Amphitryon Hotel in Nafplio

The hotel is in an excellent location. The staff were friendly. However we did not have WiFi as we were told they are in the midst of changing a provider. Also with all the fancy switches to control the lights, blinds etc, the bed does not have a headboard. We had no conditioner, shampoo only. Finally we had a city wide electricity outage due to no fault of the hotel. After the electricity came back after one hour or so, the water was muddy for a long time but it was better the next morning.

While the service and public areas are outstanding, the rooms are not. Shabby curtains, woodwork that badly needs sanding/restaining, a pocket door to the bathroom that requires the strength of Hercules to move; these are regular maintenance items that should be done but aren’t. These pale in comparison to the nightmare that is the bed. Every person we talked to in our tour group said the same: the beds are AWFUL. They might as well put a sheet on a boxspring, it’s so uncomfortable. The frame creaked loudly any time either of us moved, including getting in/out or just rolling over. While road noise is fine with the slider to the balcony closed, it’s glaringly loud (people, cars, motorcycles) when you open them, which you will have to do because the heat wouldn’t turn off, making the room stifling. Both evenings we opened the slider to get some cool air, and had to close them within an hour due to the overwhelming woodsmoke that filtered in. So it was either get smoked out or swelter…what a choice. I can’t say I’d stay here again.