Alimounda Mare

We liked the pool, the towel service, sunbed terrace; location is quiet but still in walking distance of the town, hotel offered unobtrusive animation

stony beach, cursory cleaning (e. g. a piece of waste paper was lying on the terrace for two days and finally thrown over the reling onto the beach by the cleaning personel!); use of plastic bottles in the bar and the restaurant! no facilities to brew drinkable tea at breakfast (no pot - just tiny coffee cups, no boiling water)

The hotel is conveniently located within a short walking distance from restaurants, shops, etc. Front desk staff was very kind and helpful. Breakfast was of generally good quality, including a few local specialties (tyropitas).

For a 5-star hotel, it needs some improvement. Rooms offer basic comfort but lack charm and have a few problems. The main one: the lights at the balcony don't work, so you cannot spend the evening reading there, for instance. The TV screen on the mirror is a false good idea: it doesn't work properly, as it was mentioned by previous reviewers. Noise insulation is not ideal, and I could hear during the night noises from the corridor and other rooms. In a 5-star hotel you would expect fresh juices in breakfast and the fact that you have to pay extra for an espresso or cappuccino seems misplaced. Unlike other places in Greece, both the restaurant and room service finishes very early, at 10pm. In a 5-star hotel, it is reasonable to expect 24-hour room service. And although it does not look in many aspects as a 5-star place, it has absurd requirements like forbidding shorts at dinner time, apparently trying to create a "sophisticated" atmosphere without offering a really sophisticated content overall. Expecting that people wear trousers at a beach resort in Greece (when you can wear shorts even in Michelin-starred restaurants in Athens) makes no sense.