Warmest wishes for 2008

The Papadakis family and all the people in Angelos Village wish you a very happy and prosperous new year!!!!!
2007 has been a good year for the Papadakis family...

...with the arrival of baby Helen, the first grandchild of Angelos and Lia, the first child of Vasso and Costas.

...with Harria getting married the 20th of December with Thodoris (YES YES that's news, I got married!!!!!)-photos will follow...

...with Gianna, the youngest daughter of Angelos getting a good job in the National Gallery in Athens

...with lots of new friends from all over the world and old friends around us

...with all the fun and the joy our guests gave us during the summer of 2007-remember?

...but most important of all with love and understanding for each other that gives us the joy and the strength to keep trying and hope for the best in all aspects of our lives...

We wish you to be happy in 2008 and to find everything you are looking for

With lots of love and our best wishes
Angelos, Lia, Harria, Vasso, Gianna, Baby Helen, Thodoris, Costas
Ermioni, Afroditi, Tolis, Mario, Stavroula, Tasoula, Alma

Angelos Village Photos

As the winter is approaching, even in Crete, I think that some pictures of the hotel will remind us the good times we had there the last summer and will help us to make plans for next summer.
A big thank you to all our guests who sent us some of the photos you see below and specially to Marta from Poland and Steve from UK. They both did an excellent work.

And the winner is...(Part 2)

This is Kelly who won the lottery for the summer 2008. She sent me a very nice email and she is very excited since it is the first time ever that she wins anything!!!
Congratulations again Kelly, we are looking forward to seeing you ...

And the winner is.......

The lottery took place last night and Angelos, who chose the lucky envelope, is glad to announce that the winner is

KELLY GRAINNE

winning a two weeks holiday for two persons in Angelos Village in May, June 1-15 or October 2008!!!!
Congratulations to the winner and many thanks to all our guests who participated on the lottery this summer!!!!!!

The Hall of Fame Part I

As the summer is coming to an end I think that it is time for making the "Hall of Fame - Summer 2007" in Angelos Village that will keep the memories alive during the cold winter, until next summer.
I have chosen some of the pictures, but please feel free to send me any picture you think it should be a part of this collection...
...and we start with famous Super Mario dancing "zeibekiko" during the last Greek Night with Ermioni encouraging him...BIG success ....

Lindsay (well known for her famous laughter) with John and Harria (self taken picture)!!!

Harria and Lewis (you can see that things can be rough sometimes in the pool area).

Two of my favorite couples - Pat and Ann with John and Sue - couples that left strong memories with Pat playing the harmonica and John and Sue from New Zealand (!!! the other side of the world) inviting me to visit them there...well not a bad idea...

Jeff and Annie, the day of their departure...in the middle of the Greek Night. It was their second time in Angelos Village, this summer, a living proof that they had a great time with us, and we had a great time with them. See you both next year!!!



Last but definately not least in Hall of Fame part I , Ben Gordon and me the day of their departure ...not too much to say, they left lots of memories of great talks and funny moments. We really miss you !!!! till next year...

Book now to Enjoy the last month of summer in Crete

The weather is still very good here in Hersonissos, the temperature is around 28 degrees Celsius.
The sea is still warm and
you have the opportunity to relax and enjoy the summer,
the nature of Crete and the hospitality of Angelos Village
in an excellent value for money holiday.

Consider the opportunity to spend a week by the pool...
or at the beach...
...or just have some fun and some beers at the bar...in the warm and enjoyable environment of Angelos Village!!!
The prices are very friendly and extremely reduced...

Contact us by sending e-mail to :
hpapada@hotmail.com
or call us : 0030 28970 22716

Greek Night with live Greek music and special food

Friday night we decided to have some fun and we organized a greek night with live Greek music and special food! At first the weather was a little cloudy and we all thought that it wasn't a good idea but it didn't rain and I think that everybody had fun!
Ermioni (for those not familiar, our cook) prepared flambe main courses in front of us and our guests, playing with the fire
and she also prepared a delicious and impressive buffet of appetizers (see picture below) and desersts.
Tolis adn Mario were VERY helpful, admiring the buffet and making fun of everything and specially about the chickens (see photo below)....

...We all sat by the pool having dinner...

and some of us had good fun around the bar...(Vicky, in white, was in her honey moon!!!)
...or IN the bar (like Trish and Gareth from Newcastle who unfortunately they had to leave the greek night early to catch their flight back home)

The night ended with everybody dancing around the pool -except of some of the boys that claimed that they couldn't dance because they had hurt their leg. We tried to make them better with some raki shots and in a few minutes some of them recovered and even DANCED!!!!!!

Thank you all for the wonderful reviews

After a sleepless night (due to the famous night arrivals) we are more than happy to see that our family hotel is
No 2 best hotel of Hersonissos, according to "Tripadvisor".

(http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g503710-d595280-Reviews-Angelos_Village-Hersonissos_Crete.html)
And all this because of the excellent reviews that our guests wrote for us!
The only thing that Angelos, his family and Angelos Village Team can say is a BIG
Thank you
to all of you and to promise that we will continue trying to make your holidays the best possible

Happy Nameday Sophia

Today in Greece is the celebration of the names Sophia (Wisdom), Agapi (love), Pisti (Faith) and we send our best wishes to our favorite Sophia who was in the hotel 2 weeks ago and she was such a big help for us that we wanted to keep her together with her mother Androula (who would take care of our beauty) and Odysseus (who was great help for Mario).
Happy nameday Sophia and our best wishes...

One picture=1000 words...

Mario very inspired prepared four different cocktails for the marvelous Subi, Kiran, Sharan and Pav (you see the on the photo with Nella and Danny).


Subi (the mom) with her three daughters (Kiran, Sharan, Pav) stayed with us for two weeks and we enjoyed very much having them around since they remind us very much of my mom and our family's three daughters (see previous pictures). The girls were brave enough to do Bungee Jumping at Star Beach!!!! and adventurous enough to explore Crete with a car. And the last day they also bought us a present to prove that their stay in Angelos Village was more than satisfactory. Thank you all very much!

Thank you Steve!

Steve send me this picture, together with a very nice "thank you mail" for the Angelos Village team.

Ermioni (the cook) was very happy to know that Steve send his thanks and the rest of the team (Mario, Afrodite, Tolis, Harria and the Papadakis family) send their best.

The picture's title is "Mario and the lethal Raki"...As you can see from the picture "lethal raki" goes together with happy faces, so if the rest of you have picture or happy stories about it, share it with us...
We always wait for your pictures of your holidays and your mails.

Vasso Gianna and Harria

Happy in Angelos Village

Familiar faces...Our Stars

People who visited us and as promised "stars" of our website:

Lewis with his dad Dennis are having fun in the pool with Trudie watching the amazing pool star-Lewis- who is doing his best to impress everybody and win the hotel lottery!!!

Janet and Callum (also known as Harry Potter) the "dancing queen and king", the day of their departure - happy of their holidays - dancing a tango!!!

The "Raki man" the man who survived Mario's raki, Robert, with Mario (responsible for many others hangovers because of the raki and suffering from hangovers himself because of the raki)...and the happy Hannah.

Nella and Danny.
With Nella and Danny we spent hours talking and brainstorming about my November holidays (exotic destinations warm in November). But the funniest thing was that, because they both have been working in family places like ours, they always wanted to help us when the place was getting busy and I had to remind them all the time that they are on holidays and not supposed to work!!! But thanks anyway for the offer...
We are looking forward to hearing your news guys!!! E-mail us and send us more pictures from your holidays!

Win a two weeks holiday the summer of 2008

At the beggining of August we started the Hotel Lottery. The winner will get two weeks in Angelos Village for free for the summer of 2008. Many people found it a good idea and chance to come back so they keep putting their little enveloppes in the green box at the bar as you can see on the following photos.

...and so did my sister Gianna who decided that she could be the one to win, and so next year instead of workin at the hotel, she would make her holidays in Angelos Village. Impossible of course because as we explained to her even if she was the one to win she would't take the holidays....it has to be one of our guests!!!! Anyway I took aphoto of her only to make her feel better...
The winner will be announced the 31st of October 2007 in this blogspot and also in our website (www.angelosvillage.gr) which will be ready then.

Rich, Carol and Ellie (who adored Ermioni's "baklava"-traditional greek sweet) were among the firsts who took part in the hotel lottery and also as promised they wrote a wondereful review for the hotel in tripadvisor. In my turn as promised I made Rich the lottery "star"....

Good luck everybody

Video: A view of the hotel very early in the morning

This is my first try to make a video of the hotel, based on Danny's and Nella's idea. To be honest I saw one of his videos of Angelos Village and so the next morning I tried to do the same!
It was taken very early in the morning, the time I was waiting for the famous and numerous Friday arrivals...
The video starts with the sunrise as viewed from the bar and the pool. It was the 1st of September, a very hot day with no wind at all.

Dannii!!!!!!!

Dannii (always like a little princess in pink) and her parents, Mark and Amanda, visited us two weeks ago and little Dannii (we also loved the name) immediately became our favorite little model, so we all here decided that she would be our model for the season.
So here it is Dannii, as promised, your picture to advertise Angelos Village!!!!

Making lemonade.... and the "Kids Band"

Our gardens are full of lemon trees (in fact very productive lemon trees loaded with lemons this time of the year) and our hotel is full of children (in fact loaded with children, this week), playing and having fun in the pool, around the pool and in the gardens. Last Thursday afternoon the kids decided to pick up the lemons from the trees and to make lemonade to offer to all the guests.
The pick-up went great, they had also the water, sugar, glasses and everything else they needed, and the result was lemonade for all of us!!!!!!



Friday night, Elisabeth organized a performance for little Dannii, who was leaving that same night. On the video that follows you can listen to the "kids band" singing . Elisabeth is seating on the last stool left and there is Dannii in the middle and Natalie on the right.

Engagement at the hotel!!!

Glen and Kate (on the picture the day of their departure) came for holidays in Angelos Village...they were living in room number 23 AND THERE, on the balcony GLEN proposed to KATE giving her a beautiful ring with a pink stone and SHE said YES!!!!!
Congratulations and the best wishes from all of us in Angelos VIllage.
The wedding will be sometime next June and Glen and Kate promised to let us know and to send us some pictures!!!!
It is a first for the hotel and we all were very excited!!!
I think that we will rename their room to "23-Get engaged room"...

On this picture you see me, Glen and Kate with their goodbye and Congratulations drinks at the bar.