Отель для хозяев отеля Hotel for hotel owners

We rested at the Dias Hotel (Platamonas) in July 2019. And after this visit, I finally decided to free up time and write my first review about the rest. I hope that in the future it will help someone in choosing this hotel and resort. I will divide my review into two parts - 1. about the hotel itself and 2. about the infrastructure of the resort and the place of stay.
1. The hotel itself is small, 2 floors. Located in the heart of the so-called cultural life of the village with live music in the evenings from the restaurant, which is located at the hotel. The rooms are very compact, but in general everything you need is available, including a balcony. The only, perhaps, significant drawback is how the shower cabin is equipped - it is open, very small and hung with an ordinary bath curtain. If two people take turns taking a shower, the second one is already at risk of breaking something on the wet tiles. Separately, I would like to say about food, because. We had both breakfasts and dinners included, which allowed us to make a full impression. In principle, you never expect anything special from breakfasts for a 3 * hotel, but we have not tried such a meager and monotonous breakfast anywhere else. Every (every! ) day for a hot breakfast you will see an omelet with sausages, if you are lucky - it will be freshly prepared, not yesterday. Further, the assortment will be supplemented by all the same eggs, but hard boiled, small croissants in limited quantities (and you can still be told not to take a lot, others will not have enough), and a small arsenal of ham and cheese so that you can make yourself a sandwich. One kind of corn flakes, if you really get tired of the omelette, and a modest bowl of fruit (it will be a melon, and if you are very lucky, you will taste a watermelon, and if you are very lucky, you will snatch a cherry once). As for dinners, of course, any person who travels abroad does not expect to get acquainted with the national cuisine of the country from food at the hotel, but since we have chosen this type of food, I will say a few words here. Portions are very modest (a normal man, and even worked up an appetite by the sea, can immediately go to a restaurant). From the assortment - mostly meat (exclusively in a fatty gravy or a very hard steak in its pure form) with a side dish in the form of french fries, and it will be thoroughly salted for you to eat less. We were served fish in the sea country 2 times in all 13 days of our stay, and it was either in gravy or in a very salty breading, so the “identity” of the fish could not be established. For dessert, a piece of watermelon, or a nectarine, or one whole plum is served.
By itself, this family-type hotel is probably great, but only vacationers get the impression that with the birth of her granddaughter, the owner of the hotel has lost all interest in how the tourists actually stay in her hotel - this is very felt and does not make a plus for the "Greek" hospitality. It is even suggested to leave the keys to the rooms right at the reception at the counter, where anyone can take this key and calmly proceed to your room, while you allegedly handed it over to security and peacefully went to rest on the beach.

2. As for the place of stay itself, it is a holiday village with poor infrastructure. Of the attractions - the church, which is very close to the hotel, and the fortress of Platamonas, which is at least an hour and a half walkable. There is also no entertainment at sea (I think it is especially important for those who have a rest with children), and not at all. There are excursions offered both by the host (at very unattractive prices) and on-site organized excursions. In terms of food outside the hotel - 80% are fast food cafes (which, like in a restaurant, does not provide an opportunity to get acquainted with the national Greek food). The contingent of vacationers is mainly the local population of post-retirement age. And the sea was warm and comfortable??? ?