Resting on a small island among turquoiseexpanses of the sea or ocean has always been considered romantic and attractive. And when it comes to the Greek islands, here begins a real flight of fantasy. After all, each of them is associated with a myth. For example, Cyprus is considered the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, and Crete is famous for the legend of the Minotaur, the Palace of Knossos and the labyrinth. Every year, thousands of tourists from all over the world come here to relax on the wonderful beaches, swim in the azure waters of the Aegean Sea and plunge into the world of antiquity and legends.
Crete, despite being the mostmost of the Greek islands, not so large that it was impossible to see it for a couple of weeks. However, if you are most interested in places associated with the legend of the Minotaur, then you better settle down near the Palace of Knossos. The closest to it is the village of Hersonissos. This is a beautiful resort with a well-developed tourist infrastructure. There are dozens of luxury hotels right on the coast, for example, Golden Beach 4 *, Arminda 4 *, Atlantica Sensatori 5 * and others. Due to the abundance of noisy entertainment, numerous discos and nightclubs, this village is especially attractive to young people: student companies, couples in love, and newlyweds. And this category of tourists, as you know, prefers to stay in inexpensive, so-called budget hotels.
The best hotel of this category in Crete isGolden Beach Hotel 4 *, in which there is an optimal combination of price and quality of services. In fact, island Greece is considered to be more expensive than mainland. The same can be noted if we compare the prices of the Greek and Turkish resorts of the Aegean Sea. For example, in the hotel of the same name on the coast of Turkey Golden Beach 4 * (Bodrum), you can relax for 46 thousand rubles (for two people for 7 days), which is almost two times cheaper than the cost of a trip to Crete. Well, in the eponymous hotel on the island of Cyprus (by the way, these two hotels are often confused because of the similarity of the names) accommodation is much more expensive. So, in high season, a weekly tour for two at Atlantica Golden Beach 4 * (Paphos) will cost 100,000 rubles, and this is not about a suite, but a regular standard room. This indicates that the Greek islands have always been and remain popular as the best resorts for both beach and educational holidays. Here the sun shines almost 300 days a year, and the beach season lasts from April to the end of October, while the average air temperature during this period is +28 degrees, and water + 25.
As already noted above, this hotel is located inHersonissos - in one of the most noisy and full of entertainment resorts of the island of Crete. More recently, he was an unremarkable quiet place. Its inhabitants were engaged in fishing, and today they are involved in the tourism business of the island, which is developing with incredible speed. In short, life is in full swing here, nightclubs and discos are crowded with young people from different countries: Holland, Great Britain, Germany, and recently from Russia.
To get from Moscow, as well as somemajor cities of the Russian Federation in the hotel Golden Beach (Hersonissos) 4 *, you need to fly by plane to the capital of Crete Heraklion, and then by bus or taxi to go to the village of Hersonissos. By the way, if you have paid for the transfer in advance, you will definitely be met, put on a bus and with the conveniences delivered right to the hotel’s doorstep. The path will take about half an hour, since the distance from the airport to the resort is 25 kilometers. Golden Beach 4 * is located 600 meters from the village center. It is located on a high coast, from where a stunning panorama of the turquoise expanse of the Aegean Sea opens. Hotel address: Ei. Venizelou 191, telephone +30289702239.
Отель "Голден Бич 4*" состоит из одного four-storey building, on the roof of which there is a small swimming pool. Here, on the roof, there are comfortable sun beds. The hotel offers 151 comfortable rooms of different categories. There are standard rooms with sea view, standard ones without sea view, standard family rooms and two-room (connection).
All rooms have a private bathroom with shower.cabin, hairdryer and bath amenities, air conditioning, telephone, satellite TV, telephone, fridge (for a fee), balcony or terrace. Rooms are cleaned every day, linen is changed twice a week, and towels 3 times a week. Hotel Golden Beach 4 * offers guests laundry, dry cleaning, 24-hour doctor services, concierge service, etc.
The hotel has one restaurant, inwhere tourists can get three meals a day (buffet), if they choose the type of food "ol inclusive". You can also eat half-board (breakfast-dinner) or half-board plus (according to this type, guests can enjoy free alcoholic and soft drinks of local origin during dinner). The restaurant specializes in the manufacture of Greek dishes, but for a variety of skillful chefs create interesting dishes of Chinese, Italian and other cuisines.
The hotel has a snack bar, a cafeteria on the terrace, a pizzeria. Next to the hotel there is a pergola a la carte tavern, open until midnight.
As noted above, the pool in this hotellocated on the roof. It is quite small, however, sitting around him on a deck chair, you can sunbathe and enjoy the magnificent sea landscape. Spending time at the hotel, if you do not want to go to the center of noisy entertainment, you can play chess, table tennis or billiards (for a fee), or you can watch a movie in the TV lounge or surf the net, comfortably sitting in an Internet cafe.
There is no private beach at the hotel.But a few meters from it there is a clean sandy-pebble city beach. True, sun beds and umbrellas are paid. For water activities - scooter, banana, pedalo, parachute and others - also have to pay. At 500 meters from the hotel is a water park. There are many water rides for both adults and children.
Of course, many tourists come to Crete frompurpose to visit its attractions. Guests of the Golden Beach Hotel can sign up for one of the interesting excursions. The main property of Chersonissos is the Palace of Knossos. This is the main excursion route in these parts.
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