We stayed at the Crystal Beach Hotel from Sept27-Oct04, 2020. This quiet hotel is situated on the beach and our second floor room (with balcony) had a frontal sea view. Our room was spacious and sheets/towels were changed daily – the cleaning was excellent and discreet. Bathroom facilities were modern, AC quiet, and a small fridge was available for cooling drinks. During our stay, the guests there were mainly from Denmark and Germany.

Our stay was affected a bit by Covid restrictions and safety measures in place and taken seriously by the staff – which we highly appreciated. Despite this, the service was excellent and quick. Breakfast was cafeteria style (point and choose), but dinner was always served outdoors (seaside with wind screening) – you could put together your meal from starter to dessert using an extensive menu with ample choices (including specials of the day). Breakfast and dinner staff were always friendly, attentive and helpful.

Our holiday experience, however, was perfected by the tips that Päivi (Finnish receptionist!) gave us regarding sites to see and beaches to visit. She was simply the best – kiitos kovasti, Päivi!

The hotel is a perfect place to spend holiday. High standards of cleanliness, rooms equipped nicely, surrounding very pleasant, located directly on the beach, beautiful view on the Ionian Sea, nice breakfast, exquisite food in the restaurant, wide choice of drinks in the pool bar. The staff headed by the manager Ioulia is extremely friendly and helpful. It is hard to mention all of them: Elias, Paivi, Kostas, Tamara, Savinos, Stelios, Stathis… Coming here you will discover a genuine Hellenic hospitality. The quality of the hotel can be guaranteed by the guests who have been coming back here for years.

Great location, right on the beach, about 5 minutes to the center of Kalamaki, with a beautiful and well-kept gardenarea. The beach was small, felt like a private hotel beach, was well equipped and also partially protected for the beautiful turtles, which lay their eggs right on this beach.

The hotel turned out to be an ideal starting point for different travel destinations on the island (day trips). It was rather quiet in the beginning (End of July 20) due to the Covid 19. Nevertheless, we noticed that the hotel is very popular and is also recommended by locals. Before we headed back to Switzerland the hotel had quiet a lot guests, but all of them were well distributed.

The staff was extremely friendly, courteous, helpful and professional and all this despite the not so easy Covid 19 time. The staff adhered to all regulations and showed a very hygienic way of working (cleaning staff, buffet distribution, masks, pool area with locked deck chairs, so that the distance was granted)

The boss of the hotel was always at the hotel’s own beach bar in the evening and spoke to the guests. The rest of the pool bar staff was also lovely.

The rooms were clean and modern, with good air conditioning and sliding mosquito doors. The view was amazing.

The food was delicious, served hygienically. At the pool bar they had a large selection of greek and international cuisine. In the evening we could enjoy a dinner with sea view and full moon. The hotel really has a unique location.

We were able to park the rental car in front of the hotel without any problems.

We had the return flight in the evening and could use another room for a small surcharge to store our luggage and freshen up after the day at the pool.

We would definitely come back and book this hotel again. It was all about unforgettable holidays. This hotel definitely deserves more than 3 stars!

Just two little things…

The hair dryer was too hot after about 1 minute and then stopped working for 5 minutes. For us it was not a problem at all.

The buffet was served very hygienically by the staff, but depending on the time, we had to queue for a little while to get food.

To sum up, we had unforgettable holidays and we wish all the best for the future.