Как в Турции Like in Turkey

We rested at the hotel in the second half of September and were afraid of cool weather. The fears were unfounded.
We saw a lot of reviews about dirty dishes, leisurely waiters - this is not true.
In general, the hotel made a very pleasant impression on all of us.
We lived in a building above the tavern (it seems), near the pool with sea water overlooking the sea. Room 775, third floor. As for me - the best option - two rooms, sea view, beach, bars, playground, and the main restaurant itself - everything is nearby.

Beach: consists of three parts - if you stand facing the sea, on the left side there will be a large beach that stands on a hill - about five meters above the sea, near it there is a descent into the water to a wild beach - it is inconvenient to lie there - stones, places are not very good. a lot, and it’s difficult to enter the water because of the stones. Although once there swam. The second - and the main beach for me - on the right side, near the rental point for jet skis and other water stuff. By the way, not cheap - jet ski 15 min. / 50 euros. The beach is comfortable - a good entry into the water, a sandy bottom and all that. To the left is closed from the waves by a stone ridge, so it is comfortable to swim. Even further to the right (but it is inconvenient to go there along the coast) there will be a local beach, and behind it - another beach of our hotel. But they went there just to look.
The beach is clean, when by the end of my vacation many compatriots from the CIS arrived (after all, most foreigners lie by the pools), wars began to occur because of the sunbeds occupied in the evening and the locals had to deliver another line of mushrooms with sunbeds.
There are about six pools, two of them with sea water. Two swimming pools, at the very top, in the suite area, one with a children's slide.
The choice of products is very large, a lot of seafood, and mussels and king prawns and other seafood delicacies. My husband doesn't like it very much, but I was pleased. But you can feed anyone without any problems.
Wine at lunch and dinner in the restaurant is served in bottles of 0.35 - ordinary wine, but you can drink it. In bars, the choice is much better and the quality is at the level. Beer can be poured at once in many places independently.
There is no freshly squeezed juice - only in the main restaurant (with a lot of pulp), it is better not to drink from vending machines (like coffee).
Lovers of good coffee need to go to the bar - there is excellent coffee in Greek (I mean in Turkish).
I won’t say anything about adult animation, because I’m not fond of it, although from time to time I saw all kinds of aerobics, archery, volleyball,... Children’s animation is normal. Not the same, of course, as in good Turkish hotels, but without serious flaws.
Before the trip, I read reviews of 10-15 local hotels and noted for myself that 90% of them, as for me, are weak. Although the reviews always had a leitmotif - this is not Turkey for you, people come here to travel. But for me, a normal beach holiday is also relevant. And with this, as I understand it, in many hotels it’s not very good - either the room is so-so, then there is no beach, then food, then there are problems with children’s animation.

There are no problems with this here - a good hotel, at the level of a decent Turkish one. Service, food, room, drinks - everything is like what the Turkish all-inclusive has accustomed to. Blooming area. Very friendly staff, really nice to talk to people. Since the hotel has long been oriented towards Europeans (in particular Germans), they still do not have very good knowledge of Russian, although it is noticeable that they are learning. But even with the help of separate Russian-English words, it will not be a problem to explain yourself.
Of course, there are drawbacks - there is an old kinescope TV in the room (although she herself turned it on twice - there are 2 channels in Russian), once the drain in the bathroom stuck - they could not drain the water in the evening - someone fixed it in our absence. That's actually all.
Although, in fairness, it should be noted that many rooms overlook the wall of the neighboring building, overlooking the bushes, or the path along which other tourists will walk past you.
We went to Rethymnon a couple of times on a local bus, a round-trip ticket is 5 euros. Tickets can be bought at local shops, if anything - ask at the reception.
A beautiful city, a large fortress - worth a look.
We rented a car a couple of times - at Best Cars. If you exit the main entrance of the hotel and climb 30 meters up the street, you will see their point on the left. Maybe not very cheap - a mechanic is at least 40 euros (Citroen with 1), a normal Mazda 2 is 55 euros, an automatic is more expensive, but the cars are in good condition, and you don’t need to go anywhere.
We went by car to Chania, with a stop at the turtle lake, and the second time to Aguilas Nikolaos, and from there by boat to Spinalonga.
Beautiful place, well worth the trip. As many have already written, the cost of excursions is high, it is much easier to take a normal car yourself and ride for your own pleasure. It is difficult to get lost, there is only one main route. If anything - no problem ask the direction of the locals - very friendly people.
In the cave of Zeus were not in the Cretan Palace, too. Other tourists dissuaded from the cave - they say nothing special, they did not want to go to the palace themselves - they did not want to look at the foundation.
We thought to go somewhere else - but I was just too lazy. While others travel a lot. On the road we met one - he took a car for 4 days, and on the 5th he took a motorcycle, and rode it with his wife across half the island. We are not that extreme : )