Hotel Papillon in Argasi

Visited in early October and the hotel and resort were pleasantly quiet, and got quieter as the week went on. We last visited Argassi 10 years ago and were surprised at how much it has changed. We had a ground floor room overlooking the pool. Due I expect to the changeable weather, mozzies were a real problem if we sat on our balcony or left our door open for some air. There are no net/privacy curtains, so curtains had to be closed when in the room for privacy, and nothing to stop the flies and mozzirs coming in. There's also nowhere to hang wet swimwear or damp towels/washing, and no drawers or shelves to put your clothes in. There's a small hanging rail in an open "wardrobe" with the safe on the shelf above a small fridge. There's a desk/dresser with one drawer, and only a tiny shelf next to the bed. The lack of storage space was difficult and we were only there for a week with minimal luggage. There's a kettle and cups in your room, but no tea/coffee etc, not even a bottle of water. No pool towels. The beds are very firm, with a shallow foam topper. Pillows great, one each, but we asked for and got more. We only did breakfast on one day, like others have said, it was mainly cold, although some were asking the kitchen staff to microwave it for them. The food in the pool bar looked and smelled great, but it was expensive compared to restaurants in the resort. The staff are fabulous though, couldn't fault any of them. Friendly, informative, and cheerful, a real asset.

Good hotel. Breakfast was ok, but not great. Cold pancakes daily. Why? Good Yoghurt, but only cornflakes to mix with. Why? Beautiful rooms, but extremely dirty floors. They were already dirty when I came in and were not cleaned for the next 8 days. My travel mate experienced the same. Lots of water in the room, when I took a shower for ten minutes. I asked them to fix it, but it wasn't. I stayed in room 431. Don't go at that side of the hotel. You will not sleep because of the music or the noice from the streets.

The room was a big disappointed. I guess it was one of the old ones.
- the mattress was so hard we couldn’t sleep on it. They put something on it so it was bearable
- the room itself was really empty. And there was nearly no storage, so we lived out of our suitcases
- the cleaning staff often left the door to ghe balcony open. So one night, when we came home, there was a huge insect in our room

- the breakfast was disappointing. Nearly no selection and didn’t taste good. After a few days we didn’t go there anymore
The pool was really dirty and the sunbeds dirty and really used

On the bright side, the staff was really friendly