Ampelakia Holidays from £387

I went with my husband and 7 year old son and we had a good time in Simantro. Loved the view and resort surroundings with all the greenary around, best part was the beach side and beach beds Beach was beautiful my son enjoyed. Overall we had a good experience, i would only recomend few more restaurants to be availble to eat. Other than that nice experience, nice staff and good food.

Difficult to get a lounger on the beach despite the hotels claimed policy to stop people reserving them with towels and leaving them empty

Pleasant place with easy access to the beach.

Beautiful hotel, right on the long sandy/pebbly beach, surrounded by pine forests, palm trees and flowers. Amazing and friendly staff. The food was very good. Very clean and well maintained. It's in the middle of nowhere and takes 90 mins from the airport, well worth it though. My only criticism is that you had to pay for drinks at the evening meal, including water or juice.

Beautiful location, great breakfast. Rooms well appointed but beware of selecting the room type. Anything other than a sea view room doesn't have a view. We booked a standard room and placed in premium room which was on the ground floor on the street side (no view, noisy). I was told it had a side sea view, but there was no view at all. We asked to change rooms but the manager was not contactable with reception having no backup person to reach. The next morning again the manager was nowhere to be found, and only upon our insistence was the reception able to track her down on the phone. We upgraded for an extra EUR 90 per day to a sea view room which was a huge improvement. The manager did not bother to reach out despite our specific request to speak in person. Also be aware that the photos are misleading. The beach area with loungers and umbrellas are not part of the hotel and are not free for guests to use. The hotel has an arrangement with the provider to rent them to you at EUR20 per day (2 loungers, 1 umbrella) - disappointing.