Hotel San Giorgio

We visited in Sept 2018. The weather was beautiful. Hotel was very hilly we were at the very top. 198 steps plus very steep hill. Food was very school dinnerish, and not much choice. 1st night food was cold. All alcohol was watered down and did not taste anything like it should. Although the red wine in the restaurant wasn't to bad. Bar staff not very friendly. Waitresses in restaurant were lovely and did go above and beyond to make you feel welcome. One good thing was they supplied a free minibus that runs regularly into the nearby town of Skala. Lovely beach there with plenty of shops bars and restaurants. Love Skala and Kefalonia but will stay at a different hotel next time.

We stayed at this hotel for last 2 weeks of August with our 11 year old daughter and based on the price we paid for the holiday it met, and in many places exceeded our expectations based on it being a 3+ star hotel. My best advice is to treat hotel effectively on a ‘flexible half board basis”- we often ate out in Skala in the evenings (9/14 nights) which we always like to cost into a holiday even on AI. This was made easy using the free shuttle bus service which runs every half hour between 10am- 9pm - can book this easily on day and only the first bus and last couple of shuttles in evening get full. They will even collect from the Waves Bar which hotel also own up until midnight. A big bonus of hotel were the pool facilities with a quiet pool and 3 pools in the newer section of hotel. In fairness these were busy and noisy during out stay but it was peak holiday season at a family hotel! We could always find sunbeds without having to get up at silly o’clock. Luckily we had a lower level room so I can’t really comment on the steep climbs and number of steps - this however meant that although we had a good view it wasn’t as good as some rooms - also meant I probably put more weight on during my stay! Food was of a reasonable quality and we always found dishes to eat. Like most hotels the food can get repetitive based on weekly cycles if you stayed for every meal. We liked that they tried to serve some Greek dishes at most meals. If being honest I think they could have improved the fish dishes. Drinks served at lobby and pool bars were decent enough and pretty much similar to standard at many AIs. As well documented the flimsy glasses are now restricted to the draught beer and soft drinks. On occasions we brought up bottle of wine up from skala and hotel were happy to provide bucket of ice. As many people mention the hotel entertainment is low key and same each week and is limited to 3 nights (karaoke and international and Greek nights by the same couple). Skala is 5 mins on the shuttle bus or a 30 min walk down hill into the resort. We ate out in 6-7 different restaurants and tavernas which were all reasonably priced and couldn’t find fault with any of them. Would recommend happy hour at the Captains Bar. We booked a trip to Ithaka on the beachfront with Captain Vangelis cruises which I definitely recommend and are cheaper than the Tui options offered. It is also worth a €15 taxi trip south of Skala to little fishing port of Katelios which has a small sandy beach and selection of fish restaurants so is worth a day’s visit. There are couple of small stoney/ rocky beaches outside hotel that are worth a snorkel, although we didn’t see many fish on our visits. In summary the hotel provided such good value for money and an ideal base for us that we have decided to book again for next year to explore the island further.