Crete is perhaps the most wonderful resort in Greece. On this wonderful island, there really is everything: parks of incredible beauty, and deep lakes, and beaches with white sand under green palm trees, and as many as three seas (to choose from), and many attractions, and the country's best entertainment complexes. And there are many excellent hotels that provide ideal conditions for relaxation. Dessole Hermes Hotel, whose photo is given below, is considered one of the best. Here guests are always welcome and always strive to do everything to make them satisfied.
Location, how to get there
Dessole Hermes Hotel 4 stars is located almost in the center of the most popular resort of Agios Nikolaos on the coast of the fantastic beauty of Mirabello Bay. It is approximately 63 km from the airport and seaport in Heraklion, 36 from the city of Ierapetra, 73 from Sitia. In Agios Nikolaos there is also a large seaport, as well as a relatively large intercity bus station. You can get to Crete by plane from almost any European country, and by boat - from many cities and islands of Greece and Europe. The road network on the island is remarkably developed, and the roads themselves are in excellent condition. You can easily get from the airport to Agios Nikolaos by bus, for which you need to get to the bus station (from 6-00 in the morning until 1-00 at night there is a regular bus number 1). If you wish, and 50-60 euros, you can take a taxi. There is another way to get to the Dessole Hermes Hotel. To do this, you need to rent a car right at the airport, and hand it in when you depart from the island to your homeland.
Description
Dessole Hermes Hotel 4 stars were built in 1972, but in 2009 they were completely renovated. The hotel area is small but very beautiful. Near the entrance there is a free car park. The hotel itself consists of two buildings: one 4-storey, the other - 5. The pool is located on the roof of one of the buildings. Around the reservoir there are sun loungers, umbrellas, and a snack bar. Guests can use the hotel's high-speed wireless internet throughout the hotel. The reception is open around the clock, there is a Russian-speaking staff. Here you can order tickets for the ship, plane and excursions, use postal services, and hand over laundry. Nearby there is a left-luggage office, a currency exchange office, a jewelry store, a cozy TV lounge, and a lobby bar. In addition, the Dessole Hermes Hotel has a spa, a sauna, a gym, a massage room, a place for playing table tennis, and for business meetings there are three conference rooms equipped with modern technology.
Rooms
Dessole Hermes Hotel offers 217 spacious, bright and beautiful rooms. Their area is from 21 square meters, the maximum capacity is 3 people. There are also family rooms with an area of 25 sq. M., Designed for 4 people. View from the windows or to the internal garden or to the sea (except for rooms on the ground floor). The rooms have a spacious balcony or terrace, furnished with a summer table and chairs, sound beds with comfortable mattresses, wardrobes with many hangers, bedside tables, mirror, TV (satellite dish), split system, safe, telephone, hairdryer, refrigerator. The hygiene rooms have a washbasin, toilet, bathtub with shower, toiletries, beach towels, and a fresh bottle of mineral water are provided every day. High-quality cleaning is done by maids every day, linen is changed every two days, and towels are daily.
Nutrition
Undoubtedly, knows how to surprise the Dessole Hermes Hotel. Reviews eloquently show how excellent the food is.
The hotel has two restaurants, one of which has buffet meals, and second courses special meals. There is also a lovely cozy cafe and a main disco bar, in addition to the pool bar and lobby. For breakfast, tourists are offered granola, cereal, several types of sausages, ham, cheeses, including Roquefort, Parmesan, fresh vegetables, donuts with and without filling, other pastries, coffee, tea, juice, milk and other products. Of the fruits - oranges, bananas, grapes, melons, watermelons, pineapples. For dinner, every
day the hotel
chefs delight with new dishes of meat, fish, seafood, vegetables. The main dish is salmon baked in salt. They also prepare delicious soups that are suitable even for children, and bake unusual cakes, make oriental sweets and various varieties of ice cream.
Leisure
It is very difficult to get bored while relaxing at the Dessole Hermes Hotel. Crete is such an interesting island that, being here even for a long time, it is impossible to visit all its interesting, noteworthy places. In this case, tourists can only "sympathize" - where they can find time on beaches with a magnificent sea, and on sightseeing, and evening entertainment, and shopping.
The hotel is located a couple of minutes walk from the city center with its finest nightclubs, discos, bars and taverns in Greece, where Greek artists perform every night. Within walking distance from the hotel is a free beach with emerald perfectly clear water. The shore here is sand and small pebbles, it is easy to enter the sea. A little further there is a sandy beach. Umbrellas and sunbeds everywhere are paid, the price depends on the season. On average, it is 2.5 euros for renting a sunbed and 2 euros for an umbrella. In general, the coastline of Crete stretches for 1046 meters, and most of it is occupied by well-equipped beaches. There are even nudist ones among them. In order for people not to be bored, numerous beaches provide numerous recreational facilities in the form of jet skis, "bananas", catamarans, there are diving and surf clubs, a water park. In their free time from bathing and sunbathing, tourists can visit a lot of excursions, since these tours are sold both in the hotel and in many offices of the city. The most popular cave is where Zeus grew up, the labyrinth of the Minotaur, archaeological sites in Malia, Gortina and other villages, the
Samaria Gorge, Rethymnon with its magnificent Venetian castle,
Spinalonga island and dozens of others. And for those who decide to spend time at the hotel, funny and beautiful shows are organized. The animation at Dessole Hermes Hotel works great. In the afternoon competitions are held, aerobics on the water, in the evening the animators organize interesting performances.
Dessole Coral Hotel
Without a doubt, the Dessole Hermes Hotel 4 gives all its guests a superb stay. Tourists warmly remember the kindly helpful staff, clean comfortable rooms, delicious food, fun entertainment, live music and the opportunity to sit at a table in a cafe or restaurant and enjoy the beautiful melodies. Many reviews do not mention a single flaw! This is a high indicator of work and a well-deserved reward. But there are other similar hotels in Crete, for example, the three-star Dessole Coral Hotel, located a few dozen meters from the above Dessole Hermes Hotel 4. Crete, apparently, was very popular with the representatives of the Dessole company, because there are six hotels of their brand on the island. The "Dessole Coral", which is a two-storey building, has everything for a relaxing holiday. Accommodation for tourists takes place in 165 spacious comfortable rooms ranging in size from 15 sq. M. All of them are equipped with new furniture (the last overhaul in 2012), a TV with a couple of channels in Russian , a split system, a refrigerator, a safe, a balcony, a toilet room with a washbasin and a bathtub. There is even a set of dishes for coffee and tea. The food in the hotel is excellent, wholesome, tasty and varied. Every day new dishes, lots of fruits, vegetables, meat and fish dishes, pastries. It offers guests Internet, a small but well-equipped conference room, a rooftop pool with sun loungers and umbrellas, a left-luggage office, a currency exchange office, a restaurant, two bars, daytime and evening incendiary shows. A distinctive feature of this hotel is that children under 16 cannot rest here.
Other Dessole Hotels
Many tourists will remember Greece, Dessole hotels for life. Hermes Hotel 4 stars in Crete is not the only such level. In the southern part of the coast, just opposite the isle of Chrissy, is the Dessole Blue Star. Since it is located outside the city (4 km from Ierapetra), its territory is large and very green, beautifully decorated with evergreen vegetation and flowers. There are two spacious swimming pools with fresh and sea water, both with children's departments. For kids there is also a kids club, a playground with swings and even a children's disco bar. The hotel's 154 comfortable rooms provide all the amenities. The food, as in all Dessole hotels, is excellent, deserving of the highest praise. To do this, there are two restaurants, several bars and cafes on the territory where themed evenings are held, such as "Greek Cuisine Day", "Japanese Cuisine Day". Hotel guests can have fun on tennis courts (there is lighting), sports fields, in the gym, and relax in the Turkish bath, sauna, spa. No less good are the other Dessole hotels. A couple of kilometers from Heraklion is the "Dolphin Bay Resort", and in the small but amazingly beautiful town of Mali (31 km from Heraklion) - the hotel "Malia Beach". Absolutely all Dessole hotels have a lot of delight among tourists. People especially like the excellent service at a high professional level, the friendliness, responsiveness and helpfulness of the staff, fantastic in taste and variety of dishes, cleanliness in the rooms and on the territory, well-organized leisure.
Hotel Dessole Five Stars
Truly wonderful 4 star hotels in Crete . But the five-star Dessole Mirabello Beach & Village, located in the city of Agios Nikolaos, is beyond praise. It occupies a large plot of about 2 km from the city on the banks of the picturesque artificially created small bay. The territory of this hotel is unusually beautiful. There are two large outdoor pools with salt and fresh water, one indoor heated, two children’s, free parking, spa, sauna, beauty salon, 3 tennis courts, 3 conference rooms with all necessary equipment, 3 shops (souvenir, jewelry and grocery) and even your own church, where everyone has the opportunity to put candles. The rooms in this hotel are located in the central building, in the bungalows and in two-story maisonettes designed for families. Each has spacious balconies, comfortable bathrooms, in which, in addition to toiletries, bathrobes and slippers are provided. A wide range of equipment is provided - televisions, refrigerators, air conditioning, telephone, hairdryer, there is also Internet. This hotel has a wonderful variety and quality of food and excellent entertainment programs, and for kids, in addition to the kids club, even a nanny is provided.
When is the best time to travel to Crete?
Very good 4 star Crete hotels. According to numerous reviews of tourists, it provides a chic vacation with royal food, impeccable service and talented animation. However, if there is no weather during the holidays, even the best hotel will not save the mood. When is the best time to go to Crete? Winters here are warm but damp; summers are dry and hot. It starts to rain from the end of September, but the maximum rainfall occurs in the winter months and March. In April and approximately until May 15, short showers are also possible. The spring in Crete is fabulously good. There are few tourists, prices are low. And there is such beauty around! Wildflowers bloom, the slopes of the mountains cover with a bright carpet. The air temperature is + 16- + 19, and in shallow water the sea warms up to +17. There are no powerful northerly winds yet, so it is not cold to get out of the water. In June, the thermometer rises already to + 20- + 23, the sea is calm, it is clear in the sky. In July it gets hot, the water warms up to +22, the north winds begin to blow, bringing coolness and waves. August is similar to July with the difference that the air is even hotter and the water is warmer. September is a wonderful month for a good rest. Unpleasant northerly winds become milder and gradually change direction to southerly. During this period, rains are not excluded, but the air temperature is kept at + 28- + 29. October is also still warm and sunny. And although there are almost no deciduous trees in Crete, the aromas of autumn still float in the air. But you can still swim, as the water perfectly holds the heat accumulated over the summer, and the winds are very small. Even in November in Crete you can relax. True, it starts raining every week, but there are still many sunny days, and the mercury column stays firmly at + 17- + 18. In winter, it is good to celebrate Christmas (December 25) and New Year, as well as get acquainted with the sights. The weather at this time is very damp and windy, many clubs and restaurants are closed, but there are also those that work all year round.
Greece, Crete, hotels, prices
In Crete, at any time of the year there are hotels ready to provide guests with a decent vacation. For example, Palazzino Di Corina 4 stars, located in the center of the wonderful town of Rethymnon. The hotel has only 21 suites, but they all have their own design and are decorated with luxury. Of course, the rooms provide all the amenities, a TV, a refrigerator, a safe, a telephone, a split system, and the bathrooms are equipped with not only a toilet and a wash basin, but also a jacuzzi. Prices in Crete during the off-season in the "fours" are approximately the same and amount to 50-60 euros per day, and in the "three rubles" - 35-40 euros. During the season, rates rise to 60-70 euros per day without meals and 80 euros with a continental breakfast, as in the Dessole Hermes Hotel.
Greece is a country where all kinds of miracles are possible. An example of this is the Arhontiko Eugenia Hotel, located in Chania. Its design is something fabulously beautiful, created according to the individual design of the hostess Eugenia. Each room has a chic decor, four-poster beds, a bathroom and a veranda, a small kitchen with utensils. The sea, town shops, bars, taverns and restaurants are within walking distance, which is very convenient. But the most unusual thing about this hotel is that there are no fixed prices, you can bargain with the hostess! As you can see, in Greece, not only everything is there, but everything is possible. The main thing is to get here on vacation.