We stayed at the Krinas Apartments 28/07/2003 we were in room 232 on arrival we were immediately dismayed at the location and condition of the apartment

Room 232 is build on top of a water pump. The pump clicks on and runs for approximately 28 seconds, then it shuts down for 11 seconds then clicks back on again and this is continuous throughout the day and night. The apartment is located to the right and slightly above reception with panoramic views of the reception roof and the car park. The reception phone rings night and day and the area is busy with deliveries, pick-ups, and drop-offs.

This apartment was substandard and completely inadequate, it is dirty and shabby and much too small to accommodate four people.

The double bedroom has one double bed with gray threadbare sheets, two small bedside cabinets with one small drawer each and one table with two small drawers.

The twin room has two single beds with gray threadbare sheets, and one small bedside cabinet with one very small drawer. Therefore we had to live out of our suitcases and climb over them as the floor space is not big enough to accommodate the suitcases and our feet.

The eating area has one cupboard with a hanging rail for clothes but unfortunately you would require a stepladder to reach the clothes rail but no stepladder is provided.
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The lock on the door of the extremely dirty bathroom was not working. You can lock it with a key from the outside and the inside. Unfortunately, you are required to pass the key out of the bathroom window for someone to let you out, as you can not unlock the door from the inside. I was assured on the 28/07/2003 that the lock would be fixed. The lock was not fixed.

The balcony had one small plastic table with four chairs all lined up in a row. The reason for this being that you cannot sit two chairs beside each other around the table, as the balcony is not deep enough.
Two people can not pass each other on the balcony.

The water regularly came up the toilet drain and soaked the cases lying on the floor in the twin room. This continued for all of our stay in this room. The room would become flooded with other peoples dirty shower water.

This is our seventh visit to Zante. I have never had any cause for complaint and I am totally appalled at the condition and standard of cleanliness of this accommodation We did move apartments on Thursday 31st July at lunchtime. The water pump operated the whole time we were in apartment 232, which is a total of 77hrs - four days into our holiday. The first night’s sleep we got was Thursday 31st July. The apartment we were given was not above a water pump; the bed linen was clean and not threadbare. We will never go back to the Krinas apartments.

I do not feel that this was a holiday as this experience was very stressful. If we had been on holiday in Britain and had experienced conditions like this we would have gone straight home and taken legal advice.

My daughter and I are just back from a week at the Kalidonio we had a really good holiday the apartments are basic but  spotless clean, and only ten minutes from the airport by taxi.  We booked on the Internet direct with the owners. 

Joan and Lynn Barr

My daughter and I  had a meal here on Saturday night our last night in Zante.  The food was fabulous the staff were friendly, this is my fifth visit to Kalamki and have eaten at Buon Amici every time I visited, we had lots of nice meals in various restaurants all of them good, but I am so glad we saved the best to last.