ALERO Seaside Skyros Resort

We have mixed feelings about this hotel where we spent a week at the beginning of the summer season . Among the good points is , as I already mentioned in the title,the interior decoration done with taste and good quality materials. There was also a small private gym room next to the bedroom and an exterior private pool which was so little though that call it a bathtub would be more appropriate! There was no breakfast buffet.As a result quantity and variety were limited. Breakfast consisted of one cup of coffee (for a second one you pay extra),two slices of bread (always the same) one cookie and a slice of cake ,a tiny glass of fruit juice and one side dish(egg dish or cereals or fruits)per person. The beach in front of the hotel is very average full of sea weeds and stones! You have to negotiate your way in the sea! But the real problem in this hotel are the dogs! To start with there was the owners dog always to be found in the kitchen of the restaurant occasionally coming out to bark at the clients or any other of the many stray dogs who gather around as the premises are very dog friendly! So we were not astonished to see poop on the grass around the common areas and on the beach! Not very hygienic all this! Staff(the one who removed the poop after my remark ) and at the restaurant were rather nice and friendly which compensated a lot for their inexperience! Overall a hotel with potentiality but still with a lot of room for improvement!

Absolutely amazing stay in a charming location by the sea with extremely friendly and helpful staff. The owners were very helpful in giving tips about day trips and activities available nearby. Will definitely go again next year!

Stayed 4 nights. Nice surroundings, nice room, non-existent beach. Before our arrival they called us to ask when we were coming to have the room ready. We informed them that we should arrive around 11:30, we arrived at 12:00. When we arrived the room was not ready so they suggested that we should wait in the breakfast area until they prepare it. They told us that normally the check in is around 15:00 and we asked them why they didn’t inform us when they called us. They replied that this is a typical call they make with no practical meaning as we found out. They said that we had to wait for a short while until they prepare the room. In reality we had to wait for more than 1 hour and they charged us the water and the refreshments that we received while waiting for the room. Breakfast was included in our rate but without any notification we found out at checkout that they were charging the water (2€ per bottle) and the fruit juice (6€ each) during breakfast separately. We were also entitled to one bread basket each but they always brought half of them. Moreover one morning, 10 minutes before breakfast time was over, they told us that he had to leave our table because they needed it for another company. Surprisingly enough other tables were available at that time in the breakfast area. Very inhospitable, unprofessional people proving that a nicely decorated building doesn’t make a good hotel.