Elounda Solfez Villas — Hotel in Municipality of Agios Nikolaos

To flee, unless you want to ruin your vacation

After 14 days spent at Elounda Solfez Villa, I cannot resign myself to not leaving a review .

Do not book ! This succession of villa is nothing luxurious apart from its price.

The exchanges with Mr.Lygeros were more than unpleasant and he showed no form of understanding.

Indeed, for the price paid (well above the other villas on booking for the same period) it is logical to expect a certain standing.

The outside was the nicest thing in this villa (partly thanks to the view) but cruelly lacking in layout: no umbrella, no shower, no toilet - you have to go up two floors if you have a pressing desire- no outdoor kitchen: a micro kitchen on the first floor of the house so you have to go up and down if you want to cook and have lunch by the pool) - the deckchairs and their mattresses are at the end of their life.

For the rest:

A decoration straight out of a kitsch magazine of the 90s (the photos are taken from an angle that let’s say is more than flattering)

Equipment that also date from the 90s, which have not been changed since the construction of the villa so everything is broken or about to be (fridge, dishwasher, coffee maker, air conditioning, deckchairs...)

An ultra noisy air conditioning that works when it wants to.

A climb to access the villa of more than 35 degrees that is not mentioned anywhere on their website (even taxis were reluctant to drop us off)

The worst being the quality of the rooms and bedding: the rooms are cramped with very little storage. We spent the entire stay without being able to properly unpack our suitcases.

The bedding was just catastrophic.

Beds much too soft: unless you like to sink and feel the springs in your ribs?

Roarsh sheets and uncomfortable pillows

In the upper bedroom, again Surprise ! No shutters on all windows, so the light takes away the last chance of sleeping every morning at 5:30 am.

None of us has slept properly. We are leaving after 2 two weeks of « holidays » exhausted and with back pain.

a wifi connection that does not even allow you to load a page in some places of the « villa »

We were really disappointed with the way all this was managed by the manager who apart from putting pads on the beds (which did not change much) responded to us in a more than hauthful and disdainful way during our exchanges and did not propose ANY solution or compensation.

These problems were all brought up, none were solved during our stay.

The value for money is simply scandalous.

NB: the housekeeper who passed by every two days was very kind...

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