Прекрастно! Great!

I flew home two days ago..... In hot pursuit, as they say . . I want to say right away: the rest is amazing, you CAN go to the hotel!
All right. . .
1. Flight - TU 154...... No comment, but they flew.
2. The meeting party - Millennium Travel - everything is clear and competent. Perhaps this is the merit of the wonderful guide Yana, to whom a special thank you. Awesome person! She appeared at the hotel regularly, which many other guides do not indulge in tourists... Excursions were amazing. Each one has an individual approach: "It's too early for you to go to Santorini, you arrived yesterday, you didn't have time to get a tan, and there the air temperature is 7-8 degrees higher" - well, why not take care of our carcasses?

3. They checked in without problems before 12 o'clock (time of entry and exit). The hotel is located GORGEOUS!!!!!! ! better than all the "5" stars along the beach!! ! It is at the end of the promenade, but within walking distance of the old town (20 minutes brisk walk, 30 walking). Access to the beach through the hotel courtyard, but in all other hotels - across the road! The rooms are clean, albeit modest, everything is available: refrigerator, TV with a Russian channel, hair dryer, air conditioning, side sea view (which is better than direct, because the shade! ). True, the balcony of my room overlooked a mysterious building where 2 Albanian builders lived. It was difficult to go out in the evenings - the boys asked for communication, but not intrusively. The room was cleaned daily, towels were changed every 3 days, bed linen was changed 3 times in 2 weeks. The food was quite tolerable, but not varied. The lack of drinks (any, even tea and water) for dinner was depressing. Only paid. But overall the food is good. The hotel is open for breakfast and dinner. There are few fruits - only watermelons, grapes and... apples....But in a nearby supermarket, the price of fruits is quite affordable. Once a week we held a “Cretan Evening” at the hotel, on other days it was quite quiet and family-like.
3. Excursions. Visiting the Palace of Knossos is a matter of honor, at the same time listening to the numerous myths of ancient Greece. Without a guide, there is nothing to do there - ordinary excavations. Lassithi Plateau and Zeus Cave - amazing, highly recommend. Particularly impressive was the ascent to the entrance to the cave of Zeus along the goat path !!!! ! On the way back we stop at a ceramic workshop (prices are high! ) and an olive oil and wine factory (buy oil and wine, but cosmetics are 2 times more expensive than in any store). Santorini - was not (there was not enough time), but according to reviews - a miracle!
4. Car - I highly recommend it. Prepare for the trip in advance - in the sense of "what exactly do you want to see on Crete" - of course there are no problems with moving around the island, except for serpentines. The area is VERY mountainous, the roads are good. I wish you all a pleasant holiday and I hope that next year Crete will meet me again with gentle sun and magnificent sea!! !