Aktaion Resort

We only stayed here one night and we had a nice self contained bungalow by the beach with sea view terrace which was nice. The beach is pebbly and water not very clear a river with slimy water runs into the sea just next to the hotel, so it didn't seem inviting to swim here. The bungalow seemed new but had odd finishes like the taps and mirrors seemed old and there were pipes sticking out of the floor where it looked like there was going to be a bidet but wasn't yet. It's an easy 10 min drive to Gythio which is lovely but this resort is in the middle of no-where and even has a bit of dirt road to drive to get to it. Pool area is nice but in August when we were there there are lots of noisy children/families - maybe avoid school holiday unless you have kids of your own. Most people in Greece speak English but not in this hotel it seems, the breakfast was Ok but when I asked what things were as the labels only in Greek, the staff couldn't speak English so had to fetch someone else for me, who could barely understand what I was asking. In the morning we wanted to use the pool at 9:15am and told it was closed for cleaning, why not do it earlier? Very odd. Not sure I would stay here again.

The property itself is exceptional. I was amazed, it looked even better than on photos. Breakfast was very good, I think there is something for everyone. I particularly liked some local choice of food. Hygiene on very high level, extraordinary. The stuff is very professional, helpful and discreet. The pool is also very well maintained. Beach is also very close and rather large. We had wifi in all area, but it wasn't steady, so you couldn't rely on it. But the vacation isn't about surfing on net, right? The only thing that we disliked is that our stay overlapped with the bunch of kids "on the excursion", since we were on vacation in pre-season. The children (age roughly 10-17) are just children and they were playing, running, being loud, etc., so we couldn't sleep properly for a couple of nights. We assumed this as a failure of the hotel management. Everything else was just great.