Greece about Crete
I rested with my son 10 years old from 06.06. 2013 to 06.13. 2013. After reviewing a lot of hotels, the choice was made in favor of Aldemar Cretan Village 4 * as there are a lot of things for children on the territory. We flew to Crete for the first time. The main thing we planned to visit about. SANTORINI . . Closer to the trip, I realized that I had taken a week of rest in vain. Suddenly, we were lucky with a visa at the Greek embassy, we were denied a visa for as much as a month. We made the decision to extend our vacation. But there were no tickets for the return trip or there was 1. And we are 2 people. Aeroflot flew a regular flight, no complaints. TEZ-TOUR met us. The hotel was 5 in a row. We didn't drive long. At the reception there are nice girls who speak Russian too. Filled out a guest card, put on bracelets. They suggested we go for breakfast. A free room was asked to wait until 13 hours. After breakfast, we opened our suitcases, took sun cream, changed clothes and went to the sea. We returned to the reception at 12.45, asked about the room for us.
They apologized and said that while there is no free room, wait. And then the case came, (I read in other reviews about checking into this hotel, someone is lucky to settle quickly, someone not) We first got into this NO. Our waiting lasted 5 hours. I honestly wanted to cry. We flew off at 5 am, arrived at the airport at 3 am, it turns out a sleepless night. Certainly tired. At 2 pm we were handed a key with cards. They said at the same time. YOU WILL LIVE IN A VERY NICE ROOM on the territory of Aldemar Royal Mare 5, you will be taken there now. I bought accommodation in Garden Garden. And at the reception they nodded that you ordered a garden stay. (Later we figured out the accommodation system) The driver loaded our things, smiled sweetly and told YOU THE HOTEL MADE A GOOD GIFT. It was difficult to understand what was being said. We have never moved from one territory to another. But you can see the system...
After 5 minutes, we stopped at our room, entered, gasped and were happy to live in this beautiful place. After 10 minutes, a delicious bottle of white, cold wine was delivered to the room. After 4 days they changed the TV, put the plasma. The room is not big, but comfortable, huge bed. The bathroom has a shower and a bathtub. Luxurious body cosmetics, shampoos, gels. The main thing is to go to the sea for 2 minutes, and the restaurant had to go up. My son and I then looked for shortcuts and each time the road was different for us. It was nice to walk before meals, and even more pleasant after. On June 8, my son had a birthday, a congratulatory card was brought to the room. Nice touch. . THANK YOU SO MUCH Aldemar chain of hotels. For making people feel comfortable. I think in our person you have acquired regular customers. Staying in this part of the hotel suited completely. Quiet, calm. The room was cleaned well, towels changed every day.
We slept with the window open, there were no mosquitoes.
Aldemar Cretan Village 4 * -Compact territory, beautiful flowering plants, fragrant oleanders, olive trees, palm trees. The area is well maintained and pleasant. Wash and clean every morning. I saw it in person as I got up early. Really a lot of things for children and the first impression (KINDERGARTEN) A lot of vacationers with children of different ages, from infants and older.
During for various games, yoga, life just rages in this hotel. I won’t write about pools, I don’t swim. I prefer the natural sea. The child liked it, he had time to swim in the sea and in the pool. Drinks in bars are different, upset by the lack of natural juices. Juices were bought in a nearby store, water was also bought there or bottles were filled with water in bars. Water problems are all over Greece, so you need to get into this position. High in the mountains, a dam is being built to collect water from the mountains, but it will not be ready soon.
Water costs 50-60 cents, in the Maldives from 3-5 dollars. Delicious freshly squeezed orange juices in a shop in Hersonissos. Just a song, not juice. Such an apparatus would be installed in the hotel, those who wish would be found, drink a glass of good juice.
The restaurant is one main and 2 a la carte. We visited both, nice atmosphere in LA PERGOLA, live music and songs sound very nice. I won’t write much about food, I don’t like it. Sometimes one gets the impression that people want to eat on the money that he paid for the rest . . Everyone has different requests. In general, there was food, (AMARA in Kemer was often recalled here) beer, wine, tea, coffee, gas, water, just water and drinks too. My child loves pasta, they have always been. I didn’t even know about mashed potatoes, but Temko is painful. It turns out that everyone complains that it is powder, but it is like that (the child put it on himself and couldn’t eat). But there are always other options for delicious potatoes.
I liked the big potato slices. If you are for children, then this potato can be mashed and add milk. And forget about mashed potatoes. Delicious vegetable soups. And great yoghurts for breakfast. For me, I would like to see more fish. The restaurant staff is very kind and patient. There is a magazine at the entrance, where you can sign up for a box lunch or an early breakfast if you are flying away or you need to go on an excursion. And take everything to the reception. For kids, there are chairs and there is a separate area with small tables and a TV with cartoons. We ate on the veranda where the windows opened with a beautiful view of the sea. Fruits - there were a lot of watermelons, not fragrant, so-so. and it is a pity that there were no cherries and strawberries, they bought on the beach. There is a cafe for a late dinner, we used it when we sailed from SANTORINI.
There are bars on the territory where you can drink coffee, tea, beer during the day (I didn’t drink strong drinks either, I can’t evaluate the quality, only white wine, rarely a glass of beer, you can drink it and have a snack. AA Ice cream, it seems from 10 o’clock always delicious ice cream at the DIONYSUS bar. SON’S BIRTHDAY was celebrated in a cafe by the sea. In Guest relation, I asked to organize not a cake (it’s hot and there are 2 of us, there’s no one to eat cake) But Ice cream, maybe a banana split. We managed for 3, but it was nice. I think the staff it is necessary to take into account the idea with ice cream and somehow decorate it beautifully.
SEA - turquoise sea. Just about the stones. Gentlemen, buy coral slippers and don't make a problem out of nothing. Walking along all the neighboring hotels, our beach was the best, it is bigger. The stones do not enter immediately, further away lie huge stone (platforms), nature did its best. I liked to swim and get up and rest. And well done Greeks that protect the seabed.
And so man destroyed a lot of things in nature. The water is clean and transparent. There is a good entrance to the sea closer to the pier, but there the people are head on head. There are places in Crete with a sandy bottom. It's just that this part of the coastline. We must take this into account. We sunbathed on line 1 closer to the rescue tower and the issuance of catamarans, just go closer from our room and the place is excellent. You can swim with a mask, there are fish, not the Red Sea and not the Maldives, but you can see. Thais walked along the beach. Vietnamese (did not understand), doing massage. many have used this service.
WALKING-June 7 dark sky, drizzling rain, waves on the sea. We decided to go to the city. Taxi from the hotel 7 euros.
Near town from Hersonissos hotel. Proven 40 minutes walk along the coastline. First you need to go through all the hotels, there is a path along, somewhere to go down to the beach. The last hotel is Aldemar Knossos Royal 5( THIS IS WHERE THERE ARE BATHING IN THE SEA I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THERE REALLY Stone Plateau.
) Open the gate and go out to the cape, go around it and walk along the sea, there will be a beautiful alley of oleanders. Not a big fork confused us, but there are always people who either go to the city or already out of the city. you can always ask. And at this fork, do not go up, but down. very beautiful rocks, sea. walked like crows peeking into every corner. Further along the villas, then the walls. then shops begin and on the wall there is an arrow with a pointer to the CENTER. We went out to the embankment, walked a little, got on the train and, to the Greek tunes, went for a ride on a train. 10 euros adult 6 child 10 years old. happiness was not long, somewhere in the olive grove the engine of our train exploded. The driver called another engine for help, they waited for 25 minutes. Those who did not want to wait left by taxi. We got into another train and moved on. What was our surprise when we entered the territory of Aldemar Cretan Village 4 *, we laughed for a long time. But they didn't come out.
So keep in mind at a certain time these trains will stop at the hotel, buy a ticket, sit down and ride. And below the sea was stop number 16. The train has its own stops. We went out in the city, went shopping, liked the salons for peeling legs with fish. We went to eat at the tavern. We took a fish plate and octopus, Greek salad. A decanter of wine, white from the owner, was brought free of charge. A trifle but nice. We took a taxi back to the hotel. My plans were to visit the city of Agius Nikolaus. There is a bus from the hotel to and from the hotel. But few hours to walk. We left this city for the next time. We will definitely visit it. Then we once again went to the city of Hersonissos before leaving.
EXCURSIONS-Highlights SANTORINI. How to be in Crete and see this island. I ordered tickets and a tour and a ferry even before departure. Thanks Anna. Service and prices were amazing. I wrote about SANTORINI separately. We liked it very much.
We drank Frappé coffee there. We bought Vinsanto wine. Got it from a small supermarket. The main thing is raisins (we were asked to bring raisins from Santorini) there are very tasty raisins in the supermarket. We bought nuts from street vendors. Swimming on the Black Volcanic Beach. Of course there is little time. I think next time we will visit the island for 2 days. It's very soulful.
We bought a tour from Tez Tour. Prices are not cheap. Santorini is glad that she took from Anna, it turned out cheaper. Zeus Cave and Lassithi Plateau + Kera Kardiotissa Monastery, pottery and Knossos Palace. Such a great tour with a mini group. We liked it very much. The LASSITHI plateau is very beautiful. Guide MARIS is a pleasant young man with a good voice, a pleasure to listen to. I was present on the Bus from the Greek side, the cultural and historical officer looked after the excursion. The cave of Zeus-donkeys was not taken. Which I later regretted. Fir-trees clambered. My son and I decided to shorten the path, cut it off and climbed the mountain.
Generally pipets. Cute donkeys up 10 euros, down 5 euros. Keep in mind. The cave is nothing. We were on about BARI in Italy (Grotte di Castellana) this is a cave. Oh well, ZEUS also needed to be seen. but I expected more . . They quickly went down to talk. We visited a pottery workshop, everyone sculpted vases and pots with the master. We bought a cup of justice as a keepsake. We went to the Tavern for lunch. Great tavern, nice owner. They drank brandy and red wine. The food was also very tasty. And at the bottom of the shops lowered the money for honey, coffee, cream (raki as a gift). chocolate beans, mountain tea and herbs. The beans grew in the hotel, the green ones were not yet ripe, but there were also mature brown ones. They are easy to chew or grind and brew like tea, with a little chocolate flavor. Next was the palace of Knossos. I liked the tour very much. The fact that the mini group was 20 people did not overshadow her, the bus was given a small one, not everyone had a place.
But the TEZ TOUR problem was solved quickly, we waited 15 minutes and the bus was replaced. We arrived at the hotel at 20 o'clock, did not go to dinner, collapsed to sleep.
ANNIMATION - I can not say anything. In addition to the Fire Show, we did not see anything. There are many animators and most likely fun. But the program starts at 21.30. And everything is so full with us, either we are tired from the excursion or, on the contrary, get up early. Or LAZY. So we didn't watch the show.
Aldemar Royal Mare 5 * - VERY beautiful area, huge. Luxurious villas with private pools. Guests of Aldemar Cretan Village 4 * can visit the thalasso center. Be sure to take a walk here. As a hotel, I first considered Aldemar Royal Mare 5 * but realized that the child would be bored there and chose Aldemar Cretan Village 4 *. We didn't regret anything. We liked Greece. We flew away on the 13th, and on the 12th the sea decided to rage. Such were the big waves, it was not possible to swim, but she sunbathed until she smoked. Of course, a week of rest is too little. But in August we are waiting for CYPRUS 10 days of happiness.
(Friends rented a villa, we fly to visit them)
Hotel cons - as such, there are no complaints. In addition to settlement. We suffered with the door for a week, we couldn’t open it or close it, even though I called the master, they showed, explained, well, not how. We spat on this door. On the 12th, another incomprehensible story came out. I handed over the towels and came to the room, the bell rang, the girl asked me what time to pick up the luggage. I replied that I don’t know yet what time they would pick us up from the hotel. I was asked to inform the reception. I found out that there will be a bus at 6.20, I go to the reception and begin to explain that I want to pick up the luggage at 5.30. They tell me that no one called me, they listened to me and wrote down on a piece of paper what time to pick up my luggage. On the 13th I left the suitcases out of the room, no one came. came to the reception there again young people were surprised. In short, we left for luggage, and we went to have a bite before the road.
Of course, these little things will not spoil our impressions about the rest of what we saw. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF OF THE HOTEL Aldemar Cretan Village 4 *. WITH WHOM WE TALKED AND WITH WHOM WE DID NOT TALK. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING NATURE AND SAVE THE SEA. I DID NOT EVEN THOUGHT THAT GREECE IS SUCH A GOOD HOLIDAY. WE WILL DEFINITELY USE THE CHAIN OF HOTELS Aldemar. We will definitely return in 2014, there is so much more I want to see in the Beautiful Country. THANK. I will be glad if the review is useful to someone. I will answer any questions.
