Hotel Mistral Mare
Hotel review Hotel Mistral Mare
Age: 31-35
Travel time: in July 10
I travelled as: Family
Children: 1
Duration: 1 week
Type of trip: Beach Holiday
Recommendation: No
Average rating of this review: 3.1
Not suitable for children
Enlarge letters A A Downsize letters A AMy husband and I and our 1-year-old daughter have just returned from a week at Mistral Mare. We booked last minute and didn’t read any reviews, our mistake!
We wanted a chilled out holiday, which we got, but were expecting some entertainment. There was NONE!!! But most importantly I wanted to make people with children aware this is NOT a child friendly hotel.
The views from the hotel rooms and dining areas are stunning and the hotel rooms are ok and kept clean, although they didn’t have a cot available, so my one-year-old daughter slept on a mattress on the floor. The location of the hotel is beautiful; it stands on a mountain overlooking the sea. However, it is very isolated and it’s an exhausting 15-minuet trek to the village of Istron (where the hotel is located, not Agios Nikolas as described), which is small with very few places to go and not very pram friendly. Agios Nikolas is only a short bus ride and worth visiting, it’s beautiful with lots to do.
However our biggest problem was that there was no daytime/evening entertainment, apart from the swimming pool, the children had nothing at all to do except run around the bar and restaurant areas, which didn’t go down too well with the staff or some of the other guests. But you can’t keep a young child caged in their pram all day and night.
There are many very steep steps leading to the hotel and even using the steps to the roof top pool area is daunting. It is really not suitable for anyone elderly, infirm or young children- in fact it could be very dangerous. There is a very small lift in the hotel, however, once we got to the 3rd floor we still had to carry the pram, baby and bags down more steps to get to our room, not very practical at all.
There are absolutely no areas for children to play in and I found myself chasing my little girl around, very concerned she might fall down the steps and constantly on edge as I was very aware some couples had booked their holiday believing the hotel to be Adults only, which I strongly believe it should be.
The bar staff were pleasant but the others were rude and abrupt, maybe just there way, but I would also agree with other reviewer who says that the attitude of staff is that we should be grateful for staying here.
The all-inclusive drinks finish at 10:45pm prompt. Anything you brought after was very expensive and of poor quality. Coffee was only at breakfast and then from 4-5pm?? The food in the pool bar was very poor, so we just never bothered. We had to buy towels, as they are not included, never have we had to do that before on an all-inclusive holiday.
The food was fine, not very varied and got a little monotonous and many Greek families staying there informed us that it wasn’t very traditional.
Hotel review in categories
- Hotel in general
- condition of the hotel
- General cleanliness of the different areas
- Family friendliness
- Disabled-friendly
- Location and surroundings
- Proximity to shopping areas
- Transportation connection and available excursions
- Restaurants & bars in the area
- Other leisure activities available
- Distance to the beach
- Distance to ski liftnot rated
- Service
- Friendliness and helpfulness
- Staff's knowledge of foreign language
- Reception, check-in & check-out
- Competence (handling complaints)
- Gastronomy
- Variety of food and drinks
- Quality of food and drinks
- Atmosphere & furnishings
- Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
- Sport, entertainment & pool
- Leisure activities (sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
- Quality of the beach
- Overall condition of the pool area
- Child care or playground
- Room
- Cleanliness & linen change
- size of the room
- Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
- size of the bathroom
Additional info concerning your hotel review Hotel Mistral Mare
| What type of room did you review? | Double room Standard with view Sea/lake |
| Did the hotel meet the standards of its official catalogue description? | No, worse |
| Does the hotel deserve its official star rating? | No, worse |
| How would you describe the value for money? | Adequate |
| Which tour operator did you travel with? | No details |
