Лутраки - славное место! Loutraki is a nice place!

I lived at the Possidonion Hotel for twenty-eight days, almost all of August 2013. A lovely place! It is exceptionally well located. Go to the sea for about 2 minutes at a leisurely pace, but at the same time the windows do not overlook the embankment, where the crowd is noisy from sunset until almost dawn. On the square, into which the main street flows, there are cafes, restaurants, and souvenir shops. Opposite the hotel and around the corner are 2 solid department stores with good prices. And a square with eucalyptus and pine trees, and radon springs, and a spa - all within a stone's throw.
The breakfasts were quite substantial: warm buns from a bakery around the corner, boiled eggs, cheese, feta cheese, two types of sausage, sliced ​ ​ fresh cucumber and cake, two types of butter and jam, coffee, tea, milk, orange juice. You could take as much as you wanted. Our enterprising countrymen also stocked up on provisions for dinner, the maids had nothing against it. Breakfast was served sometimes at 7:10, sometimes at 7:20. It was believed that it starts at 7 in the morning and lasts until 10, but the maids usually waited patiently "until the last visitor", that is, until about 10:30. Some of the rooms (from 2 to 5:202-205, etc. ) look out onto a picturesque square with palm trees and a fountain, behind which you can see the sea, some (from 6 to 9) - on lovely streets and mountains, some (it seems from 10 to 12) into the courtyard with palm trees and fig trees, and the 1st rooms (201.301, etc. ) go out into a narrow alley between the houses. These rooms are not as hot as the others, but there is a drawback: there is no balcony, and therefore there is not much light. And the view of the neighboring windows is not suitable for everyone. The rooms overlooking the square have their drawbacks: the sunny side, and quite noisy from cars and scooters, in which the Greeks prefer not to use a silencer. However, in the rooms overlooking the street, you can hear the same cars and scooters. (Life in Loutraki stopped at about two in the morning and began at about nine in the morning. But, to be honest, the noise outside the window was so cheerful and peaceful that few people were annoyed. )
The furniture in the rooms is sufficient. A wardrobe with a safe (sometimes without a key), hangers (somewhere there will be 3, and somewhere - 23, it's as lucky) and woolen blankets; a table in which a refrigerator is hidden, a bed (or two), a bedside table (sometimes two or three), a chair and a bench. Some rooms even had telephones. Two or three lamps, sometimes table lamps, sometimes only wall lamps. All rooms had a hair dryer and some also had an electric kettle. The air conditioner worked for everyone, and the TV, which was in every room, caught three channels from some (including Russian), and some only hissed and hissed. On the balcony there is a plastic table and chairs. By the way, take clothesline and clothespins with you! A strong wind often blows here, and towels with swimsuits fly all over the street, if you don’t make sure. Combined bathroom with either a shower or sit-down bath; two towels, large and medium, but there may be three, or maybe one. Everything may be in order, or maybe not: the plumbing here is old. In the 201st, water periodically poured from the tank onto the floor, and the maid Khristina helped only by giving a doormat, and when I moved to the 206th, without waiting for help from the owners, I fixed the tank myself, which made a wild noise . The blinds worked properly, and in some places there were not blinds, but shutters, which, perhaps, is even more convenient and certainly more romantic!

The staircase in the hotel is beautiful, marble, decorated with paintings and engravings, but rather steep and slippery. So everyone basically used the elevator. By the way, watercolors, engravings, reproductions and photographs of celebrities who visited the hotel hang in the rooms, and in the bar, and in the lobby, and in the dining room, everything is very nice and tasteful.
There is Internet in the hotel, however, often Wi-Fi was not available, but I used a computer (which "froze" no more than an hour or two). The computer room is located in the basement, it is stuffy and there is little light, but there are toilets. And we even attached a Russian keyboard to one of the computers, which we found on a nearby table.
Perhaps the only drawback of this hotel is sloppy cleaning. True, the garbage from the basket under the sink was thrown out almost every day. But they don’t use a vacuum cleaner or a broom here. The floors were washed extremely rarely and, again, carelessly. True, Loutraki is a clean little town, no smog, no dust, but strong winds can bring any plant debris and cigarette butts from neighboring balconies into the room. Bed linen was changed only on request, towels too. It was possible to put a note with a request for turnkey cleaning of the room, which, when leaving, everyone left on the counter at the porter, or you could personally ask.
The inn is run by Alexander and his son Petros. Both speak English and Italian (and maybe some other languages). Alexander is already very old, so Petros takes care of everything. There are also two maids. Both young Christina and elderly Vasiliki (emphasis on "and") are equally amiable and know a few words of English.

True, knowledge of any language is not necessary there: a dozen English words, five Greek words (with the help of a phrase book) and expressive gestures - this is quite enough to ask for a towel and to discuss the quality of food in a nearby diner . Both the hotel staff and in general all the inhabitants of the town are friendly and set to communicate, so in any case they will at least try to understand you. In this regard, the Greeks (both in Loutraki, and in Athens, and in Nafplion) almost outdid the traditionally amiable Petersburgers. Almost all Greeks - of any age - know at least some level of English, many speak Italian, some Spanish, some even Russian. There are enough of our former compatriots among the sellers and waiters in the town, many taverns and cafes use the menu in Russian and English. So problems with communication here simply cannot arise!
Greek food is exactly as they write about it, everything is very tasty, and portions designed for one can saturate four (but in some eateries everything is modest, there a single portion is enough "only" for two). Products in stores are cheaper than ours, and incomparably better quality. If you are not a fan of taverns and restaurants, then you will have enough local marvelous yogurt, milk, cheese and bread (which is better to buy in bakeries, and not in supermarkets, where they mainly sell rather banal “cuts”). On Wednesdays and Saturdays there is a bazaar where they sell clothes, and all sorts of household goods, and fresh fish, and seafood, and vegetables and fruits. Paradox: fish is not too cheap (as one might assume, since the sea is nearby), chicken is more expensive than pork-mutton, and sweets are more expensive than meat. Vegetables and fruits are cheaper and much tastier than in St. Petersburg. Tomatoes at 30-40 cents (“lepta” in Greek) per kilo, excellent peaches and oranges at 80 lepta or 1 euro each, the sweetest grapes from 50 cents to 1 euro... Only cucumbers are not very good, but they are in the local arid climate difficult to grow.
Well, and most importantly, in the Possidonion Hotel, as well as in Loutraki themselves, it is unusually comfortable. It is not entirely clear what this depends on, but it is a fact. It seems that you are not in a hotel, but at a party or even at home. None of my neighbors said: "I'm going to the hotel", everyone said: "I'm going home. " And it seemed that you were not in a town, but in an arbor covered with ivy on the shores of the gentle sea. It's definitely worth coming here!