Anissaras, Lida Maria Apartments Review

Overall Rating

Hi

Let me tell you of my experience of staying at Lida Maria apartments in Crete with Olympic Holidays for one week from 21st July - 29th July 09. Firstly I'm 24yrs old and my girlfriend is 21, weve gone on many holidays together including mainland Greece and Corfu and we are always looking for quiet tranquil destinations of which we were completely satisfied with in Crete. However, never have we been so disappointed with a hotel weve stayed at and I say that with complete honesty.

The reason I am writing this review (having never written a review about a hotel ive stayed at before) is because I don't want anyone else to go through the same amount of disappointments as we did, and it all could have been prevented if we stayed at a different hotel. We know it wasn't just us with problems because our neighbours had everything stolen when they were out and others at the rep meeting (with Olympic Holidays) were put in temporary rooms to begin with because their actual rooms were not vacant yet!

Anyway, il tell you the amount of problems we had in the form of a list because if I went into detail this review would take on the form of a novel (and I am not one to complain or be fussy about anything)! The list is as follows:

. Flush didn't work
. Enough hot water to last 3 minutes in shower (for both of us)
. No shower head holder (but we coped with this)
. Sink in toilet leaked heavily making it a slipping hazard
. Asked manager for a fan 3 times to no avail (1st we were given a broken one, 2nd We were given another broken one, 3rd he said ok, walked off, answered his mobile and didn't come back) no air con so resorted to dampening bed to stay cool
. Put in a temp room for two nights because another couple was put in our room in error
. Temp room was just as bad if not worse than our permanent room
. Permanent room was not cleaned when we finally went in (still had unwashed cutlery in sink)
. Bins were cleaned regularly, but bedding was not replaced at all, only folded!
. 2 or 3 ant nests on door to balcony (didn't bother me but bothered my girlfriend as their was a lot of them)
. Had a power cut (which can only be fixed by the manager which comes and goes as he pleases)

I am an easy going sort of guy, my parents are greek so I am aware of the greek laid back attidude towards things, but do not stay at this hotel, that is the only reason I am writing this review, fair enough it is owned and run by one guy, but clearly he is not enough for this place. Also the beach is supposedly 1 mile away but there is no direct walking route, only a zig zag road which took bout half hour, and the nearest but stop is about 45minute walk away. We had to hire a car to travel because of this. Anyways I'm sure you will enjoy crete if you are lucky enough to go, just hopefully not to this hotel.