Athina Palace Resort & Spa

Mai Bru

Horrible experience, Sold as 5 star hotel. Wouldn't give it 2. Rooms are great, beach amazing. None of the food was even remotely close to good. Nothing. Half cooked, dirty dishes and standing in the 30 degrees sun. Snack bars offers snacks that are either dry, uncooked or plain flavorless. This hotel is run by French groups that take over the 30 sunbeds. After staying in the Stella Palace before. This is not 5 star. Not even 1. Take your money to some place else!!!!!

Jan Kubálek

Beautiful complex, food varied and large quantity. A large range of services, but unfortunately mostly in French. The beach is small but nice. Ideal for snorkeling. Beautiful view on all sides. We definitely recommend it.

Josh Clark

I'll be as honest as i can with this review ive given it a 3 but like to think of it as a 3plus. Ill start witht he pros then the cons, the things to be mindful of. review as family of 4 (2 adults & 2 kids ages 2 and 6) pros - our room was fantastic, situated in the middle of the resort near the active pool, it was clean and tidy, was cleaned and restocked with water everyday, had lovely sea views also. the aircon in the room was great and worked a treat given it was in excess of 34 all week. size of the room was good we really had no complaints. - views were tremendous and the sunset was really pretty definatley instagram worthy. - plenty of choice for food at breakfast, lunch and dinner to suit everyones taste, was cooked well and the waiters/waiteress worked tirelessly so make sure tables were cleaned and people had drinks restocked. Maria was fabulous with our kids. - small beach at bottom of the resort was fantasic and great for the kids, the beach bar was great and plenty of room to enjoy, again very instagram worthy. sunbeds always available. - the a la cart resteraunt was great its says under 4 are not allowed but they are and our kids loved it the service was great and the food was nice, and the views were fantastic. cons - the main restraunt is a bit of a rat race and if you dont get there early, you will struggle to get a seat, quite often families were wandering around looking for seats. - the main active pool does not have enough sunbeds and again if your not up and out early there is no chance of you getting any beds, im not sure about the quiet pool as we didnt attend due to the kids. - the greek taverna was probably the worst meal ive had in a long time food wise, the food was not great and the service was slow and we felt like we had just been left out at the back, michelais however was a shining light of it and was fantastic with our kids. And the views again were fantastic. - snack bar selection of food at pool and beach is the same and is not great it doesnt change at all, very basic and bland. but you can order other things that are extra. - says there is a gym now i know not everone likes to train while on holiday, well, your on holiday but if your like me and do then dont bother half the machines are broke and theres only about 4, a few dumbells and 4 cardio equipent again of which only half worked, theres a reason why theres not photos. Be mindful not really bad or good just things i wish we knew ! - we regularly read reviews before we book holidays and i wish id read more indepth, we are from wales and this is a french hotel, everything is in french from the activity schedule board to the mini dicos, the holidaygoers are all french, we came across 2 families speaking english all holiday. now for us i dont really mind if there are all french speaking families there but if you want your kids to join in and have fun in the activity schedlue or if you like to join in the fun then you'll struggle to say the least, all announcemts in french and you will initally be greeted in french (staff worked out by day 2 we were a english speaking family and can speak english so if you have any issues you can still communicate in english). - this resort is a bit secluded we like to get out and walk which we did but there is nothing other than a mini mart about 500m away from hotel enterance, if you wish to have a day out then its 10euro each way on a bus about 45mins with traffic into heralkion centre, bus runs as set times shown on poster in reception. or we paid 15 each way taxi about 10/15mins to agia pelagia wich is the nearest what id call a village with beach, few restraunts and bars but not loads. - we knew this already but to confirm like other reviews this resort is hilly lots of steps and if your not a fit person you may find it a struggle if your room is further from the main resteraunt than we were. (there is a shuttle but that runs back and forth the beach and reception daily takes minutes as its only about 500m away). This in my opinion is only just a 4star not a 5

Adam Skalický

The hotel is clearly aimed at a French clientele, so if you're not from France, you're only having half the fun. The animation programmes are entirely in French and anyone who doesn't speak the language is out of luck. The waiters even respond to English in French and quite obviously prefer to attend to the French guests and pretty much ignore the others. Indeed, nothing against this focus, but I am from another country and there was no warning anywhere that this is a Francophone accommodation. Otherwise, it's not bad, at most four star accommodation, with passable facilities and service. I missed the shuttle bus schedule to the beach, it runs about 15 to 30 minutes apart depending on how the driver feels like it. So points off for the hotel's inadequate star rating, the inability to complete the animation program in another language, and the apparent inattention of the staff when you don't speak French (repeatedly tested that with English, you get no response to a request for a refill of wine).

Tadas Vanžodas

At first we where realy impressed by the hotel, but then we had a problem with A/C, asked for a few times in reception for help, still nothing…three days and still waitting for help. And tonight we have a visitor in our room, you can see ir in the photo below.