Hotel Filakas

What many people don't really realize is that hotels in Greece probably aren't necessarily going to compare with the high accommodations of other countries because the nation is in poverty. Our group stayed there overnight due to a planning error on the tour company's part, and of my 10 day, 6 different hotels in Greece and Italy trip, this was by far the best hotel we stayed in.

There is no elevator, which was a bummer because there were many stairs (so many that coming back down I had to be careful not to get lost), but we actually did have people help us carry up luggage for those who were not able to really carry it themselves (like my mother).

Most of the reviews on here have complained about the breakfast, but again, that's a bit due to the lack of knowledge of the culture. Our trip spanned across Italy and Greece, and this was the second best breakfast we had. Italians and Gretians, they just don't eat very elaborate breakfasts. They have a crossaint and coffee every morning and they're good. The ham, cheese, bread, cereal and coffee/juice selection was typical of all the other breakfasts we had across both countries. It was fresh, though, and the bread was warm and tasty. Nothing spectacular to American standards (and I guess German standards either), but if you take the culture into account, it was good. The reason dinner is probably reviewed as so much better is because that's the most important meal to them, and so they eat more at that time. thus serving more.