Agia Pelagia resort is located on the northern coast of Crete, approximately 20 km from Heraklion. As a vacation destination, Russian tourists choose it quite often. And many domestic tour operators work in Agia Pelagia with the Esperides Apartments 3 * hotel. Reviews of tourists this complex has earned relatively good.
Location Features
This three-star hotel was built quite far from the sea, more than 500 meters away. It takes about 15-20 minutes to go to the beach for its guests. Of course, this is palpable, but nevertheless, according to many tourists, it is quite tolerable. Visitors to vacationers staying at Esperides Apartments 3 *, usually the public beach of Agia Pelagia. Resting here, according to many travelers, is quite convenient. But if desired, the hotel guests can go swimming and on the beach of Psaromura, very popular in Agia Pelagia . He also earned very good reviews from tourists.
This hotel is located on a hill. Therefore, the road to the beach from here to most tourists does not seem too tiring. However, it can be difficult to climb back to the hotel, for example, for elderly vacationers or travelers with children.
There are no noisy entertainment venues nearby this hotel. The area in which it is located, judging by the reviews, is actually very quiet. Even too much: a large number of shops and shops near the hotel has not been built. Shopping malls and street vendors in the area work mostly near the beach. But at the same time, hotel guests do not have to go too far for groceries. There is a large supermarket opposite the hotel. Prices in this store, as many tourists note, are not too high.
Esperides Apartments 3 * (Agia Pelagia) is approximately 23 km from Heraklion Airport . After taking off the plane, tourists who rented their rooms can reach the hotel by operator’s transfer bus in about 30-40 minutes.
General description of the hotel
The Esperides Apartments 3 * hotel was built about hotel standards for quite some time - in 1989. However, judging by the reviews of travelers, its exterior and interiors do not look too old. In 2013, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out in this hotel.
This rural hotel welcomes tourists in two low-rise buildings of a traditional Mediterranean construction. The courtyard at the hotel, of course, has its own. Moreover, according to tourists, it is quite spacious and comfortable. The territory of the hotel looks, as well as its building is quite worthy. The hotel courtyard is surrounded by lawns and beautiful tropical trees. Tourists have the opportunity to move around the complex along stone-lined wide paths.
Many of the rooms of this hotel offer pretty beautiful views of the southern countryside and the sea in the distance. Many tourists also attribute this to the undoubted advantages of Esperides Apartments 3 *. The photo below partially demonstrates the spectacular concise landscapes surrounding this hotel.
Smoking in the rooms of this complex is, of course, prohibited. You can not live here with pets. Check-out time at this hotel is 13:00. Arrived earlier guests ahead of schedule in the rooms are usually not allowed.
Some disadvantages of the complex
In the courtyard of the hotel, among other things, original design lamps are installed. Unfortunately, the hotel owners switch them off in the evenings very early. Therefore, late departing tourists, judging by the reviews, have to go around the hotel yard literally by touch. This, of course, can be considered a serious disadvantage of the hotel.
Judging by the reviews, shearing is not too common on the lips of this hotel. Sometimes their branches can even prevent guests from moving around the complex. But tropical plants look really beautiful in this hotel, and tourists do not attribute their magnificent crowns to too big minuses of the hotel.
A serious drawback of Esperides Apartments 3 * (Greece, Agia Pelagia), as well as almost all other similar complexes in this resort, tourists consider the presence of a very large number of mosquitoes on the territory. These insects prevent residents from resting not only in the yard, but also in the rooms. Therefore, experienced travelers recommend that beginners should take any repellent stronger with them to this hotel. The administration issues fumigators to guests, but they, unfortunately, help poorly.
This hotel is located, judging by the reviews, really in a very quiet area. However, guests in the mornings can still be woken by roosters or loud parrots. At night, the hotel also a little heard the noise of aeration plants.
Hotel Rooms
If necessary, in the Esperides Apartments 3 * hotel (Greece), guests of the village can rent rooms designed for accommodation from 1 to 4 people. All rooms for rent at the hotel belong to the class Apartment one bedroom. For the convenience of guests in the rooms of the complex are provided:
- air conditioning
- Kitchen Area;
- safe;
- kettle or coffee maker.
For the use of a safe in the rooms of this hotel, its residents have to pay separately. Its employees open the hotel for 2 euros. Air conditioning in this complex is also paid. For using them you have to pay 5 euros per day.
In total, the hotel has 18 rooms for rent. They are decorated in a minimalist style. The floors are tiled. This is for tourists who decide to come to Agia Pelagia with young children, should be borne in mind.
Guest reviews about rooms
Accommodation in this hotel, taking into account the not too expensive rental cost, in the opinion of many tourists, it seems quite decent. The rooms here, as vacationers note, are spacious, bright and dry. Maids at the hotel cleaned about once every three days. Towels and bed linen are also always clean. Sometimes, judging by the reviews, they are even snow-white.
Most tourists consider the idea of decorating the rooms of this complex quite successful. However, many guests respond not too well about its performance. The hotel administration, apparently, tried to save a little during the renovation. The paint on the walls in this recreation center in some rooms is applied directly to concrete, without prior plastering of the latter.
But be that as it may, purely outwardly the rooms of the Esperides Apartments 3 * hotel (Agia Pelagia) look more or less presentable. Very good reviews on the Internet about this hotel are also available because each room here is equipped with not only a shower room, but also a kitchen. If necessary, travelers living in the complex can save on breakfast, lunch and dinner by preparing their own meals.
The main lack of rooms
In addition to annoying mosquitoes, minuses consider the absence of a TV as a minus of the property rented at the hotel. But to its too serious flaws of the hotel, most of its guests do not attribute this. After all, tourists come to Greece, of course, not at all in order to watch television programs. In addition, Wi-Fi in the hotel on the territory, judging by the reviews, has a very good speed (and especially near the lobby). Therefore, guests of this hotel will be able to keep abreast of events happening in the world and all kinds of news without any problems.
Hotel infrastructure
Since the Esperides Apartments 3 * hotel belongs to the three-star class, quite a lot of services are offered to the guests on its territory. For example, travelers at this hotel can use parking. For tourists renting cars in Greece, its availability, of course, can be very convenient.
Of course, this hotel also has an outdoor pool. It is located in the courtyard of the hotel and is quite large. If you feel unwell, hotel guests can call a doctor in the room. But this service in the complex is paid.
Staff and Service Reviews
The pool in this hotel deserved, unfortunately, not very good reviews from guests. They clean it at Esperides Apartments 3 * very rarely. At least in 2017, the hotel pool, judging by the reviews, even bloomed, and sand accumulated at the bottom. Therefore, almost none of the guests bathed in it. Perhaps in subsequent seasons the hotel owner will pay attention to the condition of the pool and allocate funds to hire cleaners. But in 2017, unfortunately, he did not react to comments on this issue.
The staff at this hotel, judging by the reviews of the guests, is diligent and polite. At least there are no bad reviews about the hotel staff on the Web. The only thing is that none of the employees of the complex, including its owner (who, by the way, is called Alexander), knows the Russian language. So, domestic tourists staying here can communicate with the hotel staff only through a translation program.
Dining at the hotel: reviews
If desired, guests can rent accommodation in this hotel with breakfast, half board or without food. The food in Esperides Apartments 3 * (Agia Pelagia) , according to many tourists, is relatively good. The food is delicious and fresh. But, like the dining rooms of many other three-star hotels in Greece, the establishment of this complex has one small drawback.
The menu, judging by the reviews, is pretty monotonous here. Therefore, many tourists prefer to stay at this hotel without paying breakfast. Moreover, hotel guests can cook their own meals if they wish. The plates in the rooms of this hotel are working properly. There are a lot of dishes in the kitchens in the apartments of the complex.
The tenants of the hotel, among other things, can eat in the tavern “Near George” located next to it. Breakfast here costs about 6 euros, and dinner costs 10 euros. But most hotel guests advise beginners to eat at coastal cafes. There are many such Greek catering establishments in Agia Pelagia. The food here is, judging by the reviews of travelers, a bit cheaper than at the George Cafe.
Road to the sea
For older people, the road to the hotel's beach, as already mentioned, may seem somewhat tedious. But most hotel guests still find daily walks to the sea even enjoyable. Walking to the coast from the buildings of the Esperides Apartments 3 * hotel is a very picturesque area.
Beach and sea: reviews
The sea itself in Agia Pelagia usually causes genuine delight among tourists. It in this village has a sky blue color. The water is absolutely clean and completely clear. Moreover, in the season it also has the most comfortable temperature for swimming. There are no dangerous animals in this place in the water.
Most tourists consider the landscapes to be beautiful not only on the way to the beach. In this regard, the coastline itself in this place deserved excellent reviews. Ancient cliffs located on both sides of the beach give it an unusually picturesque, colorful appearance.