Bella Vista

This lovely little hotel is set 3km outside of Parga Town, (the travel company has listed this as Parga Town, it is actually in Lichnos Hamlet 3km away). The location offers stunning views Lichnos Beach and beyond. The walk to the beach is downhill about 750 metres, a nice stroll down, but a challenging trek back uphill ( not for those with mobility issues). That being said the Bella Vista is a lovely little hotel, two storied building, with very good facilities for a 2+ star hotel. Good sized pool, most rooms have a pool view with a side view of the sea. The rooms are well equipped for self catering, with a well laid out kitchenette, there is everything you need to cook if you wished to do so, plus coffee maker, sandwich maker, microwave. I would point out that there is one mini market in Lichnos and when we were there(last week of May) it was only opened in the morning, so you would need to walk down and walk back with your provisions: Failing that it would be a trip to Parga to the larger supermarkets to stock up. The taxi service makes this a little more manageable. The room was spacious and bright with a large comfortable bed and good pillows, spotlessly clean. Linens were changed regularly. Good sized bathroom, with decent shower (could do with a bit of an upgrade at some point). Staff very friendly and the owner Christos was genial and extremely helpful. Being outside Parga, and there really being nothing to do in Lichnos, the hotel has an arrangement with another larger hotel to provide a 4 times per day taxi service into Parga Town ( a small charge is levied each way so factor this into your spending),whist this was useful, the last pick up back to the property was 10:10pm, I found this very limiting with regards to the buzz that was in Parga. If you missed this, you face either a hire taxi ride or a walk up the main road, very steep. If you do like walking Parga can be reached via a path which led down through the olive groves, but this would be purely for day time walking imo. The walk back involves an extremely steep incline. We stayed on a B&B basis, the breakfast was hand prepared and included the ubiquitous ham/cheese continental style, plus fresh juices, local yoghurts, honey, cooked options and savoury pastries. I enjoyed the freshness of the local produce. The personal service, provided by the staff was great. The tour company rated this as 2*+, if have stayed in worse 4 star accommodation, if you are fairly mobile and you enjoying walking this would be a great chill out place, or if you want to lay by a pool all day, this would be a decent choice. But again if you have mobility issues then I would suggest this may not work for you. All in all no real issues and if you like the tranquility provided by small hotels, do not mind being outside of the buzz of a town, enjoy walking, it may be just the place for you. ( We travelled form the UK, via Jet 2).