Firstly, one thing we all know from reading the reviews….yes there are a lot of steps/steep hills. It’s set into the side of a hill & it’s this that gives you the amazing views. Yes you’re going to be out of breath, but it’s good for you & burns off the excess calories from all that delicious Greek food. Now for the useful info that we found lacking prior to booking when we were researching: This hotel & area is quite ‘buggy’, so keep this in mind if this is a problem for you. We stayed in Skala at the same time last year & barely noticed any bugs. Our room here had a lot of mosquitos in it when we checked-in (& is clearly a general issue given the swatting stains on the walls from previous guests). Though once we cleared the room & put our plugs in, & made sure all windows & doors were kept closed, we didn’t really have a problem. Outside is a similar story, the gardens are beautiful but this brings with it lots of (big) wasps, ants, moths, bees etc. I’m telling you this not as a negative or to put you off, but just so you’re aware as I know for some people this would be a major worry. I’m pretty nervous of wasps & survived OK! The hotel is a 15 minute walk (at a decent pace) into the main village. Plenty of tavernas to choose from & a couple of nice cocktail bars. Cocktails 10-12 euros each which is on the pricy side for the island, in our experience anyway. More than enough choice locally for a week of doing something different each night & the scenery is just so beautiful. We failed to find a decent pina colada (no Captains bar or Akri here!!). We stayed in a villa with private pool, room was OK with kettle, nespresso machine, tv, minibar fridge (that got much colder once it was full), bath robes & brilliant air con. The bathroom is wet room type which I’m not a fan of, hate having a wet floor by the toilet. Not much storage space overall really, but we coped for a week. There’s a free safe in the room but it’s smaller than we’ve had before - for example we couldn’t get our normal sized iPad in it. We got some lovely toiletries in the room, good quality local ones which smelt amazing (shower gel, shampoo, conditioner), weirdly no hand soap so we used the body wash for washing hands…..I found this a bit odd. The toiletries weren’t replaced either, but reception provided more when we asked (mainly for something to wash hands with). The maids also weren’t great at topping up toilet roll etc so had to also ask at reception for that. No big deal, but can get a bit annoying having to ask for things like this, in a hotel of this standard anyway. The rooms are dated in style, but I think it’s supposed to be that way & everything was clean. Reviews before we went suggested this hotel was in dire need of a refurb, and we were close to booking somewhere else because of them. But as we so often find, it’s nowhere near as bad as people make out. There’s a certain charm about this place which will be lost if they make it a mass of modern glass & chrom
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