Sotirakis Hotel

Horrible room: - Shower curtain was disgustingly dirty - Sheets and towels had yellow stains and burn marks - Shower hose was leaking and the knob for switching between the faucet and shower head kept jumping back to faucet position. There was also no support for the shower head, so 1 hand showering - AC has never been cleaned, dust was literally hanging out of the ventilation holes - AC had no remote control, they actually took all of them and you have to pay an extra 7 EUR per day if you want to use the AC - No insect nets so you have to buy the AC DLC - Towels kept disappearing, starting at four, we were left with 2 - Room cleaning done every 3 days and my girlfriend's make-up case was dropped by them, presumably while the cleaners were checking out her stuff - When reporting the shower issues and asking for another room, we were told that they will fix it but the room won't be changed (even though I know for a fact they had other rooms available) No fixing was done at all. - Staff seemed very uninterested to put it kindly, especially the owner (this is a family business apparently). Not even saluting back when we were saluting them, just a bored stare as you walk by. All in all, a very poor experience, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Pay an extra 10$ - 20$ for a better hotel, which you'll probably get back because of the AC and bad positioning (far away from beach) anyways. TLDR: To be avoided

Last year, we stayed in a studio in Faliraki, and everything was far superior to this hotel. First of all, the location is not convenient at all, as it is situated on a busy national road with many cars, buses, and trucks speeding by. Aside from the noise, the fact that there is no sidewalk along the road makes walking to the beach or the town center quite unpleasant and even dangerous. The hotel offers transportation with an old, poorly maintained van. It feels more like a vehicle for transporting goods or materials, but we understand it's a 2 star hotel... There are only three scheduled trips to Faliraki beach with that van: 10:30 AM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM. Upon check-in, we received a paper with some information, such as the fact that breakfast costs €10 per person (we did not eat at the hotel), along with other details and price tags for extra pool towels and the seif(which was not in the room, but at the reception). However, there was no mention that the air conditioning would require an additional charge of €7 per day. The AC unit in the room was in terrible condition, covered in dust. The shower was even worse. The shower curtain was moldy, the drain was clogged, and water would pool on the bathroom floor. But the most annoying part was that the shower itself was broken. Water leaked from the showerhead, and there was no hook to hang the shower, meaning you could only shower by holding it in your hand, which was difficult given that it was defective. We reported the problem the next morning and asked to change rooms. They said they would repair it. However, they never came to the room to check the issues, nor did they fix anything during our entire stay or offerd another room as we asked. Additionally, there were some very rude and noisy young guests staying at the hotel. Every late night, they would scream and cause disturbances, to the point where we sometimes felt unsafe. The owners took no action other than to post more and more signs in the hallways and even on the doors of these guests, requesting silence. It was extremely unpleasant. One night, the situation escalated a bit too much with the screaming and door slamming. It was very distressing to have to deal with such incidents during our vacation. The sheets had yellow spots on them, which didn’t give us a clean feeling. Our room was located in a corner, and I believe we got the worst room, as our friends' rooms were slightly better—they at least had a decent shower. One of the couples in our group even had free AC without having to pay the extra €7. Besides the fact that our room was on the first floor, we had no Wi-Fi signal, and there was no hairdryer in the room. So many of the facilities mentioned in the hotel description were either non-existent or not functioning, at least in our room. One good thing I want to mention is that there is a supermarket on the grand floor and we often find it open after the closing hour. It was really helpful and had a lot of products.