Louis Ionian Sun

We booked a fortnight all inclusive holiday at the Primasol for sept/oct last year and from the moment we arrived and received a lovely warm welcome we were allocated our room which although we had booked a mountain view we were given a sea view room with the most amazing view,our first night was spent finding our way around the hotel but not before we sampled the resturaunt quisine which we found very plentiful and varied.The next day saw us heading down to the hotel beach where we found everything we wanted from the plentiful sunbeds to the bar and the beach snack area and where we met the lovely lady who prepared the snacks im sorry but i cant remember her name but she always gave us a smile,after a long day at the beach which is as mentioned a pebble beach but having read reports we had brought beach shoes the area is fantastic for those who like to snorkel we headed back to our lovely room to prepare for Dinner we used the main bar for our pre dinner drinks and we met Johanni the barman whilst we were enjoying our drinks we met the General manager Mr George who came and introduced himself to us which we thought was a lovely gesture then it was into the restuarant where we were treated to more gastronomical delights something for everyone which we found to be same throughout our 14 night stay.We also met Dagmar who is a mine of information and very helpful as were the reception staff,later that evening we met the duty manager George who has a very dry sense of humour which added all the more to our stay the animation team tried to involve everyone in the things in the evening most of which were hilarious,for us the best of the entertainment came from the Bazouki night what very talented musicians and the Greek Dancers i dont know where they get their energy from and then there were the three tenors from south africa who left us all wanting more we thought that this year we might go somewhere else but we have said that this hotel has everything we need and more and so we have booked again for the 21st of september for 14 nights and we are looking forward to meeting all the staff again because the staff really make you feel your more like family because they care we even got a Kalimera from the housekeeping staff every morning so all we can say is we are looking forward to meeting our friends again this year.

We came to this hotel as a family with a three year old child and personally I wouldn't return again... there were however a few good points: Staff - the staff, especially the restaurant and housekeeping staff are fantastic; really friendly, attentive and so hard working. They are a credit to the hotel. Food - the food was lovely, always a variety of well cooked dishes. There is also a separate buffet for the children (spaghetti bolognase, chicken nuggets , chips etc). Apart from that, I have to say our experience was negative, due to the following: Entertainment - we didn't get to experience any day time entertainment as this is all held on the 6th floor (will come on to this later) but we were highly disappointed with the evening entertainment. The mini disco consists of the exact same songs repeated for half an hour each night, some children were not made to feel involved and it only lasts half an hour (it doesn't eve n start until 8/8.30) then there is absolutely no entertainment until around 10pm. Wasps - this hotel is absolutely swarmed with wasps, you have no chance of being able to eat outside and if you head up to the pool, you will again be completely swarmed. The beach is infested with them too but not as bad. The hotel seem to reply to comments about this with (it's nature due to the island's lush vegetation etc..) but I saw no effort by the hotel to address this. This has put me off visiting Corfu ever again as it is so bad. We were all stung during our holiday and I even started to dread going outside because of it. Beach - although the sea is beautiful and perfect for swimming in, the beach is awful. This isn't a shingle beach as described but a rocky, pebble beach. The sunbeds are really old and falling apart and you need to buy swim shoes to be able to paddle in the sea because of the stones. Air conditioning - the air con in the rooms has had it's time - really noisy and ineffective, it is still boiling at night. Lifts - there are only two tiny lifts for the whole hotel (over 200 rooms), it is a nightmare trying to get one during peak hours and an even further walk up to the swimming pools. I wouldn't recommend this hotel to people with young children or those in wheelchairs. Generally I felt that the hotel needs investment in updating things such as new AC systems and additional lifts. Regardless of that however, I wouldn't visit again because of the wasps and lack of decent evening entertainment for children - it ruined the holiday for us.