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Food:
9.0
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Greece is a wonderful country! Although it’s good to rest everywhere, but ...a good rest is even better!
Hotel and territory
Now the hotel is no longer called Candia Maris, but Movenpick Resort. At the end of last year, it was bought out, if I'm not mistaken, by the Swedes. The rooms are very cozy and comfortable, good repair, new, comfortable furniture. We had a Superior room with a sea view, but they are no different from the standard ones. Is that the proximity to this very sea. A view of the sea, although there is a side view from ALL rooms.
When we arrived at about one in the morning, we were served in the room for 3 dinner, which we were pleasantly surprised at.
The room has a safe, telephone, TV (plasma or LSD), refrigerator, air conditioning - working at any time convenient for you and completely silently), if it's cold from the air conditioner, then there is a huge fan on the ceiling - also a handy thing. The beds are excellent, the linen is white. In the bathroom we had a shower, and in some. rooms - baths.
And one more thing - in the bathroom there was a large magnifying mirror that rotates in all directions and you can see all, all, all flaws in it.
The territory of the hotel is quite large. Minus - a little greenery. In some catalogues, it was written that there are rooms overlooking the garden...but we did not find this garden : )
Everywhere is very clean and comfortable. 24-hour security guards the order very diligently. The hotel staff does not even worry about the fact that there are towels left in the towel booth, that the kids club is open even at night and all the toys are available there at any time of the day.
On the territory there is a shop (open until 22:00) and a tavern (until 23:00)
Number
I have listed the number above. The balcony is big enough. It has wicker furniture - a sofa, an armchair and a table. Also a huge pot of flowers. In the evenings it was great to sit on the balcony, breathe in the sea air, drink tea...
By the way, the kettle was also in the room, and during the cleaning every day we were given bags of tea, coffee, regular sugar, as well as a sweetener for diabetics.
Service, staff
The staff at the hotel is very friendly. Service at the highest level, the attitude towards all tourists is good. Cleaned in the rooms every day, very high quality. Not once in 14 days was there such a thing that instead of 3 towels they put 2, or even forgot to change. Every day they put shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and always moisturizing body milk in the bathroom.
Food, restaurant
The food is excellent, the restaurant is also good. Even for me (I am a very picky eater) almost all dishes were delicious. A wide variety of meat dishes - and pork, and veal, chicken, turkey, rabbit, lamb, even suckling pig was. The meat is also cooked in different ways - both fried and boiled, and shish kebab, and with sauces ...You can't count everything.
Also fish and cheese - a great variety and for every taste. The chef will always tell you what sauce to take for which fish to make it yummy! Shrimp every day and also cooked differently. Salmon, trout, sardines, herring and more. etc. Every day there were mussels and some other "shells" (I don't understand them, but people ate).
Every day the restaurant prepares several national cuisines: necessarily Greek and standard European, and as an addition - Italian, French, Turkish and Japanese!
Care is felt in everything - even plates - for hot dishes are given warmed up so that the food does not cool down quickly, and those for sweets and fruits are cold.
The waiters are fast and very friendly. They do not know Russian (except for thank you, bon appetit, etc. phrases), but everyone speaks English fluently.
There is one Russian-speaking waiter Alexei, who is called to help in serving those tourists who, apart from Russian and the language, cannot explain anything.
Almost every day in the restaurant was quiet "live" music.
Beach, sea, pool
The beach is nice, clean, fine sand. The sea is beautiful, the bottom is sandy, there are no stones and hedgehogs. Walking along the coast and in one direction and the other from the hotel - we did not see anything better. True, all 2 weeks, not once the sea was completely calm, the waves were every day. Rescuers are on duty from 10 am to 6 pm, then they raise a red flag, which means that you can’t swim, and if you already swim, then answer for yourself.
We took a catamaran on the beach - 17 euros for 1 hour. Sunbeds and umbrellas are always and everywhere (both by the sea and by the pools) enough, you don’t need to take them in advance at all. The sunbeds are very comfortable - not plastic, but fabric, near the pool - wicker.
A pool bar is open from morning until 9 pm.
Entertainment, animation
Animation and disco is absent at all. For me it was a positive factor - around the silence and tranquility. Who wanted fun - went to the neighboring "Neptune" or "Agapi Beach". But the conditions for sports are super: an excellent gym, swimming pool, sauna, hammam. The best thalassotherapy center on the coast. A subscription to a sports club costs 45 euros for 6 days or just 10 euros per day.
Conditions for recreation with children
For children there is a kids club. Until 18 o'clock. there someone is working with them, and from 18 you can play there on your own with your child: toys, crayons, pencils, drinking filtered water - all this is available around the clock. There is also a playground with a slide and swings. There is a children's pool and a paddling pool for the little ones.
A large slide, which is in the photo in many catalogs, was removed this year.
They don’t have a special children’s menu, but the hotel staff is also helpful in this: if you have small children, you can get the necessary food in the restaurant and arrange for the waiter to bring it to your room, because the child cannot eat according to the restaurant’s schedule.
Summary
We were very pleased with our vacation. If we go to Crete again, we will choose only this hotel.
I don't recommend taking any tours. We took only the "Cretan Evening", paid 51 euros per person, but not only didn't show us anything interesting, but didn't tell us anything. Everyone with whom we talked about excursions had the same impressions.
We rented a car in front of the hotel for 3 days. It was a 2008 Opel Corsa, brand new, even with us numbers were hung on it. At the hotel, the guide for the same period cost 200 euros, on the street we took it for 126 - also with full insurance. Gasoline costs about 1.4 euros / liter.
In 3 days we traveled most of the island, saw the sights (before that we bought a guide book at the hotel for 10 euros), visited wonderful beaches, mountains, gorges, villages, in general, we had a lot of fun. The roads there are excellent, though it seems that the rules of the road. movement regarding the speed, except for me, no one observed. I really liked the trip to Elounda - beautiful places.
Hotel and territory
Now the hotel is no longer called Candia Maris, but Movenpick Resort. At the end of last year, it was bought out, if I'm not mistaken, by the Swedes. The rooms are very cozy and comfortable, good repair, new, comfortable furniture. We had a Superior room with a sea view, but they are no different from the standard ones. Is that the proximity to this very sea. A view of the sea, although there is a side view from ALL rooms.
When we arrived at about one in the morning, we were served in the room for 3 dinner, which we were pleasantly surprised at.
The room has a safe, telephone, TV (plasma or LSD), refrigerator, air conditioning - working at any time convenient for you and completely silently), if it's cold from the air conditioner, then there is a huge fan on the ceiling - also a handy thing. The beds are excellent, the linen is white. In the bathroom we had a shower, and in some. rooms - baths.
And one more thing - in the bathroom there was a large magnifying mirror that rotates in all directions and you can see all, all, all flaws in it.
The territory of the hotel is quite large. Minus - a little greenery. In some catalogues, it was written that there are rooms overlooking the garden...but we did not find this garden : )
Everywhere is very clean and comfortable. 24-hour security guards the order very diligently. The hotel staff does not even worry about the fact that there are towels left in the towel booth, that the kids club is open even at night and all the toys are available there at any time of the day.
On the territory there is a shop (open until 22:00) and a tavern (until 23:00)
Number
I have listed the number above. The balcony is big enough. It has wicker furniture - a sofa, an armchair and a table. Also a huge pot of flowers. In the evenings it was great to sit on the balcony, breathe in the sea air, drink tea...
By the way, the kettle was also in the room, and during the cleaning every day we were given bags of tea, coffee, regular sugar, as well as a sweetener for diabetics.
Service, staff
The staff at the hotel is very friendly. Service at the highest level, the attitude towards all tourists is good. Cleaned in the rooms every day, very high quality. Not once in 14 days was there such a thing that instead of 3 towels they put 2, or even forgot to change. Every day they put shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and always moisturizing body milk in the bathroom.
Food, restaurant
The food is excellent, the restaurant is also good. Even for me (I am a very picky eater) almost all dishes were delicious. A wide variety of meat dishes - and pork, and veal, chicken, turkey, rabbit, lamb, even suckling pig was. The meat is also cooked in different ways - both fried and boiled, and shish kebab, and with sauces ...You can't count everything.
Also fish and cheese - a great variety and for every taste. The chef will always tell you what sauce to take for which fish to make it yummy! Shrimp every day and also cooked differently. Salmon, trout, sardines, herring and more. etc. Every day there were mussels and some other "shells" (I don't understand them, but people ate).
Every day the restaurant prepares several national cuisines: necessarily Greek and standard European, and as an addition - Italian, French, Turkish and Japanese!
Care is felt in everything - even plates - for hot dishes are given warmed up so that the food does not cool down quickly, and those for sweets and fruits are cold.
The waiters are fast and very friendly. They do not know Russian (except for thank you, bon appetit, etc. phrases), but everyone speaks English fluently.
There is one Russian-speaking waiter Alexei, who is called to help in serving those tourists who, apart from Russian and the language, cannot explain anything.
Almost every day in the restaurant was quiet "live" music.
Beach, sea, pool
The beach is nice, clean, fine sand. The sea is beautiful, the bottom is sandy, there are no stones and hedgehogs. Walking along the coast and in one direction and the other from the hotel - we did not see anything better. True, all 2 weeks, not once the sea was completely calm, the waves were every day. Rescuers are on duty from 10 am to 6 pm, then they raise a red flag, which means that you can’t swim, and if you already swim, then answer for yourself.
We took a catamaran on the beach - 17 euros for 1 hour. Sunbeds and umbrellas are always and everywhere (both by the sea and by the pools) enough, you don’t need to take them in advance at all. The sunbeds are very comfortable - not plastic, but fabric, near the pool - wicker.
A pool bar is open from morning until 9 pm.
Entertainment, animation
Animation and disco is absent at all. For me it was a positive factor - around the silence and tranquility. Who wanted fun - went to the neighboring "Neptune" or "Agapi Beach". But the conditions for sports are super: an excellent gym, swimming pool, sauna, hammam. The best thalassotherapy center on the coast. A subscription to a sports club costs 45 euros for 6 days or just 10 euros per day.
Conditions for recreation with children
For children there is a kids club. Until 18 o'clock. there someone is working with them, and from 18 you can play there on your own with your child: toys, crayons, pencils, drinking filtered water - all this is available around the clock. There is also a playground with a slide and swings. There is a children's pool and a paddling pool for the little ones.
A large slide, which is in the photo in many catalogs, was removed this year.
They don’t have a special children’s menu, but the hotel staff is also helpful in this: if you have small children, you can get the necessary food in the restaurant and arrange for the waiter to bring it to your room, because the child cannot eat according to the restaurant’s schedule.
Summary
We were very pleased with our vacation. If we go to Crete again, we will choose only this hotel.
I don't recommend taking any tours. We took only the "Cretan Evening", paid 51 euros per person, but not only didn't show us anything interesting, but didn't tell us anything. Everyone with whom we talked about excursions had the same impressions.
We rented a car in front of the hotel for 3 days. It was a 2008 Opel Corsa, brand new, even with us numbers were hung on it. At the hotel, the guide for the same period cost 200 euros, on the street we took it for 126 - also with full insurance. Gasoline costs about 1.4 euros / liter.
In 3 days we traveled most of the island, saw the sights (before that we bought a guide book at the hotel for 10 euros), visited wonderful beaches, mountains, gorges, villages, in general, we had a lot of fun. The roads there are excellent, though it seems that the rules of the road. movement regarding the speed, except for me, no one observed. I really liked the trip to Elounda - beautiful places.
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