Hotel Eri Beach Hotel 4 * (Greece / Crete): Description and reviews

The resorts of Crete, the most southern Greek territory, are always very popular. Every year thousands of tourists come here from Europe and Asia. What is so attractive about this legendary island?

Lovers of antiquity can find here a lot of cultural and historical objects, including monuments of the world's oldest Minoan civilization that originated on this island. But without attractions, Crete is famous for its unique healing climate and a large number of clean sea beaches.

For a relatively inexpensive family vacation, travel agents often offer the services of the Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * (Crete). Reviews of tourists who visited the guests of this hotel complex are very different: some enthusiastic, extremely positive, with thanks to the tour operator and staff, others sharply negative. However, they both agree that the four-star hotel "Erie Beach" is located in a place that is the most successful combination of picturesque Mediterranean landscapes and modern infrastructure. The hotel is an ideal place for all those who plan not only to relax by the sea, but also to get acquainted with the historical sites and sights of the legendary island of Crete. What do our compatriots, who chose Eri Beach Hotel 4 * (island of Crete), say most often?

Hotel complex, infrastructure

Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * (Crete) - a hotel complex for budget holidays, includes two cozy four-star hotels, Eri Beach and Eri Hotel, consisting of nine buildings. Buildings of the hotel were built in the early eighties, but the hotel complex is in the proper form, regularly renovated.

The hotel complex is located in a walking distance from the center of the village of Hersonissos - a small resort village in the northern part of the island state.

Hotel Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * is located on the first coast line of the sea coast. The fenced area includes a small pebble beach of the hotel complex. The entrance to the beach for residents staying at the hotel is free, there is a hire of sun beds and beach umbrellas.

The infrastructure of the hotel complex includes everything necessary for leisure and recreation for the hotel guests. On the territory of the hotel there are two pools with sea water, a children's pool with aqua-gardens, a pool with fresh water - all the pools are equipped with sun loungers and parasols. Active recreation is provided by sports grounds and a gym.

On the territory there is a restaurant, several bars, a sauna, souvenir and grocery stores, there is a parking lot for private vehicles.

Rooms

Many tourists are attracted by democratic prices. For this reason, many guests of Eri Beach Apart Hotel 4 * Greece and the island of Crete are remembered not only for sightseeing and mild sea climate, but also pleasant prices for accommodation in the hotel complex. What rooms can be rented at this hotel? The hotel complex Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * offers accommodation for more than seven hundred rooms, located in several buildings on site.

The cheaper accommodation is in the rooms "Standard" with a view of the hotel (garden). One room with an area of 20-22 square meters. M is designed for accommodation from one to three people. Facilities and equipment of the "Standard" class include: sleeping places (one double and one single bed), TV, refrigerator, separate bathroom (toilet and shower), telephone in the room, hairdryer, access to the terrace or balcony, air conditioning.

Room "Standard" with a view to the sea, one-room, room area 20-22 sq.m. The room can accommodate from one to three guests. In the typical "Standard" with a view to the sea there is: one double and one single bed, a separate bathroom (toilet and shower or bath), telephone, TV, air conditioning, refrigerator, hairdryer. Exit to the balcony or terrace with a side view of the sea coast.

The four-bed rooms in the Eri Beach Apart Hotel 4 * (Crete) are also divided into rooms overlooking the sea and rooms overlooking the city and the hotel grounds. In the rooms of this type, guests are provided with four separate beds (single beds), a separate bathroom (WC and shower or bath), TV, telephone, air conditioning, hairdryer, refrigerator. Exit to the terrace or balcony with a view, depending on the type of room, on the seashore or on the hotel's garden and village.

Opinion of hotel guests about rooms in "Erie Beach"

From the description of the rooms of the hotel complex on official travel agency websites, it can be concluded that the situation in fairly small rooms of the hotel is made without any frills, in the spirit of minimalism. This is also confirmed by tourists who stop to rest in the "Erie Beach Hotel". Quite a lot of statements that the level of comfort in the rooms is quite consistent with the cost of living. From negative reviews, you can often read the following comments:

• Poor sound insulation.
• Old furniture, supposedly 70-80-ies, reminiscent of the interior of the Soviet period. For the sake of justice, it should be noted that this situation is not in the entire hotel, but only in separate rooms.
• Not always new (beautiful) bed linens, although they change towels and bedding regularly.

Meals, restaurant

The Eri Beach Apart Hotel 4 has a classic all-inclusive system. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included in the price. All meals are prepared in the restaurant of the hotel complex. As for the taste of the dishes that are offered in the restaurant Eri Beach Hotel 4 *, the feedback of tourists on this score is very ambiguous. Holidaymakers talk about the hotel restaurant a lot of good, noting:

• Delicious and varied seafood dishes.
• A plentiful amount of dishes and food offered to guests is enough for all visitors to the restaurant.
• A wide choice of meat dishes, fruits and fresh vegetables, vegetable dishes.
• Food is always fresh, good quality products.

Negative food reviews in the Eri Beach Hotel 4 * also occur quite often. What are the hotel guests complaining about:

• Tasteless desserts (this most often applies to cream and jelly).
• Big lines in the restaurant.
• Inadequate quantity of dishes at the "buffet".
• Poorly sharpened, blunt cutlery.
• Not very accurate behavior of other vacationers at the "buffet", especially children.

There is another feature of the catering organization, which guests of the hotel tell. Those vacationers who gather for the whole day on an excursion or an outing picnic, the staff of the hotel complex can pack the food "to take out." To do this, it will only be necessary to notify the hotel employees in advance of the reception.

Paid services

Even in spite of the fact that Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * offers tourists rest and accommodation on an all-inclusive basis, for a number of additional services and some kinds of entertainment, guests have to pay separately.

• Depending on the season, air conditioners, which are equipped with all the rooms in the hotel complex, can be paid. That when you leave the Eri Beach Hotel 4 * avoid an unpleasant "surprise" in the form of a bill for air conditioning, the cost of this service is better to check in advance with the tour operator or at the reception.
• Safe in the room for storing valuables. This service is always paid separately, you can refuse it.
• Medical assistance, call the doctor who works in the hotel.
• Drinks and food at the beach bar.
• Access to the Internet. According to the observations of tourists, it is impossible to detect free Wi-Fi either in the hotel or in the village of Hersonissos. However, the connection and use of the Network in a cafe or restaurant located in the village is usually cheaper than access to the Internet in the hotel lobby.
• Organization of excursions.
• Rent a car. On the territory of the hotel complex there are offices that rent bicycles, cars or motorcycles for tourists who prefer to explore Crete independently, and not with an excursion.
• Billiard room.
• Gym and tennis courts.
• Services of the masseur.
• Sauna, hairdresser.
• Hall of computer games, slot machines.
• Babysitter (babysitting) services for children.

Staff, service, tips

• Courtesy, smiling, executive staff.
• Regular change of linen and towels in the rooms.
• The habit of pounding before entering the room.
• Free replacement of the room for the same in another building, if at the entrance of the guests did not arrange the living conditions.
• Clean and in the rooms and on site.

Especially holidaymakers note the tactfulness and unobtrusiveness of the hotel staff, in comparison with their Turkish counterparts. Tourists coming to rest with children leave good reviews about people who provide animation and services at children's facilities: in the pool and on the playground. Employees not only look after playing kids, but also "hedge", help to climb on the rides.

Of the essential cons of service in the Eri Beach Apart Hotel 4 * reviews of holidaymakers from Russia and neighboring countries contain the following comments:

• Despite the sufficient number of guests from Russia, it is very difficult to find an employee who speaks Russian with the hotel staff. The main "foreign" languages for communication with the guests of the Eri Beach Apart Hotel 4 * are English and German.
• Insufficient number of waiters in the hotel restaurant and, with a large influx of tourists, lack of tables and seating. Because of this, the "latecomers" sometimes have to wait for the queue.
• Absence of the Do Not Disturb sign. Especially ingenious tourists advise to bring their "carton".
• Not always a responsible attitude to cleaning in the rooms. It is often possible to meet complaints that the maid was cleaning the room only on demand.

With regard to such a sensitive topic as tips for employees, the guests of the Eri Beach Hotel 4 * note: "thank you" in the form of a small amount of money, of course, the staff accepts with pleasure and gratitude, as in most hotels. But neither the tip, nor their size on the level of service and the attitude of the staff does not affect.

Sanitary condition

It is especially worth noting that, despite the relatively good reviews about the cleanliness of the Eri Beach Hotel 4 *, some tourists had to face extremely unpleasant phenomena. For example, several former guests of the hotel complex were found in the room of insects: a local species of small ants, cockroaches or mosquitoes. Only the fact that the hotel staff reacted quickly to complaints and quickly solved the problem by sanitizing compensated for the negative impression.

Other reviews concern the quality of the water in the seawater pool. Tourists noted the strong smell of chlorine-containing substances, which were used to disinfect water.

Entertainment, Animation

In discussions about leisure activities at the Eri Beach Hotel 4 *, reviews of entertainment and the work of the hotel's animators are not always positive and enthusiastic. In the prospectuses of tour operators and on tourist sites declared such events for hotel guests as dance lessons, board games, daytime and evening entertainment interactive show programs. But many guests who rested in the hotel complex note that the hotel's animators are working rather sluggishly, inactive. Most often all the entertainment in the "Erie Beach Hotel" is conducted in German.

The main place of entertainment - located near the hotel water park and beach "Star Beach". This is one of three entertainment complexes that offer water entertainment for every taste: from aqua-bowls to extreme kinds of entertainment. For adult visitors there are five swimming pools, slides of various heights and attractions, including the Lazy River, loved by tourists, where you can drink a cocktail or refreshments without leaving the water, just passing by the bar. For the most active visitors to the "Star Beach" is the water sports center. Here you can ride a hydrocycle or a "banana", try your hand at surfing, water skiing, experience an unforgettable experience, hovering over the beach on a parachute, or making a dizzying leap down on an elastic cable. Also on the territory of Star Beach you can visit the spa, there are several bars, Internet cafes, a mini-market shop, a local restaurant and much more. For young visitors there is a playground, a safe children's pool with aqua-gardens and fountains. Unlike adult entertainment, all children's attractions in the water park are free.

"Star Beach" takes visitors to the entire swimming season, from April to October. In the "hot" months for tourists, discos and parties are arranged daily on the territory of the water park. Beach "Star Beach" is considered the most comfortable and marked by the "blue flag".

But we have to admit that it is with the close location of the water park that one of the most frequently encountered complaints from the guests of the Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * is connected. Reviews of the loud music playing late into the night at the disco in Star Beach, because of what vacationers can not sleep peacefully, there is almost every tourist forum.

You can have fun not only at the Erie Beach Hotel or the water park: a large number of restaurants, shopping and nightclubs are located in the resort village of Hersonissos. For the most part, entertainment facilities are open until the morning, local clubs are quite popular not only among the residents of the village, but also among tourists. Holidaymakers, talking about the night life in Chersonissos, note that it is quite possible to find an institution with acceptable prices for food and drinks, the atmosphere of many nightclubs is quite comfortable and modern. The only complaint, perhaps, refers to the periods when there is a large influx of vacationers in the village. In the tourist forums often complain about the large number of clubs at this time. The situation is aggravated by the fact that in most Cretan clubs there is no smoking ban.

Sports, outdoor games

On the territory of Eri Beach Village Hotel 4 * (Greece) there are quite good conditions for active recreation and sports. Every day the hotel animators spend with morning rest and aqua aerobics in the pool, if you want, you can attend aerobics classes. In addition to paid sports facilities, courts, fitness and gym, hotel guests can use the sports grounds for free access for darts, table tennis, basketball, football and volleyball. And, of course, the hotel on the coast and in the village of Hersonissos has many opportunities to try themselves in water sports and entertainment. Actively work as instructors and offices for rental of equipment for surfing, windsurfing, diving, sea fishing and so on.

Vacation with children

What about entertainment and animation for children who live with their parents at the Eri Beach Hotel 4 * (Crete)? Reviews of parents who come to rest in this hotel complex are mostly positive:

• In the room free of charge there are conditions for living with young children, an arena and a cot are provided, and the territory is equipped with ramps for walking with a stroller.
• Children's pool hotel, there are water slides.
• For leisure of small tourists there is a mini-club and a children's playground is equipped.
• Children's parties and discos are regularly held.

Excursions, sightseeing

In the small village of Hersonissos there are almost no historical sites or memorable places. This settlement can not be called an interesting place for excursions, there are reviews that the village is too modern, it lacks the "Greek flavor" and "the spirit of antiquity" - everything for which tourists come to Crete. Therefore, all excursions include trips to Heraklion and other cities of the Greek island. What excursions are available for tourists who choose Eri Beach Hotel 4 * (Crete) for recreation? Heraklion is the largest city and the "capital" of this historic area. It is not for nothing called the "gateway" of the island of Crete: all the roads converge here, there is an airport and the main seaport. The hotel complex is located about 30 km from the main island city, trips are organized for the most part one-day.

What can interest tourists in the island capital? The cultural program of almost any excursion in this city includes a visit to the Historical and Archaeological Museums. The historical museum of Heraklion has an invaluable collection of originals of ancient icons of authorship of El Greco, Michael Damaskinos and other legendary painters. The exposition of the Archaeological Museum includes invaluable archaeological artifacts and ancient documents - evidence of the Minoan culture, discovered at different times during excavations on the island of Crete.

In addition to museum exhibits, tourists can visit one of the main religious buildings in Greece, the Agios Titos Cathedral, built in the 13th century AD. It is also recommended to visit the numerous monuments of culture and architecture created in different periods of the history of Crete: fountains and aqueducts of Turkish and Venetian times, the Monastery of Saints Peter and Paul (XIII century), the ancient building of the Noble Assembly (Loggia), the military Fortress Kules and others.

A lot of interesting objects are located in the vicinity of the island capital. Most of them are monuments of the richest ancient culture, discovered during archaeological research: the palace complex of Agia Triada, Mali and Festsky palaces, the remains of the ancient Greek cities of Aminissos and Gortyn and much more. Fans of ancient Greek myths and legends will certainly enjoy an excursion to the legendary Knossos Palace, where the labyrinth of the Minotaur is located .

A visit to Heraklion will be interesting for those who are not interested in Greek history. The capital of Crete is the main shopping center on the island, famous far beyond the country for an incredible number of shopping facilities and lower prices for all goods compared to other European cities. Besides the island capital, excursions to Rethymno and Chania, small towns with a lot of ancient buildings, are very popular with the guests of Crete.

For the guests of "Erie Beach Hotel" all excursions are organized in the representative offices of travel agencies located directly on the territory of the hotel complex. And those who wish to explore the island on their own and admire the Cretan landscapes, "experienced" tourists advise to buy a guide and rent a car. According to the holidaymakers, such a trip can be much more exciting than an organized tour. In addition, any movement along the roads of Crete is quite safe: the island is known for relatively good roads, and the inhabitants of Crete - their friendly attitude to tourists and cordiality.

Contacts

The hotel complex Eri Beach Hotel 4 *, Greece, Crete, Chersonissos.

Phones for inquiries and room reservations: + 302-89-702-11-80, + 302-89-702-11-83 (fax).

E-mail address of the hotel: info@erihotels.gr