Отзыв об отеле Orion на Крите Review of Orion Hotel in Crete

We rested in September 2011. I will say right away, for whom comfortable beautiful rooms with good furniture are important, look for something else. Hotel with rather old furniture. better book rooms with pool view. They are a little bigger and nicer. We lived in room 103. overlooks the kitchen. The balcony was practically not opened, because all the smells of the kitchen were immediately in our room. Our request to change the room ran into a huge impenetrable wall of misunderstanding and unwillingness to do anything and somehow help us in this matter. But after living there for a couple of days, we were fascinated by the friendly staff and all the other pluses. The food is very tasty and varied. The bar makes very tasty cocktails, nothing badyazhat. Baileys and other imported drinks in unlimited quantities. There is a Russian girl Valeria in the bar. The rest of the staff does not speak Russian, but everyone knows English. The beach is great. Long and wide coastline. There are a lot of places on the beach, no one interferes with anyone. Municipal beaches. The only negative is that there are no bays, the sea is open and it often storms. Therefore, who is afraid of big waves or does not know how to swim, it is better to find other places where the sea is calmer, some bays. The sea is very clean and beautiful. There are paid sunbeds 6 euros per day, two sun loungers and an umbrella. But you can easily sunbathe on the mats right on the beach for free. In principle, you can try to use the sunbeds of the Aqvila Retimno Beach hotel for free. This is a five opposite Oriona. There were a lot, 80% of Germans, French, British at a very respectable age. So who wants some entertainment the nearest town is Rethymnon, 5-6 km from the hotel. You can get there by comfortable buses. travel quite often. Stop at the exit of the Orion Hotel. Tickets cost 1.20 euros one way. you need to buy them in advance in any supermarket, which are near the hotel a few pieces. More useful information: you can buy a DINAMIT phone card in the supermarket. It looks like our recharge cards for mobile communications. The cost is 5 euros. This price includes 150 minutes of calls to mobile communications and 300 minutes to landline numbers. Very comfortably. You can call from any payphone or from the phone in the hotel lobby. We liked everything. thanks