Galinos Hotel for Adults Only

Fabulous front of house staff, went to Hotel to book in for a night as ferry to Antiparos was cancelled due to weather condition but the lovely woman at the front desk told us that the second port would be opened, she immediately booked us a cab and we were our way .

We stayed for 4 nights when we visited Paros. It was a short 10 min walk from the port and two minutes from the historic centre. Literally minutes from everywhere you’d want to be in Parikia. The hotel itself is lovely and clean, the room is more than adequate and balcony lovely. The pool and gardens are also lovely and we enjoyed a day just chilling out there. Drinks reasonably priced - cheaper than most places in town. Breakfast was good, plenty of choice and again reasonably priced at €10 a head. Not sure why anyone would say anything about the staff - we found them friendly and helpful.

Located just a bite remote "Historical downtown", this hotel offers small but clean rooms... and a pool where you can relax when temperature is too high. But you can still access the beach (5 min walk) by the port... or go to the port and take the water taxi to Marcello Beach! Just 15 minutes away

Lovely hotel, great location, lovely pool Pros: Hotel is in a great location surrounded by lots of restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets and bars within a 10 minute walk. The hotel staff are super friendly, the pool is lovely, good size. While there aren’t many sunbeds, ask a member of staff as they do provide more. The rooms are spacious. The hotel lunches are really good with the options of eating around the pool. Cons: The hotel towels could do with being better as they are hard and the rooms could do with more storage space and updating as they are a little basic. The hotel only serves bottle beer rather than draft. The hotel pool does get a lot of flowers in the pool due to the surrounding trees but staff clean it in the morning and night.

The place has a great location and is clean, but other than that nothing. It is more like a motel rather than a hotel. The air conditioning does not cools adequately. Towels and linens are hard as sand paper. There is no even water in the fridge. They charge 2 euros for beach towels, which we did not encounter in any other hotel. Staff is ok. They are helpful, but not friendly.

Great location! The price is a little steep for the room size. Staff were very helpful. It was clean and taken care of well. Towels can definitely be upgraded as they were really rough and old feeling.

For the price point it’s a decent enough choice. The beds are very comfortable, the linens nice enough, the air conditioning efficient, the pool and garden mostly very nice, the breakfast is good and it’s clean. The location is also great being very near to the old town, and even though it’s next to two car parks there is no car noise that I heard. It’s also generally very pleasantly quiet and calm. On the down side I feel it could do with some touches to lift it to another level: - our room only had two plugs to charge phones and one wasn’t near the bed. - Wi-Fi was very poor in the room and frequently blocked connection, therefore had to disable and use my data. - our bathroom was perfectly functional but tiny, and therefore challenging to dry oneself without elbowing the wall (easier to leave the bathroom). - no safe in the room to store valuables but they make a point of not being responsible for losses. - the pool doesn’t open until 10.30which I believe is too late. - on check out we were made to pay for the pool towels, it was such a small sum but it just felt so mean - why not bury the cost in the room rate rather than appear so mean. Overall I think it was fine but I didn’t find it an overly welcoming place - the staff weren’t unfriendly but they just seemed quite disconnected and disinterested. There’s not really anything wrong with it but it just needs some touches and thoughtfulness to lift it to another level. The acid test - would I choose to return? Probably not, I would probably see what else I could find in this price range.

We stayed at this hotel for a few nights as part of a Greek holiday. We booked the hotel with some slight hesitation having read some comments which mentioned a grumpy man on reception, dirty swimming pool, difficulties in finding the hotel etc. The staff from beginning to end were all very helpful and cheery, the pool was very clean and provided a great cool-down from the heat, we used our mobile maps and found the hotel very easily. All in all we couldn’t quite understand why the hotel is only a two star and thought the location was fabulous.

We really enjoyed our stay at this simple but pleasant hotel a short walk away from the port and seafront in Parikia. The room was quite small and basic but was clean and comfortable and had a small balcony and a decent sized fridge, and for the price (€65 per night in mid-June) it was excellent value. The pool area was nice and clean too and had plenty of sunbeds. The service was polite but quite transactional (e.g. no local advice or maps offered up) but again probably what you would expect for the price. Overall we'd definitely recommend for those on a budget looking for something clean and comfortable and well located in Parikia.