Prefer a relaxing holiday on the shores of the picturesque sea? Want to discover the Greek island of Crete, sung in legends? Do not want to spend much money on a five-star hotel, but want to live in comfort? Then, as an option for accommodation, consider a cozy four-star hotel “Elounda Breeze Resort” located in a picturesque quiet place.
Location
The hotel is located just two hundred meters from its own beach. The distance from the airport is 70 kilometers. The hotel is two kilometers away from the nearest village - the village of Elounda.
Elounda Breeze Resort 4 *: photo, review
This hotel was built in 1980. Since then, several large-scale reconstructions have been carried out here. The last of them was in 2015. Today “Elounda Breeze Resort” is a modern comfortable hotel offering guests to stay in stylishly decorated cozy rooms.
The housing stock is represented by 182 rooms of the following categories:
- family (area 16-21 sq. m, maximum 3 + 1 guests can stay);
- a suite (area 33-40 sq. m, living room and bedroom separated by a door, maximum occupancy - 4 people);
- standard (16-21 sq. m, capacity - up to three people).
Some rooms have sea views. Regardless of the category of apartments, they are all equipped with the necessary furniture, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator (without minibar), telephone, hairdryer, safe (for an additional fee), a bathroom. On the floor - tiles or parquet. Throughout the hotel, including rooms, there is access to Wi-Fi.
Traveler opinions, rating
Every experienced tourist who has visited several foreign countries will surely tell you that one of the key factors for the success of your trip is the right choice of hotel. Of course, this is not about travel, when you constantly change cities and every day you stay at a new hotel. However, if you plan to stay at the same hotel all the time during your vacation, it is very important to carefully choose his choice. Indeed, even if you consider yourself not to be a particularly pretentious person, you will probably want to be able to live in a clean, pleasantly decorated room with comfortable furniture and working equipment, not to experience interruptions in water supply, eat delicious food and count on excellent service and respectful attitude administrators, maids, waiters and other staff.
Experienced travelers are advised, long before the expected date of the trip, to begin to study the reviews of those people who recently had a rest in the place you are interested in. After all, tourists are ready, based on their own experience, to tell the whole truth both about the advantages and disadvantages of the hotels in which they happened to stay. Thanks to this information, you can get a close-to-reality idea of ​​what will await you in a particular hotel and whether it suits you. Let's find out together what the opinions of the former guests of the Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * hotel, the tours to which many domestic travel agencies offer, have formed. We hope you find this information useful.
Looking ahead, we note that almost all of our compatriots who visited the Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * (Greece), reviews about the hotel leave exclusively positive character. Confirmation of these words can serve as the rating of the hotel. It is calculated based on the ratings left by guests, and is 4.4 on a five-point scale. This indicator can be called very worthy, which suggests that almost all hotel guests believe that it is quite worth a visit, and are ready to recommend it to friends, relatives and colleagues. The highest marks were given to the hotel infrastructure, room equipment and quality of service. But we will understand everything in more detail.
Location
Most of the tourists who have left reviews about Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * (Crete) were aware in advance that the hotel is quite far from the airport. Therefore, a number of travelers, especially those who went on vacation with young children, preferred to spend money on an individual transfer, which they did not regret at all. So, according to tourists, by car from the air harbor to "Elounda Breeze Resort" can be reached in about 50 minutes. If you take this route on a bus provided by the travel agency, then the journey will take about three hours. However, we must admit that all buses are very comfortable, equipped with air conditioning, and along the way the guide will tell a lot of interesting things about the country and answer questions. Therefore, the decision is up to the travelers.
As for the surroundings of the hotel, there are several shops where you can buy groceries and a number of things that may be required during your vacation. The resort village of Elounda can be reached in 15-20 minutes. Here you will find several restaurants, bars, supermarkets, souvenir shops, travel agencies, etc.
A great advantage of the hotel’s location, many travelers consider the beautiful nature and distance from noisy entertainment places. So you can spend your vacation in a relaxed atmosphere.
Hotel itself
As for the territory of the Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * hotel, the reviews we are considering, then, according to tourists, it is quite large and well-equipped. Also, hotel guests note that it is noticeable that a renovation was recently carried out here. The hotel has several pools, bars, restaurants (both indoors and outdoors), sun terraces, sports grounds and much more. However, some guests who came to rest with small children note that due to the peculiarities of the local relief, many stairs are equipped here, which somewhat complicates the process of moving with a stroller. However, in general, there were no special problems with this.
Rooms
As for the housing stock of Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * (Crete), then the guests were quite satisfied with it. So, according to hotel guests, the apartments here are quite spacious, with freshly renovated and pleasantly decorated. Furniture and appliances in them are not new, but all of very good quality, in working condition. If you come with a small child, you will be provided with a playpen. By the way, the family rooms have bunk beds for children. Also, a number of vacationers mention excellent mattresses and snow-white, clean bedding. Each room has a refrigerator. Upon arrival, you will find two bottles of drinking water in it. Her supplies are not replenished.
Please note that according to the hotel’s rules, it is not allowed to pour water into the restaurant or bar. You can buy it at the nearest store. Many tourists immediately bought a package of water, which they had for several days, or even until the end of the holiday. The guests were pleased with the fact that the apartments have fumigators with mosquito pills. Therefore, these annoying insects will not interfere with your sleep. Also in the comments about the Elounda Breeze Resort rooms mention large furnished balconies where you can comfortably sit down in the evening with a cup of tea or a glass of wine, a well-functioning hairdryer, a spacious bathroom with a full bath, and the availability of clothes dryers. In a word, the rooms have everything that can be useful to you during your stay.
Check in
In accordance with the rules of Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * (Greece, Crete), check-in of newly arrived guests must be carried out after 14:00. However, in fact, administrators always try to meet the needs of vacationers. So, if you arrive at the hotel earlier than the specified time, then if you have a free room of the category reserved by you, you will be given the keys to it almost immediately. However, in high season, it happens that the hotel is 100% full. But if on arrival it turns out that your number is not ready yet, then you won’t have to worry about it. After all, you can leave things in a locker room near the reception and go explore the hotel, eat in a restaurant or bar, swim in the pool or go straight to the beach for the long-awaited meeting with the sea.
After two hours, you will only have to pick up the key to your apartment on the reception and check in. As for the day of departure, it is necessary to vacate the occupied room before noon. If you plan to leave the airport later, you can extend your stay at the hotel for an additional fee or hand over the keys, again, leave things at the reception and continue to use the hotel infrastructure until the time of departure arrives.
Staff
Judging by the comments, the employees of Elounda Breeze Resort made a most pleasant impression on the guests. So, according to our compatriots, the staff here are very friendly, welcoming and attentive. In this hotel you will not encounter a biased attitude towards tourists from any country. As the guests note, here they are equally respectful and attentive to travelers from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries of the former Soviet Union, as well as to vacationers from Western countries. A big plus, according to our compatriots, is the fact that a number of employees of the Elounda Breeze Resort are understood in Russian. In addition, a Russian-speaking administrator is always present at the reception. So even without knowledge of foreign languages ​​you can explain here without any difficulties.
Cleaning
Many tourists pay great attention to the issue of maintaining cleanliness and order in their rooms. According to our compatriots, Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * (Greece, Elounda / Elounda) will not disappoint you in this regard. So, cleaning in the apartments is carried out every day. As the guests note, the maids do an excellent job with their duties. They renew towels every day. Bed linen is changed several times a week or at the request of tourists. Also, as necessary, stocks of personal care products are replenished.
Restaurants, bars
The food scheme, according to which Elounda Breeze Resort 4 * operates, is “all inclusive”. Hotel guests can refresh themselves with a restaurant or snack bar at almost any time of the day. According to our compatriots, the menu here is very diverse, and all dishes are delicious and prepared with quality products. So, for lunch and dinner, vacationers can always try meat, fish, poultry, seafood, a variety of salads and snacks, sweets, pastries, fresh fruits and vegetables. The quality of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks offered in the hotel bars was also quite satisfied. As family vacationers note, there will be no difficulties with the children's menu. So, in the restaurant you will always find cereals or soups, which without problems can feed the youngest tourists.
Sea
Judging by the comments of tourists staying at the Elounda Breeze Resort, a beach holiday here did not disappoint them. So, according to them, the hotel is located close to the sea. The beach can be leisurely walk in just five minutes. The sea here is very clean and warm. Waves are rare, so you can swim almost every day. The hotel has its own stretch of beach, where guests can use sun loungers and parasols for free. There is also a bar. True, only drinks are offered in it, there are no snacks. You can enter the water along a gently sloping sandy bottom (convenient for children and poorly floating adults) or go down the ladder, immediately falling to the depth.
Infrastructure, entertainment
In addition to a beach holiday, tourists during their stay in the “Elounda Breeze Resort” can also spend time by the pools (there are several for children and adults), take sunbaths on the sun terrace, visit the massage room, fitness center, play darts, billiards, table and tennis, football, volleyball, water polo, etc. For children, the hotel has a mini club. Guests can also rent a car or book an excursion. Almost throughout the hotel there is access to free wireless Internet.