Samian Mare Hotel, Suites & Spa

I stayed in this resort from August 13 to 24, my family and I had a great time, recently renovated and very well-kept environment, friendly staff, especially at the reception, I recommend it.

Everyone was very friendly and helped us with everything. We really enjoyed our stay and would definetly come back!

Beautiful property offering excellent breakfast close to the port of Karlovasi. Staff are exceptional and we enjoyed everything about our stay (especially the pool). We will definitely return on a future visit to the island.

Staff is very welcome , facilities are always clean. only 2 things are negative from my Side . Pool is small and around 10 o clock you have to be on the line another thing is cleaning service, they are not changing towels and sheet . We stayed 3 night

It was very comfortable and central

Booked this as a late deal through TUI. We had a deluxe suite which included a giant balcony and jacuzzi in the room. It seems that the English are the minority in this hotel and more Dutch/German/Turkish people staying there. We had a few problems trying to speak to the reception staff as they struggled to understand us. The room was lovely and the cleaners do a fantastic job. They spend most of the day cleaning, there is one lady that spends her entire day cleaning the floors and glass by the pool and she does a great job. The pool area is small for the amount of rooms in the hotel. You are not allowed out to the sun-beds before 10.30am and people queue up to get them. However, the reception staff were very good at removing towels which had been left to reserve sun-beds so that was very good. Other people seemed to get annoyed that our children were in the pool (they were not misbehaving, just swimming) it’s like the pool was not suitable for children. There is a smaller pool ideal for children but it’s in the shade so the water is very cold. The all inclusive options for drinks was very basic with only wine, soft drinks, breakfast drinks and alcoholic cocktails included. Everything else was pay extra. I don’t know why but the plastic cups from the bar area were almost always dirty, every day our cups had old lipstick on. The food was nice, but very boring, pizza, chips and burgers. Typical of what you’d expect for an all inclusive hotel. We wanted some authentic Greek food which on ‘Greek night’ we did have but only for one night. There is a sign to say no swimwear or bare feet in the restaurant area but not everybody pays attention to this. The area of Karlovasi is very derelict which is a shame. I have never been to a place with some many derelict buildings. There are about 5 bars in the port area, two souvenirs shops and one AB supermarket about 500m down the road. There is not much to do outside of the hotel, we wanted to do a boat trip but could not find any leaving from Karlovasi. We did walk to Potami beach 1.2 miles away which was lovely. There is also a hotel beach over the road which you can use the sun-beds free of charge. The beach is very stony and I would recommend proper beach shoes. Shame that there is only live music on some nights as this was very good. No proper entertainment for children. Overall the hotel is nice but I would not return again, mostly due to the area being so sparse.