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When staying at the Montemar hotel, you can really use the entire infrastructure of the five-star Costa Lindia hotel: beach, restaurant, animation, pools, bars, and even a gym. But in general, a separate restaurant is being built in the hotel, perhaps they will launch it next year. The room in Montemar is good, quite large, the furniture is not bad, in sufficient quantity. The bathroom is large, but the shower is very small, you can't turn around. Our room was with a sea view. TV-1 Russian channel. The hotel is located across a country road from Costa Lindia. Montemar has one private pool. There is no restaurant, no animation. Cons of Montemar: shampoo and soap are put only upon arrival, toilet paper was put 1 time in 2 weeks. On the way to the part of the rooms there are stairs, with a suitcase it is inconvenient. Reception furniture needs to be replaced. When it gets dark, there is very little light. The Costa Lindia Hotel is built specifically - there are pools throughout the hotel at the level of 1.5 floors from the ground, while there are rooms that are below the pool levels. They look like a basement. There are many pools and slides. There are a lot of children in the hotel. I would say even too many, each family has 3-4 children. By the end of the vacation, the feeling of being in a pioneer camp begins to strain. Food is normal, quite tasty, but not as varied as in Turkey. Fish, meat, vegetables, fruits (watermelons, melons, plums, grapes, peaches, pears), there were always desserts, ice cream from 13 to 16 and from 19 to 21. Animation is from 10 to 12 and from 16-30 to 18 Children's disco + show. But everything is in Italian. Almost always during the evening show performances were shown, and since they were in Italian, you had to leave. Several times there were skits and games, I liked them. The hotel is also very dark after sunset - only light bulbs set into the floor. The beach is good, sunbeds are always enough. Towels - on deposit 10 euros. Change towels only 2 times a week from 10 to 13. There were cases of theft of towels from the beach. The sea is clean, the entrance is good, but in the afternoon it brings mud from somewhere on the surface of the water. In this place there are either cold currents or springs, as a result, the water is colder than on the Aegean coast of Rhodes. There is a village 1.5 km away, we went to it, but it was not worth it, nothing interesting. In the neighborhood there are only a few hotels and small shops with souvenirs. Excursions are quite expensive - 65 euros. Bought from a tour operator, cheaper on the street. But we are absolutely satisfied with the excursions - very interesting, intense, I especially liked the guide Ivan Stanislavsky. Visited the following: 1. Excursion to the old city for the whole day. There is free time for shopping. Pay attention to bags and embroidered items. We did not buy everything we wanted, thinking that we would meet something else later, but it turned out that there was nowhere else to buy. 2. Excursion to about. You need to take Simi only with a catamaran, because the ferry takes an hour longer. Way in 1 direction - 1 hour by bus + 1 hour by catamaran. The island is interesting, you need to buy sponges and go to a restaurant not in the one where the guides lead. The difference in price is 2-3 times. They advertise Simi shrimp that are eaten with the shell on. Nobody liked them - we were served them fried in oil, very greasy, only oil, no spices. 3. Excursion to Lindos and 7 sources - 45 euros, for half a day, but very eventful. You can ride a local donkey taxi. And the passage through the tunnel at 7 springs is simply unforgettable. They are brought to the pottery factory. Prices are more expensive than the same in nearby stores. 4. Excursion to about. Tilos - interesting, but rather difficult road - departure from the hotel at 6-45, one way trip - an hour by bus, more than 2 by catamaran. The guides said that you can go to home taverns to taste real Greek food. Do not give in to this - we were recommended a tavern, and the transfer to it is free, the owner himself takes it. But there were no Greek dishes at all. There were grilled seafood at a price 3 times more expensive than in a tavern next to the hotel. Absolutely not tasty - the squid was burnt, the barbecue gave off stale meat, no salad. The road home turned out to be worse than to Rhodes: upon arrival in Rhodes, there were no problems with customs, the suitcases were received very quickly. The opposite is true: you can put oil in a suitcase no more than 2 liters, and be sure to pack the suitcase in a film. If you bought a fur coat, then you have to run through the entire airport to show your passport. It is also not clear why it is necessary to fill out a declaration for her for customs, but personally for the guide (when she refused, he freaked out and took the blank form). When issuing tickets, suitcases are only weighed and tags are attached, and then you need to take them to another place. And since they brought it without a margin of time, then everything must be done at the same time and running. We concluded that butter and sweets should be bought in duty free, so as not to mess with packing suitcases, overweight luggage