Apollon Hotel

"Great hotel. Beautiful room and (albeit small) bathroom. Too bad there was no sun on our veranda. Staff was very helpful. Beautiful pool, more than enough sunbeds. The food in the restaurant was very well prepared and varied. Drink choice at all-in was okay. We do not understand the negative reviews. This hotel was one of the best in terms of price/quality that we have ever stayed at. By the way, we heard from several people that they stay in Apollon more often, some even ten times! A recommendation, absolutely outside the high season! One more plus: we checked in early, the room wasn't ready yet but we could still have a free lunch. A small gesture that is greatly appreciated!"

"Writing this from our garden room on, sadly, our last day. The rooms are clean with everything that you need, small fridge , kettle , good shower and the rooms are dark at night, no unecessary lights glowing.. The food is varied and very good. A different theme every day . The all inclusive drinks are also very good, and all staff are relaxed and friendly. The pool is a good size and temperature, not always enough sunbeds so we were glad we had a garden room with our own loungers. Room 374 had sun until midday , after that the shade was welcomed . Book , relax and enjoy"

"Rooms Great air conn, shower, free safe and the cleaner was excellent, there’s a switch as you walk into the room to illuminate green externally to request cleaning and red to decline. There’s a lack of storage, nowhere to put wet swimming clothes or towels, a soft close wc seat would say class to me and the tv only had cnn for British tv, a smart tv is really needed. Food Excellent, lots of choice, the odd blip but you can’t please everyone all the time, if the main didn’t appeal then the salad selection was amazing. The de caffinated coffee was hidden in a drawer, it was available but a senior member of staff had to hand it over and if you got there towards the end of service the it was going cold. Pool bar An air of arrogance, flirts with any young ladies in a bikini but the late shift chap with glasses and a beard, around 40 is wasted cleaning tables, he’s so articulate, conscientious, pleasant and helpful, he has to work with arrogant lazy bar staff. Around the pool was windy, it caught the wind but kos town was calmer and warmer. Reception Great, very helpful, around 20% were probably British guests, the taxi from the airport was 40 euro and the return 50 euro that reception ordered but he was great and punctual. There’s a free cycle hire on day 1, use it, we found it amazing to do 21/2 miles to the marina and quickly see some of kos, it was great fun, the motorized scooters on the street were roughly 7.5 euros for 20mins. Location This is the downfall, 25 mins walk to market square/ dolphin square but it’s a straight boring road and the pavement is 2/3 cycle lane with the rest moped/ cycle parking/ a frame board or street lights as obstacles. Bus station is 40 mins walk. Bus to town, the no2 should be 3 euro for 2 people but the drivers also charge 3.5 and 4 euros- not sure if they’re skimming the cash off the tourists. Watch the bus go to towards lambi and it’s usually 7 mins when it comes back to the cosmopolitan bus stop but on 1 occasion it was 20 mins, the times are unreliable but the last bus is 10,30 from town square. Bus station to Tigaki was 2.5 euro and the taxi back 18euro, the open top bus was good and the 3 hour tuk tuk tour near market square was excellent."