Hotel San Giorgio

This is a mixed review. The hotel itself is lovely, great location, nice free bus to Skala and the views from the room to die for. Yes there are steps we had well over 100 to our room but we didn’t find it a problem, felt good to work out a little but if you struggle there is a free bus. There are a few negatives. The main one for me is that we got Poorly there with what we think was a sick bug. I found out afterwards that many other people had fallen ill too the hotel and reps were aware but no one communicated this to us, there were no extra precautions, hand gels put out,(there is one on a wall blocked by a waitress trolley)no notices. So we all fell one by one. I am disappointed that the hotel did not think it was important to keep us updated so that we could have tried to stop the spread of it. I had to challenge staff for not washing their hands when handling money and food knowing that there was this illness around and this experience left me disheartened. The ice cream was €1.90 extra which I was disappointed about and not included in the package and the choice of alcoholic drinks was poor. It felt a very cheap all inclusive. But despite all the negatives I did, the majority of the time enjoy my stay. Food was nice and and the pools nice, always free sun beds and the majority of staff friendly. The cats are not an issue at all, I can’t understand how so many people Moan about them. Kefalonia is stunning, I fully recommend hiring a car and getting out and about. The coves opposite the hotel are fantastic for snorkelling too. Like I say it’s very mixed, on the whole I enjoyed it, just a few things that could have been better. The hotel need to manage illness outbreaks better though and not ignore it.

I visited The San Giorgio for a week in July with my wife, 19 year old daughter and another family with a similar aged daughter. We had three rooms and booked through Tui. The holiday was all inclusive and good value. This included all meals and local drinks. The drinks selection was limited, but sufficient e.g. no cocktails included. The food through the week was varied and of good quality. But there was not a massive choice, compared to some all inclusives I’ve stayed at. We had three clean, tidy and adequate rooms right at the top of the Estate - very quiet with good balconies and views. But up 120 steep steps, followed by two more path walks. Good exercise. I wonder if, upon checking in, staff thought “he needs to lose a few kilos?” It made up for the lack of a gym. The hotel is a little way out from Skala. It is walkable in about 30mins or the Hotel provides a bookable minibus. We also caught the island bus into the capital - Agrostoli. Well worth the 1.3hr bus ride for €4.5 each way to see giant turtles. Hotel entertainment was basic but fun. Except the clown. Singers were good but the karaoke was the best (and I normally hate karaoke). Perhaps it was the rum and coke? Kephallenia, Kefalonia or Cephalonia (take your pick) is a beautiful island, but not as pretty as Ithaca that we visited on a trip. All in all for the price, friendly staff and Greek Isle welcome it just makes a 4star rating. Photos are: Hotel main entrance at night; view from our balcony; view from near pool terrace; giant turtle in Agrosoli harbour; steep walk down from our rooms.

We got an amazing deal here with a free child place, so didnt expect too much especially being All Inclusive. However, it was absolutely fantastic. Of course, the drinks included were all local drinks, but there was plenty of choice. The food choices were fine, with varying choices of salads, seafood and meat everyday. This is Greece by the way guys, so expect Greek food, although there were chips/fries and pasta available for the unadventurous. The 3 pools were great, there was always some sunbeds available, whatever times we got there and not the 'mad dash' with your towel at 6am like I've seen in other places. You could also buy pizzas and snacks, and the Souvlaki (kebab/wrap with chicken, salad and fries in it) was only €2.30 which was lovely and amazing value. The room was great, the terrace was big, although we only uses it as a drying area, the Aircon was good, and it was clean and tidy. I would definitely, and probably will go back to this hotel. We will 100% definitely return to Kefalonia, and I would like to see the rest of the island. Other recommendations: the free bus to Skala is great. Get a taxi €15 each way to Poros which is a lovely town and long beach with hardly any tourists. Of the excursions definitely take the one to Itheca. It was truly amazing. We heard bad things about the boat trip to Zante.