We are quiet sad of being home now, the two weeks in Plakias are over but we have tried to handle the thousands and thousands of memories we got being there. As we booked a package tour with Swedish "Apollo" (belonging to Kuoni group), there was NO other choice but Kostas Chrysoula available since we DON´T enjoy having a stay with breakfast included (or the dreaded All Inclusive, yuc!!). To stay in an apartment doing all the breakfast stuff yourself during morning hours you choose yourself (no "open from 7-10"), you can relax in your own way, dress the way you´re used to (or not at all with the curtains closed). You can also get used to having to create the routine of buying what you most enjoy for breakfast, walking around in the magnificent supermarkets where nothing is missing, really! No, the girls working in those supermarkets are not the most smiling ones or interested in helping you, maybe their jobs are not the most wanted ones although they still HAVE a decent job.
Anyway, we enjoy the private life of living this way, creating routines since we normally slow down considerably in all ways. We did NOT stay in the Kostas Chrysoula main buildings, Chrysoula herself (REALLY nice and friendly woman) took us away to the side street where they share business with "Ouranos Apartments" (sign on the building wall). "We share business togehter since we are related", she said but I couldn´t get the point if that was a brother/sister, or cousin. Anyway, "Room 91" as they called it, "1" on the door though was one of the ABSOLUTELY BEST APARTMENTS WE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY AT in Greece, counting 14 trips all around the country starting 1999!!!
We got a SPACY room, good enough to hold a dancing contest, fully equipped kitchen, enough soft beds to avoid back problems. A sofa big enough to host our bags, ready to be a bed if you got guests staying over night, PLUS a bed room on the side with enough wardrobe room for our clothes (again, too many) and ANOTHER BED FOR TWO. The balcony was big enough to hold a couple of soccer teams for lunch, including ourselves sitting there enjoying an afternoon beer. All this fulfilled only because I added a request of "second floor please, no ground apartment" which was taken seriously by the hotel and the rest is history!!!
I really can´t say much about KC since all said above stand out giving us such a nice memory of the accomodation side of this holiday. I really can´t trust the pictures given in the catalogue, we want to SEE a facility to be able to comment.The fact that KC was our only choice gave us a thought how wrong the catalogue in fact was. The main number of apartments at KC are NOT self-catering, I really wonder if there are ANY AT ALL in the two main buildings??? Maybe only the 4 apartments at Ouranos Ap´s are the ones available, we didn´t care to ask.
If I recommend KC to others - well.......YES but DO put demands of your stay if you choose to stay there because if you don´t you´ll take the risk of having breakfast included - losing many options.
/SweHa
