Galinos Hotel for Adults Only

The place has a great location and is clean, but other than that nothing. It is more like a motel rather than a hotel. The air conditioning does not cools adequately. Towels and linens are hard as sand paper. There is no even water in the fridge. They charge 2 euros for beach towels, which we did not encounter in any other hotel. Staff is ok. They are helpful, but not friendly.

Great location! The price is a little steep for the room size. Staff were very helpful. It was clean and taken care of well. Towels can definitely be upgraded as they were really rough and old feeling.

For the price point it’s a decent enough choice. The beds are very comfortable, the linens nice enough, the air conditioning efficient, the pool and garden mostly very nice, the breakfast is good and it’s clean. The location is also great being very near to the old town, and even though it’s next to two car parks there is no car noise that I heard. It’s also generally very pleasantly quiet and calm. On the down side I feel it could do with some touches to lift it to another level: - our room only had two plugs to charge phones and one wasn’t near the bed. - Wi-Fi was very poor in the room and frequently blocked connection, therefore had to disable and use my data. - our bathroom was perfectly functional but tiny, and therefore challenging to dry oneself without elbowing the wall (easier to leave the bathroom). - no safe in the room to store valuables but they make a point of not being responsible for losses. - the pool doesn’t open until 10.30which I believe is too late. - on check out we were made to pay for the pool towels, it was such a small sum but it just felt so mean - why not bury the cost in the room rate rather than appear so mean. Overall I think it was fine but I didn’t find it an overly welcoming place - the staff weren’t unfriendly but they just seemed quite disconnected and disinterested. There’s not really anything wrong with it but it just needs some touches and thoughtfulness to lift it to another level. The acid test - would I choose to return? Probably not, I would probably see what else I could find in this price range.

We stayed at this hotel for a few nights as part of a Greek holiday. We booked the hotel with some slight hesitation having read some comments which mentioned a grumpy man on reception, dirty swimming pool, difficulties in finding the hotel etc. The staff from beginning to end were all very helpful and cheery, the pool was very clean and provided a great cool-down from the heat, we used our mobile maps and found the hotel very easily. All in all we couldn’t quite understand why the hotel is only a two star and thought the location was fabulous.