Dolce Vita Residence

Dolce Vita residence is 2km from the nearest beach. There is no free daily bus shuttle service from the hotel to the beach. I never saw any busses, it is only taxi's most of the time, some of them overcharging and driving like maniacs. Being situated next to a rural area means you cannot sleep there unless you have proper mosquito repellent otherwise you will be punctured by the mosquitos relentlessly. The fridge freezer is so old that the door would not close, I placed water in the freezer and after 3 days it was still not frozen. The furniture and especially the mirror in the bathroom is too old to be in use, it is stained with spots. There were no shower gel,shampoo or washing up liquid supplied, this is no more than a two star accommodation. It is situated 8 minutes drive from the airport, so you see and hear flights coming and going all day. The quad bike racing late at night add to the noise. The Reception is not fluent to converse in English. The locals have only one thing in mind and that it to grab every Euro out of your pocket, apart from that they do not care. They are definately playing the Covid19 and Brexit card on us, overcharging and serving with a bad attitude.

These apartments are less than a 10 minute taxi ride from the airport (13 euros). The small complex of 8 studio apartments and 4 family apartments, are set in a quiet and gated grounds, the pool area and garden are beautifully kept, they are maintained every day. The apartments themselves are basic, but adequate. We didn’t cook in the apartment as we ate out most evenings, but did make simple breakfast and lunches. The room was very clean with daily cleaning and changing of towels and sheets every fourth day. The pool area was never crowded, plenty of sun beds and not on top of each other. There is a small cabin/reception area were you could buy drinks, snacks, and meals. (Small menu). Kalamaki strip was about 15/20 min walk along the main road, being in Greece there are no pavements, so had to be aware of the vehicles driving past, at night the road it not lit, so a torch would be handy, especially to access the apartments from the road, you have to follow a dirt track across a small field. Kalamaki has plenty of restaurants, we visited about 10 different ones over our 2 Week holiday, we felt they were very much of a similar standard, with the cost of our meals being between 29 euro which was the cheapest to 40 being the dearest (we had 2 starters to 2 main meals and drinks). There is a supermarket very near the apartment, across the field on the main road and also a bakery about 200 yards further along, with seating outside, we enjoyed coffee and croissants for breakfast.