Atlantica Mikri Poli Park (ex Carda Beach)

I’m writing this review having stayed here last summer as a couple in our 20’s/30’s in September 2024. I have not stopped thinking about our great time at this hotel. We were a little apprehensive reading reviews prior to our visit, but we were blown away by the standard of this hotel. If you are a couple and are nervous about it being too busy with children, the ‘left side’ of the hotel when facing it from the sea is the best place to eat and sit in the day, but the whole hotel has a great atmosphere. Firstly, food - we dined 9/10 times at the Italian buffet for breakfast and dinner, it is quieter, less children, great staff and food and salad selection (if you love Italian as we do!). Plus a gorgeous view over the pool and the sea. The other restaurant on the other side was good the 2-3 times we ate there, but a little busier. Snacks are abundant during the day, the best being the gyros truck on the ‘quiet side’. We chose the Chinese for our a la cartè which was phenomenal. HIGHLY recommend Porto Eye in Kardemena for dinner with great steaks and pasta at a really reasonable price. Plus you can watch the sunset over the harbour if you sit on the rooftop part! Drinks - the drinks were good, the beers were nice and fresh, the cocktails were nice but pre-mixed and very sugary. You can’t complain but they could be better for a 5* Staff - most of the staff were lovely and friendly, there were a few that looked at you blankly when serving you or didn’t always acknowledge you. Entertainment - this hotel is clearly aimed at families and there is nothing short of non-stop activities for families which is great to see, and the reps couldn’t do enough for the children, these mainly take place over the other side of the hotel with the infinity pool & main buffet restaurant (right side). The evening entertainment was again very family focused which was fun to watch a couple times in the amphitheater, there were quizzes in the bar on the right side of the hotel and near daily musicians on in the lovely bar above the Italian. I would say if you are a couple you may want to wander into Kardemena for some drinks, there are plenty of sports bars etc Location - the location of this hotel was perfect to us, 2 mins to the sea, the beach was never packed. 20 minutes from the airport which was great. 10/15 minute walk along to Kardemena which was lovely in the day and the evening - we walked across most days. There are plenty of shops of clothes, jewellery, souvenirs etc Things to do: we did a boat trip day (3 bay with lunch and a drink included) one day, and hired a quad bike for a day, on another day, to explore the whole island. It’s easy to get to Kos town and park up, I’d recommend driving up through the mountains! All of these can be arranged through an excursion shop in Kardemena and were great fun and worth the money. A few evenings we walked into Kardemena for dinner/cocktails. Some bars are even open until the early hours. Pools - there are plenty of pools,

The hotel is stunning nestled into the hillside overlooking the most amazing view you can imagine. I would say the majority of staff were hard working and conscientious especially “lady” (her name ) that worked the main bar pretty much single handed most of the time unfortunately even for a superstar bar attendant she could not meet the demand and the queues were very long I would say 80 % of the time which spoiled things for us. The food was really good in the buffet restaurant again issues with queues sometimes 20 minutes waiting for a table. The pools were very clean and the lifeguards were in control and it felt very safe to me. The football academy was excellent - hats off to Ryan and Chloe who were very professional and they even jumped in with the afternoon pool parties and water polo which was great. the rooms were nice and spacious and very modern UNFORTUNATELY the housekeeping was very poor I’m sorry to say - not the hotels fault but one of the pullout beds for the kids smelled of urine and this wasn’t picked up prior to us moving in, the bathroom floor can’t have been mopped during our stay because this too smelled of urine around the toilet and the very stylish floor to ceiling glass was full of finger marks and smudges. I think they came in daily but they seemed to straighten the bedding but didn’t touch the pillows which was strange.

Received spa treatment today at hotel full bday massage by Savvina. Facilities were lovely great atmosphere and quality professional massage service - would recommend highly :) . Husband is booked in for tomorrow i’m sure he will rate highly also.