Hotel Galaxias

where do I start ! , firstly I travel frequently to Greece and Corfu, and use budget hotels. so I know what to expect and what is normal. NO holiday company should be charging for rooms here , its just not an acceptable place for a holiday maker. NO kettle in the room, no facility on site to buy tea or coffee, and the hotel will not give you a kettle when asked . the breakfast was completely inadequate , no toast or toaster (,cheap hard boiled egg, ham and cheese (as standard in Greece ) dry bread watered down Greek yogurt two types of cereal , one stale , no milk just long life cream that was for tea, had to ask for hot water every day, no fresh fruit , no tomatoes , extremely poor breakfast, in fact as i dont like cereal, i couldn't actuality make a breakfast from the choice , i dont consider cake and cheese a breakfast, a toaster or toast should be offered as a minimum. the pool was closed , i had to ask them to open it, i dont believe it was cleaned while i was there and no pump was running. as for the accommodation, more like a hostel, we were right next to a duel carriageway in fact our balcony was 5 metres away from it , and extremely noisy , it never stopped day and night , these rooms should not be rented out to paying guests , the place was run down and deserted , i did note however that the better rooms the other side of the hotel seemed to have more permanent guest, perhaps the staff ? it all seemed wronf especially as this was the most ive paid for a budget hotel in Greece , mosquitoes biting you everywhere , never had it that bad anywhere else in Greece , might have been the stink from the stagnant water smell as you enter the hotel. the balcony. was dark, no view just some trees ( probably due to the road noise . so your swim stuff never dried , neither did your towels , no where to hanf stuff so my stuff now has rust marks from the metal railing. The loo seat kept coming off, my partner fixed it as hes more competent than the people at the hotel, the plug sockets were just pure danger , see pictures even for Greece this is bad . strangely one i mentioned trip adviser, a kettle turned up, 3 days into the holiday but too late Galaxias, way too late . Gouvia itself was ok , lots of restaurants but a lack of cheaper type lunch places , so we had to spend quite a bit on lunches , even your usualy cheap gyros was expensive here, a lack of choice and overcharging for food here was quite an issue for lunch , and beer was very expensive for greece as was the cab only 15 mins from the airport and over 35-45 Euros was a Micky take , you can get a bus for two euros , but we had an early flight . so to sum up , Gouvia is ok beach not far or restaurants but expensive for Greece, nothing to write home about , but this hotel, should offer decent service or close up, the only good thing was the maid service , they cleaned every day.

Worse hotel ever! I’m used to stay in 2stars hotel, but this one shouldn’t be even 1star! Hard beds, horrible breakfast, cold coffee, loaf bread, no fresh food, very poor showers , and the smoking area is located right below the room’s windows! The only good thing about it is the location. Don’t recommend at all!!

Ho soggiornato per una settimana a settembre. L’hotel è immerso in un bel giardino verdissimo che lo ripara un poco dai rumori del traffico della vicina strada molto trafficata e dalla movida della via interna di Gouvia. L’edificio principale, ristrutturato da pochi anni ospita i servizi dell’hotel, reception, sala colazione e sala tv. Oltre al corpo principale ci sono due edifici separati. Io ero sistemato nell’edificio adiacente alla piscina; la camera era spaziosissima, una famigliare con un letto matrimoniale e tre letti twin. La camera è ristrutturata da poco ed è arredata in modo semplice anche se i mobili sono di qualità superiore di legno e non di laminato. Peccato il colore marone scuro forse troppo austero per un hotel di mare. L’arredamento è completato da un armadio spazioso e da un piccolo frigorifero posizionato a terra e per questo poco pratico. Vi è il televisore schermo piatto e l’aria condizionata (come per la maggior parte degli hotel economici Grecia si paga a parte). Wi-fi in ogni zona. Molto bello e spazioso il terrazzo vista piscina, ben arredato con un tavolino e tre sedie da esterno rese più comode dai cuscini imbottiti. Funzionale anche lo stendi biancheria che evita di stendere i costumi e gli asciugamani sulla ringhiera. Il bagno spazioso è stato ristrutturato da poco, ha la vasca ma non c’è il bidet; unica pecca l’illuminazione proveniente solo dalla luce dello specchio e per questo molto scarsa. I letti sono comodi, la biancheria era pulita, gli asciugamani venivano cambiati quasi tutti i giorni, copriletti e tende troppo scuri per i miei gusti ma puliti e ben sistemati. La colazione era molto basilare, ma considerato il costo della camera si può tranquillamente soprassedere e consumarla in uno dei tantissimi locali appena fuori l’hotel. L’uso della piscina, tenuta bene e pulita, è gratuito. Il cortile permette di parcheggiare l’auto cosa da tenere in conto perché in paese i parcheggi sono proprio pochi. Il personale è molto cortese e disponibile, soprattutto la proprietaria che parla bene l’italiano e risulta molto utile per i consigli sul soggiorno. Sulla via principale, quella trafficata per intenderci, vi sono varie fermate degli autobus che permettono di raggiungere comodamente tutte le località e le spiagge del nord dell’isola.