Villa Elia Resort

Where do I start!? We were greeted with a warm smile at the gate on arrival from the airport.......I'll let you guess the rest! Superb apartments with modern spotlessly clean rooms serviced daily. The site has 2 pools with a bar and restaurant serving Greek dishes through to chicken nuggets, all spot on. There were always plenty of sunbeds available to us of such quality you could lay on them all day and still be comfortable; believe me I know!! A short walk (5 mins) along a country lane takes you to the beach, mainly pebbles, which is stunning and approx 2 kms long. Along it are various bars and restaurants but all individual and serving great food. The area however is not built up and retains a high level of natural beauty. A short (10 min) taxi ride, cost us 10 Euros, takes you into town which has a myriad of tiny streets to explore along with an impressive harbour. again plenty of bars and restaurants to choose from. Our holiday was a relaxing affair just as we had planned. We didn't explore the island although many do and say its a fabulous place, we simply indulged in the Villas sublime chilled vibe and properly made use of the sunbeams as stated previously!! In summary if you want to relax you can, if you want to explore you can, if you want to party you can (in town). All in all I fully understand why Villa Elia gets such great reviews and can only recommend to others. Thanks to George and his superb team for their non stop hospitality.

Lovely family run hotel. Very welcoming. Very clean & well maintained. Beautiful gardens. Every aspect from maids, breakfast , bar & reception was run very efficiently. Lovely homemade food coming out if the kitchen. Very authentic. 8 minute walk to a lovely beach. A few restaurants scattered along. Although nice food, preferred the hotel food. Hired a car for 4 days. Did this independently Though hotel would have organised if requested. Parking spot was a nice surprise. Easy to get around the island & worth doing.

We booked a "Studio with garden view" for 6 nights end of August in Alselia wing for an average price of 200eur/night, breakfast included. I will say from the beginning that it was the worst value for money so far, paid not only for a 4* accommodation but from all the places that we stayed. We paid far less money for 4* accommodation and much, much better conditions. The first thing that hit me was the mold found on the tray under the freezer, rusty shelves in the refrigerator and it was obvious that the fridge wasn't cleaned before. In fact, the fridge and the furniture were old, had scratch marks and creaked. It is true that the room had a filter machine, but without filter. If you want to use it you need to come with filter paper. The room is not soundproof, you can hear children crying/screeming/playing. Definitely, from my point of view, it's not an ideal place for the honeymooners (or maybe it is, as you could have second thoughts having children) . People were coming and leaving during the night or early in the morning and you could hear everything. The breakfast was average, food was good but nothing extraordinary; for example, the orange juice wasn't freshly squized but poured from boxes, the coffee was ordinary. The food was the same every day, but enough to eat something else every day: eggs all kind (boiled, fried, omelet, scrambled), 3-4 kinds of cheese, vegetables, yogurt, pancakes and different sweets, fresh fruits, tea, milk. A tip for the area: if you want to buy a bottle of watter, the closest shop is approximate 1km away or you can buy it from local terraces/taverns/restaurants. A plus for the people at the reception, as we received good recommendations for places to eat in the area and things to do. Another plus for the pool and the recreation areas (for example the tennis courts: we didn't use them but we saw the people playing, even late in the night), the garden looks very nice, well maintained. A nice touch was the name of the location embroaded on the towels and sleeping pillows. Overall, we wanted to have a restful and relaxing vacation and this didn't happen. The most important thing for the people who are delivering services should be the client satisfaction, and this should be valid even more in the horeca sector. The owners should be aware that sometimes the customers make big efforts to have a vacation and to pay this amount of money (200eur/night it's not so cheap) and for what? For mold, rust, scratched and creaky furniture?