Great Food here, great prices too! Thanks in particular to Dimitri, who is a fantastic host and great with the kids! Alan, Vicki and kids

We stayed for two weeks in May with our two kids (4 and 11 months respectively) and really enjoyed the holiday - the kids pool is FANTASTIC, very shallow and perfect to let the kids play whilst you sunbathe with a nice cool beer! We didn't spend much time around the main pool as we had the kids, but it seemed very clean and well used by everyone - there is also a tots pool as part of the main pool. The Hotel food was lovely, generous portions, perhaps a little more expensive than the resort tavernas (as are the drinks). Our room was lovely, with a panoramic view of the town and the sea. The room was cleaned everyday thouroughly bar Sundays, there were a few ants from time to time (how they get up to the 2nd floor I'll never know...) but no prob with mosquitoes when we were there. Breakfast was nice, ham and eggs, cereal, toast, fresh fruit, orange juice, tea coffee, boiled eggs etc. - more than you might expect here. Staff were very helpful, friendly and polite.The hotel shop was useful with plenty of water, drinks, snacks etc. Entertainment was OK - it started a bit late for us (10 pm) but they tried hard. Air conditioning is available but costs more (about 30 euros) - we didn't use this. Location is very good - just a two minute walk downhill to the town, 10 mins walk down the main road to the beach - beack a bit "shingly" in places, but plenty of golden sand and the sea is warm, slopes gently to the sea, perfect for kids and us alike! Amusing fuit sellers on the beach (Fruit Sala! Fruit sala! Tutti-frutti delicia fresh donut! etc.) Island tours are very good - I recommend "Smile tours" located towards the beach - English guy runs it and he was very nice, helpful and great prices on tours (we booked 2 - boat tour (was OK but nothing special really) and island coach tour (FANTASTIC - DO THIS ONE IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST 15 euros and well worth it!!!). A great holiday, beautiful island, warm friendly people, great for kids and families, both relaxing and fun-filled in equal measure. I will definately re-book at the Mavrikos in a couple of years time, when we plan to revisit Zante.

Hmmm....I totally disgree with N.Sharples too - the coach trip was FANTASTIC for me and my wife, plus our two kids. We really enjoyed ouselves and the guide was great, food was just right trad. greek and little stops were excellent. There were one or two moaners on our coach giving the poor rep a hard time for petty reasons, but then I suppose there always are the odd ones who like to moan about the smallest things rather than enjoy the day, soak up the environment and learn something too about the island and it's proud people. By the way, I feel it right to point out that the comments made about 6-month working are unjustified. Do you realise how little these people actually earn? A Waiter, for example, may only earn £1600 while he/she can in the summer, having to make this money last through the winter until the tourist season starts again.