My wife and I stayed here for a week in early July. We had booked on the recommendation a friend, who has stayed here, every year for the past 15 years. No wonder. The hotel, whilst only 2* is immaculate. The rooms are cleaned every day. The surrounds are kept spotlessly clean, including the very nice sized pool. Yianni and his staff are very friendly and can't do enough for you. The pool side bar offers food of high quality and at very reasonable prices, even cheaper than some of the nice greek restaurants down in Lixuori.

It is a typical Greek resort, full of charm. Don't let any other English tourists, try to put you off the place, as an English couple tried to tell us back at Argistoli Airport. If you are looking for a relaxed week or more away, without the hustle and bustle of too many tourists, then this is definitely the place to go.

stayed at the palatino end of may 2011 fantastic hotel great views the staff were helpful the owners could not do enough for you the rooms were cleaned every day

We spent a week here in May, with one other couple booked in for most of the week. Yianni, and everyone else made us so welcome, and could not do enough for us. The hotel is spotlessly clean and the grounds around the swimming pool are superb, with a lovely poolside bar. Just remember this is a 2 star hotel, and offers really excellent value for money.

The hotel is at the top of a small hill, which is about 8 to 10 minutes walk from the square of Lixouri, where all the bars/restaurants are. The closest restaurant 'Avli', was definitely the best and a typical greekTaverna. It was also really reasonable.

We stayed at the Palatino for two weeks in September. The hotel is spotlessly clean and the management very friendly. We prefer somewhere quiet and this was the case here as it was the end of the season. The hotel has great views toward Argostoli being in an elevated position on the edge of Lixouri. Having said that it was only a short walk to the town centre where we found more than enough restaurants and bars for our needs. Our favourite places to eat were The Avli near The Summary Hotel, Zorba's near the Square, and Novita on the front. Also on the front was Maxim's which was particularly good for breakfast.
The Palatino is a good base to explore the Paliki Peninsula from and we hired a car from Lixouri Car Hire on the southern end of the harbourfront near the Coast Guard Station. There were many great beaches within 30 minutes drive and going further afield onto the main part of the island we found plenty of places of interest to visit. St. Gerasimos is a must as of course is the beutiful village of Assos where we spent a lovely afternoon by the harbour just having a long lunch and enjoying the view.
Our favourite beach was Petani where the swimming and snorkelling were top class. I snorkelled all the way round to the next beach, Eleni but still could not figure out how to drive to it! The beach taberna on Petani (the second one you come to) was excellent. Nice simple food and drink with good service and very reasonable prices.
All in all The Palatino was just right for us and we would definately go there again.