Греческие каникулы Greek holidays

Immediately I want to note that the hotel does not pull on 4 stars. Objectively - this is an average budget 3. The territory of the hotel is microscopically small. Furniture, plumbing, air conditioning - a little shabby. Audibility in the rooms is very good. The same problem, and if you want to sit on the balcony in the evening, you will hear everything they are talking about on the neighboring balcony. 80% of vacationers are representatives of the CIS, mostly family and middle-aged people. Sometimes there was a feeling that you are resting in the Crimea. Room cleaning is weak, linen is changed once a week, towels are changed once every 3 days. But for a euro for the maid, you can also change the towel in addition.
Breakfast is not very varied, but edible and enough to fill up. It was upsetting that in 9 days, he did not change at all. On this quickly came. Dinner was not ordered, but from conversations with other vacationers, they concluded that they did the right thing. Since they complained that it was not tasty, and monotonous, and still had to wait. Service staff - does not speak Russian, except for the guys from the restaurant on the beach. But they always try to help vacationers. There is no children's table. The rooms have mini kitchens - a refrigerator, a sink, a stove, dishes. You can think of something for a child and have a coffee with a snack.
Plus this hotel is a good location - a good beach across the road + 2 km to Agios Nikolaos. Clean beach, good bottom, clear and emerald Aegean Sea. Sunbeds and umbrellas for vacationers in Phaedra are free, for the rest 2.5 euros for a sunbed + 3 euros for an umbrella, or if you buy some drinks from them, then a sunbed and an umbrella are free . The beach is municipal, located in the beautiful bay of Mirabella, so the waves are smaller than in open places. The beach has a shower and a restaurant where you can have a bite to eat. Good for swimming children (not a great depth near the shore and a sandy bottom) and for adults. The beach really compensates for all the disadvantages of the hotel. Vacationers from other hotels even come to it.

Near the hotel there is a bus stop - 5-7 minutes by bus for 1.60 euros or 5 minutes by taxi for 8 euros - you can get to the beautiful town of Agios Nikolaos. There you can walk around the town, and in souvenir shops or buy goods in a supermarket, eat in a tavern, or go on a trip around the island by bus. Also, who needs to change currency in a bank or withdraw cash from ATMs.
There was a negative impression of the work of the host tour operator Bilion Tour. Bought a tour from them. Santorini for 160 euros for 1 person. We decided not to save money and trusted the hotel guide Irina that they provide a certified Russian-speaking guide and an accompanying guide for the duration of the entire tour. It turned out not quite so. The tour we chose included a visit to the excavations of Akrotiri. So a certified English-speaking guide was provided, who kept silent throughout the tour and showed only pictures. The tour itself was led by the guide accompanying the bus, Magdalena, and the level of information provided by her was at the level of the guidebook read before this night. The level of her knowledge of English did not allow her to even translate for an English-speaking certified guide. In addition, she personally reduced the time of this excursion to 30 minutes instead of 1 hour. What surprised even the accompanying English-speaking guide - knowledge of English at an average level made it possible to understand this from a conversation between them. The motivation was that the ferry sailed 30 minutes longer than it should have, and we had little time left. But it was not a pity to spend 50 minutes for a forced lunch in a tavern that looked like cheap Greek fast food for 18 euros. But the most interesting thing happened at the very end of our stay on Santorini. The final stop before the ferry is a visit to the so-called winery, but in a simple wine shop, where there was a paid tasting and the opportunity to purchase wine at inflated prices. Simply put, after this procedure, we were excommunicated to the toilet for a couple of minutes, and when we got out we saw the departing bus without us, but with our things in it. Miraculously, we managed to catch up with him. There were 15 minutes left before the ferry departed, and if we hadn’t had time, we would have had to turn around on the island for a day. When asked by the guide why she didn’t check if everyone got on the bus, they heard a brilliant answer, “maybe you decided to stay on the island". This is the first time I've encountered such unprofessionalism. All guides check with the group who wants to separate from the group before the end of the tour and who returns with the group. For what we paid 160 euros, it’s not clear - there was no promised certified Russian-speaking guide and an accompanying guide who would really be responsible for the group.