Drossia Palms Review

Overall Rating

Staff very friendly. Rooms of a high standard for Greece. Set back from the road, so do not hear traffic noise or noise from bars ect. Has satellite TV which we used to watch the Formula one Grand Prix on Saturday and Sunday. The staff helped us to find the right channel. Never ate hear, but did occasionaly have a few drinks, and these were competitive with the rest of the resort. Normally you expect hotels to charge more. Music is played during the day and night, but it is turned down at night to respect guests who do not want to stay up all night. My dad took his mobile phone, and when the battery went dead he had no way of charging it back up as the plugs are different. But the staff had an adaptor that my Dad could use, and so he could use his mobile now as much as he wanted. (sad I know).
There is a very friendly dog. I forget the name. But he was very funny to watch. I think he must have been a puppy.

We arrived late at night. When we got into the room we heard water dripping. The shower was leaking from the attachment on the wall. We straight away reported this to the member of staff on duty and he said nothing can be done until tomorrow. The next day came and still nothing was done. We mentioned it again in the evening, and again was told nothing can be done until tomorrow. It was fixed the next day, and was fine from then on, as far as showers go in these type of countrys.
One thing I personally did not like about the rooms is that the balconys were only divided by a wall with the nighbour, so they could easily climb over and get onto your balcony. I suggest keep the balcony doors closed when you are not in the room, although we never encountered any
problems.

I went to the Malia Drossia Palms on Crete with my Dad. We booked through Thomas Cook and flew with their own airline from Birmingham. Flights were on time, both on the outbound and return journey. The brochure said it is a 1 hour 40 minute transfer to Malia, but only took about 1 hour. We flew into Heraklion.It has a very small arrivals area after you come through customs. Everything is outside. Each company has a little hut that they use. When we got outside, we found our Thomas Cook rep, and she directed us to the hut. On getting there they asked where we were staying and told us which number coach to get on. Everything went very smoothly. We were second to be dropped off on the coach and so were soon in our room. We paid for air conditioning when we checked in. We were very gratefull for this. It was very hot. There was a welcome meeting next day at midday, but we missed this. We did see a Thomas Cook rep later that day, and introduced ourselves. We asked about excursions, but she didnt have the information with her at that time, and said she would come back at a certain time, but she never showed up. We stayed around the pool as well so that we didnt miss her, so was not very happy about this, but i guess we would have stayed around the pool anyway.
We thought we would get a moped for a day or two, but everybody seemed to be on a moped, and they were mad riding. I am surprised I didn't see an accident, although I nearly got hit by one. You have to watch yourselve, even just walking around teh resort. Anyway we enquired about getting a moped, and they only hired for a minimum of 3 days. We were told this is because it is high season. We could not understand this, as they had mopeds sitting there not being used. For 3 days they wanted 80 euros. We then though about getting a car. We got a car for 2 days for 40 euros, which included all insurances. We drove to a neighbouring resort of Hersonnisos and found a go-kart track there. This was great fun, and went back another two days. One day we didnt have a car, and so went there on the bus. This cost 1 euro each one way. The go-karts cost 15 eruos each for 10 mintes. This works out about £1 per minute so was quite expensive, but what the hell, we were on holiday, and we did enjoy it racing each other.
This is about all we did. It was too hot to do much energetic, but my Dad did go to the market on Saturday in the car, which is at Heraklion. He only bought a pair of sunglasses, but when he got back he found that there was a scratch on them, which was concealed by a sticker, so be careful of this if you go.
Transfers and flights back home were equally as smooth, except when we arrived at Heraklion where we had to wait a while for our check in desk to be displayed. Of course, so was everybody else on that flight, so when it finally came up everybody rushed for the desk at once and as a result there was a big queue. We did not eat at the hotel, this is the only reason I have put 0 stars.