Aelia Luxury Suites

"The hotel pool area and rooms are very nice, relaxing atmosphere. However, I wouldn't rate it as a 5 star hotel. The rooms are modern, large, cleaned every day and the bathroom is lovely, however, there is open hanging rail and no drawers to store small items, only open shelves, this makes the room look untidy which is a shame. The dining area is outside with a small ding room which is more like a cafeteria, as the weather was chilly in the evenings while we were there, we had to all squeeze into the small cafeteria. The only bar is outside by the pool, and there is no comfortable space to socialise when the weather is cooler. The staff are friendly, polite and helpful. The hotel is a 30 minute walk to Fira and 15 minute walk to the bus stop which will take you into Fira to get connections to other towns, also the bus to Kamari stops in the village."

"We found the hotel clean friendly and to be honest adequate for what we expected, although the room was supposed to be Superior, there was no wardrobe or drawers to store clothes just a bar between to purposely made walls and a shelf. The bed was large and comfy and the bathroom lovely, especially the shower,(really good rainfall showers). The room opens up to a balcony with walk out to 4 hot tubs, one was freezing. Very difficult to get in and out of with lack of hand rails. Large un heated swimming pool. The breakfast was adequate the normal buffet style with the added advantage of being able to order a omelette or scrambled eggs at no added cost. However the evening meals were not up to the standard expected, they were plain and although plenty of it,(4 courses) it lacked vegetable and was never hot. After saying this we would also like to praise the staff always welcoming and polite but the lack of a indoor lounge area where we could have a drink and mix with others in the evening when it gets colder would have been a big advantage. We had good time and enjoyed the company of others, again it was above all welcoming and clean and a lovely atmosphere."

"We booked a deal for this hotel which, like others have mentioned, was half board. Unfortunately the food for pescatarians was not great in the evenings. The first night we ate at the hotel as we arrived late. There was only one option available for us and looking ahead it was the same for each night of the week. If we hadn’t booked a deal I would have been disappointed. We ended up eating out every other night. It was a shame because there is a lot to like about the hotel: Good breakfast buffet Lovely clean rooms Nice toiletries Comfy sunloungers Clean pools and hot tubs Friendly staff Free shuttle bus to Fira Other guests mentioned being charged to use facilities after checking out. This didn’t happen to us."