Filoxenia Hotel Zakynthos

“Relaxing holiday ”

Rooms very spacious, cleaned every day. Nice location, the hotel was divided in two blocks, we stayed in the second block, it was really nice. Food was delicious, vegetarian, vegan options available evey day. Hotel runs shuttle to Beach every day. We went in October, it was nearly end of season, ... more

Rooms very spacious, cleaned every day. Nice location, the hotel was divided in two blocks, we stayed in the second block, it was really nice. Food was delicious, vegetarian, vegan options available evey day. Hotel runs shuttle to Beach every day. We went in October, it was nearly end of season, so some restaurants and shops were closed. Nice & quiet relaxing atmosphere

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“Lovely, quiet end of season week”

We arrived via private transfer from the airport (which, now I know how much cheaper a taxi would have been, I would not book again and save £50) we were greeted by vvery friendly receptionist Vicky who served us a welcome drink and then took us personally to our rooms (214 and 215) which were o... more

We arrived via private transfer from the airport (which, now I know how much cheaper a taxi would have been, I would not book again and save £50) we were greeted by vvery friendly receptionist Vicky who served us a welcome drink and then took us personally to our rooms (214 and 215) which were on the first floor and looked out onto the pool in the second little building of 2, which is a 2 minute walk from reception. We were 3 adults, a 10 year old and a 6 year old and had one room with 2 doubles and a single bed and one room with 'just' two doubles. The rooms were plenty big enough for the furniture and also had little kitchenettes with fridge/kettle/hob. The bathrooms were small, with shower/bath and toilet. No plugs for the bath as a water saving measure but not an issue as we didn't want baths anyway. Water hot and good pressure from shower. Towels thick and white, replaced daily by cleaner, who was loveely and did a great job. Our balconies overlooked the pool and I thought this might be loud at night but as it was the end of season, 'our' bar only had one night of karaoke in the week we were there and the french windows, when closed, blocked out almost everything. The Greek night was in the other bar area with music and dancing, which we listened to from our room as we arrived that day and were tired. We could not find BBC news on the tv, only Greek channels, but there was an excellent radio station on channel 12 (Zeppelin?) that played 80s music so we tended to listen to that. Wifi was available in the rooms and by the pools etc - the closer you got to the pool the better the reception. Food: we were all inclusive and enjoyed the food on the whole. Breakfast was good - the usual bacon, scrambled/boiled/freshly fried eggs, cheese pie, baked beans, fried tomatoes, kids seemed to enjoy the mini Frankfurter sausages. There were also cold meats and cheese, salads and fruit, cereals, toast (good toaster) baguette and Greek yoghurt with a variety of traditional candied fruits (glacé cherries, glacé figs, glacé baby aubergines..😀 ) and dried fruits. The coffee machine had a variety of different hot drinks and there was separate unsweetened milk for the filter coffee if wanted by those of us who hate sugar in our coffee. Also loads of different teabags and Greek coffee. No fresh juices. Only had pancakes once unfortunately, as children really like them. There was a massive bowl of nutella-like chocolate spread for the toast/bread/croissants. We only had lunch 2 or 3 times but it was good. Variety of meat or fish or vegetarian dishes and lots of salads. Evening meals were nice, something for everyone I think, unless very fussy. Lovely salads, tsatsiki and cheeses and varied beef/pork/chicken dishes, sometimes grilled sardines, sometimes white fish, mix of vegetables, Greek dishes mainly. Chips and chicken nuggets or fish fingers or pasta or little sausages also available. I don't really eat dessert but my mum and partner always found something interesting and there was ice-cream too. The staff in the restaurant, led by Fabio, were great. Friendly, efficient and helpful. At peak times we had to wait for a table because we needed 2 together but we just had a drink at the bar and Fabio came and got us when a table was free. Never waited more than 5-10 minutes. My daughter asked me to mention the extremely cute kitten that lived in our pool area, which was much petted and fed by all guests, but he and the other two resident cats were not at all bothersome. The bar staff were very friendly and remembered our drinks well (iced coffe with one espresso shot or less ice or decaffeinated coffee in the evening etc) beer was better in the restaurant than at the bars. Costa the barman in 'our' bar was very nice, as was the Ukrainian lady and everyone spoke excellent English. We had a lovely, quiet week. It was the very end of the season so no entertainment, but that was fine as not really our thing anyway. Weather was great - 25 degrees every day, one cloudy morning. The kids lived in the pool from 10 to 6 and we hired a car from Oreo car rentals. 2 days 60€ total and drove all around the island, found beautiful beaches. Sea lovely and warm. Zakynthos town also nice for a stroll. We would most definitely return. Especially if we could get it for the same price. We booked via Love Holidays and flew Bristol to Zakynthos. Paid just over £400 each. Others paid more due to overlap with school holidays. We don't live in England so were able to go a bit earlier.

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“FILOXENIA HOTEL ZANTE”

SISTER HOTEL TO DIANA PALACE THIS HOTEL WAS FOOD AVERAGE THREE OF TH EMAIN COURSE COMPRISES OF RICE, VEGETABLES , (POTATOES CHIPS OR BOILED) VERY LITTLE CHOICE OF MEAT AND FISH DISHES. SALAD BAR VERY GOOD ALHTOUGH ONLY SAW PRAWNS ONCE. MUST ADMIT ONE NIGHT TOWARDS THE EDN OF OUR STAY WE DECIDIED... more

SISTER HOTEL TO DIANA PALACE THIS HOTEL WAS FOOD AVERAGE THREE OF TH EMAIN COURSE COMPRISES OF RICE, VEGETABLES , (POTATOES CHIPS OR BOILED) VERY LITTLE CHOICE OF MEAT AND FISH DISHES. SALAD BAR VERY GOOD ALHTOUGH ONLY SAW PRAWNS ONCE. MUST ADMIT ONE NIGHT TOWARDS THE EDN OF OUR STAY WE DECIDIED TO GO OUT BUT FOUND OUT THAT NIGHT WAS BBQ NIGHT AND PLENTY OF MEAT ON OFFER, SO MUCH WE CANCEL OUR RESTURANT RESERVATION . I MUST ADMIT ONE NIGHT THE FISH BITES WAS EXCELLENT. DESERTS WERE VERY GOOD. DRINK NOW THIS IS USUAL AFRE FROM GREEK HOTELS THE BEER WAS OKAY BUT THE SPIRITS CHEAP AND I SUPPOSE CHEERFUL THE EUQUILVALWENT TO BAILEYS WASNT THAT BAD ALTHOUGH THEY DID RUN OUT OF IT FOR TWO DAYS. ENTERTAINMENT WAS A STRANGE AFFAIR, THE MAIN BAR UNDERNEATH THE RESTURANT WAS THE ONLY BAR AT NGHT BUT NIF AN ACT WAS DUE THIS WOULD BE HELD IN THE BAR RIOOM NEXT TO THE POOL WHICH OPEN AT 9.30 MEANING YOU WOULD HAVE TO QUEUE UP FOR SEATS NOT IDEAL AT ALL, KYLIE NIGHT WAS QUITE GOOD, KAROKE NIGHT NOBODY SANG ANYTHING SO THAT WAS A NON RUNNER. THE IOTHER SINGER WAS OKAISH AND THE GREEK NIGHT WAS LETS JUST SAY A LITTLE LET DOWN AND WE LEFT BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY MUSIC NO DANCERS. OVERALL THE ACCOMDATION WAS VERY NICE THE FOOD OK TO AN EXTENT BUT COMPARED TO THE SISTER DIANA PALACE NOT A COMPARSION AT ALL WEVE BEEN TO DIANA PALACA NAD LOVED IT THIS HOTEL WE DID NOT. BAR STAFF WERE BRILLANT SHAME THE DRINSK WERENT . WOULD I GO AGAIN NO, THE WALK TO THE MAIN BEAT WAS NOT FAR AND HAD LOTS OF RESTURANTS AND SUPERMARKETS, BEACH NOT BRILLANT

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“Not for family’s very quiet not the usual all inclusive ”

Don’t expect to be entertained there is 3 afternoons of 1 activity monday quiz Tuesday bingo Friday pool competition and that’s it and 4 evenings karaoke on one 2 singers and a Greek night if you are happy with quiet that’s fine if you want to be entertained it’s not the place The food was overa... more

Don’t expect to be entertained there is 3 afternoons of 1 activity monday quiz Tuesday bingo Friday pool competition and that’s it and 4 evenings karaoke on one 2 singers and a Greek night if you are happy with quiet that’s fine if you want to be entertained it’s not the place The food was overall pretty good the drinks are disappointing as it’s local mixers so taste awful no Fanta lemon etc no fruit juices just very strong orange cordial The air con was only in 10-12 and 4-6 so not when your in your room basically The rooms are clean and pool is clean it’s very quiet hotel nothing at all for kids except the pool though

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