Georgioupolis is located on the northwest coast of Crete. This small coastal resort town of Chania Prefecture is surrounded by green cypresses and eucalyptus trees. It is impossible not to fall in love with him, he is so beautiful.
Bright greens are perfectly combined with snow-white sandy beaches and azure sea. The town will forever remain in the memory of tourists thanks to the large promenade, the lighthouse guarding the port entrance, the chapel of St. Nicholas, built right in the sea.
Here everyone will feel comfortable, because the city has a lot of entertainment: these are shops, restaurants, and, finally, attractions that you must see. You can relax in Georgioupolis both with your family and in a big noisy company, both calmly and actively - for every taste. There are many hotels in the city, and one of them - Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * - is one of the most popular in Crete.
general information
Built in the resort town of Georgioupolis, this hotel complex is in demand at any time of the year. Such popularity of Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * is associated primarily with its cheapness even in the hottest season. And this, undoubtedly, its main advantage in no way affects the quantity and quality of the services offered in it. Many tourists believe that it is high time for the hotel to assign the category of “four stars”.
Prices
It’s difficult to accurately determine the amount for which you can relax in the summer months at this hotel. It depends on several factors. But on average, one adult for twelve days of full-board accommodation will have to pay thirty to forty-five thousand rubles. A family of three adults, when accommodated in apartments, with the concept of full board, will pay from sixty to one hundred thousand for the same period.
At the beginning and at the end of the season, hotel prices are significantly reduced. In addition, Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * participates in the Fortuna accommodation system. And in this case, rest will cost one and a half times cheaper.
The cost of a “burning” voucher for a ten-day stay at the Fereniki Holiday Resort Georgioupolis 3 * with a flight from Moscow for two adults and one child can be about forty thousand rubles.
Location
The hotel is located an hour and a half drive from the airport of Heraklion, forty-five kilometers from the pearl of Crete - the city of Chania. Not far from it, within walking distance, there are many taverns, bars and restaurants, as well as shops. In half an hour you can drive to another, perhaps the most famous resort - Rethymnon.
A five-minute walk from the main building there is a bus stop.
Hotel Territory
The resort SPA-complex Fereniki Holiday Resort SPA 3 *, reviews of which exceed all expectations, is built on a well-groomed and thoughtful territory. The hotel buildings are surrounded by gardens with orange trees, everywhere along the alleys of cypress and eucalyptus trees, whose aroma is constantly floating in the air, creating a very pleasant atmosphere. There are many lawns with flowers and other tropical plants. You can stroll along cozy paths under the canopy of trees, sit on a bench and enjoy the sea and the surrounding mountains.
The hotel has a guarded convenient parking lot, reservation which is not required in advance.
Enclosures
Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * (Greece) is a hotel complex consisting of nine buildings. Each of them is painted in a certain color and has its own name. Any of the buildings scattered in the center of Georgioupolis is positioned as a separate hotel. For example, Sunligth is painted turquoise and located almost on the beach, the Metropol building is decorated in blue and has its own pool with a bar, and Golden Bay is warm yellow. And together they form a single spa complex Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 *, reviews about which are mostly positive.
All buildings have a common dining room and restaurant, beach and registration desk.
Infrastructure
Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * provides the following services: lobby, medical paid office, currency exchange, laundry and luggage storage. Upon arrival, tourists are populated very quickly. The staff of the Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * hotel, reviews about which are only positive, do not always cope with a large flow of guests, so the practice of resettling customers to nearby hotels and hostels for one or two days is widespread before releasing the reserved room. In general, everyone who visited this hotel speaks well of its staff, notes the courtesy and courtesy of the staff.
There are also concierge and porter services, a paid internet club, mini market, depository safe and a TV room.
Number of rooms
In total, Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * has five hundred rooms. Each building is equipped with a different number of rooms with excellent service.
Most of them are Double Room Standard with an area of ​​twenty square meters with a maximum accommodation of 2 + 1 people. The flooring in the room is marble tile, which is always cool. There is also a split air conditioning, TV, shoe cabinet, paid safe, for which you need to pay separately ten euros per week. There is also a work desk and a large makeup mirror. The combined bathrooms have new plumbing: a shower with a tray, washbasin and toilet. A hairdryer is available upon request.
Studio rooms with an area of ​​twenty square meters (for a maximum of three vacationers) differ from the standard room by the presence of a kitchen corner, in which everything you need for cooking is installed: dishes, stove, kettle, pan, pan. There is also a fridge.
Apartment 2 Rooms can accommodate 4 + 1 people at a time. The area of ​​these apartments ranges from 25 to 35 square meters. There is a separate bedroom with a door, a living room with upholstered furniture, a TV, air conditioning, a large makeup mirror, a hanger, a dryer, a cabinet for shoes, a paid safe, and a kitchen corner. The combined bathroom has a bathtub, bidet, washbasin and toilet.
All rooms have balconies with chairs and coffee tables. The windows from Standard and Studio overlook the mountains or the garden, while the Apartments category overlook the sea.
Service
In all rooms of the Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * hotel (Greece), reviews of which are mostly positive, you can get a hair dryer, iron and ironing board on request.
When placing a child under the age of twelve in an extra bed, an extra bed is provided free of charge, in other cases a fee of half the cost of the room per person is charged.
On the territory of the hotel Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * (Greece), reviews of which are left only good by vacationers, you can stay with small pets. Negotiating in advance or paying extra is not required.
The hotel staff provides daily housekeeping and replacement of soap, shampoos and other cosmetics. There is a service "alarm clock". There are only four rooms for smokers and people with disabilities.
Nutrition
The hotel offers half-board or all-inclusive meals. Tables are served in the main restaurant - common to all buildings. If you select the first concept, drinks are included in the price only during breakfast. And at dinner you have to pay extra for them. The prices are approximately the following: for frappe coffee you need to pay three, for tea and juice - two euros.
It is not the first time that tourists who come to the Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * hotel prefer to replace their drinks with watermelons and other juicy fruits served in the morning.
According to the all-inclusive concept, drinks are issued around the clock, but only at the poolside bar. In other places you have to pay for them: for beer - three, and for fresh - eight euros. Cigarettes in the hotel’s convenience store cost from five y. e.
On the territory of the hotel Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * (Greece), the food reviews of which are written positively by the vacationers themselves, the real Greek tavern AlaCarte is open. Here you can eat, listen to music and dance. There are many local dishes on the menu at about the following prices: eight for mutton ribs, five for Greek salad, six for pizza, five euros for a cocktail with orange juice or beer. In addition, vacationers can buy products in a small supermarket located on the territory of the SPA complex, where they cost significantly less.
Those who wish to pre-book can order dinner or lunch on the seashore. The hotel has three more bars, including in the lobby and poolside.
Nutrition Reviews
Hotel Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * (Greece) reviews about the food served has different, and most often - completely opposite. All tourists are served in one, but very large restaurant. This is perhaps the reason that not all customers are satisfied with the food offered. Someone complains about the monotony of the menu and the lack of free places or cutlery, while others praise the kitchen, especially noting daily new dishes, a wide variety of meat and fish, vegetables and fruits. Many people like desserts. Some speak of nutrition very positively, admiring the huge selection of dishes for dinner.
Beach
The beach at Fereniki Holiday Resort SPA 3 *, the reviews about which are only positive, sandy and located only fifty meters from the main building. Its length is almost ten kilometers. The entrance to the sea is comfortable, gentle. Directly in front of the hotel, the water is somewhat cool due to the fact that several mountain rivers flow into it in the hotel area. But if you go a hundred and fifty meters to the right along the beach, then the sea will be warmer.
Sun beds and umbrellas on the beach, even for hotel guests, are paid: five euros. If you rent this set at the Tropicana bar, you can get a cocktail and an hour of using Wi-Fi connection as a gift from the establishment.
For those who first arrived at the Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * (Greece), reviews are recommended to visit the very “delicious” Greek taverns “Poseidon” and “Mitros” on the beach. It always serves fresh, deliciously cooked fish and many Greek dishes. For lunch for two you will have to pay from about twenty to forty euros, depending on the chosen drink - wine or beer.
For little guests
Travel agency Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * (Crete) is positioned as a great place where you can relax with very young children. Upon request, it is possible to get a baby cot or highchair. The menu has dishes for the smallest.
A small children's pool is available on site. There is also a games room and playground, a mini club.
Entertainment and excursions
The hotel has four outdoor and one indoor freshwater pool. There are always a lot of free sunbeds and umbrellas around. Two bars work here, one of which is free. The beach offers a wide range of water activities: bananas, pedalos, catamarans and sailing boats. If you wish, you can order an exciting night fishing.
Those who lead an active lifestyle are invited to visit the saunas, take a massage course and sign up for the famous Fereniki SPA Thalasso center on the coast - the hotel’s visiting card.
Very exciting excursions around Georgioupolis are organized by the office located at the registration desk. Since the hotel Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 *, the photo of which can be viewed here, is part of this picturesque town, the people living in it feel more like its residents than guests.
Especially a lot of enthusiastic reviews about the mountain lake Kournas located near Georgioupolis , on the banks of which there are many turtles. From the city center to the very shore of the lake a small train, very similar to a toy one, runs. A trip in both directions on it costs eight euros for each passenger.
Additional Information
Those who do not want to ride such an exotic transport can get to Kournas by taxi, paying seven euros one way. A catamaran can be rented on the lake. There are taverns and bars around the perimeter of this picturesque mountain pond where you can have a delicious lunch after a great walk. A little above the lake, near the village of Kournas, a unique cave is open for tourists.
In addition, by train, you can reach the monastery of St. George, located high in the mountains. On the same route there is a small factory where they produce olive oil. For six euros you can not only watch, but also participate in the cooking process yourself.
Reviews
Reviews about the hotel Fereniki Holiday Resort 3 * are mostly positive. Since all its buildings are different, many are advised to choose the seventh and sixth to live. The furniture in the rooms is new, the plumbing works great. The staff cleans up quite well.
This hotel, although it is considered one of the cheapest in Georgioupolis, offers a range of services that do not differ much from the more expensive. There are few Russian speakers, but many Germans, British and Spaniards.
Especially a lot of positive reviews about the location of the hotel. A beautiful beach and many beautiful places nearby, especially, of course, a mountain lake with turtles makes you remember this vacation for a long time and will definitely return here next year.