Athina Palace Resort & Spa

“Never again!!”

First this Hotel makes it clear that it is on the side of a hill and not suitable for people with walking difficulties. That being said I must make it clear that it is an extremely step and very of steps everywhere. I will simply list my observations and allow you to see the pros and cons regardi… more

First this Hotel makes it clear that it is on the side of a hill and not suitable for people with walking difficulties. That being said I must make it clear that it is an extremely step and very of steps everywhere. I will simply list my observations and allow you to see the pros and cons regarding this Hotel. PROS: 1. It is a very beautiful Hotel 2. There are lovely views. 3. The rooms are a nice size. 4. There are lots of space and some facilities 5. Some of the Waitresses are helpful and friendly. 6. There is an ATM on site. 7. Plenty of free car parking. 8. The Lady in the restaurants everyday who wore a beige truser suite was very helpful and friendly. CONS: 1. The floors are sweep then wet mopped as the dining room opens for Breakfast, not only causing dust during breakfast, but also the wet floors are very slippery when walking with plates of food in both hands. 2. The shuttle bus that according to hotel information runs every 20 minutes, can mean a wait of up to 45 minutes whilst we were there. 3. Lunch is served at the Active pool, which is halfway down the site, meaning you have to walk halfway down the hill for lunch and then back up again afterwards, so if you are at the upper pool, you have to go down the hill for lunch and then back up the hill back to the upper pool. 4. The Parasols at the upper pool ate bolted to the floor, so you cannot move them to give you shade. 5. There is only toilets in the basement area under receiption, so a bit of a distance from the dining room, At the Lower pool bar and at the beach bar. So allow plenty of time. 6, The all inclusive is only from 10am to 11pm, the hotel info says the pool bars are open from 10am until 11pm, but the active bar closes when the pool closes. 7, The Main bar opens at 5.30pm so no drinks are available around the Library, Lounge or receiption areas unless you carry it from the adults only poolside bar. 8. The Hotel info says mini bars restoked daily with water and soft drinks, however ours only ever had water. 9, There is nowhere to get drinks before 10am except for Breakfast room, Coffee and tea facilities are in the bedrooms, but no milk or whitener. 10. The snacks at the pools are the same every day mini croissants, apple pastry rolls, pizza, ham and cheese sandwiches, orange slices and bread. 11. Window cills in Dining rooms are dusty, probably from the sweeping in the mornings. 12. The staff do not wear name badges, so I cannot personally thank any member of staff. 13. Very few drinks on All Inclusive. The pink headed bar maid at the Quiet adult pool bar questioned my wife about drinking a Gin and tonic so early in the morning (10.20am when the bar eventually opened instead of 10am when it should have opened). and asked, do you drink at 10am at home? Needless to say we will not be returning.

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“Honest and fair review”

Room - beautiful views overlooking the sea, paid extra for this. Simple and spacious, however serious lack of storage, no proper wardrobes and could have been cleaner. Housekeeping not always reliable with towels. Food & drink - poor selection for lunch and dinner. Same foods offered every day. Do… more

Room - beautiful views overlooking the sea, paid extra for this. Simple and spacious, however serious lack of storage, no proper wardrobes and could have been cleaner. Housekeeping not always reliable with towels. Food & drink - poor selection for lunch and dinner. Same foods offered every day. Do not offer milk in room or anywhere else in hotel due to French visitors not really drinking milk. Entertainment - some of the worst we’ve ever seen! Only catered for the French speaking. If you did not speak French the entertainment team would not try and engage you. Found them to be very rude! All of the team were French nationals working at the hotel. French visitors would be given blue wristbands and non French transparent ones. No translation to any other language than French which made entertainment viewing extremely hard. Timings for entertainment in the evening far too late for young families! Doesn’t start until 9:45pm. Greek night - no Greek food and four mediocre traditional dancers, nothing more. Very slow and people leaving throughout. Service - transport and restaurant staff friendly. Reception staff started off friendly until we asked for some English translation and then weren’t as helpful thereafter. Overall - 3/4 stars at best. Not worth the £3,500 we paid for one week although we didn’t let it ruin our holiday. Beach and pools were nice. However, we’ve stayed in nicer 4 star hotels in Greece. We were told by a very honest transport man that spoke good English, that 75 percent of the hotels visitors are French. This is not advertised and does alienate other Countries from being able to access the hotels facilities. Sadly, will not be returning or recommending!

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