Hi everyone, We have booked to go the Alykanas beach village at the end of June 2002, has anyone been there yet? Is it finished and if so what are pool, bar, rooms, etc like? I,ve been reading this page and it seems everyone wants to know the same thing, like a lot of the othere's the travel agent assured us it was finished, I now have doubts because thinking about it, we stayed in Alykes last July and went to Alykanas and saw no sign of any building work, it seems to be quite a large complex, so either we've been sold a dummy or the builders out there can work fast. any comments would be much appreciated.

Hi everyone, We stayed at the koukounaria appartments last July, before I tell my saga I,d like to say they where the cleanest place we've stayed..... apart from mega RAT! We had a one bedroom top floor appartment with stunning views of the hills, there was 5 in our party, 3 kids, 2 adults. the appartment was as I've said very clean and spacious. It had a weird arrangement with the door key, it also doubled up as the electrics they don't work if you dont put your key on a daft magnetic thing on the wall..saves the enviroment I suppose. The appartments have a lovely pool this also was clean due to them dropping sacks of chemicals into it at night, my bikin's where threadbare by the end of the two weeks. Take plenty of cash as the drinks are very expensive, nearly a £1 for pop! they will tell anyone off for consuming anything not bought at the pool bar so be warned, oh and don't try to rent any fans from anywhere but the reception as the small french woman (receptionist) will go mad, you have to rent their's or have the air conditioning.. We got this free due to our furry vistor! it came up the drain pipe and hopped through the kitchen window. One last word of warning DON'T let your kids wander go around the back of the appartments as my eldest daughter fell down a 12ft drop into the ajoining field- we thought she'd broken her back, and it took three very nice local lads to haul her back to safety.. it was at night, pitch black and there was no lighting or barriers to stop her falling, SO BE WARNED! I have to add the manager was very concerned and promised to sort the problem out. Oh and watch out for the bolts that stick up near the jaccuzi my hubby nearly sliced his toes off! also keep your eyes on your camera etc because we left it in the bar one night, we asked for it the next day and all the staff said they hadn't seen it, but low and behold one of our kids saw one of the bar staff with it, after much persuasion he gave it back. When we had the film developed there was more photos of the appartment staff than our family! Bet you all think our holiday was a disaster, well even though we had a few little drama's we still managed to enjoy our time in Alykes, so dont be put off, Zante is lovely and I'm sure most people will manage to stay out of trouble! I hope my tale is usefull.

Hello Irene, Thanks for letting us all know about the beach appartments, just a few questions -if thats o.k The travel agent said they where 4 star standard, is this the case? and could you let me know what the pool, beach, bars, etc are like. Thanks again, hope you enjoyed your holiday!