Majestic Spa Hotel - (Accommodation in Laganas)
Laurence B 
Laganas Report: 21-29 August 2005: Mr & Mrs B, both age 47, riding shotgun on daughters holiday with friend. Both age 17. Arrivals: Small airport, passenger luggage slow to emerge on carrousel. Six large cartons of condoms remained uncollected; ominous. Transfer and check-in to Hotel Victoria on main strip, smooth. First impressions a bit grim. Hotel Victoria: gloomy brown interiors, polystyrene ceiling tiles. Room functional, beds OK, balcony overlooking adjacent balconies. En-suite toilet clean, shower smaller than it looked. Rooms cleaned, towels/bed linen changed daily. Fridge, TV and air conditioning available for an extra charge. Hotel breakfast: basic. Hotel reasonably quiet at night. Noisy surroundings into the early hours; complete football chant ending with “Chelsea up yours“. Weather: Very good. Hot, sunny, cooling breeze off the sea. Pool culture: Pleasant. Hotel Pool smaller than it looked in the brochure, but still a good size, grassy pool surround, plenty of sun loungers. OK pool side bar/cafe. Pool people: Young couples, a few old people, a few families, range of groups, scousers (babes), southerners (boys), northerners (writers) geordies (noisy), you know who you are. Beach culture: Pleasant. A long narrow strip of sand at bottom of main strip. Sand dusty and or compacted in places. Plenty of sun loungers. Range of beach side cafes. Sea, calm, clear, warm and shallow. Insect Life: Mosquitoes but no wasps, flies, ants etc to speak of. Itinerant vendors at beach and pool selling CD‘s etc an irritation. Club Culture: In your face. Around sixty clubs and bars down the main strip to the beach and along it left and right. Maybe only fifty eight since the Mayor closed down a couple - their Wild Party Night’s apparently got a bit too wild. Daughter and friend report, RnB, House, Hip Hop, Old Sckool, DJ,s, MC’s, foam and cocktails all compulsory into the early hours. Dancing on the bar optional. Large, loud bar crawls, party nights organised by tour reps. Food culture: Tasty. Lots of restaurants, most scrubbed up well in the evening. Try Kosta’s Taverna, far end of Kalamaki Road for Greek food, olives, stuffed vine leaves, beef stiffado and Kleftico. Try Med Version, right, along the beach front. Contemporary setting and food, watch the sea colour change over Laganas bay as the sun goes down. Nice as anywhere. McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, English breakfasts readily available on the main strip. Shopping culture: Limited. Plenty of tourist tat of all kinds available, henna tattooing and hair braiding as required, a few expensive boutiques and one bucking bronco. Other places to go on foot: Hit beach turn right. 1K to small island reached by wooden causeway, bar, small hidden cove. Nice as anywhere. 1k further reach Agios Sostis small pleasant resort. Quiet. Hit beach turn left. 2K to Kalamaki beach, past turtle breeding ground. Beach under airport flight path, undeveloped, unpromising. Return to Laganas. Departure: Congested. Airport being redeveloped. Until then expect large and lengthy queues at check-in, well marshalled by the tour reps but still a trial. 
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- GBKostas Taverna - (Restaurants in Laganas)
Laurence B (30 August 2005)
Kosta’s Taverna, far end of Kalamaki Road great for Greek food, try the olives, stuffed vine leaves, beef stiffado and Kleftico.
Med Version - (Restaurants in Laganas)
Laurence B
Med Version, right, along the beach front. Contemporary setting and food, watch the sea colour change over Laganas bay as the sun goes down. Nice as anywhere.