Panormo Beach Hotel in Panormos

I have a somewhat jaundiced view of this hotel after they charged me €70 to keep my room till 17:30 on my last day. I have never paid more than €35 at any other hotel. On the plus side, when I arrived late at night, I received a warm welcome from the lovely Irini who poured me a very welcome Mythos and organised a kettle for me. The best aspect of this hotel is definitely the staff. Everyone is friendly and helpful, and special thanks go to Irini and the other receptionist, and barman Mikkel ( sorry, I'm sure I've misspelt that) who chatted to me in the evenings. My room was a decent size, although the balcony was incredibly narrow. I didn't have any clothes dryer, but the people next door did. There was no privacy partition either. There was adequate storage and even a deep shelf in the bathroom, which was very useful. The safe cost €4 per day, which was well worth it for the peace of mind. The less said about the breakfasts, the better. The staff were lovely but the food was not. The clientele appeared to be mainly German, and the food reflected that. That also meant that the books left near Reception were mainly German too. The pool area didn't have many sunbeds, but it wasn't a very big pool anyway. It also didn't get much sun, which was possibly why not many people used it. There wasn't a pool bar as such, but there was a downstairs bar, and Mikkel was always keeping a watchful eye on the pool area, ready to take drinks orders. The rooftop bar is open from 5pm to 11pm. The hotel location is very good; to the left of the hotel, a few metres to the beach but down a slightly steep hill and steps. I did see a brave lady come down the steps on crutches, but I wouldn't have dared. There are sunbeds, a Taverna, and showers here. There is another beach in the harbour which is more accessible but didn't have sunbeds. The nearest supermarket is just a couple of minutes to the right of the hotel and there are numerous restaurants and bars in the village, especially around the harbour. It's an actual Greek village and not a purpose built resort like so many others. To sum it up, mixed feelings about the hotel. It just wasn't what I wanted and, being in my eighties, the way to the beach was fraught with danger. I enjoyed the people and the rest of the area, although I was a bit miffed when I had to pull my suitcase up a short hill and along a road to the church in order to to pick up my coach to the airport. Good old Tui, again.

The rooms are outdated, with minor repairs needed on the bedside cabinets and light shades falling apart , the toilet seats always coming apart, minor but annoying. You have a small fridge in the room in the wardrobe, no kettle and no coffee / tea available in the hotel, and no restaurant you have to collect a voucher and walk up the road to a restaurant where you get 10 choices, you get a bottle of cold water a Greek salad, a main dish and a chocolate ice cream for dessert you have to pay for any other drinks you want ,, nice place lovely staff ,but not in the hotel itself . Breakfast is a military affair, the coffee machine is out the arc , the toaster has special effects , you get the choice of toasted one side if you put bread in the middle two slots and toasted both sides if you use the otter slots, seems the norm going by the staff member explaining it !, needs a bigger toaster , the cereal is horrible, I ended up buying my own and using the yogurt, ( they offered me milk when I can’t take milk , went and bought yogurt too,was told to come back later …. ( photos will be put on ). This was a package holiday, other than that the hotel is in a quiet place .the pool area is lovely and quite, smells of at pee,,,the resident cat, looks a bit mad , but it’s got a broken jaw, will be your friend forever if you feed. It . Our ground floor rooms was ideal , sunny in afternoon nice place to sit if you can stand cat pee smell … lol

We went in this hotel, not everything was good because, the breakfast they say is until 11am and we went many times at 10am and was mostly everything finish, the room they make everyday but the blankets they never changed for 1 week. Have other things that it take too much time to write down. Only the location is good because really close to the beach.

The only good thing was the receptionist that was very nice with everyone THE BLONDE ONE don't remember the name