Elia Portou Due

Pros +

• Amazing breakfast, lots of options, fresh fruit. Very clean place and amazing staff.
• Despina was very welcoming and offered us a superior double room in the hotel for the same price as the rooms we had booked down the road (at a pretty special price). It was my partners birthday celebration so that was kind and well received. When we saw the room and its view (see photos) accepting the offer was a no brainer. The bed was huge and very comfortable (though pillows were a little firm, for my partners taste). Bathroom and shower all good. Views across the harbour to the lighthouse were exceptional. It was quiet but then it was a Wednesday night in January. Expect it to be much livelier May to October. Breakfast was varied and very generous.
• Great location

Cons -

• You could hear the guests upstairs walking and talking at 12am, 2am and again at 4am - it was loud. Then in the morning an adult was crying - we all heard it. The second morning there was a leak from the upstairs, offered to move us from a two bedroom suite to another property but only a single bedroom suite - we were a party of 4. This was to fix the leak, we had thought they would move the guests above us as that was where the leak occurred and would need to be fixed. Nope we got hear the same noise for the third night.
• The sound insulation between the rooms was not great. Its an old building with wooden floors. We could hear someone walking above us, for a while, but it was no real problem as he or she was very quiet. Tea and coffee was provided in the room but there was only one tea bag and no milk. Also, there was no kettle. Perhaps we should have boiled water for tea in the coffee maker? Not sure, so I had black coffee instead. When we returned to the hotel quite late it took us a while to realise that you just wave the card at the street door to unlock it. In our (by then) well-oiled state we couldnt understand why there wasnt a slot for the card! Cant blame anyone but ourselves for that, I guess
• The room was noisy and the window was facing the street. Someone sat outside our door at 2am and was speaking loudly on the phone. The bathroom was humid and the toilet seat was uncomfortable.