Gaia Palace Hotel

The hotel is very clean and you can tell the cleaners are very good and care about leaving your room spotless. The staff in general are very professional and motivated to do a great job. We were Frustrated with people leaving towels on sun beds and not even being on them for hours at a time. This should be banned by the hotel as plenty of people were frustrated with this. At 7am, people were putting towels down and going back to bed. It was laughable one morning, as there were no beds available, and no one on them!!! We were given an a4 sheet of paper when arrived that mentioned the rules/ times and itinerary. Check in was straight forward and a buggy took us to our room. The guy at the pool bar was great. Always smiling and helpful. All drinks were available. The food was nice and well organised, but not many changes to the menu so got a bit repetitive. Covid rules were followed by all members of staff. Not much to do around the place apart from sunbathing. Kids zoo and mini golf available, and a 7 min walk to the beach where you have to pay for the drinks. Bus stop taking you to kos town for €3.50 or airport for €2.50. Worth hiring a car like us (Exer by the airport) and seeing the island. Overall, we appreciated our stay and would recommend The hotel given the above.

We stayed at the Gaia Palace last week, after originally meant to be going to the Gaia Village, we were upgraded however due to covid restrictions. We stayed in one of the superior rooms with the pool outside and mini bar and found this to be amazing. Upon late arrival we were provided with a sandwich bag containing, sandwiches, fruit and a bottle of water each (the restaurants were closed however we were advised by our tour operator this would be the case) We checked in and were taken to our rooms by a worker on a buggy. The room was clean and tidy, with ample space, clean bathroom with a shower, the shower does get a bit colder as everyone seems to use it at the same time in the block, however this wasn't a problem with the warm weather. We had a fridge in our room, and air conditioning which was a blessing to leave on in the day! The room backed straight out through the patio to the pool area, where we able to get sunbeds and relax, the mini bar was also 30 seconds walk from our room which was great. The mini bar worker Nikos was very friendly and polite at all times. Each room has either a balcony or a terrace where you can hang your towels. The hotel food we found to be great, always plenty of choice for breakfast, lunch and tea. The restaurant was covid secure and all tables were wiped before you sat at them, generous portions provided and staff very friendly. Onsite they have a shop which is open everyday where the man sells things at reasonable prices, and they also have crazy golf available for 3 euros a head which was great value. The beach is a few minutes walk away, depending which side of the hotel you are on, it has a bar and also you can sunbathe on the sunbeds available. The reception staff are very friendly , we did request extra pillows / towels for our room and these were delivered within 10 minutes of asking, reception will also book taxis for you and do anything they can to make your experience at the hotel enjoyable. We found a shop when you turn left upon leaving the hotel which sold lots of things different to onsite, stuff for the children, clothing, gifts, food, toiletries, this was run by a lovely women and is open till 11pm every single night. Local bus routes run to Mastichari and Kos Town from the main road, the bus times are displayed at reception, bus does get very popular $3.20 euros each way per person to Kos Town is very reasonable. We never paid to have sunbed towels changed, left our old ones in the "towel bin" every night and new ones came every morning with room service. The hotel its self was clean and tidy, every morning we saw gardeners picking up any leaves that had dropped of the trees, sweeping the paths etc. Every staff member we met always had a smile on their face and could do nothing more to help you. Gaia , we will be back!

We currently here, staying in the new part next to the mini pool bar. Pros, spotlessly clean, great room, beds comfy big bathroom, shower could be a little warmer for me though. Try to get an upstairs apartment due to the mosquito problem. They are everywhere so bring your plug ins and sprays. beer is OK same as other limited drinks. Hot chocolate and decent coffee is charged as with malibu, bacardi and baileys. Food is OK, repetitive but there's always something to eat. Forget drinks in restaurant rubbish compared to other bars. Car hire walk to top of road its less than half price, there's nothing around the hotel. Beach is fab but no toilets. Kardemena nice and friendly so is Kos town. Had to due a bit of searching for a John Smiths. Sunbeds in short supply so set your alarm if you want one. Had better all ins, but nice all the same.