Adelais Hotel

“Rural break”

When we booked this holiday for our adult daughter and ourselves the reviews were very good, however as time went on they plummeted . I was very concerned, but we were pleasantly surprised with how we found it. It is a small hotel and I don't think that you should expect the range of food or fa... more

When we booked this holiday for our adult daughter and ourselves the reviews were very good, however as time went on they plummeted . I was very concerned, but we were pleasantly surprised with how we found it. It is a small hotel and I don't think that you should expect the range of food or facilities found in a large one. Clearly covid has had a huge effect on things there as it has everywhere. We found the food OK, believe me we have had worse and we always found plenty to eat. The food is not always as hot as we like but that is general in Greece, a quick zap in the microwave sorted that. We would like to have seen a few more Greek dishes but what there were, were good. Ice cream is available all day on self serve. Drinks served were OK for us but an interesting selection of spirits! The bar service was good and we never waited to be served. The hotel is in a very rural area and we enjoyed walking round the lanes and seeing the sheep and goats with their bells on. Five minutes walk takes you to the beach where there is a taverna with free loungers and a beautiful crystal clear sea. The bus stop is five minutes walk too and there is a little village very close with a chemist and other shops, so not as isolated as I had expected! Our cleaner Gina was amazing and always smiling, a credit to the hotel. We went on one of the little trains which picked us up from the top of the road and took us up into the hills, amazing views! One of two downs for us were that they did not let us pay the room tax by credit card which we have always done everywhere else. The pool sides were covered in algae, we didn't see the sides cleaned whilst we were there. The cats are everywhere as is normal but it was pretty much left to guests to sort out the mess on area of grass where the sun loungers are. Having had no late night music we were suddenly subjected to it twice at the end of our 2 weeks, one night the thumping music and clapping and shouting went on until at least 12.30, with the bar man still chatting with his friends at 3am. We saw no notices that there was anything going on at night. The hotel for fine for us even when the rain poured through our ceiling one night when it rained heavily! It does need some tlc in places, but for what we paid we were happy.

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