Rigas Boutique Hotel in Afitos

Well situated. Nice breakfast selection. Friendly staff. Food and drink in the hotel nice but very overpriced. Very shabby rooms. Hot water not very hot. A full length mirror needed. Unbelievably no mattress protector on the bed. This is not acceptable anywhere. A few broken tiles/steel strips which are a health and safety issue.

We booked this trip 8 months in advance for our honeymoon. Unfortunately, there was no information about what type of room we were getting, so I contacted the hotel directly shortly after booking to ask about it and the possibility of upgrading to a better room with a sea view or just a good room since there was zero information about it. I was told they didnt know either, but they would look it up and get back to us two weeks before arrival – but no one ever did. I thought that it would be great anyways since it is a 4 star hotel. When we arrived, it felt like we had been given the worst room in the hotel, and on the website it says "all rooms are updated".. well this room was outdated, ground floor, facing a noisy street. The bed was extremely hard, and the shower flooded the bathroom after just two minutes. Very bad standard. Not four star in any way. Staff added a mattress topper (more like a blanket), but the water issue remained unresolved. It rained for a few days wich is fine, but the cushions on the sunbeds were never removed – so even when the sun returned, they were unusable because you got soaked lying on them. On the positive side, the hotel’s location is stunning, with breathtaking views from the hillside. The breakfast was excellent, and the common areas were nice. Staff were kind, but overall we were disappointed that no effort was made to acknowledge our honeymoon, even though we reached out early and wanted to pay for an upgrade, to have an amazing time. It would have been nice if someone got back to us with information or whatever. The hotel restaurant was overpriced (€10 for a bowl of fries), if you want value for the money there are better options in the village. I've seen the previous reviews and can not understand the hype about the food in the restaurant... then of course we all have different preferences. The hotel has great potential, but the service and room experience didn’t live up to what we expected for such a special occasion or price to be honest. I think a four-star hotel should not even have rooms like that. Overall okey but nothing special except for the view.