Hotel Ethra Reserve - Kalidria 5* in Castellaneta Marina

Lovely clean luxury hotel and spa. Visited mid August. Food was excellent, our party of 5 two had allergies two had dairy/ gluten intolerance restaurant lady manager saw to it that we had best dining experience every meal. Spa was excellent. All staff were very helpful sometimes going beyond what was expected. Beach is well served and well serviced and transport to the beach is frequent.

The hotel should be highly ranked for its comfort, attentive personnel and the restaurant, of course. All our needs have been satisfied: individual time and transfer to the beach, the table registered for each dinner outside, shifting the time of the dinner to the latest slot because we were returning late when the kitchen was about to close, very quick service and always polite.

This is by far one of my best memories this year. The food amazing, rooms comfortable and wel kept. Walking is a must but i dont mind. Pool and spa did not leave me wanting. And thank you Nadja for helping me with all my questions and making everything more welcoming.

Would recomend.

Kalidria Thalasso Spa Resort is amazing! The staff are welcoming, the rooms are beautiful, and the spa treatments are incredibly relaxing. Perfect for a rejuvenating getaway

a beautiful hotel with an even better restaurant! The lady Chef, Rachida, was truly outstanding and very pleasant. Her dishes were endless and more delicious than anything else I have eaten in Puglia. Compliments to the Executive Chef, Giuseppe Quinzi, for managing an incredible culinary team. I will be sure to return many, many more times with new friends. A truly memorable experience!

Excellent hotel with beutiful beach. Great service with very good Spa. Dinner was amazing. Definitely recommend.

We found the Kalidria exceeded our expectations. The food was excellent with 4 courses every evening. We were there for 10 nights and after a while had there been an option to just have a simple pasta/pizza dish as a single course we would have done so! Breakfast was excellent. The dining room staff were exceptional, friendly and professional. Our room was perfect, incredibly comfortable beds, terrace with a view. Housekeeping were flawless! We loved the allocated sun bed on the beach, as well as the shuttle that took you to and from. The sea was crystal clear, no stones. Puglia offers so much, I would recommend a hire car. However between the pools, hot tubs, beach and bar area you don't need to leave the hotel. Firm recommend.

The best thing about the hotel is the hotel itself, the rooms are clean and spacious and well equipped, the beds and mattresses are of very high quality and so are the windows, doors and the AC. Due to the exceptional architecture, every room has a similar very nice view to the park and the hotel is an excellent place to relax. Moreover, the beach, which you can reach by a small toy train that goes every 30 minutes, is fantastic, if you like a quiet atmosphere without music. At the beach you can take mile long walks pretty alone. The food served at the dinner, a four-course dinner, is really excellent, if you like meat or fish. You can select each course from three options. For vegetarians, the options are fewer. The quality of the breakfast is lower, the eggs are sometimes cold and not all food is quickly refilled but most products are very good, in particular the cheese. On the downside, the service in the hotel is of mixed quality. The beach bar should be open until 6, but sometimes closes at 5:15, the service at the bar at night is constantly hiding from the customers (but they serve you drinks once you find out where they hide), and the service at the breakfast and dinner is rather chaotic. There is a dining area outside, which is very nice and romantic, and a dining area inside with the charm of a college food hall. Understandably, when it is raining, one has to sit inside but in our second week the management decided that it would be more convenient for the hotel to serve the dinner always inside, regardless of whether the weather is nice outside, a very unfortunate decision for a hotel that claims to have 5 stars, as I found. There is not much entertainment at the hotel, which I liked, but there is a musician at the bar who is very fine, though more on the melancholic side. If you look for entertainment and amusement you can walk to the Valentino Resort next door, which belongs to the same company, but this resort and its entertainment are of a very different level than Kalidria. Overall, this hotel does not make the impression of an exclusive 5-star hotel, rather a 4-star superior, which is fine since the price is one for a 4-star superior hotel. I recommend it to persons who seek relaxation without entertainment in a beautiful environment and have some patience concerning the service.

Amazing hotel, the entrance is very original and we felt really welcome. Going to the beach by train is a pleasant drive in the middle of a pine forrest and the beach is great. Enjoyed the dedicated sunbeds. The food is really excellent. Sport activities are offered. The only con would be the location, it is distant from the touristic places though this is also the reason why the beach is quite big and empty. The water fountains were not switched on in evenings, it would have been even nicer! Good value for what you get.