Almira Hotel

"The Almira Hotel is a slice of heaven! We fell in love with Arkoudi, the Almira Hotel and her staff 3 years ago. And even though we extended our trip by 2 days this year, it still wasn't enough. What makes the Almira amazing? It starts with the gorgeous infinity pool that seems to melt into the Ionian Sea... where the beach is not complete chaos, but more of an intimate playground. The sapphires, teals, and aquas of the sea beckon you to take a swim. And then of course, the Sea's siren song is irresistible. Waking up to the sounds of the sea from our veranda is perfection. But as extraordinary as the pool, beach and Ionian Sea are, the BEST part of the Almira is the hotel staff. And I do mean everyone on the staff. The kitchen staff makes the most delicious meals. The bar staff creates scrumptious drinkable art. The reception, cleaning and wait staff are all very attentive....constantly checking to make sure your stay is exceptional. In short, they welcome you like family with a level of customer service that cannot be matched. As we drive towards Athens Airport after having a blissful vacation, I can't help but become a bit teary-eyed to be leaving our Almira family behind. With much love, we hope to see you all in Arkoudi, (the place we affectionately call our Garden of Eden) next year!"

Giota Rooms

Santa Marina Resort

"The hotel is more comfortable, the location is relatively biased, the pool is large, the room is good, relatively new, the bathroom is large. Breakfast is relatively simple..."

Ionion Beach Apartment Hotel & Spa

"This was actually a wonderful beach apartment and beautiful gardens but the two staff members in the reception were so unpleasant, rude and with such a bad attitude that we will never come back. The apartment was big, clean and spacesious with a big porch. The surrounding area was well kept with lots of beautiful flowers. The restaurant staff both in the evening restaurant and the breakfast restaurant were smiling, friendly and very attentive and polite. We ate oven baked lamp and pork chop in the evening. It tasted great. The beach (under water) was not good. Full of uneven cliffs and rocks and covered with some unpleasant slimy seaweed. The water was close to impossible to enter in front of the hotel. If you walk to the other end of the beach in front of the camping site, we were able to enter the water. The beach (over water) was sand and gravel/small rocks. At our departure we met another front desk staff member. We were returning our 3 beach towels to get back the enormous deposit of 45 € (!!! 15€ per towel). The man would only give back 40 € because he said there was a local tax. 5€ tax on beach towels!! He had just clearly stated that we had prepaid all of our stay, so that was all settled. Suddenly he changed his reason for wanting the 5€. It was tax on the room. It all seemed very strange. He was rude, angry and very impolite. I didn’t want to argue any further on this matter so I let him have his 5 € and left. I will gladly pay the local tax which is sometimes included and sometimes not. If there was a misunderstanding - fair enough. But the attitude of the staff was just terrible. I can’t recemmend this hotel to anyone. Greece has som many other pleasant places to choose from. The 2 stars are one for the apartment and one for the other staff working in the restaurants."