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The hotel was right across from the marina so in a great location to walk to most of the sites around town. There's several good restaurants close by. The hotel common area was very nice, the staff was wonderful. The pool was very welcome on a couple hot afternoons we were there. There's a rooftop bar for hanging out for drinks at night, not open until the evening though. The hotel restaurant did a nice job with lunches, the buffet breakfast was just OK for me. The rooms were a bit quirky, they were clean but functionality wasn't great. Limited places to hang anything wet, trash can almost impossible to use gracefully, tissue were about the same roughness as our paper towels, shower head a total disaster (made it work but a very poor design), plug for bathroom outside the bathroom which is inconvenient (but I think a Greek code).

My review is based on the alleged 4* of the hotel. In my very personal opinion: Positives :-) _The hotel location with the view of the sea, the bridge of Rio-Antirio and the spectacular sunset · The staff at the dining room. Although they seemed disorganised and most of them untrained, they were really kind and helpful. Separate reference should be made to the lady in the reception as she was a gem. Professional, kind, resourceful, always with a smile. The playground for little children is new and in great condition. Negatives :-( *Definitely NOT a 4 star hotel * Definitely in need of radical renovations. * Not clean, certainly not to a 4 star hotel standards. The glass doors in the room were not cleaned, the mirror in the bathroom too and when the staff came to fix the extra bed and had to move the other beds we saw that the floor (plastic carpet) hasn’t been swept thoroughly most probably in years. The curtains in the dining room were also dirty. * The pool bar and surrounding area is a mess. The furniture are so used up that their colour has been altered completely. You can see garbage and debris at the corners of the hotel. The lawn is in a really bad condition. * The pool is cleaned daily but it's only open between 11:00-19:00. I am guessing this is the lifeguard's working hours.... While we were there, one of the lifeguards was never near the pool but in the pool bar browsing through their phone and nobody seemed to care. * The quality of the food is average, at best. A lot of low quality staff like jams, cakes etc *The corridors in the room floors need immediate paint refresher.

About Porto Rio The staff are very kind and respectful...only they raise the hotel to the level of 4*...otherwise the hotel does not deserve more than 2* All inclusive is a thorn...the same food every day in the morning...it's ok if you're not picky, you can choose to eat different every day At lunch...3-4 dishes with the same side dishes, pasta, rice and potatoes...on no day were there fried potatoes, at least for the children, insufficient desserts, if you weren't careful you couldn't get enough for that they passed very quickly The Greeks are not soup experts, but there is no soup at lunch, instead, soup is served in the evening Dinner...about the same every day In the land of olives, olives are completely absent...only in one day I saw them Everything is paid for at the pool bar between 10am and 1pm, after 1pm you get the cheapest drinks, and in the evening between 8pm and 10pm alcoholic drinks At 10 p.m., when people would sit on the terrace... the bar closes The rooms, with quite outdated furniture, but ok to sleep, the beds are ok, the bathroom ok without the smell of mold as other guests said...cleaning is done and towels are changed daily... The pool is ok with water between 0.8-2.7m... although the hotel has 3 pools, only the big one is for guests, one is rented to someone else and you have to pay, and another is taken by those who take care of the SPA, so here you pay There are not enough sunbeds at the pool, there are people who occupy them and don't pick up the towels until the end of the stay, or at least that was the practice until I raised this problem to the manager, then another thief followed, she followed you, if you were absent for 30 minutes at the sunbed the staff would pick up your towel and you would be left without a sunbed The beach...sand and stones...and entering the sea only with stones...requires shoes otherwise you get hurt If you find it elsewhere, I recommend going elsewhere, otherwise you will be disappointed