Yassou (hello),we have just spent the week at Alykanas Beach village and have enjoyed every minute of our stay (25th May - 1st june). The apartments were spotless and maids came every day. Clean towels and sheets twice a week. Great pools, although the tour reps do say that you are not allowed to reserve beds, people do and some even at 10 oclock the night before!, the reps say that they sometimes patrol the area and any reserved beds get the towels thrown into the pool!, really how thick do they think we are?!! That was the only downside I would say about the village as people would reserve beds and selfishly not come to the pool until late afternoon when they had done their shopping.
Alykanas town was a 5 min walk away and Alikes 10 minutes down the beach, with an array of restaurants. Most of them were reasonable, 2 families of four would cost us around €66 - €100 throughout the holiday normally around €80 (that includes all kinds of drinks). Great restaurant in Alykanas called THE POSIEDON blokie on door always says 'lovely jubbly' and 'sound as a pound' and is great with the kids - great food too!
A good cocktail bar just into town called THE CATACOMVE - Yammas! (cheers) to Natasha, she was lovely (happy hour is the best time to go 7 - 9 I think) €3.50 or €4.00 after happy hour.
All in all a week is enough I think, unless you hire a car and go into Lagana and Zante town, but the Alykanas beach village all in all is clean, well kept, friendly and I would recommend it to anyone.
Don't forget your nappy sacks though!!
Yassou (goodbye)
The Sowters and The Fletchers - Ashbourne

Sorry, the report I gave below is not for the alykanas beach studios, but ALYKANAS BEACH VILLAGE. duh!

Mythos prices go up or down depending on the restaurant. We have just got back (1st june) there is a supermarket just as you go into alykanas village (quite a big one) and it sells it for 86cents compared to between €1.80 - €3.00 in restaurants.

Yassou!
If you want to see my comments on the Alykanas Beach Village go to the other page with Alykanas Beach apartments/studios........... erm clicked on wrong one!!!
Too much Lupus (which is red vodka, and delicious, Yammas!)
Yassou
Amanda

just been reading through your comments, and here I am again!
We booked 11 months in advance with direct holidays, everthing was goin smoothly until we got the tickets and itinery, it said we were booked in at the denise beach apartments in laganas!!! (first we'd heard).
NO WAY! we battled it out with them, even though it was only 2 weeks to the holiday, and got there in the end. what did it for us was the 3d images of the complex, but i can't find the link anymore, but anyway that was one reason why I won't book with direct again. no explanation as to why they had booked us out, not even an apology, just passed on to someone else blahdey blahdey blah.
The rep on the bus told us about the welcome meeting, there were 12 of us there!, never saw or heard from her again. She put up the wrong time for departure, luckily we were all there waiting in time, she never left us questionaires like she said she would. Most of the excursions were too late for us to book.
But Hey we had a great time!!