Чудове поєднання ціна-якість) Excellent price-quality combination)

Vacationed with a friend in late June-early July 2023. There were not many fresh reviews, so mine will be acceptable to someone). We were in Crete for the first time. General information: meeting from the host side - a Russian-speaking girl who will hand you an envelope with her name and phone number and point her finger in the direction of the bus, you will not have any escort, they will take everyone along the northeast coast, then after about 2 hours they will take you to opposite south coast. In general, outside the city of Agios Nikolaos, the driver wanted to drop us right in the middle of the highway, he stopped the bus and said "we're all leaving", but you need to know Ukrainian women)), of course we were taken to the hotel itself. The guide, to the question: what about the excursions, will answer that m.
Ierapetra is very far away, excursion programs are only in English, German, and upon your persistent messages in Viber, will give a phone number by which you can agree on an individual excursion at a cost of +/- 400 euros per car. Well, that's all, of course, if you don't rent a car, or you're afraid to drive on mountain roads yourself.
About the hotel: small, cozy, calm, 16+. We arrived at 4 p. m. that's why we checked in right away, the Russian-speaking girl who worked there helped me, she was very attentive, explained everything and showed me to the room. The room with a view of the pool is small, but it was fine for us. There is a balcony with a table and chairs, a good dryer for clothes, a refrigerator, a hairdryer, a safe and a kettle for free. When you check in, you will find 2 bottles of water, detergents in the bathroom, no one will refill it in the future. Unfortunately, we had to go to the restaurant with the bottles every morning and ask them to be refilled, but the waiters were good, they didn't refuse.

The shower in the bathroom is very convenient, but the room itself is small and there was a constant smell of sewage, especially when the balcony was closed. By the way, the air conditioner only blows, but does not cool. Cleaning in the room every day, towels changed twice in a week.
All the staff are very friendly people, they will always help, even if you don't know the language)) somehow you will understand. The restaurant is small, but cozy, they cook very tasty, you don't even need to go to the city to restaurants, you can taste all the national dishes in the hotel restaurant: the variety is not great, but it is prepared super: meat, fish, seafood (and a lot of it), vegetables, salads, potatoes in various variations, pasta, rice. Breakfast is standard: scrambled eggs, omelet, sausage, very tasty cheeses, muesli, yogurts, vegetables and fruits. A large bottle of water is placed on the table for you. There is a juicer, you can make fresh orange juice yourself, a coffee machine for Turkish coffee, also self-service.
A small selection of cakes, a machine with two types of ice cream (unlimited). Fruits are very sweet watermelons, melons, cherries, ripe kiwi, oranges, grapefruit. From drinks, white, red, rosé wine is already available for money, beer on the beach. By the way, about the beach: right across the highway, spacious, good umbrellas and sunbeds, and most importantly, hotel-style, free. Very small pebbles, when entering the sea there is a natural slab and large stones, but we took corals and calmly entered. The sea is wonderful, transparent, warm, but we only had calm for 1 day and then waves (depending on the wind). We had breakfast and dinner, then we had to first buy drinks at the bar (beer - 4 euros, coffee 3-3.5 euros, water! - 1.5 euros per glass), then we started going to the store not far away, it is much cheaper there, yes that in the evening you can go and have fun.
The hotel has a small but clean area, everything is in order: the pool, the beach, and the corridors are perfectly clean.

From the animation, only water dances at the pool, beach volleyball, in the evening the animator (he is the only one) turns on the music and tries to stir up the drunk audience. Once a week they arrange a show, with live music and national dances, where the entire hotel staff takes part - very colorful. Almost all Europeans are vacationing in the hotel, there are very few post-Soviet countries and this is pleasing, but in terms of excursions, it's everyone for themselves, in general, a hotel for a quiet light vacation, if you need a "drive", then you can go to the north of the island. For the first time during my travels, I came across a place where you don't have guides running after you with suggestions for excursions, but you follow them (( on Saturdays" I don't advise you to waste your time, it's nonsense.
In general, I liked my vacation: the city is beautiful, the hotel is wonderful, the sea is gentle, but one visit to Crete is enough.