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    Gaia Royal Hotel

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    InMastichari, Kos, Greece

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    ABOUT THE HOTEL

    • Official Rating
    • Free Wi-Fi

    The Gaia Royal Hotel pulls together a family-friendly combo of beachfront setting, themed dining nights and a Medieval-inspired pool.

    This place gets a big thumbs-up for its pool scene. One pool looks like something out of Game of Thrones, the other’s a bit more chilled, with shallow areas for nippers to splash about in.

    You won't need a map to find the beach – there's a sandy sweep a couple of minutes' walk away. There's a waterpark with a heap of slides just five minutes' drive away, too.

    • Rooms: 284

    Things you'll love

    • Castle-themed pool
    • Beachfront location
    • Loads for kids

    Location

    • 5-minute walk to the beach
    • Restaurants and bars are close by
    • 2km from Lido Water Park
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    FOOD & DRINK

    All Inclusive

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    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Evening Meal
    • Drinks
    • Snacks

    Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Selected local-brand alcohol, soft drinks, tea and coffee. Snacks at set times.

    Facilities

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    • 2 outdoor pools

      There's a good choice of pools here. The main pool has a Medieval feel, with castles and turrets rising up from the water. The other two pools are more relaxed, with shallow areas for the little ones.

    • Restaurant

      The international buffet restaurant has an outdoor terrace with views of the Aegean Sea. American-style breakfasts kick off the day, and there are Greek and Italian theme nights throughout the week.

    • Bar

      With a long list of drinks, the bar's the perfect place for refreshments. On Greek nights you'll be entertained by dancers and live music.

    Rooms

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    Relaxing
    25 Oct , 2019 jacalynsinnott, 2173208
    Quiet remote location but, we knew this when we booked so not a problem. All inclusive, for us this was our first experience of AI, we always self cater, preferring to eat out at different local restaurants. The food was plentiful in choice and no complaints about it. Bus service to Kos Town, bus stop just left of reception at 9.30am, not at all hard to get to and only 3 euros 20 each way per person, plenty bus time choices for return. Well worth a visit. Beach is literally a stones throw away and only 5 euros for 2 beds and a parasol for the day, we left our towels on beds to go for lunch, no problem. Mosquitos, aaarrrgh!! My first ever mosquito experience, lots of “scratchers” in the hotel, not pleasant at all 😠 The mini zoo is very smelly 😱 We probably wouldn’t return to this hotel as overall we missed the bustle of being a bit closer to local amenities and eating out at local restaurants but, if you’re looking for a chilled week or so then it’s ideal. Also shout out to the animation team 😀
    Surprised
    24 Oct , 2019 DJKazza64
    So after booking a week here last minute, then reading reviews on TA, was a little wary, re mosquito bites and location. On arrival, midnight, and checking in, man with buggy drove us, in the dark some way to our room, which was up 3 flights of stairs, and to be fair help us up with our cases. The room was spacious and ok for two females on a girly holiday, albeit we had a large but very hard double bed. In the light of day, we made our way to restaurant for breakfast. Wow, what a selection, not just breakfast but every meal. Have no complaints for the food, as choice albeit repetitive was very good. All inclusive drinks a completely different matter. How can Vodka and tonic not be included??? Never in all my years of travelling all inc has vodka (local variety’s) not been inc. very strange. As for the mosquito bites, OMG, so many people had been bitten, but we had read reviews and went VERY prepared, and as soon as got on coach transfer we wore mosquito band repellent bands. Plug in repellant in our room as well as repellent air freshener. We both wore a new mosquito band daily and wore Jungle roll on repellent at night(main time for the blighters to take a bite) plus Avon dry oil spray, day and night, and both came home, bite free, thankfully, so please take precautions. We spent a day on the beach, 5 euros for 2 sun beds and a parasol, a bargain I think, and the beach was clean and tidy, and the see was warm and gorgeous. Location was def remote, but happy just to chill and relax, but if you want to investigate, maybe not a hotel for you. All in all, a good relaxed week away.
    Pretty good hotel, but very dependend on choice of the room. Nice nature around, very nice sea, nice swimming pools
    07 Oct , 2019 Tomáš P
    It was really nice vacation. But there are some disadvantages: very poor wi-fi signal, around local zoo is pretty big smell of animals. If you have a room next to main road, there is a big traffic of buses in the night. It very depends on choice of the room very much. If you have a bad room, dont hestite to change it asap. Otherwise really tasty food and very good choice, out room was like new and clean, good equipted. Really nice sea with sandy beach and several nice swimming pools.
    Disappointing
    24 Sep , 2019 kevinmcclounan, 503830
    My wife and I have just returned from 11 nights at this hotel. First the positives: The hotel is impeccably clean. The hotel staff from the gardeners through the maids, bar staff, dining room waiters and managers to the reception staff could not have been more accommodating. Now the negatives: This hotel is so remote from anything you feel like a prisoner. True there is a daily bus service into Kos town, it leaves at 0930 and returns at 1300hrs. True there is a regular public bus service into Kos, but the bust stop is about half a mile from the hotel, not suitable for my disabled wife. Taxi into Kos 27 euros each way, taxi into Mastihari 10euros each way. The all-inclusive does not include tonic water (1 euro) a splash yet lemonade and coke are included. At the hotels private beach (attached to the hotel) you pay for everything, parasols sun beds food and drink (where did the all-inclusive go?. Once a week the animation team hold a beach party, again you pay for everything. The food is plentiful but rather repetative. Hope you do not mind sharing your meals with cats (which are actively encouraged by dining room staff) and other guests dogs. The town of Mastihari is described as a quaint Greek fishing village. I expected to see fishing boats or at the least a Greek fisherman repairing his nets, no such luck. The village looks like it has suffered a air raid, potholes everywhere drain covers missing in the pavement. I would avoid this hotel like the plague unless you like being ripped off. Kevin McClounan
    J Hamilton
    22 Sep , 2019 1971gooner
    Hotel was good also rooms were good...beach was fab and pools were good and clean. hotel was in the middle of nowhere but had plenty on site saying that it was nice to have an evening trip to kos town which was a welcome break. Not many British people but plenty of germans some which were quite rude but most were fine. Had a week stay which was probably about right but wouldn't return because of the location. Huge problem with mosquitoes not helped by cleaning staff leaving doors open when cleaning I never normally suffer to many bites but suffered around 35 single bites so be prepared. Generally a good break.
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    We're looking into whether this property is generally suitable for those with reduced mobility. In the meantime, feel free to contact our Customer Welfare team or visit our accessible holidays page if you have any questions.


    Our Customer Welfare number is 0203 451 2585. Lines are open Monday to Friday 09.00-19.00, Saturday 09.00-18.00, and Sunday 10.00-17.00. Calls from UK landlines cost the standard rate, but calls from mobiles may be higher, so please check with your network provider.

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