The little houses were great, amazing decoration and attention to detail. Air-conditioning in all rooms, big jacuzzi, fridge etc. The shared pool could have been a little bigger. Location was beautiful with free roaming deer, chickens, Shetland horses and a few rabbits in amongst lush mountains. The breakfast was great and the location is also amazing with home made produce, fresh eggs etc. A bit of a let down was the cake they served at breakfast which was obviously mass produced and really was no need to include. The restaurant had decent food, what you would expect of a well visited taverna. Now the negatives: service for the guests staying in the houses was lacking. There was not any staff to take care of little problems, took them ages to fix a simple issue with our sink, they grumbled when I asked for an extra fob for the gate since we were two groups sharing a double bedroom house, the blonde lady at reception did not seem to like her job very much. Also there was no room services at all which is not a problem usually but if you have to walk up a steep hill to get a can of coke, maybe they should consider stocking the rooms with more than two bags of tea and two crackers. Or consider some windows were you can place orders from the restaurant. Maybe a nespresso machine would be nice instead of that terrible filter machine from the 80s. Also there was deer poo everywhere, which, in the 5 days we were there, was only cleaned up once meaning before it got cleaned it was impossible to walk and not step in poo. Poo needs daily cleaning. The houses were not cheap so pretty sure they can afford to spend more money on more staff. Also there were people from the taverna roaming around and peeking around the houses and the establishment's solution was to lock the gate between the restaurant and the guest houses, but they only gave us one key, which obviously caused issues for us having to back and forth and figure out the logistics of 5 people moving independently but with one key... I suggested they put a big red no entry sign, the response was that they did and the visitors stole it, which is a ridiculous lie. I would go again but hoping for some...
Read moreSecond stay for us there (October 2011 first time) to celebrate my Name Day!||Loved it again! Perfect romantic getaway for couples but also interesting for families. Children will love the calm animals wandering all around the place, coming to the verandas to get a treat (a pack of toasts in-room free of charge, deers and ponies like them).||We took a walk at the nearby little forest by the stream and then back to the house to enjoy the fireplace and the round jacuzzi in room, watching and being watched by the animals! A peacock came at the window while we were having mountain tea (tea&coffee are provided for free at the kitchenette), TV was nothing compared to this beauty (but there is a TV if you need it)...||The heavy tree door (real tree) lets some air in, but the heating is good (you can adjust it as high as you want, we had it at 24C and it was hot enough to go around in underwear).||Last time we had our pet cat with us (no problems accepting her).||Breakfast can be served in room or at the main restaurant (same fairytale atmosphere) with 2 fireplaces on from early in the morning. Homemade and unfortunately slow (service is slow generally), but fresh squeezed orange juice (a carafe of ~3 large glasses for 2 persons), traditional cheese pie, freshly made eggs any style, yogurt, bread, ham&cheese toasts, homemade marmalade, honey and good butter, plus pancakes a la minute along with mountain tea and Greek coffee as we requested. They would keep bringing if we wanted more, but it was too much!||Yes, Saturday night rates are steep (120€ high season /100 low) but Sundays and weekdays are OK for 90€, breakfast incl (and fireplace with unlimited woods too, some hotels charge extra). The restaurant is soooo good too, always open and accommodating!||||We will visit again, any season is fine, they even have a swimming pool...
Read moreSecond stay for us there (October 2011 first time) to celebrate my Name Day!||Loved it again! Perfect romantic getaway for couples but also interesting for families. Children will love the calm animals wandering all around the place, coming to the verandas to get a treat (a pack of toasts in-room free of charge, deers and ponies like them).||We took a walk at the nearby little forest by the stream and then back to the house to enjoy the fireplace and the round jacuzzi in room, watching and being watched by the animals! A peacock came at the window while we were having mountain tea (tea&coffee are provided for free at the kitchenette), TV was nothing compared to this beauty (but there is a TV if you need it)...||The heavy tree door (real tree) lets some air in, but the heating is good (you can adjust it as high as you want, we had it at 24C and it was hot enough to go around in underwear).||Last time we had our pet cat with us (no problems accepting her).||Breakfast can be served in room or at the main restaurant (same fairytale atmosphere) with 2 fireplaces on from early in the morning. Homemade and unfortunately slow (service is slow generally), but fresh squeezed orange juice (a carafe of ~3 large glasses for 2 persons), traditional cheese pie, freshly made eggs any style, yogurt, bread, ham&cheese toasts, homemade marmalade, honey and good butter, plus pancakes a la minute along with mountain tea and Greek coffee as we requested. They would keep bringing if we wanted more, but it was too much!||Yes, Saturday night rates are steep (120€ high season /100 low) but Sundays and weekdays are OK for 90€, breakfast incl (and fireplace with unlimited woods too, some hotels charge extra). The restaurant is soooo good too, always open and accommodating!||||We will visit again, any season is fine, they even have a swimming pool...
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