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After our trip around Crete we added another week of golf. We felt completely comfortable. The morning began with a breakfast that left nothing to be desired. Then we read at the beautiful pool and watched the golfers at hole 1 from the pool. The pool was ours alone in the mornings. A small snack at lunchtime was sufficient for the subsequent round of golf. Throughout the week, ”our” buggy was ready to go with enough water for the round. In addition, a catering buggy drove across the square to provide free drinks during the round. The course is in good condition and has large, fairly fast greens that were easy to putt. The course is a challenge for every handicap class and wants to be conquered tactically. Signature hole was lane 6 for us. In the afternoon we had the place to ourselves. The dinner was excellent in every respect. Dinner prices reasonable. The Greek wines were good companions but unfortunately a bit overpriced if you know the purchase prices. The extremely friendly and prudent staff deserves special mention. Our special thanks go to the manager of the hotel, who tirelessly tried to show us the Bundesliga relegation on the big screen on the first evening. Many thanks, Mr. Sotiropoulos. That was not a matter of course!,, Would definitely come back

We love this resort , we have just got back from our seventh visit. Our first apartment wasn’t suitable but there was no problem to change to another the next day. For the first time we didn’t hire a car after a bad experience with Budget last year. We used the resort bus which was very useful taking us to Old Hersonissos most days and taxis back, We also had lunch at the Lobby bar most days. Marta was very good at looking after us. Last year we had a bad experience with a Room Service meal so this made us nervous to try the Restaurants. On checkout someone had charged an extra. 57€ to our room. Luckily I had noted what we had each day so it was easy to see the fraudulent charges. Nikki, the Receptionist who we dealt with mostly during our two week stay helped to defuse the situation. Very good at her job.

Attended 12-26th July 2024. We have just arrived home from a fantastic 2 weeks at Lyda. We booked this holiday for my daughter’s 18th birthday and can honestly say we have loved it. We went as a family of 4, myself, wife, daughter and our son aged 12. We all had a great time. The rooms are basic and the beds are very but had no issues. The drains in the bathroom are connected from toilet, sink and bath so smells do back up a bit. The TV in the rooms only has BBC world news as English Channel and it’s only a 14” screen and is up high on the wall. There is a small kitchen counter in rooms but no kettle. We took a travel kettle etc. A full size fridge was in our room so plenty of room for milk, water or snacks. The food was lovely. Breakfast is basic and limited to local cereal, pastries, bread, chips….yes chips, small selection of cooked items but nice. Mid day snacks varied from chips and hotdog sausage, pizza or popcorn. Variable on different days. Lunch was always nice. Various meats, pasta, salad etc. Afternoon cakes for snacks. Evening meals again, very nice including a chef show grill option. Cakes, moose or jelly and ice cream for dessert. All inclusive drinks limited to wine, local beer, oozo or brandy. Soft drinks, lemon and orange Fanta, sprite, cola and water. Cocktails are amazing at around €7-8 each. Kids cocktails, spirits, milkshakes etc also available as cost. Bar opens at 11am. All inclusive service stops at 10.30pm. Tea and coffee available from machine FOC. I would recommend getting a drinks carrier to take with you, there are no trays to carry drinks and the plastic cups can be a pit flimsy and can be difficult to carry to tables or loungers. The pool bar wasn’t open when we were there as only open in high season. Pools are great and not very busy. Evening entertainment is limited and done by hotel entertainment. Usually lasts about 20min. Pool table, air hockey and grab machines available at a couple of euro each. Little shop on site. Reasonable price, water available in 6x2lt bottles for €1.40. 2 more shops just over the road. Hotel shuttle but to a small beach and only 5 min bus drive. Other beaches available along front. The bus runs at 10/12.30/3/5.30. Returns from beach back at 10.05/12.35/ 3.05/ 5.35. 15-20 min walk along sea front to main shopping street from the bus drop of. Very nice bars etc down the front. Anfield, Dreams, Wembley all very good. As English people we did find there was only a few other Brits in the hotel, mainly French, German and Polish. We did find some of them very rude but didn’t let it spoil anything. We all got mosquito bits and quite a lot so definitely take a good bug spray and after bite. I don’t normally get bit but ended up with about 14 bites. The crickets are constant and loud all day and night but son get used to them. All staff are great and friendly. There are a few cats that hang around the hotel and love a fuss. We had a late night flight back so paid for the room late check out. N