Mare Village

This is a twin hotel of "Sunshine Crete Beach" Or "Mare blue" hotel. You get to stay at the smaller hotel while taking advantages of the bigger hotel as well. Overall positive experience, but after 5 days, not much to do. Positives: - Reality was more positive than the reviews. - Shuttle bus proactively drives up and down between the hotels. The driver was trying to help whenever possible. - Good amount of sunbeds. We always found some available both at the pool and at the beach. - The room was cleaned every day, room towels changed occasionally (Official policy is every 3 days). - New beach towels every day and free of charge or deposit. - Beach was clean and the sea was calm. - We were able to use All inclusive up until we left (in the afternoon). - Vast majority of the bars had pleasant stuff. The only unpleasant bartender "Vivi" changed the attitude mid our stay (to better). - Food - there was 1 Greek dinner and 1 seafood dinner. The rest of the days were non-thematic. Sometimes the food was good, sometimes it was bad but ok for the price. We always found something we liked. Neutral: - The quality of drinks differ between the bars. Some had good soft drinks, some had really watery. Some used discussing tap water. Some house wines were better at some bars than in others (although they should be the same). - The area is quite windy (I liked it, my wife a bit less). Negatives: - The toilets throughout the hotels were in bad shape. Sometimes the toilet was not even secured to the floor and was moving. They were cleaned, but not often enough. - Some bars use tap water for their soft drinks and it tastes bad. Especially the pool bar at the Beach hotel. - The room was not perfectly clean when we first came. There was some wall paint dust in the bathroom. - Our room (1201) was quite uphill. This added to the walking we had to do from the beach to the hotel (and then to the separate building uphill of the hotel). - The "evening entertainment" was mainly french. - Food: I was a bit disappointed in the offering of Olives. Only small ones were served.

Lovely stay at Sunshine. Staff were very friendly and helpful. We were greeted at 3am - room ready and some snacks in the room and much needed water. Amazing food with great variety. The ice cream was definitely a hit. Friendly kitchen staff who loved the chaos our 3 families with small children brought. Entertainment team were fantastic. We lived for the afternoon cocktail games and kids mini disco. Thank you Sunshine for making our stay so enjoyable. Efharisto poli