Almiros Sand Apartments

We just returned from a two week stay at Almiros Sands apartments and just had to report how great it was. Largely, this was due to Mr Manolis, who went the extra mile to ensure we were well look after. This included little unexpected extras like bringing us cakes some mornings and replacing my sons fishing net when he saw it was broken. What a lovely gentleman!!! At one point our fridge stopped working and Mr Manolis attended to it immediately, even though it was late afternoon. When we returned that evening, it had been replaced with a brand new fridge freezer for all our groceries. The apartment is perfectly situated right on the beach - and it was a beautiful beach, safe for kids and nice and shallow. The pool was lovely too. Just a small caution - ensure your kids know not to swim under the large circular concrete area in the middle of the pool as it would be easy to get trapped if they did so - something we thought was potentially dangerous (though not a problem at all if your children like to remain above the water - ours don’t, they love swimming under water!) There is a very vigilant lifeguard on duty at the pool, so this was an extra pair of eyes to keep everyone safe. The apartments are about a half an hour walk across the beach and along the shoreline into town, so very do-able each evening (probably took 40 minutes with kids). The staff were all very friendly at the Blue River restaurant and they will bring you drinks and lunch to the beach if you like. The cleaning lady did a great job everyday to keep the apartment clean. We stayed in Apartment 2 which was really spacious and had a fabulous outdooor seating area overlooking the small lush garden and the beach. We would recommend this place to anyone, especially those with young kids or those just wanting to relax. There isn’t loads to do, but the town is very pretty and lots of nice tavernas and bars. We did a couple of trips to the water park and Spinalonga. It was mainly families staying on the complex but bizarrely they cranked up the music in the afternoon and started DJing. Not a problem for us, but worth mentioning. Thank-you for a wonderful time, we would recommend it to anyone.