Karavados Beach

“Remote but lovely - not recommended for hustle and bustle/nightlife seekers! ”

Absolutely loved this hotel - it's very remote although the few things in walking distance are lovely - small bit of beach down the hill gets very crowded, but a walk over to Trapezaki gave a bit more space (and a couple more places to eat), there are a couple of tavernas right by the small bit o... lisää

Absolutely loved this hotel - it's very remote although the few things in walking distance are lovely - small bit of beach down the hill gets very crowded, but a walk over to Trapezaki gave a bit more space (and a couple more places to eat), there are a couple of tavernas right by the small bit of beach, and one up the hill in Karavados itself (Happiness Tarverna, which also has a little shop) but there's not a lot else you can easily reach on foot. Food at the hotel was delicious - we were only on the bed and breakfast tariff so we paid to eat from the menu when we chose to eat at the hotel and everything we tried was absolutely lovely. Breakfast had a decent amount of variety and was all tasty. The hotel will arrange a taxi if you need one - we went to Argostoli a couple of times for €18 (cost a little more to get back again) We had a couple of issues with the room when we first arrived - the bed had been made into a twin rather than a double, and the shower head exploded off the hose - but both were rectified the first morning we were there. The pool area is fab and sun beds were fairly readily available at most times - could also sit with a view out to sea and the mountains rather than just facing the pool which was also really nice. The rooms are very dated and could probably do with sprucing up a bit, and because the doors are quite heavy and the floors are all tiled, lots of slamming doors and echoing footsteps down the corridors, and scraping furniture from the surrounding rooms, which meant we didn't really get a great night's sleep any night but that's careless customers rather than a fault of the hotel. Absolutely all of the staff we met were all brilliant too - massive shout out to Angelo who was genuinely friendly and chatty every time we saw him, as well as being extremely good at his job!

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“Fantastic”

Beautiful hotel, very friendly helpful staff. We had a sea view to the front and mountains to the left. Very isolated. Ww had a modernised room my daughter an older room. Both were fine, very clean. If you have a modernised shower room don’t have the shower on full as it flows under the door into... lisää

Beautiful hotel, very friendly helpful staff. We had a sea view to the front and mountains to the left. Very isolated. Ww had a modernised room my daughter an older room. Both were fine, very clean. If you have a modernised shower room don’t have the shower on full as it flows under the door into your room. If you are jet2 you need a chat with Karen the rep. She will give you all the local information and loads of help, she’s not there to just sell trips so defiantly make time to see her. The beach is close but down a steep road and very small. There are 2 places to eat there but one only opens 12-4 and the other gets very busy. The food at the hotel is nice but half board guests will get served first. It can be quiet a wait for your order but it comes out fresh and hot. There are 2 buses a day ( except Sundays) one to Agostolli and one to Lourdes beach. They return early so we would stay at the beach untill late and eat at one of the great restaurants there and get a taxi back. The restaurants will either call you one or give you a card, you’re looking around 20€. There is a larger second beach nearby, about 15 or so minute walk. Again down a steep hill. You can follow the coast, some small beaches and a fair few rocks to climb and get to Lourdes. Over all a fantastic holiday. Yes it’s isolated but we sussed the buses and had a great time. My top tip would be rent a car. The roads are very quiet.

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“A really nice hotel in A beautiful location. Spoiled only by a freezing cold pool.”

Decided on an end of season trip half-board, to somewhere we'd never been before. Excellent rooms with amazing views across the sea. The staff were very attentive and I can't fault the cleanliness of the rooms and the hotel in general. I can't say the bar staff were very friendly. The dining st... lisää

Decided on an end of season trip half-board, to somewhere we'd never been before. Excellent rooms with amazing views across the sea. The staff were very attentive and I can't fault the cleanliness of the rooms and the hotel in general. I can't say the bar staff were very friendly. The dining staff however went out of their way to cook vegan food for me, I can't thank them enough and the food was good quality. I would say there's not much at all to do once you come out of the hotel, you really do need to hire a car or get the bus otherwise it's a very long walk to the nearest nice beach ( there's a tiny beach at the bottom of the road but it really is tiny) or even further to the nearest town. My only criticism of the hotel, and it is a big criticism, is that the pool was freezing. It made absolutely no sense as there was a permanent lifeguard on duty. But because there was nobody in the pool he spent all day playing table tennis!! if the management had have increased the pool temperature by just a couple of degrees it would be five out of five.

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“First timers”

Out of the way but friendly and good food. We hired a car for 3 days through jet2 and drove to several destinations our favourites being lassi beach and sami.. sami has a relax and watch the world go by atmosphere.