Чудесный остров Крит The wonderful island of Crete

So, I'll start in order. We (as a couple) arrived at Iriklion airport at 7 pm local time (-1 hour). We were at the hotel around 9pm. The owner of the hotel sits at the reception. We welcome you warmly. I must say right away that in the hotel itself, all the staff, including the hostess, do not speak Russian. The main language is German, but English is also spoken. If you have even the slightest memories from the school curriculum, then you will not have a problem at all. He tries to speak slowly, he writes important numbers and dates on a piece of paper. They put us in room 215 with a side sea view (no extra payments were made for this) on the second floor. The floors in the hotel are numbered starting from -1. We went in, looked around and I’ll say right away that for a 3 * this is a wonderful hotel. Clean, new furniture, spacious.
Of the noted advantages of the room: a large spacious closet with hangers, a large bed with a very comfortable mattress, the presence of a bathroom, not a shower, a good dressing table, not air conditioning from which you constantly catch a cold, but climate control, where you set the desired temperature yourself (free of charge), the presence of a free refrigerator in the room (it was happiness, constantly cool water and drinks), a very, very spacious balcony. There is also a hairdryer in the room, you don’t need to take it with you. Take gels, shampoos with you. As for the TV: it is in the room. The remote from it costs 10 euros for the period of your stay. However, do not rush to buy it. On the third day after we bought it, we realized that if you switch channels longer with the button on the TV, then you can still find channels without a remote control : ))) it's just a matter of time). But the TV is essentially not needed there, since there are no Russian channels, only Greek, German and one music channel (similar to our mtv. We got there during the Olympic Games, so I wanted to somehow watch the competitions in the evenings.
Rooms are cleaned every day, towels and linen are changed every three days. Hearty breakfasts, good selection. For dinner, they feed for slaughter: several types of meat, various side dishes, fish, fruits, delicious sweets, both traditional (cakes, pastries) and national (baklava), always fresh vegetables, olives, butter, etc. I liked that breakfast and you could dine on the terrace by the sea, especially dinners, plague sunsets.

A 3-minute walk to the right of the hotel there is a shop (mini market) and a tavern where they speak Russian. A tavern with excellent cuisine. We dined there often, the portions are huge, one serving is more than enough for two. At the end, they bring a compliment for free - a plate of fruit and local liquor. person. Stop a little further from the mini-market, near the super-market sign), buy draft home-made olive oil (6 euros per liter).
As a result, I’ll say that we rented a car and traveled all over the central, western, northern parts of the island, we came in the evenings to rest tired and satisfied. By the way, next to the hotel there is a convenient exit to the national road. That is, this is a hotel for people traveling or absolutely not party people. There is absolutely nowhere to go there in the evening. But we were delighted, because this is exactly the place we wanted: calm, with stunning nature, sunsets.
The entrance to the sea is one and a half meters of stones, then sand. For children, it is hardly suitable or only to carry them in your arms. The sea is often restless, so adults will be happy to jump on the waves, and the child will simply be covered with his head, especially on the rocks.
There is no children's playground on site, and there are no sunbeds by the pool, although it is not needed if the sea is so close.
In general, the impressions are wonderful. But the hotel is rather for adults without children and young people traveling.