Porto Iliessa Hotel - (Accommodation in Argassi)

Grahame G           

 
We found the apartments were ok but did not live up to the four star rating that our holiday company rated them at.  The apartment wasn't cleaned very well the only thing the cleaner did was splash a bit of water round the bathroom, make the beds and empty the bins, because the floors were dirty we had to wear our flipflops most of the time around the apartment, the brochure photograph didn't match the resort because it shows a beach outside the apartments, it just didn't exist.  Having said that, we have had a few holidays in Greece and this was the best apartment we have stayed in for spaciousness and facilities, the staff were very nice and helpful and the pool was great and we made use of the bar and balcony.  We did not rate Argassi as a very nice resort but we hired a car and drove to Tsilivi and had a good time on the beach, but the final nail in the coffin was when we had to return home.  The rep escorting us to the airport should have told us to bring water with us as we had to queue for two hours in the heat of the day and then when we got through to what they laughingly call a departure lounge we had to sit on the floor for another hour as there was totally insufficient seating for the number of people waiting for their flights, so all in all we won't be spending any more of our hard earned cash at Zante until they provide proper facilities at the airport.

Thomas Cook - (Tour Operators in Zante)

Grahame G  (17 September 2005)         

 
I would just like to say that the flights were excellent, they were on time and the crews were excellent also.  I can't really comment on the resort rep as we only saw her once during the welcome meeting, whenever we've been away before the rep has walked round the pool chatting with people to see if everything was ok but we never saw her once.  The worst fault I would like to comment on was the way we were treated at the airport on our return home.  The rep was late picking us up and he should have warned us to carry water with us as the amount of time we had to queue at the airport was horrendous, we queued for two hours outside in the stifling heat watching the reps walking around with drinks in their hands without even a thought for us.  The final straw was when we got through to departure, there must have been three hundred people waiting for their flights but only seating for about a hundred with the result that a large proportion of people had to sit on the floor for a further hour until our flight departed, I think when the Yanks decided to build camp xray at Guantanamo Bay they went to Zante airport to get ideas for the design.