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Hello It was a great expérience. Our guide Costa is a good man. The organisation was very good. Many thanks to you and your crew. M Antoni
Date of experience : May 26, 2024
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Dear Mr. Antoni , thank you very much for your warm feedback ! we are looking forward to welcoming you in Crete in the near future again !! Best wishes and regards Alfa Odeon Holidays!!
Daytrip to Knossos
I booked a trip to Knossos/ Iraklio 19.06,everything went smoothly.Good information ahead,precise pick-up at hotel and comfortable bus.Our guide,Mrs.Katarina,was very knowledgeable and nice.I was very impressed by her fluency in both English and especially German.All in all a great day out,and an interesting look into the Minoan culture.
Date of experience : July 20, 2022
Dear Mrs. Myrseth , thank you very much for your warm feedback ! Wishing you all the best, we remain at your disposal ! With our kindest regards , Alfa Odeon Travel Team
Excellent service
I booked two tours in Crete with this company - the Knossos Palace and Heraklion day trip, and the Spinalonga trip. The communication I received from Nikos was prompt, useful and friendly, and he helped me to book these two trips into a very limited time window with a range of possible dates unlike other companies I had tried! He remained in contact prior to my trips, and provided an excellent service. The trips themselves were very reasonably priced (cheaper than other agencies), with prompt pick-up, clean coaches and excellent guides. I will definitely use Alfa Odeon holidays on my next trip to Crete!
Date of experience : November 10, 2021
Dear Mrs. Katherine thank you very much for your warm feedback ! Your review is extremely important to us in order to upgrade our services in the best way ! Looking forward to seeing you again soon ... With our best wishes & regards Alfa Odeon Holidays!
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I booked on-line two trips with this agency during my stay in Crete, in May 2023. The first one from Chania to Knossos: they picked me up in front of my hotel, the trip was very pleasant and interesting with our guide Stella who did great job in tree languages: english, german and greek, paying special attention to every single participant. In the evening they brought me back to my hotel. It was excellent! The second one from Chania to Samaria Gorge: they picked me up and brought me back to my hotel, as well, the trip was very well organized, our guide Dimitris was very careful and discrete, taking care of all of us all the time, but at the same time letting us enjoy this amazing place. The last but not least, I would like to thank to Mr. Nikos Tsiskakis for his promt replies and his professionality. I would highly recomend this agency!
Date of experience : May 13, 2023
Dear Ms. Maya, Thank you very much for your review and for your warm comments, I’ m very happy that you had a nice experience in both daytrips of our agency, We are looking to helping you in the near future again ! Wishing you a happy time , I remain at your disposal With my best wishes and kindest regards , Nikos Tsiskakis , Alfa ODEON Holidays 25 Paleologou str. – Rethymno – Crete 0030 28310 57610 – 0030 6974649354 www.odeontravel.gr www.villaincrete.com
A great tour for a fun and different day
We went on a trip to the Elafonisi beach from Chania in August and everything went smooth and great. The trip was well planned, we first stopped for a little break at Cave of Agia Sofia for 30min in the morning and then when we were coming back to Chania, we stopped for a lunch in a nice little village. The guide was very nice and attentive, explained everything in detail and in an interesting way, and the driver also did a good job with smooth and fast driving. 10/10
Date of experience : November 07, 2021
Dear Mrs. Polina thank you very much for your warm feedback and all your assistance ! Looking forward to seeing you again soon ... Best regards Alfa Odeon Holidays !
Excellent *****
I booked a tour with Alpha Odeon to Heraklion and Knossos. Lots of help from Kostis he even sent a map to where we were being picked up plus reminder for trip and the price was cheaper than anywhere else I’d looked . Only wish I’d booked our other trip with this company too and not our travel agent . 10/10 Kostis and a very big recommendation for you 😊
Date of experience : May 31, 2022
Dear Mrs. Clarke , thank you very much for your positive feedback and your warm comments!! It was a pleasure to contact with you!! we are looking forward to helping you in the near future again!! With my kindest regards , Kostis Chliaoutakis
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There are 1,000 rooms of different categories in the Izmailovo Alfa Hotel: standard, junior suite, studio suite and suite. All rooms are equipped with direct-dial telephones, multi channel TV, fridge. Bathrooms in standard rooms have a shower. Bathrooms in studio suites, junior suites and suites are equipped with Jacuzzi. The standard room is one-room, the studio suite has two adjoining rooms, junior suites and suites consist of two separate rooms. All suites are originally-designed (two rooms are different in colour).
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Explainer-What Next After New US Sanctions on Russia's Financial System?
Explainer-What Next After New US Sanctions on Russia's Financial System?
An interior view shows the headquarters of Moscow Exchange in the city of Moscow, Russia, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
(Reuters) - Washington imposed new sanctions on Wednesday on the Moscow Exchange and its clearing agent, the National Clearing Centre (NCC), leading to an immediate trading halt in dollars and euros on Russia's largest bourse.
The U.S. Treasury said it was "targeting the architecture of Russia's financial system, which has been reoriented to facilitate investment into its defense industry and acquisition of goods needed to further its aggression against Ukraine".
Russia shrugged off the move, pointing to the reduced role of the dollar and euro since Moscow's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine led to sweeping Western sanctions.
But the U.S. move took the market by surprise and it may take days, if not weeks, for it to settle into the new reality.
TRADING HALT
The central bank said Moscow Exchange trading in dollars, euros and Hong Kong dollars would stop. The sanctions, particularly the inclusion of the NCC, prevent traders from settling spot and futures contracts with dollars through MOEX infrastructure.
"The sanctions were imposed only by the U.S., but EU countries also observe them," the central bank said. "Therefore, exchange trading was also stopped in the euro."
MOEX will likely face reduced trading volumes, which could squeeze its profits. Its shares sank 15% at the market opening in Moscow, before settling around 4.8% lower.
The fact that no clear indicator of the rouble-dollar rate emerged at the start of the banking day suggests that Russia's financial system was not 100% ready for this move, said Yevgeny Nadorshin, chief economist at PF Capital.
SILVER LININGS
Crucially, around 60% of Moscow-based FX trading is now conducted over-the-counter (OTC). The central bank said it would calculate the official rouble rate based on OTC trading.
Since it started calculations in this way, the bank has only observed "insignificant deviations" from the official exchange-traded rate for the dollar and euro.
The exchange rate will remain market-based - it is only the data used for calculating it that has changed.
Another benefit for Russia is that burgeoning trade with China as Moscow redirects trade flows east has made the yuan the most traded currency in Moscow, with 54% of the market in May, up from a negligible pre-war share.
"To determine where the fair rate is, market participants will be able to rely on the cross rate of rouble-yuan and yuan-dollar and yuan-euro," said Alfa Capital.
ROUBLE PROSPECTS
Short-term volatility is unavoidable, but a strengthening of the rouble is possible in the medium-term. When payment difficulties hampered imports early this year, the rouble gained, said Raiffeisen Bank analysts.
"Over the longer horizon, the rouble could even strengthen further. As it becomes more difficult to withdraw foreign currency ... this could lower demand for it," said Alfa Capital.
"Let's remember 2022: the rouble initially weakened strongly due to market panic, but then began to strengthen."
The central bank said the rouble rate was determined by the balance of supply and demand for foreign currency received from foreign trade activities and did not depend on how transactions were carried out.
Russian exporters that are obliged to sell a portion of their foreign currency revenues as part of capital controls supporting the rouble would continue to do so in dollars, directly through authorised banks, the central bank said.
WIDE SPREADS, OTHER RISKS
Brokers were offering wide buy-sell spreads and many were not conducting transactions at all, further evidence of the market's general lack of preparedness for the sanctions.
"In the future, the difference between U.S. dollar and euro buying and selling rates will become larger than before, however the emergence of additional transaction costs and more complex access to buying major world currencies will to some extent limit domestic demand for foreign assets," said Oleg Kuzmin and Andrei Melaschenko of Renaissance Capital.
Washington has clearly signalled its intent to clamp down on banks in third countries that enable Russia to sustain its war effort.
"The new restrictions increase the level of risk in terms of possible secondary sanctions," said Alfa Bank.
(Reporting by Reuters in Moscow, Alexander Marrow and Darya Korsunskaya in London; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Mark Potter)
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Explainer: What next after new US sanctions on Russia's financial system?
Washington imposed new sanctions on Wednesday on the Moscow Exchange and its clearing agent, the National Clearing Centre (NCC), leading to an immediate trading halt in dollars and euros on Russia's largest bourse.
The U.S. Treasury said it was "targeting the architecture of Russia's financial system, which has been reoriented to facilitate investment into its defense industry and acquisition of goods needed to further its aggression against Ukraine".
Russia shrugged off the move, pointing to the reduced role of the dollar and euro since Moscow's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine led to sweeping Western sanctions.
But the U.S. move took the market by surprise and it may take days, if not weeks, for it to settle into the new reality.
TRADING HALT
The central bank said Moscow Exchange trading in dollars, euros and Hong Kong dollars would stop. The sanctions, particularly the inclusion of the NCC, prevent traders from settling spot and futures contracts with dollars through MOEX infrastructure.
"The sanctions were imposed only by the U.S., but EU countries also observe them," the central bank said. "Therefore, exchange trading was also stopped in the euro."
MOEX will likely face reduced trading volumes, which could squeeze its profits. Its shares sank 15% at the market opening in Moscow, before settling around 4.8% lower.
The fact that no clear indicator of the rouble-dollar rate emerged at the start of the banking day suggests that Russia's financial system was not 100% ready for this move, said Yevgeny Nadorshin, chief economist at PF Capital.
SILVER LININGS
Crucially, around 60% of Moscow-based FX trading is now conducted over-the-counter (OTC). The central bank said it would calculate the official rouble rate based on OTC trading.
Since it started calculations in this way, the bank has only observed "insignificant deviations" from the official exchange-traded rate for the dollar and euro.
The exchange rate will remain market-based - it is only the data used for calculating it that has changed.
Another benefit for Russia is that burgeoning trade with China as Moscow redirects trade flows east has made the yuan the most traded currency in Moscow, with 54% of the market in May, up from a negligible pre-war share.
"To determine where the fair rate is, market participants will be able to rely on the cross rate of rouble-yuan and yuan-dollar and yuan-euro," said Alfa Capital.
ROUBLE PROSPECTS
Short-term volatility is unavoidable, but a strengthening of the rouble is possible in the medium-term. When payment difficulties hampered imports early this year, the rouble gained, said Raiffeisen Bank analysts.
"Over the longer horizon, the rouble could even strengthen further. As it becomes more difficult to withdraw foreign currency ... this could lower demand for it," said Alfa Capital.
"Let's remember 2022: the rouble initially weakened strongly due to market panic, but then began to strengthen."
The central bank said the rouble rate was determined by the balance of supply and demand for foreign currency received from foreign trade activities and did not depend on how transactions were carried out.
Russian exporters that are obliged to sell a portion of their foreign currency revenues as part of capital controls supporting the rouble would continue to do so in dollars, directly through authorised banks, the central bank said.
WIDE SPREADS, OTHER RISKS
Brokers were offering wide buy-sell spreads and many were not conducting transactions at all, further evidence of the market's general lack of preparedness for the sanctions.
"In the future, the difference between U.S. dollar and euro buying and selling rates will become larger than before, however the emergence of additional transaction costs and more complex access to buying major world currencies will to some extent limit domestic demand for foreign assets," said Oleg Kuzmin and Andrei Melaschenko of Renaissance Capital.
Washington has clearly signalled its intent to clamp down on banks in third countries that enable Russia to sustain its war effort.
"The new restrictions increase the level of risk in terms of possible secondary sanctions," said Alfa Bank. REUTERS
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