Medusa Hotel

We were made to feel welcome from the moment we arrived. Eleanor and Irene kept Monty (1 year) happy with his bucket and pebbles and the kids loved the pool, practicing cheer routines. I was able to enjoy the sun and reasonably priced cold beers. We didn't find it too busy and although it was a mixed crowd (some families were a bit rowdy) everyone seemed to get on well. Daphne the owner is constantly working, looking after people. Monty even struck up a friendship with the cleaners who would call him "gubler"(doll). We got to know the family running the hotel and felt a little sad to be leaving. Monty says hi!

Whilst we sympathize with this family run property trying to make ends meet we feel it is our duty to share the way this establishment appears to operate. The rooms allocated to the Jet2 guests appear to be the ones that have broken windows or a leaking toilet. If you like noise day and night and into the small hours then most of the rooms can her the drunken brawls and loud music. A blind eye also seems to be turned to the people smoking illegal cigarettes around the pool in the day time. The hotel is on a very steep slope and it's around 1 kilometre from the beach. There is no shuttle bus. On the website the rooms have a small kitchen but if you've opted for bed and breakfast you will not be provided with any pots or pans. The breakfast is very basic and in a poorly lit area. The coridors are also poorly lit in the daytime. The only positive about this hotel is that it is about a 5 minute walk, albeit uphill from many nice restaurants.

The positives, the hotel is well situated between the main strip and the beach. There are plenty of sunbeds. The rooms are spacious, as are the balconies. Sadly, that is it. The negatives, for us, definitely outweighed the positives. From the moment we checked in it was apparent that the hotel bar/pool area music was loud. This continued all day only to be cranked up even higher in the evening. It was so loud we could hear every word of every song whilst lying in bed trying to sleep. Most nights it was accompanied by shouting, clattering of chairs and karaoke. We like to make the most of the sunshine and sunbathe or go out to the beach or visit local areas, come back to shower, eat out, have a few beers/wines etc and come back to chill and go to bed. The music and loud noise didn’t stop till generally around 1.30/2am every single night. Judging by the rest of the hotel clientele, many older couples (65/70+) the men/lads we saw didn’t appear to be hotel guests, not sure if hotel open to locals late night after bars in village closed. The day before we left we overheard another couple mention the noise to Daphne the “house mother” (!) and her friend who seems to be on site every day and the friends answer was “people like to have a few drinks and enjoy themselves” Perfect customer service!