This hotel is a very nice resort. It lies outside of Lixouri, but the hotel has a shuttle bus who brings you there.
The hotel has two large pools, one facing the sea, and one waterpark for children (and large children like us!). By every pool there's bar - service where you can get your drinks.
The restaurant is very large and buisy. But there is nice quiet sittinggroups towards the sunset - we loved this sittinggroups!
The room was in the 1th floor, with a very steep hill towards it. I can see that it could be difficult with babystrollers here, but older children loved this hotel. The food is great, and there is a very nice animationteam here. They do not only entertain the children, but even the adult's in the pool.. this is the hotel with the best animationteam we have ever experienced! We would love to go back - Kefalonia is a very beautiful island and Kefalonia garden village is a very nice hotel!

The hotel is exactly as described in the previous reviews.Take a look at the pros and cons:
-a parking area does simply not exist,so you will have to fight with the other drivers in order to get a parking space,which means that during your stay you are bound within the hotel's borders.
-the food would perfectly suit a military diet.
-you will have to face an uphill struggle to get to your room,especially if that is in the fourth,fifth or the sixth(!!) level.
+the rooms were very spacious
+the rooms were being cleaned daily,so they were in perfect condition
+great beach

P.S.If you decide to go to GVHK do not be fooled by the receptionist and take your car at the higher levels,as you will face a nightmare!!Our car is a family Mercedes Benz and was,at the turn,balancing at its three wheels.Numerous drivers faced the same difficulty as well...

Waterpark : not operating !!!
Basketball/tennis fields : not operating !!!
"Panorama" roof garden bar : not operating !!!
Elevator : out of order !!!
Credit cards : not accepted by the reception !!!
Staff : unpolite

The was nothing to do for kids & young teenagers except from swimming to the pool and watching TV in the main bar salon. No sports activities, no pool table, no nothing. We concider ourselves lucky to be staying at the 2nd level. NOT suitable for elder people or handicaps. Also NO SECURITY during the night.
DO I NEED TO SAY MORE ABOUT THIS HOTEL????

As a travel agent, I would NEVER recommend this hotel to my clients.......

Neal of Norwich, England

We stayed as a group of four staying in two apartments on level 5. Yes the hill is a climb but there are stairs up as an alternative, my group were all in their 50's plus and we could manage the two climbs a day ok. The rooms were good and the views across the bay were worth the climb.
The food is a bit repetative but it was adequate and there was plenty. it was just a bit of a shock that there was no cups or cutlery in our rooms but a microwave and a kettle. Perhaps they could make this one of their improvements, also there were no drinks supplied in the rooms,tea, coffee, soft drinks or water. We have been all inclusive in the carribean and have always been supplied with bottled water and soft drinks and cans of beer, the last we went to even had optics in the rooms.
The complex is out of the way so a car is recommended to visit the rest of the Island, compared to other Greek Islands the roads are brilliant we had no problems for the seven days we had the car.
Overall the complex was good and we enjoyed our stay here, it was excellent value compared to trying to stay at self catering complexes on the Island of a similar standard where you would have to buy meals out. This is no longer cheap in Greece, this gave you the option of eating out on a few occasions without breaking the bank.
Overall we all enjoyed our stay, some people are very hard to please and as with other reviews i have read on this site for Hotels we have stayed at i think people like to moan for the sake of it. Look at the rviews overall not individual ones