Mark Martin
Great hotel great location beach is a stones throw away. Clean well kept hotel with nice rooms cleaned to a high standard on a daily basis food was really good. The only downfall to the hotel hence the 4 star review is the extortionate drink prices sadly which sour the taste a little apart from that superb stay.
Lucy Howard
Booked through 'LastMinute.com'.
The pictures of the rooms on their website look amazing. However, what isn't shown is the room that they are offering as their "promo deal."
This room is tiny (room 160), like a cupboard. There isn't a useable balcony, it's just an area about 12 inches wide. There literally isn't a seat in the room, so you have to sit on the bed. There's not a dressing table area. There are only 2 plug sockets in the room, with one of these being for the kettle, none next to the bed. We didn't use the kettle as there weren't any cups or glasses in the room.
We were told we would have to pay to upgrade.
The rest of the hotel is lovely, and the views down to the beach are amazing. Drinks at the hotel bar are expensive. There aren't any lifts, so it is not the hotel for you if you have mobility issues.
There aren't any shops or restaurants nearby, so you either have to reserve a seat on the hotel bus or walk down the hill to the public bus stop. The food in the hotel restaurant in the evening is terrible (€30pp for the buffet), so we tended to book the hotel bus to Skiathos Town about 30 drive minutes away, and get the public bus back for €3 each. This drops you at the bottom of the hill, so you do have to climb back up. A taxi is about €20 each way.
Would I stay here again, I'm not sure - I would make sure it wasn't in a promo room! We are quite fit, so the stairs and the walk to the beach wasn't an issue. The lack of anything (even a local shop) being close to the resort is a big negative and would probably be the biggest influence in us not coming back.
Francesca Pellegrino
This is the oldest resort-style hotel in Skiathos and unfortunately the price you pay doesn’t really match the quality you get.
1/ the rooms need major renovations. The mattresses are sagging, you don’t have plugs on both sides of the bed and toilets are leaking. Even the hairdryer belongs to the ‘80s..
2/ The breakfast is low quality. Food is stale, dry and tasteless. Also you can’t even get a decent coffee without paying €5 at the hotel bar.
3/ Personnel is rude and unhelpful. Just to give an example, if you want to park the car in front of the hotel, a designated person tells which parking spot you should take. Every time they pick the toughest spot and when you ask to put it in an easier one , they say no laughing at your face.
4/ beach towels are rarely available - we had to go back 2/3 times every day to find some.
Lastly, this is a resort for families so if you are looking for a quiet place to relax wouldn’t stay here. Of course this doesn’t drive at all my negative review but wished we knew it in advance.
Sonia Singh
We booked this hotel via Tui and it is definitely not worth the price you pay. It is not a 4* whatsoever. It is incredibly dated and is in need of renovation. The only positive of this hotel is the pool area and the scenic views. Other than that, the staff are rude and not helpful, the rooms are dated, they have a kettle but no tea or coffee, no lifts in the hotel!!!! The breakfast and is very poor and below average - if you travel around Greece, you would expect a good quality breakfast and dinner, but here unfortunately it is not. The food is tasteless, has flies all over it and limited variety. Finally, the hotel is located in a very high up area, so that to walk up there is extremely difficult and has very steep steps which is not ideal for anyone with accessibility needs. On top of that, then walking up to your room is a mission as there are no lifts!!! The shuttle that the hotel offers runs at unusual times so we tended to get the local bus more often. The bus stop is outside the hotel which was helpful, but the hotel itself is isolated - the beach opposite is lovely but is a long walk to get to. Please think before booking this hotel!!!!
Lorah Becca
Amazing views! We had a sea view room which was amazing with private balcony with sunbeds but our room was pretty basic. Can’t fault the cleaning staff, great and quick!
Pool bar staff were great, friendly with all our encounters (especially when I missed a step and badly twisted my ankle)
Great little outside play area for our 18 month old and all staff were so friendly and welcoming with her.
The pool for me was fine, nice and cold considering how hot it is! It does go from 1 meter to 4 meters pretty quick. Plenty of sunbeds and chairs.
Our main reason for the 3 stars are due to the flys, we couldn’t enjoy the breakfast or dinner due to being constantly attacked not to mention how many would be on the pastry’s, edge of the hot food trays and one day several on the mini Frankfurt’s. After that me and my partner were very picky about what to have.
I will say having the pool bar food was great and fly free which was just bizarre with it only being a few feet away!
They finish serving breakfast at 10 then dinner isn’t served until 7pm probably not an issue for some but with a young child it can be.
There are steps everywhere and some being very steep so if mobility is an issue I wouldn’t recommend this hotel.
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