Galinos Hotel for Adults Only

Fabulous front of house staff, went to Hotel to book in for a night as ferry to Antiparos was cancelled due to weather condition but the lovely woman at the front desk told us that the second port would be opened, she immediately booked us a cab and we were our way .

Lovely hotel, great location, lovely pool Pros: Hotel is in a great location surrounded by lots of restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets and bars within a 10 minute walk. The hotel staff are super friendly, the pool is lovely, good size. While there aren’t many sunbeds, ask a member of staff as they do provide more. The rooms are spacious. The hotel lunches are really good with the options of eating around the pool. Cons: The hotel towels could do with being better as they are hard and the rooms could do with more storage space and updating as they are a little basic. The hotel only serves bottle beer rather than draft. The hotel pool does get a lot of flowers in the pool due to the surrounding trees but staff clean it in the morning and night.

For the price point it’s a decent enough choice. The beds are very comfortable, the linens nice enough, the air conditioning efficient, the pool and garden mostly very nice, the breakfast is good and it’s clean. The location is also great being very near to the old town, and even though it’s next to two car parks there is no car noise that I heard. It’s also generally very pleasantly quiet and calm. On the down side I feel it could do with some touches to lift it to another level: - our room only had two plugs to charge phones and one wasn’t near the bed. - Wi-Fi was very poor in the room and frequently blocked connection, therefore had to disable and use my data. - our bathroom was perfectly functional but tiny, and therefore challenging to dry oneself without elbowing the wall (easier to leave the bathroom). - no safe in the room to store valuables but they make a point of not being responsible for losses. - the pool doesn’t open until 10.30which I believe is too late. - on check out we were made to pay for the pool towels, it was such a small sum but it just felt so mean - why not bury the cost in the room rate rather than appear so mean. Overall I think it was fine but I didn’t find it an overly welcoming place - the staff weren’t unfriendly but they just seemed quite disconnected and disinterested. There’s not really anything wrong with it but it just needs some touches and thoughtfulness to lift it to another level. The acid test - would I choose to return? Probably not, I would probably see what else I could find in this price range.