Alykanas Village Hotel

I was a little worried before coming here reading some of the reviews on TripAdvisor but, I had nothing to worry about. Our room was lovely, a little tired maybe, (we had an older room) but the view of the sea was absolutely stunning. We spent a few hours on our balcony playing cards and enjoying the view. I think we had the best view in the whole hotel! As one review said the bathroom floods I was worried but, it’s a normal Greek bathroom with an overflow drain in the floor and the bubbles from the bath sometimes bubble up through it. Nothing to worry about, just don’t put a towel over it! The shower holder in our room (111) was fitted the wrong way so the water did spray into the bathroom if you weren’t careful but nothing major. Breakfast was lovely, all delicious and loads of choice. We mainly had yoghurt, fruit, made to order omelettes and pancakes. Again, I have no idea what other reviews are talking about when they said breakfast wasn’t good. The pools are lovely, 3 in total plus a volleyball Pool and a small three slide water park and other water activities for smaller kids and a nice playground. Our favourite pool was the one closest to the beach, the view is stunning. There are some rooms with ‘swim up’ pools that aren’t connected to the main pool too. The sandy beach is right in front of the hotel with lots of water sports and horse rides into the sea which was excellent! It is also a short walk to the small harbour where two turtles live, this was lovely to see. There are a few restaurants along the beach front, our favourite was The Mill, fantastic food (we’re vegetarians) and brilliant entertainment. The village is a short stroll away with some excellent restaurants, we didn’t have a bad meal. We also went to the water village, water park, approx 15 mins away, €30 in a taxi, this was a great day out. We had a lovely holiday here and would definitely come back if we visited Zakynthos again.

This hotel is beautiful the views are amazing and the staff so helpful and friendly. It is over looking the beautiful see and harbour in Alykanas. The pool bar is reasonable and the lady that works behind the bar is lovely. The grounds are kept beautiful. The restaurant staff are so welcoming and the reception staff so friendly. Highly recommend this hotel.

Pros: - location is amazing, right next to a beach, some area to walk, huge parking space, many restaurants around but no loud night clubs or such - three supermarkets very close, one of which was on the hotel grounds, so no need to buy anything at the bar at all - room was nice and cleaned daily (contrary to reviews years ago), small fridge, lots of space, bathroom was surprisingly big, beds were a bit hard but that's fine for me - due to the stay being outside of holiday season, the hotel restaurant did not serve dinner for half of our stay, so we could go eat to a nearby restaurant and get dinner there for free, which was much better than the hotel one (more on that below) Cons: - breakfasts were okay-ish but repetitive after a while, dinners (second half of our stay) were a mixed bag - some of the things served (not many) were tasty but many were objectively poorly done - not for children - there is a small water park with few tubes, but nothing fancy If you want to rent a car and go around the island daily, like me, using hotel just as a place for sleep and maybe breakfast, I highly recommend it. Otherwise, look elsewhere.

Worst hotel ever stayed in....Room was shocking Bathroom even worse the water from the shower absolutely stunk..i had a very severe ear infection after this holiday which am sure come from the shower water was under the hospital for months with it...the Bathrooms flooded...food was shocking we had to eat out all the time so was the drinks...only thing nice was the location.....couldn't wait to get home...Don't waste your money

When we first arrived we were greeted at reception by a young lady very friendly she gave us our key and a map which showed where we was .. when we got to our apartment 111, it was lovely and clean, and wow, we opened our door and got a fantastic Seaview. We had a full size fridge with kettle cups and spoons bathroom was a good size . Anna, who cleaned our room, was lovely Staff was always happy to help .. around the pool was always clean , just need more sunbeds ,we had beds on the beach which was great only €10 for 2 beds& umbrella We are going back, can't wait

We visited in September we had a swim up room and a double room for our older children. We requested close rooms and they were just over the road from each other which was fine. The swim up room - has a tiny fridge, great view of pools, but beware the patio is VERY slippy we all went over at least once, we resorted to using the towels so we didn't slip anymore, the bathroom in the swimmup room got soaked after a shower meaning unless you wanted to stand in your shower water you couldn't get ready in the bathroom, the double room has a full size fridge and a nice view. Both rooms spacious. We ate at the snack bar on the first day, pizzas are lovely... now drinks... it's 4 euro for a Diet Coke! So we resorted to nipping to the shop on site and buying 6 cans for 6 euros and putting them in our tiny fridge! We had 4 children so 16euro for there drinks or 6 euro for the same amount and 2 extra cans made sense, the beach is great. We got to see baby turtles making there way to the sea. Lots of bars around but not much for children, odd trampoline in the odd bar but no child entertainment anywhere, hotel has no entertainment. I did see comments saying one of the pools should be 'adult only' when you book this do you not see the child's little waterpark (of which is 3 little slides and a splash pool) if you wanted a adult only holiday then book one! Not one with a KID waterpark. Breakfast was poor but edible. I lived on toast for breakfast. Bacon is warm pieces of ham, beans and eggs were cold all week. Staff looked miserable and never interacted with the kids, we had a day trip to Zante waterpark which was good. Organised by Angela who owns the little shop over from the spar, she was great. I wouldn't return just as there's not much for the kids but we had a lovely relaxing week.

I love this hotel, when we arrived we were greeted with a friendly smile, we were given room 421, facing the pool and with a bit of an ocean view, room is big, we have one double and 2 single beds, good sized fridge, plenty of rooms for drinks and even an ice compartment which was very helpful! We tried the breakfast on site that was included, it was okay nothing fancy, but it has the basics cereals, toast, meats, fruits, eggs, mushrooms,beans, mini Frank furter style sausages and "bacon" there were also pastries and juice/tea and coffee The beach was the best part for me, there are sun beds on the grass 2 with an umbrella for €10 definitely worth it! We did find however that people were waking at up ridiculous hours to reserve beds at the main pool infront of the sea, however we preferred the other sun beds as there were alot comfier Maids came in everyday with fresh towels and bedding and emptied the bins. The rest of the staff around the complex were so friendly and helpful, thank you all :) tax was 42 euros for 2 weeks and the safety deposit box was 40 definitely worth it! We will 100000% be back here!

We arrived in August for 11 nights as a family of four (7 year old and 13 years old sons). We have no complaints whatsoever. The breakfast was fine and what you would expect on any self-catering holiday. Fruit, cheese, ham, cereal, pastries and hot option like bacon, sausage, eggs etc. We usually went for breakfast at 9am but there was never an issue getting a table. People did reserve sun beds but we always managed to find four. There are signs that says not to reserve or towels will be removed but this never happened. The pool at the front of the beach was always the busiest. Our room was fine. Spacious and was cleaned daily. Beds are hard but thats good for my bad back. Bathroom is a little tired looking. Our room was opposite a pool. We were lucking enough to be able to leave patio doors open and stocked the fridge with beer, water and juice and if we wanted a drink one of our kids would quickly hop over the balcony to get the drinks :-) The beach is lovely. Nice soft sand, sea is calm and warm and you can walk out for miles. All the bars and restaurants are less than a 5 minute walk. A Mythos is 4 Euros in pretty much all the bars. We ate out every night and we are not big eaters so would normally just have a main, couple beers and couple milkshakes for the kids and it’s about 60-75 Euros in most places. It wasn’t an issue for us but there were no daytime or evening activities. We would not visit again as we like somewhere new each year but would definitely recommend the hotel.

We have just returned from a fabulous holiday at Alykanas Village. I was travelling with my husband, two children and my mother. I had emailed the hotel beforehand to request adjacent room and the hotel arranged this. We were in the one of the older blocks on the top floor and had the standard rooms that slept up to four people. The rooms were spacious and clean with lovely pool and sea views from the balcony. The bathroom in my room was tiny and it was impossible not to soak the floor when showering but the bathroom in my Mum's room was larger and much better so perhaps it's just luck of the draw? The pool areas were lovely and everywhere was well maintained, the waterpark and proximity to the beach were a real added bonus. Breakfast was fine, something for everyone. It did get quite hot in there and very busy if you went after 9am. The hotel staff were all very friendly, particularly the reception team and maids. We ended up being delayed by a day due to the air traffic control issues in the UK, Mary and the gentleman on reception (sorry - forgotten his name) were so helpful and although we couldn't keep out room on, they arranged for another room for us for the night. All I would say is that the room we were allocated for our extra night was not up to the same standard as the ones we had just vacated. It was a two bedroom apartment on the ground floor and was quite dark and gloomy. Only had a balcony in one bedroom and couldn't open the shutters or window in the other. It was only one night though and we were so grateful that we weren't stuck at the airport that it didn't matter, but I wouldn't have liked to have been in this room for the whole holiday! On the whole this was a great hotel in a perfect location and we thoroughly enjoyed our holiday.