Pavlis Studios Ormos — Hotel in Municipality of Western Samos

There are two 'Pavlis studios' in Marathokampou. One is at Ormos, just above an attractive harbour and shown in this photograph from Trip Advisor. I did not stay there! I stayed at the better located Pavlis Studios 4 miles down the road in Kampos. Better because it across the road from the beach - and at the same level. Better because there are restaurants, supermarkets, a bakery and gift tourist shops within easy walking distance (like 3 minutes). The apartments were well maintained, clean and quite modern. Mine had a shower, toilet and wash basin in the bathroom, a double bed and a tiny kitchenette with a hob (never used) and a fridge. The room was serviced every other day. Outside was a balcony with a table and chairs. Inside a wardrobe for hanging clothes, a desk with a chair and other useful shelves for storing things. Perfectly large enough - with good air conditioning and insect repellent protection on the windows and patio doors. The crockery and cutlery looked like cast offs bought in a jumble sale and there was no wine glass - but an assortment of other glasses - non matching. This is a point to be improved - it just let the place down a bit. A kettle was provided - but no toaster. There was wi-fi but it was poor and slow - my apartment was Number 8. The gardens surrounding the apartments were lovely - full of colour - and the swimming pool with a bar (closed at 6pm) and sun loungers was gorgeous. Car parking at the front was free. I stayed 7 nights and only paid 372 euros in September. The location was perfect - you could be on the beach in two minutes. The welcome was friendly and I was even given a complimentary glass of wine! I liked the place - but do make sure you book the right Pavlis studios. You want Pavlis Stuidos, Kampos - although I am sure Pavlis Studios, Ormos...

If you are looking for simple accommodation in a great position in the village, these are the studios to choose. On booking, we were disappointed to find that the rooms overlooking the pool had gone but after a few days at Pavlis we decided we preferred our room (No 6) which had views of the village, sea and the pool and was completely private which the newer ones were not.||||The kitchen was well equipped and included an electric kettle which is not always the case in Greece but the only cooking facilities were two electric hot plates, no grill or toaster which we would have preferred but it did mean that yoghurt and fruit was the order of the day first thing in the morning! There was also a hair-dryer and iron should you need them, as well as a safe and air-con (both of which payable to Mr Pavlis). Downsides were the studios were only cleaned and bins emptied twice a week and the beds which were extremely hard. Plenty of hot water, always sun beds and always peaceful around the pool (no children!) apart from the occasional irritating beep of mobile messages . . .||||Could not fault any of the tavernas in the village and would also recommend Christopetro – less than 10 minutes drive away towards Votsalakia (a very touristy resort – just the road running through with tavernas and bars (advertising football, English breakfasts and cocktails – horrid!). Would also recommend Psili Amonous beach – gently shelving sandy beach with one taverna/bar – you need to park on the side of the road and walk down the hill. ||||We stayed the first two weeks in July and it was very hot – 32 degrees at 9.00am in the morning but it did get quite windy during the day so...

Returned last night from these studios after 1 week with Sunvil. The previous reports are very much in line with our own views. Ormos is the harbour village of Marathokampos, a bigger village in the hills above. Its a traditional Greek fishing village and tourists were thin on the ground. Pavlis is in a stunning location and most of the time it was not windy, but when it was, it was breezy ! We were in one of the older, smaller studios which we actually preferred. The balcony was completely private and the views unbeatable. They are however overlooking the road up from the village which is not busy but as in most of Greece at weekends suffers noisy bikes zipping up the hill. All tavernas were excellent. Our favourite was Lekatis but for fish the very last one heading east(sorry the name escapes me) was cheapest by far. This village has a lot of cats and it was good to see that they were generally in good condition. Kate the Sunvil rep lives nearby in Votsalakia which is known as Kambos on maps, she is very well informed. There are no ATM's in Ormos. The one supermarket is excellent. Its open all year and well used by locals so prices are good too. Not many boat trips available and due to new taxes many boats laid up. We wanted to visit Fourni Is. but not enough tourists to make it viable. We did do the trip to Samiopoula, good day out inc. lunch 35e. We have only one negative comment. The paper bin in the loo was emptied only once during our stay. Overall very pleased with the Pavlis, many repeat clients here inc. ex Laskarina guests, clearly a high level of customer...