best condition) paid 6 euros a day, the beach was first mixed with sand (it is not fine name), then pebbles, thanks to which the water is clean, but it’s inconvenient to enter, to put it mildly... which, in principle, is not for everyone, but by my standards, sand is desirable...
Advantages (rather, what was due with the star rating and cost of the hotel):

- Sufficient range of locally produced alcoholic beverages: liqueurs, gin, whiskey, vodka, brandy, rum, etc. those. for those who like to apply regularly (and there is nothing else to do in the hotel) the most THAT!
- Some staff speaks Russian
Thus, to sum up, if you are there (meaning the Calimera Marais hotel) only to spend the night, and from morning to evening you will be on excursions, beaches, and trips in a rented car, AND YOU SHOULD BE LUCKY WITH AIR CONDITIONING IN THE ROOM, then the stay can be said to be tolerable , although you can get the same for less money elsewhere, OTHERWISE - I recommend finding another hotel with more positive reviews, or rather not taking vouchers at all to a hotel where none of your friends have been or at worst there are no reviews at all! ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY