The main advantage of the Karina Hotel is that both the hostess and the key part of the staff speak Russian. Another plus is the absence of any bureaucracy in dealing with guests. If you need something, if possible, they will help you both in word and deed. The hotel is a B&B system, but they can serve both lunch and dinner, including local wine and other drinks.
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The main advantage of the Karina Hotel is that both the hostess and the key part of the staff speak Russian.
Another plus is the absence of any bureaucracy in dealing with guests. If you need something, if possible, they will help you both in word and deed.
The hotel is a B&B system, but they can serve both lunch and dinner, including local wine and other drinks.
Karina is located, although not in Benitses itself, but not the farthest hotel from the village. The road to the nearest supermarket takes about 15 minutes. This two-lane paved road runs along the entire east coast of Corfu. It is quite narrow, so you need to be careful on it and keep to the very edge, and it is better to step back to the side of the road when the tour bus approaches.
Although the hotel is located above the road, traffic noise is not a problem.
The problem is more likely in mosquitoes penetrating at night through the open balcony door. Therefore, you should take a fumigator with you.
The windows of the rooms overlook the sea, but this view is more expressive, starting from the 3rd floor. But you will have to pay for the view by everyday climbing the stairs in the heat. Which, on the other hand, will have a beneficial effect on the thigh muscles. However, it is definitely better for cores to settle lower.
The rooms are quite suitable, although you need to be careful when washing in a tiny bathroom, because when lowering and raising your head, you risk hitting the sink. They clean almost every day and change linen once a week.
The breakfast concept is very original and, in my opinion, is not focused on the individual needs of guests. The smallest part of the breakfast is laid out on the table - canned beans, every other day - cucumbers and tomatoes, cereals, butter (combi), muffins, water, coffee and tea in cans, juice (a diluted concentrate of something) and jam of three varieties. The rest is originality! - they bring you to the table. This includes: a couple of toasts, boiled eggs or scrambled eggs, a few toasted slices of white bread with slices of tomato and cheese put on them, a little yogurt, as well as oatmeal and a few more slices of bread without anything. You don't leave hungry, especially if you've added your favorite oatmeal. However, I would have preferred the classic buffet, common in all European hotels with stars and family pensions without stars. Excluding, of course, the Bulgarian ones with mechanics, where the owner also brings food to the table for you in the morning at his own discretion.
The hotel has its own beach and very close - cross the road and go down to the sea. But I was there only once, in the evening, to admire the stars. It is tiny, and if you don’t want to listen for hours to the joyful cries of children and the clucking of their mothers, but only want to enjoy the rustle of the oncoming waves, it’s better to walk for about 5 minutes along the road towards the village and go out to the sea, where an almost deserted sand and pebble awaits you. beach with clear water.
The hotel is inhabited mainly by compatriots, I hardly saw foreigners. However, judging by the tradition left by tradition, both the British and the Germans have been here.
For lovers of mountain tourism and just walks in nature, there are excellent opportunities here. In the village, opposite the bakery, the uphill road begins. Pretty cool at first. The first thing you will meet will be the church of St. Paraskeva with a natural spring. From there, you follow the path to a mountain serpentine and, turning right at the crossroads, you get to the picturesque village of Stavros, with a monastery, churches, as well as a magnificent platform on Mount Boyno, from where a breathtaking panorama of the island opens.
Another plus is the absence of any bureaucracy in dealing with guests. If you need something, if possible, they will help you both in word and deed.
The hotel is a B&B system, but they can serve both lunch and dinner, including local wine and other drinks.
Karina is located, although not in Benitses itself, but not the farthest hotel from the village. The road to the nearest supermarket takes about 15 minutes. This two-lane paved road runs along the entire east coast of Corfu. It is quite narrow, so you need to be careful on it and keep to the very edge, and it is better to step back to the side of the road when the tour bus approaches.
Although the hotel is located above the road, traffic noise is not a problem.
The problem is more likely in mosquitoes penetrating at night through the open balcony door. Therefore, you should take a fumigator with you.
The windows of the rooms overlook the sea, but this view is more expressive, starting from the 3rd floor. But you will have to pay for the view by everyday climbing the stairs in the heat. Which, on the other hand, will have a beneficial effect on the thigh muscles. However, it is definitely better for cores to settle lower.
The rooms are quite suitable, although you need to be careful when washing in a tiny bathroom, because when lowering and raising your head, you risk hitting the sink. They clean almost every day and change linen once a week.
The breakfast concept is very original and, in my opinion, is not focused on the individual needs of guests. The smallest part of the breakfast is laid out on the table - canned beans, every other day - cucumbers and tomatoes, cereals, butter (combi), muffins, water, coffee and tea in cans, juice (a diluted concentrate of something) and jam of three varieties. The rest is originality! - they bring you to the table. This includes: a couple of toasts, boiled eggs or scrambled eggs, a few toasted slices of white bread with slices of tomato and cheese put on them, a little yogurt, as well as oatmeal and a few more slices of bread without anything. You don't leave hungry, especially if you've added your favorite oatmeal. However, I would have preferred the classic buffet, common in all European hotels with stars and family pensions without stars. Excluding, of course, the Bulgarian ones with mechanics, where the owner also brings food to the table for you in the morning at his own discretion.
The hotel has its own beach and very close - cross the road and go down to the sea. But I was there only once, in the evening, to admire the stars. It is tiny, and if you don’t want to listen for hours to the joyful cries of children and the clucking of their mothers, but only want to enjoy the rustle of the oncoming waves, it’s better to walk for about 5 minutes along the road towards the village and go out to the sea, where an almost deserted sand and pebble awaits you. beach with clear water.
The hotel is inhabited mainly by compatriots, I hardly saw foreigners. However, judging by the tradition left by tradition, both the British and the Germans have been here.
For lovers of mountain tourism and just walks in nature, there are excellent opportunities here. In the village, opposite the bakery, the uphill road begins. Pretty cool at first. The first thing you will meet will be the church of St. Paraskeva with a natural spring. From there, you follow the path to a mountain serpentine and, turning right at the crossroads, you get to the picturesque village of Stavros, with a monastery, churches, as well as a magnificent platform on Mount Boyno, from where a breathtaking panorama of the island opens.
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