Review of Stella village

Written: 10 september 2007
Travel time: 10 — 17 august 2007
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
The Stella village hotel is suitable for families with small children, for people who are not spoiled by all the delights of a holiday in five-star hotels. Young people also have a rest in this hotel, but mostly they also come with their parents (teenagers). The hotel has a sufficient number of pools, sun loungers, there are always free places to relax. Plus - in the presence of children's slides in children's pools. The hotel area is all planted with palm trees, flowers, there are flower beds with different cacti. Pretty nice and clean. As for the accommodation, everything is simple and comfortable, within the framework of 3 stars.
Accommodation in a 2-storey bungalow, each room has a separate entrance (without a common corridor). The room is not large, but not cramped either, there is a TV, a small fridge-bar, a hairdryer, individual air conditioning. The beds are stone but comfortable. Terrace of sufficient size, with a table and chairs. The service is good, requests are fulfilled quickly if something in the room is missing. Linen and towels are changed every other day, cleaned daily. Tip must be left. Safe - in each room, but for a fee (20 euros for the entire time of use). Each room has a telephone, of course. The bathroom has a shower. A big plus for vacationers with small children is a small private beach in the bay. There are never big waves, even with a strong wind, a very good entrance to the water, it is shallow for a long time, and the water is always warm (! ). But, all the same, I can’t help but write that the beach is very small, but even worse is that I didn’t like the sand on it (it’s kind of dirty), the presence of stray dogs (2-3 are constantly lying next to you), cigarette butts in sand. But the sea is clean, when it's calm, the water is very clear. I think that the beach area is simply not cleaned. Beach towels are not provided. Passing the breakwater, you can swim in the waves, snorkel. Especially a lot of fish comes across closer to the breakwater. But be careful, there are a lot of sea urchins in the stones.
There is only one restaurant, more suitable for the name "dining room", the Russians call it that. It's always there, like in an anthill. The range of hot dishes - no. In general, the restaurant is the biggest minus of this hotel. The husband immediately noted the fact that there was no meat in the diet. Mainly fish, vegetables, sausages. Strictly ensure that nothing is taken with them from food after dinner (takeaway). My three-year-old daughter loved to eat the biscuit served at breakfast on the beach. I had to hide it in my bag. The cooking quality is good. Everything is delicious and fresh. Good if you like fish and vegetables. Drinks are quite tolerable: juices from the machine, Coca-Cola, etc. You can drink beer, but wine is very sour. It's great to rent a car and diversify your vacation in this way. Because just sitting in a hotel would be very boring, it would quickly get tired.

In the evening you can watch a performance in the amphitheater, quite funny, but nothing more. During the day, the animation group is also actively working, involving vacationers in various competitions. They constantly play football, volleyball, darts. True, they do not speak Russian, a minimum of words. Everyone knows English. It's good if you know German. Almost daily, in the evening, they hold a mini-disco for the little ones (15-20 minutes). Of the excursions, we were on the island of Sandorini, very impressive! Rode around Crete by car. I was shocked by the airport in Heraklion, or rather what happened at check-in. Words cannot express how unorganized everything was, how uncomfortable it was, what a crush and panic it was. We barely survived it, someone even tried to fight. The flight was operated by Aeroflot. The Tu-154 plane, ancient as this world, there were no TVs there. The flight attendants are exhausted and nervous, but we took off on time and landed safely, which is very pleasing. I really liked the rest, the climate is good, we felt very good there. We will definitely go to Greece and Crete again and again, but to another hotel. Once again I repeat that everything corresponded to 3 stars completely! I wish you all a good holiday! Lyudmila.
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