Adventure of photographer in Crete.

   Was screwed tighter tour into Greece, in Crete.Spring, all flowers, already by heat- - vobshchem it decided to go. It bought in Turekspress, the sending firm - KseniaTravel ( mail - Ksenia travel ), which assumes/takes - Kalamaki of trevel. Running in I will forward say that it managed without cover plates - through these firms to drive it is possible.I will, in addition immediately say that it had time among other things leisure to look 20 hotels, and as far as possible I will try to speak about them.
If I somewhere give prices in the drachmas - course was 386 drachmas for 1 dollar OF THE USA, in the dollars of price they are held sufficiently stably, whereas drachma slowly falls.It is most convenient to pay and to remove/take available amount from the banknote - sleepers exist even in very small shops and kafe's, bankomats also are sufficient. If you arrived with the available dollars or the travelcheque - to change them is possible in the banks (they they work usually to 14 hours) or in the exchanger (they they work hours to 22-23, and tyuey vzymayut 2% of commission).In the hotel to change also it is possible, but frequently the course is understated, and 2% for the exchange they also take.
Departure was 13- GO of May, in Sunday, early in the morning.To fly three with something of hour, so that take book and pillow/pad.Arrival into 11:30 on the local time in the airport Of khan'ya (stress on the last style, the English writing - Chyuania).Airport tiny, to the city from it of kilometers five changed dollars by the drachmas in the airport should not be - there usually course low.So I do not recommend to buy anything in the local kiosks - the small bottle of pepsi there managed into three dollars.

Representatives of the assuming/taking firms usually either the former inhabitants OF THE USSR or well speaking in Russian. guides truth possess the in my opinion skudnovatymi knowledge in the history, well yes this is not very serious minus for our tourists.Those meeting distributed groups along the buses, and soon all moved.
They went through By khan'yu, immediately rushed into the eyes very narrow by-streets - as this proved to be typically for the island, just as faceless square houses, the paper streamers of narrow roads with ten times the rotations to the kilometer, the stepped hamlets, where the roof of one house serves as cavity for another.

   Settled into Porto's Plazza Platanias.Otel'chik of the first line, three weeks as opened/discovered.Masters consider its four-starconfrontation, in my opinion nevertheless three.There is one bassein, not heated also with the ordinary water. Feeding - normal, Swedish table without izyskov.Large plus - is located close to civilization, there are next many magazinchikov, barchikov, restoryanchikov. The main thing - this of magazinchiki, in the nearest only immediately buy nothing, but compare prices - in a little the more to the right raspolozhenykh of price they were more humanely.

There is much amusing ceramics.If wander - you will for sure find the large fenced in areas/sites, where any ceramic vases - circles - toy etcetera similar lies/rests at large kollichestvakh.Frequently there them they make.
Compulsorily purchase present sponge.And olive oil - it must be green, and potemneye.In d'yuti-fri these things are more expensive than in the city.

   As a whole Crete resembles the coast of Azov sea. Entire small and quiet. Large hotels it is very small, the overwhelming majority have 20-40 numbers in several small housings, usually 1-3 of house. Service is slowly, however this can be said, also, about the stores with the restaurants. Rooms small, exceptions/eliminations in this plan/layout it is very small. Hotels in the villages or after the feature of city - almost all "leisure for the pensioners", as one girl said. In something she was right. From such quiet and remote from the populated areas places it is possible to name Cholymbari beach(2*), Chrispy village hotel (4-3*) besides sea there there are no entertainments.Then it is possible to find entirely cheap hotels, stay will be there much more pleasant and by places it is cheaper than leisure in the Crimea or in the Caucasus - even if we compare with the particular sector, and not with the prices of Black Sea "hotels", where the hot water occurs hour two in a 24 hour period even in the places, where they request on yshch0$ in the twenty-four hours.
In Crete there is problems neither with the hot water nor with the normal nourishment.Standard proposal - Swedish table, breakfast, either zavtrak+uzhin or All inchluded - this when into the price of pass enters breakfast, dinner, supper, it is possible to peyerekusit' at any time between them, are so free the alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages of local production (including generating on the license, for example forfeit or beer).Separately I want to note hotels pilot Royal (5*), Louis creta prinnchess hotel of (4*) - this of place for the epicures, kitchen is splendid.Is already Minos of (4*) - there modest breakfasts , but outstanding supper.Moreover there best entertaining program for the adult - in a day/every other day during and after supper sing and dance invited ansambliki , there are the evenings of Greek music, Russian - they smoothly overflow into the diskotechnye dances.In the daytime there work animatory, it is started to dance sirtaki, they play into volleyball - vobshchem, entertainments are sufficient.
The circle of entertainments is sufficiently monotonous.Free it is small.From the free usually ping-pong, volleyball or basketball, animatsiya for the children (hill everyone), disk library in the hotel, basseiny.In the numbers - cable television, but Russian channels there is nowhere.Then they said that they found the pair of channels with the the steep/abrupt of pornukhoy - itself did not look, it was there is no time:).From the basic paid - billiards/billiard table and the training hall (it saw in all hotels), dzhakuzi, the massage (dearly, from 12 to 25 thousand drachmas, 2-'4$), the sauna (rarely, it saw in two hotels, Creta Paradise beach resort and Almyrida beach , 5 000 drachmas in 15 minutes, (13$)), in many is aqueous forms of sport - vindserfing, or it is simple mask/shield with the fins.I found other parachutes (29 by Euro-), aqueous motorcycles (24 by Euro-), pneumatic bananas (8 by Euro-), circles (8 by Euro-), it is simple jaunt on the launches.To me most of all it was pleased on the circles to be rolled - this is the large pneumatic circle, into which they sit down themselves, and it they then drag on the rope after the launch at the high speed.If they simultaneously roll 3-4 people - it is still better.

   For the acquaintance with the level of prices I lead the cost/value of excursions.Children's places (5-12 years) everywhere half, besides underwater floating - there there are no rebates.

   There are other akvaparki.It is paid there for the entrance, once - and after this it is possible the whole day to be rolled on all attractions.

   To separately tell something, you and so everything will describe about the excursions.The inspections of temples, caves, and other christian sights - for the amateur, it is worthwhile to remember that the architecture in Crete is specific, is sufficiently faceless.
   The islands of elafonisiya - this is excellent place for floating and leisure.From other beaches of Crete differ in terms of the color of sand - it there pink and thin/fine.Islands themselves are isolated from Crete by the narrow passages of meters 20-50 into the width, in the deep places almost on the belt/zone, vobshchem one name.Take with itself mask/shield with the fins, and hours - time there flies rapidly.From the sea beautiful view of mountain.

   I will say the pair of words strictly about the photograph.It already noted the facelessness of architecture in its mass 4, are separated/liberated only medieval fortresses yes single buildings.Many colors in all conceivable places, later they dry in the spring time (May and the beginning of June).Strictly, I brought seven films only of colors, remaining interesting it was considerably less.In the middle of island, in the mountains, there is a large lake, it is registered on the maps/charts/cards and it is easy to find it.Very beautiful place, but there are no excursions there.Take machine for the rolling, and travel themselves, do not stray.Machine in my opinion must be taken without the conditioner and a little less - conditioner does not save, but small sizes/dimensions with the trip around the cities are very useful, by-street very narrow.In spite of distance from the usual tourist paths around the lake a good infrastructure.There it is possible to remove/take dwelling, it is very inexpensive - it is fresh into the hot season in the mountains.In the lake large tortoises are conducted, money boxes to the new houses stand by it almost in all hotels - but tortoises themselves alive 4 so it did not see :)

   Relative to prices.Price of creams for the sunburn and other similar bijouterie the same as in Russia - it is possible not to take with itself.
   Products are more expensive.Food in the small restaurants only is more expensive than Central-European health resort prices.Anything amazingly tasty or specific it did not fall.The juices in the packets are usual, are powder.What astonished - the container of the freshlyd-squeeze out juice costs e-5$, with the fact that the oranges perhaps that on the road do not grow.
   Alcohol according to the satellites cheap, apparently so exists - juice package more expensive fault was obtained.
   Motor vehicles in the rolling it saw from 27$/sutki, Russian rights completely satisfy offices.So it is possible to take motorcycle (if there is a category A), the scooter (for the powerful/thick then it is necessary category A), or bicycle.there are very many points/items of rolling.If you want to drive much - be certified that in the agreement does not undertake the pay path/range, in some more than 100 km during the day request money for the path/range.In the hotels also it is possible to take machines, but it is more expensive than in other places.There is sense to ask the representative of the assuming/taking firm, they frequently can grant very good versions - but this it is necessary to make the minimum in the day so that they would have time to drive home the machine.

   Situation is very calm.Lazy.After the Arab countries of shower it rests in the stores, where in all very much, goods they lie/rest and inside, and outside, in this case salesman frequently it is necessary to search for either somewhere in the depth or around the corner, or in the special box with the window, where that hides from the heat.They do not pull by the hands, they do not require something purchasing, they shove nothing.Kiosks on the streets unusually appear.Salesman sits in the kiosk, and goods is decomposed all around, including refrigerators with the juice and frozen.If they selected something - it is necessary to take, and to approach the window in the kiosk, which, in addition completely can be around the corner.To steal nothing I recommend - Russia is not the term of Euro-union, and prison at a convenient time there will be in no way European.Although they can and simply vydvorit' - as it will transport:)

   Majorities of tourists - Germans, well yes this already commonplace at the inexpensive health resorts.Evening life is modest, clouds/clubs and dancing a little.Girls it is small.Well yes can this to me was there is no time:)

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