Louis Apostolata Island Resort

Location: The hotel is located in a stunning setting with breathtaking sea views, providing a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere for guests.

I enjoyed my time at this hotel. Stayed on 5 th floor with a lovely view over the sea. Room was clean and had everything we needed. Food was ok, not a lot of gluten free options, especially desserts. But for everybody else it was fine. It's a little bit out of Skala, but that isn't a bad thing, but they have a shuttle there and back and a taxi is 8 euros (reception will call you one if you ask). There are quite a lot of trips, I recommend a boat trip with Captain Vangelis, he dropped us off at the end right to the little jetty next to the hotel. It's also 15 euros a night for 'climate residence tax' that's perfect room rather than person The pool is huge. Note if you are all inclusive you have to pay for food from the snack bar by the pool and any cocktails not on the approved list ( that didn't include Pina coladas, you pay half normal price).

We've just stayed 2 weeks all-inclusive at the end of June, beginning of July. Private transfers are worthwhile - it took us about 50 mins whereas the people on coach transfers were taking up to 2 hours. We stayed in one of the superior rooms which are at the top of the hill at the same level as the restaurant. This meant you only had to go down to the pool and back, during the day and not again at night as there are a lot of steps. However, if steps are a problem you can arrange a lift on one of the hotel's buggies via reception or the pool bar. Firstly, the good stuff. All the staff were friendly. Across the restaurant, pool bar, main bar and snack bar after only a couple of days most of the staff could remember your room number, that you were all-inclusive, and what you usually had to drink. The food was excellent. I'm intolerant to quite a few things and I never struggled to find something suitable - usually there was too much choice. Snorkelling off the jetty. A bit of a walk down to it, but the snorkelling was excellent. Lots of different fish - like swimming in an aquarium at times. Things that could have been better, There's lots of birds around the hotel - including house martins nesting under a lot of the eaves, where you could see the chicks being fed. However, lots of birds means lots of bird mess. The loungers around the pool and the chairs outside the bar were never cleaned. Around the pool this meant you had to try to find a clean lounger or have to clean it yourself. The tables outside the bar were constantly cleaned but I never saw the chairs being cleaned, so finding a clean chair could be an issue. We never had a problem getting a sun lounger around the pool, however there were many more loungers than umbrellas - particularly on the decking area. This meant that if it had been busier you could have had a problem getting an umbrella, so more umbrellas are needed. Keys - the safe key was the old-style with a physical key. This meant you had to carry the key around with you (and risk losing it), and if you'd come back to the room separately one person couldn't get into the safe. The room key had a fob that worked the room's electrics. You could get a second key, but it didn't have a fob, so if the person with that key came back to the room they could get in but not have any of the lights or electrics on. Around and about The hotel runs a minibus into Skala several times a day, we used it a couple of times. Both times the Roman Villa was supposed to be open, but wasn't, however it's easy enough to see over the fence. The minibus also does a run to Poros, including photo stops on the way. You only got 3/4 of an hour there which is plenty enough time to see everything in Poros twice and get a coffee. We did a round the island sights trip arranged via reception. Excellent value, but it does have a transfer to and from Argostoli at the beginning and end of the trip (included in the price, but not mentioned) which does make it a l