Caretta Beach is generally an excellent Aparthotel. The positivies are that it's modern, very
clean and with good facilities. The downsides are that it seems to cater only for the hard
of thinking - Kareoke twice a week, a second rate club singer singing along to backing
tracks, the inevitable live footy on the big screen (all of which goes on till at least 1.00am
- not so good with young children or those wanting a relaxing holiday) and not a Greek
meal on the menu apart from the usual Greek salad. Yes the pool side is extremely
slippery and Thomas (Who's Scottish by the way) does seem to be a big hit with the
teenage girls. We obviously didn't do our homework well enough as Kalamki was not what
we wanted, it's Blackpool with plenty of sun! I struggled to find a building older than 20
years or so; it's a purpose built holiday resort. Yes there are lots of resteraunts, but again
most are catering for Brits abroad - chips, chips and more chips. Two exceptions that I'd
recommend are "Escape" and "Zepos". Don't be fooled by the reports of a brilliant beach at
Kalamaki either, it's about 20 minutes walk from the main drag, very narrow, brown (not
golden) sand and on the couple of days we visited it was badly littered. With the exception
of a day out in the mountains by scooter and a couple of trips to the lovely town of
Zakynthos, we could have been staying at any Med resort - there's nothing Greek about
Kalamaki. A couple of other things to note: the exchange rate everywhere in Kalamaki
seemed to be exactly the same as did car and scooter hire rates. Our rep (Manos) at the
Caretta beach was only scheduled to be there briefly 3 times in the week and if your
brochure suggests you "may here some aircraft noise" - be warned - you could throw a
stone at the planes and hit them, but in fairness with two young boys this was an added
attraction. The hotel offers nothing for young children in the way of entertainment, for us
this wasnt a problem but for some families it might be.

Dave

As I stated, we failed to do our homework properly. What I do expect from a holiday in
Greece is to feel like I'm in Greece (not unreasonable surley), we were not looking for
Athens and any comparisons which we made were with other Greek islands, Skiathos being
the last Island we visited. Is it the Hotel management, the tour operators or Joe public who
insist on dumbing down the holiday experience? I fail to understand why cheap Brit
entertainment is needed when you've paid a lot of money to visit a foreign resort. What is
it us Brits (most) are afraid of? something a little different to our own unsophisticated
leisure activities and eating habits? I dont think anything I said previously was untrue and
what I said may well appeal to a lot of potential Caretta Beach customers. If you need to
stay in Kalamaki then Caretta Beach is one of the best of the bunch, just that I personally
wouldn't visit Kalamaki again. There are lots of other Greek resorts which are Greek not
Blakpool or Brighton abroad. Broaden your horizons Dave and try to experience a little
Greek life.

Frank - I'm not a coward, my name is Huw Evans and I won't give you my email address as
I get enough junk email as it is. I don't sing anywhere, however I do organise regular open
mic sessions and an annual music festival which is attended by not far off 3000 people so
yes I do credit myself with some knowledge and understanding of the music business. I
listened to Ricky for almost an hour and he has an excellent voice, unfortunately what he
does (singing to backing tapes of other peoples material) is one step up from the bottom
of the musical ladder, namely Karaoke! If Ricky could produce some original material and
or perform with live musicians then I would have far more respect for him. In fairness what
he does is cheap (financially speaking) and that seemed to be the theme for the
entertainment at Caretta Beach as well as all the other apartments I saw advertising
entertainment, so I guess Ricky is just responding to the market.