My sister and I spent two weeks in Commodore Apartments at the beginning of August 2002. The apartment was always clean and the locals friendly. We had an absolutely excellent day on the Zak-Fari, a Jeep safari around the island of Zante with a brilliant guide. The only complaints were the lack of decent nightlife and the fan hire system at the apart-hotels. Hot weather and lots of trips if that's what you wanted to do. Beware of the 'turf war' when leaving towels out all night to book sunloungers. More than one ended up in the pool overnight. Very friendly barman at the Commodore and the 24 hour pancake place was fab!
The bar crawl was ok. It gave us a chance to meet other people holidaying in the same resort but as the night life was pretty poor it wasn't much of a 'bar crawl'!
Folowing on from the general gist of the rest of the messages! This was by far the best day of our holiday - 'Choppy sea day at the sulphur caves' (or something like that!) Paul - you were born to be an entertainer, your stories (true or not) were hilarious and very interesting! We loved the off-road ride and James, our driver, kept us on track with facts about the island. An absolute must if you go to Zante for a holiday!
Doctor's surgery on road up to 24 hour pancake place. Doctor was very friendly and had no problems answering any questions you might have about medication. Had to get an injection but he was was very patient and explained it all.
Stayed at the Commodore for 2 weeks. Room basic but cleaned every day. Watch out for the fan hire - it's not always '3' days as expected. If you get it late at night, that's counted as one day and it's taken back earlier than you think. Managment very poor at customer relations but barman was great. Just watch out if you're a single woman - he has the same chat up lines for all!! All in all - an ok place to stay if you're not looking for anywhere too fancy!
My sister and I dived on our second last day of our holidays. A really nice way to end the holiday. Had a big problem with my ear pressures but was well looked after by the snorkel instructors. Never felt in trouble with them around. Fantastic to feed the fish and feel them swimming around you - even if they did nip your fingers!
Food and service great. Never had any problems with waiting for ages to get fed. Went back again and again to try all the different dishes!
Can't comment about the food, service or price - Peter put us off night after night asking us to come into the restaurant. Even if you said you'd already eaten he still harassed you. At least the other 'greeters' backed off after a night or two - which made us more likely to try the place!