Holiday Tags: Greek Islands

We have just returned from a two week stay at the Mayflower apartments in Kos. This is the first time we have stayed in Tingaki and we had a two bed apartment with a lounge area, kitchen area & two bathrooms & three balconies, which were very spacious. …

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We stayed in a self catering studio at the Irelena 1 Studios in Crete for one week in August 2009 & had a great holiday but came away with very mixed feelings about the hotel. …

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According to the sales pitch, the Paradise apartments in Laganas should have been an idyllic hotel - the rooms were presented as having laminated flooring, an LCD TV, the bathroom apparently had a separate shower & enough space to move in. It was portrayed as quiet, far enough from Laganas centre to not hear the noise but close enough to walk. But this is not what you get. It’s noisy and attracts the groups of youngsters. …

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Sun & Sea is run by George & Poppy who I cannot fault in anyway, When we arrived, my initial impression was that the apartments looked dated, however there is a nice pool area (where the towels clearly claim the sunbeds by 8am!). …

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The Efrosini Village apartments in Katelios were very much what you expect in Greece - quite basic, however they were reasonably spacious & had a seperate area for preparing snacks etc - the space allocated for this was limited. …

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We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in the Manolis Studios on Kos. The weather was excellent; hot sun with a lovely cool breeze. The location was on the edge of the resort of Kefalos, very close to a local supermarket & bars & restaurants. …

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After reading various reports about the Elvira Hotel Hotel on Crete we arrived in the resort of Stalis thinking this is going to be the Holiday from Hell. There was no one there to greet us but it was 4am in the morning to be fair. …

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My wife & I spent two weeks at Jimmy’ Apartments on Corfu in July 09. When we arrived, I must admit it seemed well looked after & quite pleasant.  Jimmy’s sits on the outskirts of Sidari & you have a bit of a walk to get to the livelier part of town. …

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We stayed at Elpis apartments in Bali on Crete. Bali is a very pretty village and the manager & his wife of these apartments were very rude, arrogant and not helpful at all. …

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Just returned from our 8th visit to the Mediterranee Hotel in Lassi in 11 years. This hotel & the island of Kefalonia has everything we regard as a perfect holiday. …

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