Name: Alykanas Beach Grand Hotel by Zante Plaza
Price range: from £638.70pp (7 nights includes flights and transfers)

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The staff were amazing. All very friendly and eager to help. My family and I had a great time and will treasure the memories from this holiday. The only downside for us would be the quality of food. Although they worked hard to meet the general population's tastebuds. For us, it lacked flavour.

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DO NOT BOOK THIS HOTEL.

This hotel was terrible. And it really saddens me to say it but it was terrible.

I read the reviews before going and thought, it's quite a mix of good and bad so we would make our own minds up when we got there.

The children's club - everything was boxed up and the lady didn't speak to us. We then found out from other guests that it was her last day and she was leaving. So that was shut the full week. It was in a hut and the floor was caving in.
The park was falling apart. 4 children were on this and it looked like it was going to snap.
The big umbrella was broken which was over the slide and swings.

The food was okay. A lot of effort goes into buffet food but nothing was hot and again flies were everywhere. 
If you have children then they probably won't eat properly all week. As the kids option was chips and veg every day with a few fish fingers thrown in every other days.
My daughter lived off pancakes for breakfast,  chips for dinner and chips for tea with an icecream inbetween.

The pool was lovely.
But the children's pool was absolutely filthy. The slides were rusty and not secure. It was also very very slippy! So dangerous.

Hotel has eroded into the sea. Nowhere said this. Not on any online platforms, just reviews. I didn't think too much of this becayse its nobodys fault but until you see it it's so bad. Nothing up apart from black and yellow tape. So dangerous.

Plenty of sunbeds, nobody fought for any but they were practically like sitting on the floor. I struggled to get up off of them.

They encouraged lucky lucky men to come in and walk around whilst sat by the pool. I don't agree with this but we were polite every time.

Drinks. Now I'm not fussy. But the drinks were so bad.
Cocktails were syrups.
No fresh orange and apple juice. This came from a machine and was dilute pop. Fresh drinking water came from the same machine but it kept breaking, so many days this was unavailable. We ended up going to the local supermarket and getting pop and bottles of water and crisps.
Fizzy pop was flat every time, as was the beer (on tap that you pulled yourself)
Wine on tap was like drinking acid.
Don't get me started on the coffee machines.

Could not fault the staff, they worked so hard and nothing was too much to ask for food wise
 (apart from the lifeguard but he was one on his own, what a horrible man)

Then we get to the room. 😞
No lift so we had to walk up 4 flights of stairs. To get to our room, put the key in the hole and within about 10 seconds all the electric turned off. Must have been faulty because even after she said maintenance had been, it still did it.
Air con didn't work. Then when it did, it only switched on when both outside doors and sliding doors were shut and locked but this blacked out the whole room.
€20 FOR USE OF THE SAFE!!
The room door, the only way I can explain it is a front door of a house. Bizarre I know. But this also had no lock on the inside which meant my 4 year old could open it at any time day or night. Luckily my daughter is amazing and knows right from wrong.
Shower leaked all into the bathroom.

This hotel is basically in the middle of nowhere. Yes it has a little town with a few restaurants and a few tacky shops but apart from that their is nothing.
It cost us €30 to zante in a taxi and €30 back. As theirs only 3 buses a day! 

I wouldn't say it was rubbish, because it is what you make it. My daughter had the best time. And family time is what I life for. But this hotel needs a full re do. It's no where near 4 stars. I'd say pushing a 2 and that's been kind.

Please don't be fooled by the photos of this and how beautiful it looks because it's on the beach front.

I have emailed jet 2 but yet to have a response.

AVOID AVOID AVOID

I stayed at this hotel in October with my two teenage sons. My first trip abroad in 10 years and I was only able to afford it having been bereaved of my mother earlier in the year and left a small amount of money, so needless to say I did lots of research before deciding where to go. We were not disappointed, the hotel was everything I wanted it to be. Our rooms (we had an interconnecting suite on the first floor) were spotlessly clean and comfortable. The bathroom is a wet-room but the shower drained quickly and it was quite possible to keep most of the floor dry with common sense about how long a shower to have, and how to angle the shower head.

The setting is stunning, beautiful beach, safe, shallow a long way out, crystal clear blue water, no more than a minute’s walk from our room, with a view of green mountains to one side, and Kefalonia to the other. The village is friendly with a good selection of bars, tavernas and shops in easy walking distance.

Lots of sun loungers to choose from and I’m pleased to share that I encountered none that were broken, dirty or uncomfortable. I enjoyed the music being played at the pool bar. If you want to sunbathe directly on the beach, the sand is comfortable to lie on, and there is a beach bar a little way along that charges 5 euros per sun bed and then leaves you alone, no hassle to buy food and drinks although we did eat here a couple of times and the food was good.

My boys were able to go jet-skiing from the beach, reasonable hire price and I was impressed with the approach to safety of the people we hired them from.

My favourite thing about the hotel, was the all inclusive buffet. Lots of choice at breakfast; full English if that’s the way you roll, my boys ate it every day, big selection of things to drizzle, spread or sprinkle onto yoghurt, toast, and pancakes. Cereals and also cheeses,  hams  and vegetables.

Lunch and dinner, big selection of salad vegetables, and cooked vegetable dishes, traditional Greek meat stews, grilled meets and chips, etc. I was pleased I got to try some Greek dishes I haven’t had before, including Zakynthan rabbit stew, loukoumades  and spoon-sweets.

Everything was clean and most guests were exercising common sense about how to circulate around the buffet and respect buffet etiquette and hygiene.

To sum up, if you want to visit a fantasy-theme park version of Greece, where you get to sit in the hot sun, eating porridge and looking at emerald-green grass, and don’t have to encounter Greek cooking styles, shower fittings or insects, go somewhere else. And if you want to go somewhere where most guests are English, you will find that elsewhere in Zakynthos. But, if you want a holiday where you actually feel like you are in Greece, you will find a safe, comfortable, and authentic experience here.

Lovely stay

Our 4th Visit to Alykanas Grand Beach Hotel... and Definitely Our Last!

Oh, Alykanas Grand, how you’ve *fallen*. What once felt like a slice of paradise now feels like a sitcom where we’re the unwilling main characters.

Let’s start with the “buffet” – food’s laid out bright and early, so the *flies* can have first dibs. Yes, the same flies that come in from the questionable “brown messes” dotting the grounds. *Yum.* The result? Over 30 guests we knew, including my wife, taking up a new hobby: sprinting to the restroom.

And about that beach we looked forward to? It now resembles a post-apocalyptic film set. Picture sandbags as “support beams,” weeds as décor, and those stunning sun terraces we loved... totally closed. Apparently, the website *forgot* to mention this, but why spoil the surprise, right?

As for the “amenities,” if you’re into sewage aromas and light-bulb-testing via wet-finger methods by cigarette-toting handymen – you’re in luck!

We tried reaching out to the hotel and TUI for some sympathy, but they seemed to have the same “meh” attitude the place itself has adopted. The real horror stories are over on Facebook. You can join us there – it’s a real support group at this point.

From Paradise to Purgatory: My Stay at the Hotel of Broken Dreams.

I don't usually review hotels but on this occasion as the pictures and write ups with TUI and Jet2 are so far from reality! Our room was on rge ground floor tucked almost in the corner...it was dingy, furniture if u can call it that was basic, bathroom had no mirror for shaving etc, the only mirror there was wasn't anywhere near a plug point to dry hair etc. The bathroom flooded into the bedroom area if you stood in the shower for more than 2mins.  In fact our neighbours had a shower and it flooded our bedroom next door! Pool area disappointing very slippery, sunbeds stained and dirty...access to beach taped off as sea had damaged the wall (not hotels fault but it really does not reflect pictures on websites). Drinks awful u ordered a vodka and coke which my husband watched them pour....I got him to taste it and all you could taste was coke so they must be watering down the alcohol...I bought a bottle of local vodka from a local store and that was fine so it's not because they are using local brands! Food under oar sometimes luke warm if you're lucky. Bathroom towels left by made were often stained. Resort itself is good and we had some fantastic meals in restaurants locally and found a great bar with real drinks!

2* at best!

The Alykanas Beach Grand Hotel by Zante Plaza, is located right on the beach in Alikanas, and offers a perfect blend of relaxation and entertainment. This 4-star hotel features a restaurant, a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, a bar, and a shared lounge. Guests can enjoy complimentary WiFi, a beautiful garden, and a terrace. The property also offers a hot tub, evening entertainment, and a 24-hour front desk for convenience.

Each guestroom is equipped with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a fridge, a kettle, a bathtub, a hairdryer, and a desk. All rooms include a private bathroom, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable stay for all guests.

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