Akrotiri Beach

"Really enjoyed our stay. The food was delicious, the pool area was very relaxing and staff were very hard working and attentive. The views from the hotel and surrounds are absolutely stunning. The location is perfect and the reception staff are very helpful. Rocky beach was a favourite spot to swim in the sea, great for snorkelling, a real highlight of our stay. We hope to revisit again and would be disappointed if this area wasn’t available! The hotel was close to excellent boat trips, walks to the small port area, small local beaches, La Grotta and other local bars (Tango cafe bar & Unlimit cocktail bar within easy reach by foot, both great for drinks and friendly service!). It was easy to book boat trips, we did so via the Get Your Guide app, but there are many places locally to do so in person. Paleo Sea Travel were excellent, would highly recommend their 2 hour speedboat trip to paradise beach, caves and yali beach (stunning waters). Water shoes are a must. The local beaches are lovely but very stony with pebbles. Our room was good. However, bed was a bit hard for our liking and sleep was disturbed by this, would also benefit from some small maintenance jobs in the room if we are being really fussy (end of tap outlet appeared to be missing, glass screen slightly damaged and misaligned on the balcony). View from the room was spectacular though, lovely products in the bathroom and the house keeping team were very efficient. Liked the music playing in the background around the hotel. The evening entertainment could be made more of in the wonderful space they have; this is a very quiet hotel, which suited us this time. We caught the Green Bus into Corfu Town (€2.80 each way) bus stop just outside hotel main gate - we got off last stop before main bus station in town. Would recommend getting the bus back from the central green bus station in Corfu Town to get a seat - it gets busy and most of those picked up from the stops along the way had to stand. The main station is not too far to walk out of main shopping area. While overall we were really impressed with the hotel’s main restaurant and service, the balcony area could benefit from a screen outside on the left hand side - this area is close to hotel driers/ ac units and a screen would improve the atmosphere/view if you sat this end for a meal. We also noticed that the driers here blow some fluff out over onto the adjacent cliff vegetation during the day. We stayed half board which was great but would’ve expected to have access to drinking water without cost - we had to pay extra for this. We enjoyed our time here as a couple and would definitely look to return in the future with family members."

"Be advised... This hotel includes a lot of walking up and down the stairs to access the beaches... Which is very good if you want to include small workouts in your vacation. :) Pros: - The hotel is on a peninsula, which makes it isolated from other establishments but also not isolated. - The hotel grounds and rooms were pretty clean and quiet - Great service and overall pleasant interactions with the staff - All rooms have a sea view - The east side, where we had our room, offers a shaded balcony in the afternoon - Access to both rocky beach – Private and pebble beach – Public - The bus stop is 20 m away from the hotel barrier, very convenient if you want to visit Corfu town - Nice hike available close to the hotel, but be prepared for a lot of spiders - Walking distance to the island aquarium, other amazing beaches, and a monastery with amazing views - Outdoor shaded lounge areas available at any point during the day - Great location for snorkeling around the cliffs that descend into the sea. We saw a lot of fish and an octopus - They have an app available for all hotel orders, that bills directly to your room, and you only have to pay one, at check-out - They were very nice and allowed us to take some coffee to go on the morning of our departure, even if breakfast was not open yet (we left at 5 am) Cons: - The half-board option (breakfast + dinner) is not worth it. The breakfast is great, but the dinner, although diverse and with a lot of healthy options, is too expensive in my opinion, since it does not include any drinks, not even water. Within the same price (80 euro/ 2 persons/night) you can get a nice meal + drinks at any nearby restaurant. - Not a lot of sidewalk available for on-foot exploration around the area - Early departure breakfast pre-prepared package – very disappointing. Although I would have been happy to prepare some packages for my husband and me the day before and store them in our room, the hotel did not agree with this and gave us some lame pre-prepared packages that included items we don’t even eat. My advice to the hotel: Since you have a lot of breakfast options, have different options for the pre-prepared package and let the people choose which one they prefer, or, better yet, let people who want to choose something else for themselves do it, to reduce food waste."

"Fabulous hotel with amazing views around the bay, loved the pool area and the pool bar food was great too. Our room had an amazing view and the bathroom was really lovely. Restaurant for dinner was superb with tables overlooking the water, can recommend the cheese dough balls and the Greek salad!! All the staff were great, nothing was too much trouble"