Dear larisafrasina, first of all I would like to thank you for choosing our boat for a cruise to Mount Athos.
About your complaints I would like to inform you these:
1. About the "too far from the coast", there is a rule from Mount Athos community that any boat with women onboard, not allowed to sail in a distance less of 500 meters from the coast. Calypso Cruises respect the rules as well as this holy place and the people living there.
2. I would like also to inform you that in the main deck of Calypso, there is a bar where our guests can find toasts, biscuits, croissants, snacks and appetizer for Ouzo or wine.
But all of them are extra of charge and not included in the price of the ticket.
3. You choosed to book on a day we had a pilgrimage cruise. Every time we have a pilgrimage along with our cruise, we emphasize on all our passengers about this stop, and inform them that our cruise is going to last one hour more, ( 4 hours instead of 3 that lasts the classical cruise without a stop).
There are many visitors travelling many miles for these pilgrimage cruises every season and we organize periodically some of them every month. Except these specific dates during a month, all the other days we offer cruises to Mount Athos without a stop.
Thank you again for your time. Have a nice time!