Rested with family, I recommend

Written: 6 august 2019
Travel time: 7 — 14 july 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 9.0
Rested with family: 2 adults + 1 child 14 years old.
The hotel was chosen according to several criteria: a large area, the presence of a water park, all-inclusive meals, proximity to the airport.
ACCOMMODATION: We arrived at the airport of Heraklion at 20.30 after a three-hour flight from the airport of Dnipro. The journey of 30 km from the airport to the hotel took 1.5 hours! (a big minus for Tez Tour and the driver, who drove literally 30 km / h). We got to the hotel after 22.00. Settled immediately in a room overlooking the sea, but refused to feed, because. dinner ended at 22.00
Vacationers: 50% - Russian speakers (mostly Russians), 40% - Italians, Germans, Romanians, Slovaks and other Europeans, 5% - Arabs and Africans

They cleaned the room well every day, if they left a pack of cigarettes, they cleaned it better. Shower gel and shampoo brought only once on the third day. Towels changed daily, linen every 3 days. Safe in the room is paid - 15 euros per week (+ tourist tax about 30 euros). Wi-Fi caught in the room.
The territory is large, beautiful and well-groomed! There is a water park with a few slides, but the saltwater pool!
Animation Entertainment: practically absent, except for aqua aerobics and evening chants near the bar. I won’t say anything about children’s animation, but it exists : )
The lack of animation does not affect the overall positive impression of the rest at the hotel.
FOOD: fed well. Constantly several types of meat: lamb, beef, pork, sometimes a rabbit. Desserts are tasteless. There was almost no fish, several times it was stewed with vegetables and once fried. There was a queue for delicious ice cream : )
Fruits: oranges, watermelon, melon, sometimes peaches.
Alcohol: in addition to good light beer, there is whiskey (disgusting), red and white wine (so-so), aniseed vodka (disgusting).
SEA: clean and beautiful. We went to the beach to the nearby Star Beach Hotel, which is located in a small lagoon. It is better to take swimming shoes, because. entry into the sea on rather large stones.
Souvenirs: the hotel is well located on a long shopping street with many shops, cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops. A little further you can go to the embankment with a bunch of restaurants, nightclubs and just beautiful views (especially in the evening). Olives, oil, etc. bought in the supermarket "Spar", which is located next to the hotel.
EXCURSIONS: The hotel guide could not really tell about any excursion, but you need to pay right now (the second minus Tez Tour on this trip). Excursion to the Palace of Knossos (Minotaur's labyrinth) + Lassithi Plateau + Zeus' cave at Tez Tour cost 55 euros / person. The same tour at the agency immediately upon leaving the hotel - 30 euros / person.
There is a bus stop near the hotel: you can go to Heraklion for shopping / excursion. The ticket costs 3.3 euros / person. There are a lot of car rental offers at low prices (but gasoline in Crete costs 1.7 euros per liter).

SUMMARY: If you want a good family vacation in a good hotel with a large landscaped area and water slides, with the opportunity to see relatively inexpensive local attractions, swim in the cleanest Aegean Sea, try Greek cuisine in local restaurants - I recommend this hotel!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original