Hotel Diana Palace

This is the 1st time we have ever revisited a hotel, as the last time we enjoyed the visit. This visit we had room 105 the room was clean decor ok but this room is close to the reception and bar so you could not sleep until after 2am when the bar closed we are early risers so only got 3 hours sleep a night. Food the same as last time good the most of the staff very good except one of the staff we seen been cruel to 1 of the kittens. The entertainment hasn't really changed and we didn't find much to to in the area as we normally like to go for walks but not best area for walking, so you need a car to do anything. Over all a bit disappointed but if you want a week away and like to stay close to hotel you will be ok.

The first thing I noticed about the Diana Palace upon arrival was how central in Argassi it was which made me a bit nervous about how noisy it would be at night, but I needn't have worried as our room was very quiet. Sure like any hotel you will hear a bit of noise from surrounding rooms, but nothing from the surrounding town. We were fairly central in the complex so I can't say its the case for all rooms but ours was great. The room itself was quite spacious with a sink and hob unit with a fridge underneath and a nice balcony area overlooking the small pool. Upon our arrival we were led straight to the dining area for a bite to eat as we got there around 9 in the evening and though I think they were closing the restaurant we got a nice meal, before being shown to our room. As for the hotel itself, its nice and spacious with 2 pools with a pool bar beside the main pool, but we found the smaller pool to be quieter, at least for the first week, but more of that later, there is a bar in the reception area and a reasonably large restaurant though you can also eat in an area near the main pool. There is also an entertainment stage for the animation team with its own bar and there are different acts on each evening, the best being a Greek dancing night though this was held by the main pool, and the famous fire dancing. As I said the hotel is in a very central location. As soon as your outside the hotel grounds your right in among the shops and restaurants, and your only a short walk away from Argassi beach, though the beach itself is nothing to write home about, but not to worry as there are buses to all the better beaches on the island. Your also a short bus ride away from Zante town, though you can also walk it in around 20 minutes which I did on the last day, and Argassi itself has plenty of souvenir shops, bars and restaurants, and you can book tours, boat trips and other events from many shops nearby, we went on a boat trip to the blue caves and smugglers beach, and one to turtle island. A few other details about the hotel. Air conditioning is only available at certain times in your room but as we were barely in there it was enough for us. The wi-fi was more than adequate. The food was really nice with plenty of choices at each meal time and plenty of variation throughout the week. The room was cleaned daily with fresh towels each day. The hotel staff were excellent and really friendly with special thanks to Nikos and Dennis. While we were there the main pool got quite busy so you couldn't always get a sun lounger but we preferred the smaller pool which was much quieter and sun loungers were always available. It doesn't have a pool bar but is right next to the animation stage so you can use its bar for cocktails and drinks. You only have a choice of one cocktail each day with full board unless you want to pay extra, but they change each day, and local spirits, wine, beer, soft drinks etc are all available. As I said the small pool was much quieter but this changed during our 2nd week which coincided with the start of the school holidays and the hotel started to fill up with more families and so both of the pools were much busier but we still got a lounger every day. I would thoroughly recommend this hotel for families and anyone really, the staff are friendly and helpful, its right in the centre of town and we had a fantastic time and being July the weather was superb.