Отличный отель в Салониках Great hotel in Thessaloniki

THANKS!! ! Many thanks to everyone who took part in the organization of our tour “Eureka! Ancient Greece. I just returned from a tour with my husband and immediately, while the memories are fresh in my memory, I decided to write a review. More precisely, mentally, we are still there and for the third evening meeting with friends, children, matchmakers, drinking Greek wine with cheese and olives, sharing our impressions with all!!!
So, thanks to the girl Vika from the Kiev office, who helped us in choosing and designing the tour!
Thank you, or rather correctly speak the Greek "efcharisto", to our guides and drivers on excursions and to our hotel guide, who was constantly at the hotel and answered all our many questions in a friendly and competent manner!
Thanks to the lovely Ellinair flight attendants and airport staff who greeted us.
And of course, thanks to the whole team of Mouzenidis Travel, to whom we have entrusted the organization of our trip for the third time!

This time we decided to see the mainland, and not just bask in the azure waters of the Greek seas (Cretan and Ionian), as we did earlier. Moreover, the vacation did not work out in the summer, and now the weather did not favor swimming in the sea. But we were not upset: we walked around the beautiful city of Thessaloniki, which lives its vibrant life despite the fact that now is not the tourist season in Greece, went to Kastoria for a fur coat (we had planned for a long time, but had not been on the mainland before), had a great time on excursions to Aridea - hot thermal springs. The guide who sold excursions in our hotel says that it is surprising why the excursion to Aridea is so popular, because there are no special historical, archaeological monuments for which they go to Greece, but we did not regret that we went on it - indeed, places very beautiful, the surrounding nature, the air, the water - it was like visiting a mini-sanatorium!
I really liked the trip to Meteora !! ! This is the first thing to see in northern Greece. An amazing sight, gorgeous photos and incredibly calming energy of the monasteries themselves! They left notes for health and repose, they do not require money - not like in our churches, there are just urns where you can leave donations. In general, my husband and I are delighted with the churches in Greece - everything is not like ours, a “commercial organization” with priests on a Bentley, but more sincerely arranged. There are many ancient temples in Thessaloniki that are worth visiting, and of course the main temple of the city is the temple of Demetrius of Thessalonica, in the first place. It was also nice when, after visiting the icon-painting workshop in Kalambaka, a lottery was held between those who made purchases there. We got one more icon - St. Paraskeva-Pyatnitsa. The most pleasant gift!
By the way, all meals and entrances to museums and swimming pools in Aridea are paid extra. For lunch we spent about 30 euros for two a day and ate to satiety! In the taverns where we ate, it’s cozy in a homely way and the portions are good, “as a grandmother would feed” - someone from our group put it!
A few words about the hotel is also worth saying. We stayed at Domotel Les Lazaristes. The hotel is perfect in every sense of the word: the rooms are new, spacious and well-equipped, the food is excellent, the service is top notch, the staff is very friendly and efficient, and the location is excellent - close to the center and two supermarkets nearby.
In general, we really liked the mainland! Next time we plan to relax in the Peloponnese, see Athens, Mycenae, Epidaurus and, of course, make a wish by touching the Navel of the Earth in Delphi. Truly, Greece has everything and this is the country where you can return countless times and discover something new every time!! !