Alykanas Beach Grand Hotel by Zante Plaza

We had a fantastic holiday at the Alykanas Beach. The location, staff, food and cleanliness were excellent. A special shout out to the lovely blond receptionist who gave us a great welcome when we arrived and was helpful and smiley throughout our stay. We enjoyed the evening entertainment and danced on the sandy beach. There are lovely walks along the beach, to the right to harbour where we saw a turtle and to the left to the neighbouring resort along a river. The only down side was some loose paving around the pool and the fact they washed all the floors just before breakfast so there was a slip risk! Thank you for making our holiday so enjoyable!

My husband are here now. Only been here one day but can’t fault anything or anyone. Just had evening meal and there was plenty of choice on offer. Very fresh and they do little an often with the hot food. Plenty of very friendly staff on . They are going round cleaning and temperature checking all round the hot stations. I’m so looking forward to the rest of my holiday here and the rest of the family to arrive later in the week.

We stayed at the Alykanas Grand Beach Hotel end of September 2024. I think it bills itself as either a 4 or 5 star hotel. By UK standards and many other worldwide standards, it really isn’t that. As a holiday resort hotel I’d probably place it at a high 2 or low 3 star. First of all, the plus points. We had a ‘superior apartment’. This consisted of 2 generous sized bedrooms. One room had bunk beds and a single. The other was a double. All the beds were very comfortable and the bedding appeared clean. Each room had very efficient air conditioning and each room had Samsung smart tv’s. In the double room there was a kettle, some sachets of instant coffee, sugar and teabags but no milk. Cups and glasses were also provided as was a small fridge with a small freezer compartment. The double room had a patio sliding door with access to a large balcony with 2 seats and a table. Views were a little restricted. The other room had a window with views to the front but also a walkway in front of it. Each window had curtains and net curtains plus an electric metal blind (excellent to helping to keep the heat out when you’re not there. There was a large marble tiled bathroom with a good sized shower, large sink unit, plenty of clean towels and toiletries such as shower gel, hand soap and shampoo provided. There was also a spa bath, which would have been ok except there were no controls and no taps!! There was however a shower over it. You can, if you like, have the rooms cleaned every day. The downside of the rooms. There were no chairs in the room and no mirror, so it was the bed or nothing. That was the same for both rooms. The bathroom, well apart from the useless bath, the shower would flood the bathroom every time it was used plus there was a very strong smell of drains all of the time. There is a safe and unlike most hotels which are 4 or 5 star (as the A G B states it is ) where the use of this facility is free , this is not free. So you will have to pay to keep your valuables safe. In the main part of the hotel itself there are some communal areas and an area with information from some of the travel companies. There’s a pool table and few games for kids maybe plus a few pricey game machines (there’s a claw machine, you know the ones where you grab a very cheap looking toy, don’t bother with this, we tried it out and I can tell you you don’t have a hope in hell of winning anything on this). If you want to weigh your luggage, there’s a set of scales in the lobby, but guess what, you’ll have to pay! The communal areas look tired and somewhat shabby plus they smell strongly of stale cigarettes. Let’s move onto dining. As most people go all inclusive breakfast is served from 7.30 till 10am, lunch from 12.30 to I think 2pm maybe 2.30 and dinner from 7.30 till 10pm. Between this snack and drinks are served. Overall the 2 dining areas (in one is located the buffet) are kept clean and tables are cleared. There is air conditioning but a lot of people forget