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January 31, 2023
Just returned from our 8th visit to Skiathos, first to this hotel. First of all the pros: Excellent position in Agia Paraskevi, right next to the beach, just a short walk across the grass. Very close to many good restaurants, supermarkets etc. The staff are all really friendly and very helpful and are a real asset to the hotel. Breakfasts are very good and there was always a good selection. The room had lots of wardrobe and cupboard space and the bed was extremely comfortable. Our room cleaner was very good, room cleaned, towels and bed linen replaced regularly. Pool towels can be changed every day at reception. There was no extra charges for air con or the room safe.I The Wi-Fi is very good and you can get connected from your room and all over the hotel, even from the edge of the beach! Now for the cons (and this is just my humble opinion) We requested a 'refurbished' room, but unfortunately we were allocated one that wasn't. Having searched a lot on the internet I could only find photos showing a bathroom with a really nice looking, modern shower cubicle, with jets etc. Unfortunately, these must have been very old photos as our shower was awful! None of the jets worked at all, the top part of the shower only dribbled water out on one inner setting and therefore the only alternative was to use the lower shower hose attachment which had hardly any power and again just dribbled out. I should have realised what the little white plastic stool was provided for! Apparently you were supposed to sit on it and shower - it really didn't help as the pressure was still very bad and washing my rather long hair became a real nightmare. I will try and attach a photo of the shower. I found the bathroom very small in general, sitting on the loo you were forever banging your elbow on the shower door. The large shallow sink wasn't great for washing out swimming costumes etc as you had to be careful not to swish the water out over the floor. There was nowhere to put anything, no hook behind the door to hang anything and very little space either side of the sink to put toiletries etc. I was informed by the owner that this room was going to be refurbished. No full length mirror in the room. The balcony with the garden view was cool and dark and never got any sunshine at all and to make things worse, it was situated directly above the pool toilets/showers and the smell from the drains was really strong! Lastly, and again this is just my opinion, the swimming pool was made out of cement with very sharp stones set into it! I have never seen this before and I have severe problems with my feet, after 3 operations and metal pins, my feet are quite sensitive and I usually have to wear aqua shoes in the sea. I attempted to get into the pool but it was just too painful to walk on for me. I must add that others seemed to have no problem, but I was disappointed and stuck to the beaches. I must also add that we booked our holiday very late and only garden view rooms