Katerina Apartments
Accommodation in Vassilikos
Melanie.
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10/10Hi we stayed here a few years ago and had a wonderful time and are trying to book again for next summer. I can't find it listed with any of the travel agents. Not Direct Greece or Thomson - or others. Please do you know how to book it now? We prefer a package thing if possible. Thanks Melanie x
- GB 10/10Just back from the best kept secret in zante,if its a holiday to take the stress away then this is the place to go for good food, good appartment,and great friendly people.The beech is just 2mins away and is safe for kid's and grown up's or just stay by the pool,and let Kostas look to all your need's i, just hope its there next year then we take our grandchildren with us. So go and let you'r self get spoiled as we did .Reguards Peter and Anne.
- GBInformation required. We have booked thru direct greece to go to these apartments in Aug09. Looking at the internet, there is a site for the Katerina Studios & apartments in Porto Roma Vassilikos, but the accommodation buildings are different. The blocks are pink and terracota and they don't mention a pool. Is this the same place? The pictures on direct greece show a while apartment block with the pool & theMarina bar. Is this the same place or it it different?
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1/10well thanks for all your opinion's of me and my dad. but i still say that holiday was crap and appartments where even worse than that.
- GB 10/10Hi Will, that wonderful rep was Jenny Cassidy and she was the best rep I ever had anywhere. She went the extra mile all the time.
- GB 9/10Do not despair, Kostas and co were very friendly and helpful.
Having just returned from the Katerina, we have had a great holiday and this is on our list of possible future returns. Enjoy! - GBHi Denise
- GBI love this place and so want to go back but having problem identifying the apartments. I need to know the number of the one on the top floor in the middle (the one that steps out) with pool view. Stayed in it before and have a nostalgic reason for needing to go back to that same apartment. Any help?
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Many Thanks. Am really looking forward to our holiday, the reviews have been helpful and very entertaining! Will report back on our return
- GB 10/10H Janet,there are no safety deposit boxes at the Katerina but quite honestly it is crime free there.
- GBPlease help as Direct Greece seem unable to answer any query. Are safety deposit boxes available at the Katerina? How close are the money exchange facilities?
- GB 10/10Forgot to add a rating last time so thought I'd better go back in and put top marks in for them.
- GBJohn Smith, It is a beautiful area and the people are wonderful. You are obviously not the type of person who should be at this resort. It is a quiet village and this is explained in all the brochures I have read.
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I'll second the comments by Sheila.
Vassilikos is an ideal resort for those of us who love Greece.
Those who want the nightlife can go to Lagannas, or better still somewhere other than Greece.
We did have an eartquake when we were there: about 35 miles away on the mainland and 6.4 on the Richter scale. The apartments rattled a bit but there were absolutely no problems as all the post 1953 buildings are designed to cope.
As far as ratings are concerned:
Vassilikos: 10
Thomas Cook: 0 (a big zero)
Rep: Less than zero.
Kostas at the Marina pool bar: 10
Flights: Night flight from Glasgow (originally booked with Direct Greece as day flight) Changed without any choice and didn't find out about day flight possibility until we saw it on the Departures notice board.
Many of our fellow passengers made us ashamed - load, foul-mouthed, drunk and obscene and no attempt by the cabin crew to control them.
Jim
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He should have done his homework before he went to Vassilikos and found out just what the village and the resort was all about. His comment about the taxi ride and more lively place would have been horrible Argassi or Laganas
We stayed in the Katerina and yes they do have earth tremors but as Gordon says it is no secret that the Greek Islands suffer from them - we still keep going back The only positive thing John talked about was the views - fabulous. The birds - well what can I say don't you have birds where you come from John?!!! The gunshots were unusual but it was nothing more sinister than the locals out shooting in the forest. Thomas Cook are now the agents and not Direct Greece and believe me it shows. Their rep was not good at all, we had to tell her about Vassilikos and some of the apartments and she has lived in Argassi for 2 years! 
We think Thomas Cook need to get their finger out and get a rep who loves this resort for what it is and not paying more attention to the livelier places. There are still some of us out there who like quiet resorts They also need to have a more regular presence at the resort (you had to make appointments when we were there and sometimes she didn't even show) We really didn't need her as we've been before but there were a lot of newcomers arriving who needed to know things. There was no welcome meeting like in the days of Direct Greece. You are basically dumped and left to fend for yourselves. If you need any help or information you would be better asking Kostas who now runs the Marine Pool Bar (John and Joanna are no longer there). He is lovely and very, very helpful. In fact Thomas Cook should pay him a wage as he did more than the rep! We were perhaps the guinea pigs as this is the first season in Vassilikos for them, so hopefully they have taken on board some of the comments that were made by us and others whilst we were there. Hopefully all the teething problems will have been sorted out by the time you are there in July Matthew, but don't let them put you off. It's a fantastic place and I hope you return time and time again as a lot of us do. We will be back next year - ENJOY - GB 10/10Oh dear John - My wife and I have been going to this village for more than 10 years. Yes it is quieter than a lot of resorts, but that is why we go back!!!! There is no secret that Greek Islands (and the mainland) suffer from occasional earth tremors - we've had a few - but there is never much damage. Tinika in the supermarket you mention is only safeguarding her stock. The holiday was simply the wrong choice FOR YOU.
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Really worried about the comments of John Smith on May 12th. I have booked a holiday there for July with Direct Greece. Why should there be a crack in the building do they get earth tremours there?? Not too worried about it being quiet because that how I like it. So has anyone else been there and noticed the crack!!
- GB 1/10 Don't go to this hotel. there is no staff to help you out and no reception area if your flight is after the 12noon check out.
- GB We've not been that late,but Tinika in the deli has told us it's quite alright still.
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Elizabeth B Going here mid October, what's the weather and resort like at this time?
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Hi folks,just posting a few photos of the Katerina apartments.
- GB Just came back from Katerina Apartments - the place was very pretty and the John and Joanna at the Marina pool snack bar were lovely. Spent a lot of time at the pool and it was very quiet. Hope to go back again soon.
- UK Very clean, maid service 3 times a week (change sheets and clean towells, etc). Our Reps Jenny and Gemma were brilliant.
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