I think that the holiday was very successful. Basic information below

Written: 16 july 2018
Travel time: 7 — 14 july 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 6.0
Check-in: Upon arrival at the hotel around 13:00 in 5-10 minutes, we already received the keys to the room after filling out a small questionnaire with personal data, as well as access to the "all inclusive". Considering that the hotel day starts at 14:00, this is a big plus that we did not have to wait long. As I watched, in the following days, new tourists also immediately received the keys without a long wait.

Check-out: Hotel night ends at 12:00, so before that time you must leave the room and return the keys to the reception. In addition, we still could use all the available entertainment (beach, swimming pool, "all inclusive" until the very departure. We had a check-out at 16:30. Also available is the “Shower room” until 18:00 for free, where you can change clothes and swim after the beach. This is a normal hotel room. In conclusion, if it comes to check in/out, there was no problem with this.

Hotel: If we talk about the hotel itself, it is clean, looks like in the photos.

We were a group of 4, so we had 2 rooms (superior). Rooms with sea view (as in the attached photos). In addition to the room: TV, air conditioning, towels (small and large for each person, which are changed every 3 days), hair dryer, safe (free of charge), hand soap. The rooms are cleaned every day. Unfortunately, the hotel does not have towels for the beach, so you need to take your own or buy in a store nearby. The hotel also has billiards (2 euro game); 2 bars with all-inclusive access until 23:00 (then for an additional fee), restaurant. During our stay at the hotel 3 times we had additional entertainment in the evening: Saturday - live jazz music; Wednesday - live music pop style; Friday - Greek bouzouki (i. e. Greek music with dancing in national dress)

Food: The food is good and tasty, breakfast and lunch are about the same every day, while dinner is different. For dinner, the main dishes were meat and fish to choose from.
The downside is that unfortunately the restaurant itself is small and you have to wait in line (from 10 minutes sometimes up to 40 minutes) in order to get inside. It depends on how many people are in the hotel, the more people the longer the wait. But, despite everything, order reigns at the entrance to the restaurant, everyone will find a place for themselves and there is enough food for everyone (dishes are constantly delivered).

Service: the staff is pleasant and good, they generally speak English at the reception and in the restaurant, there were also people who spoke Russian.

Beach: The beach is next to the hotel, looks the same as in the photos. Sun loungers and umbrellas are free, but you need to book places on the beach in the morning. The beach also has a pier from which you can jump perfectly. I recommend bringing a snorkeling mask with you. The sea is very clean at any time of the day.

Neighborhood: unfortunately, with this so-so.

Near the hotel there is only a small shop with different products (food, souvenirs, alcohol, beach accessories), but be aware that the prices in it are 15-20% more expensive than in other shops on the island. Heading to the right from the Hotel, 1.8-2 km there will be more shops and a very good Greek Tavern (Akrogiali). I highly recommend eating there for lunch or dinner. The food is very fresh and tasty. We were at 4, ordered typical Greek fish dishes - paid between 65-70 EUR for everything. I don't think it's too expensive. Heading to the left of the hotel, after about 2.5 - 3 km you will reach the town of Benitses (there are also various taverns and shops). There are no sidewalks on the road, I do not recommend walking. Every 15 minutes, the Bus runs - the ticket price is 1.7 EUR per person (this price is valid for various distances, both close and long). For this price, you can also get to the aforementioned Akrogiali tavern.
The bus stop is right in front of the hotel where you can see the exact bus schedule.

Excursions: we did not use the tours from the agency, given that we were traveling in four - it turned out to be cheaper and more convenient for us to travel by ourselves. By bus in 25-30 minutes we drove up to the city of Corfu (price 1.7 EUR) per person. Easy to find city center and all attractions. I recommend visiting the monastery of St. Spiridon. The next day we rented a car, with the help of the hotel itself. The plus is that we got and left the car in the hotel parking lot and did not have to go anywhere else. The price starts from 40 EUR/day. We took insurance for 45 EURO + 10 EURO (an additional option is not mandatory). Also, the cost does not cover fuel. We refueled for 20 EURO, having driven 100 km in a day, we still have some left.

I recommend to go to Paleokastrica, really super view of the beaches and mountains.
From what I saw, you can also take a bus (I don't know the ticket price). From the hotel by car, the road is about 1 hour one way. The road is not straight all the time, you need to be careful on the turns. On Paleokastrica itself, we found a boat with a captain who, for 70 EURO (for 4 people), made us a 1 hour excursion along the entire coast and showed us all the sights and historical places. We were on a good beach called Paradise Beach, and in 2 hours the captain sailed for us again and took us away (the time when we chose to pick us up ourselves).

Bottom line: I think that the rest was very successful, a lot of places to visit. Sitting only in the hotel will be boring. Food is delicious, service is friendly.
The price matches the quality. Don't be afraid that the Hotel only has 3 stars because it is really good.
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