Vacationing with the family in Rethymno Mare in July 2014. Madly liked everything from the meeting at the airport. Arrived around 11 pm, waited a little one more flight with vacationers and moved on. Got to the hotel around 2 am. Settled very quickly, did not have time to look around, bags were already in the room, then we carried out in a restaurant, met the waiters in white shirts with a smile from ear to ear, was carried to the table, fed and watered. If the theater begins with a hanger, the first opinion about the hotel is composed with a meeting with the housekeeping staff. I liked the fact that no one expects you a penny for any service (bring a bag to clean the room). On the contrary, even the maid saw you smile widely, say hello and ask how are you.
The rooms are great: clean, comfortable, high-quality daily cleaning. We stayed in room 126, it is located on the ground floor, we had a sort of terrace with a table. Restaurant, reception and the beach are very close to the rooms, the pool had to climb the stairs.
About food. Someone wrote that it was monotonous. I do not agree! Breakfast yes, every day is the same. What else can you offer other than eggs, cereal, pancakes and other standard breakfast items? But for lunch and dinner was so much variety that two weeks of rest, we have not tried all the dishes. Fish, lamb, veal, chicken, pork, every day; shrimp, mussels, octopus and other marine reptiles-bit rarer every day works grill where they cook vegetables, steaks, fish, etc. About vegetables, separate conversation, could never think of them can cook so many dishes! Wide variety of salads, fruits and desserts. There is a Greek table with artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, etc.
The hotel staff deserve special thanks. At the reception there Noni girl who speaks in Russian, super polite, friendly. It is difficult to single out any of the staff, because every one worthy of praise, but the maitre d 'was very much remembered Nicholas, who met us at the entrance to the restaurant and escorted to a table. He was very affable, courteous and when he learned that we say in Russian, it was so nice to tell us, "Hello, how are you" or "Bon appetit." Never saw waitstaff moody, always getting the right information, you say "You are wellcome".
Animators do not miss giving entertained from morning to evening: arranged themselves show, was a Greek evening came the international festival "Silver Dolphin" with Central Television announcer Tatiana Sudets.
Nature is awesome range of colors and a lot of trees that provide shade. The beach is sandy and rocky entrance to the sea (need special shoes). Always goes along the beach waiter serving drinks and fruit.
Not convey all the emotion, but if we go to Greece again, then definitely it will Rethymno Mare!