we vizited this hotel in october and it wasnt very busy as it was the end of the season. everyone was very friendly and made you feel very welcome. the rooms were nice and were cleaned regularly by the maids. nice place if you just want to chill. would also recommend the calypso restaurant which is near the hotel, very amazing food and great service.

My boyfriend and I stayed at this hotel for a week in September 2011. It is quite run down and could do with renovating but other than that it is a great hotel. The bed sheets were changed every day and rooms were kept clean. The receptionists were lovely and very helpful. It was my boyfriends birthday while we were there and we arrived back from the beach on his birthday to find a bottle of wine left in our room with a note from the hotel management which we thought was a lovely touch as we had not requested this or even told anyone it was his birthday.

It is only a few mins walk to the restaurants, bars and shops and about 10 mins to the beach so a great location. The pool area seemed crowded though and not as big as it looks in the pictures. The beach is sandy with a couple of restaurants, water sports and plenty of sunbeds. Our favourite thing about the beach though was the sea. so warm and clear and we could go far out before it got deep.

We went to a water park for the day. It was around a 20 min walk but it was only 14 euro each for the day including lunch, we found it good value. Lots of sunbeds and good slides.

Overall Tsilivi has lots of great restaurants, a nice beach and very friendly people and we would return.

Don't go expecting Barcelo/De Vere standards. My girlfriend and I went last minute with Monarch and paid next to nothing for the week there. The self catering apartment was basic but clean and comfortable. Sheets were changed everyday and when a tap broke it replaced within an afternoon of being at the beach. The shower's decent. The kitchen has all the bits and bobs you need to keep drinks and basics cool and sort breakfast out in your room. You could rustle up a meal but it's not worth buy food from the supermarkets as the restaurants are so affordable. We were on the bottom floor so the view was rubbish but then you can't see a lot when you're lying in bed sleeping and there's no reason in Tsilivi to be sitting in a hotel room looking out the window.

The staff are very friendly and are eager to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Reception staff sorted taxi's for us. They were happy to give us towels on the last day to shower in the communal showers saving us from having to pay an extra day for the room due to a late departure.

About half of the people staying in the hotel while we were there were couples, the other half young families. The pool got pretty crowded but beach is so nice that there's no reason to spend day after day around the pool. The beach is about 5/10min walk away and this mountain on which the hotel apparently sits is none existent. Only people with severe mobility issues will struggle to walk up the slight incline.

Would definitely go back. Good location, great value and friendly service.

We stayed at the MAVRIKOS,for two weeks in sept 2011,it does need a little updating but for the money it,s hard to complain the rooms have more than your basic greek self catering i.e.microwave toaster sandwich toaster proper kettle.the building itself looks like it should be in a king arthur film or my husband said the flintstones.anyway that aside it,s clean the staff are more than helpful and the bar/snackbar serves excellent fast food/breakfasts, and Jean who has worked there for a good few years could,nt be nicer.the hotel is only two minutes walk from all the hustle and bustle,and as for the restaurants in Tsilivi well i could,nt choose one as they all are excellent in their own way.not much in the way of english fast food which is no bad thing,there is a subway but even that place was always empty.