Grand Resort Lagonissi

This place feels like a former four or possibly five star resort that has fallen on hard times and now skimps on maintenance to preserve margin. The rooms in the main building are small and dated, with frayed slipcovers and stained carpets. Some have visible mold. The bathrooms are motel-like and cramped, lacking towel bars and other basic amenities one would expect at a “luxury” resort. The water sports activities are obnoxiously expensive so, guess what, no one does them! The fitness room smells of strange disinfectant. There is a charge for basic water at the beach, and no changing area or locker room facilities. The restaurants are expensive. If you enjoy cigar smoke wafting in your face while waiting more than an hour for basic food to be served, the beach bar is your place. Overall, a disappointment.

I don’t really do poor reviews but this is my experience in mid Nov. Stayed at 117 bungalow for two nights. As others have mentioned this series is old and tired albeit generous in size. Probably good for families. The immediate issues are: - red ants and spiders in the shower floor ( the person who showed me the room and the operation of the steam room obviously saw it but chose to ignore it) - red ants in the towels (I gather they probably wanted a warm place) - cobwebs in corners of the living room I suspect the bungalow was vacant for weeks and no housekeeping was done until I checked in. If not then they have a real housekeeping issue. I immediately asked to change rooms. Emilia from Lagonissi was accommodating but only rooms in main building available (much smaller and were also not renovated) So I decided to stay in the bungalow. Subsequent issues: - no hot water when taking a shower after a corporate event. Reported to reception and they offered to send technician but it was past midnight so I asked them to note and look at it in the morning. The next day there was hot water in the morning so I assumed it was fixed overnight. But the problem then manifested itself the second evening. Beware - no usb sockets in the bungalows. Gym: decent size but equipment tired and not functional. Free weights only go up to 12.5 kg. Bars are rusty. 2 treadmills are functioning and the incline function does not work on one of them (the one nearest the door) Nespresso machine in room was terrible. Didn’t use it as the limescale on the water container was terrible. On check out no one asked about the stay. Pity. Anyway the setting was lovely but the hardware lets the resort down. It really needs a complete renovation before it can be called Grand.