Hello,
I just returned from Hotel Palladium, Kriopigi.
I have very good words to say, so I will start with the plus-es:
- our room was clean; the personal entered and clean it each day; at about 3 days the towels were changed; there is no need for vacuum cleaner as others said as they have kind of sandstones / tiles on the floor and only a mop is enough;
- we have only breakfast and dinner included; breakfast was generous enough; dinner had: 7-8 salads, but I only tried 2 which were fresh; the dishes were specific greek and very good;
- the pool has very clear water and, what is most important, it was not overcrowded at all;
- our room had very good view to the sea; from its position, all the rooms have very ggod view to the sea; behind the hotel there is a beautiful forest;
- the hotel assures free transfer to kriopigi (on monday) and to kalithea (on wed, thu and fri);
- as we were going in a trip, the personal prepared us food packets and then waited for us in the evening to serve the dinner, even if the dinner is served until 21:00;
- very quiet atmosphere;
The minus-es:
- they said they have greek night on thursday; actually, the greek night is taking place at Pallini Beach Hotel, not Palladium;
- the hotel is located at about 600m from the sea; for us it wasn't a problem, but for comfortable people this may be a problem;
- there are no activities organized by the hotel personal; the only activity happens at the restaurant but is not notable; they should be more involved in this; there were people that said that the personal is not so closed to the client needs and I agree; anyhow, you can play here: ping-pong, big chess, tennis; you can ask to reception to rent bikes, cars, ATVs, etc;
- internet is not free;
- the water from the pool has chlorine, but this is also for the sanity purposes.
Other observations:
- they say you are not allowed to wear shorts and flip-flops at the meals but this is written everywhere, it seems to be an internal rule, and it should be treated as is; they also say that if something breaks in the room then the clients are not allowed to repair it and they have to report to the hotel reception; if a bulb gets break what should i do ? repair it ? i think that any hotel has internal rules that should be respected by the clients;
- when you pay about 200 euro / person / 7 days you cannot ask for "high class"; I think the hotel price is very good for its offer.
- Palladium Hotel Kriopigi
