Tsilivi Admiral

This was the perfect holiday for us, as soon as you arrive you are greeted with smiling happy faces. We got a welcome drink as we checked in which was a lovely touch, we then was shown to our room, the room is basic but that’s all you need really. It’s had a mini fridge ( wasn’t cold maybe just a chiller) with 2 bottles of water in, in the room we had a hair dryer & a safe ( you have to ask reception for the key ). When you check in you need to pay tourist tax this is €25 per room. You can get pool towels from reception which is €10 per person and it’s refundable at end of stay- you get fresh pool towels everyday when you had the dirty ones back. We stayed in A block- it’s around the side of the hotel and we was on ground floor - the only annoying thing is I got worked up by a bin or delivery lorry each morning, they was so loud & noisy but I don’t know if you’d still hear it if you was in a different block of hotel but that issue can’t be helped and has got nothing to do with hotel, it’s just where the room was I think. Drinks - The all inclusive drinks are okay but then again that’s what’s you get with all inclusive. Good cocktail menu and the beer is good, the local beer is Zorbaz beer on tap. They have non branded fizzy drinks on machine but still taste good. Photos of drinks menu are attached. Food- the food at this hotel is really good, best all inclusive food hotel I’ve been too. Something new each day apart from breakfast that’s the same every day but that is hard to mix up. Entertainment- the entertainment team work so hard!. The night entertainment was okay and the Michael Jackson tribute act at hotel was great. They had bingo on a couple nights which is fun €10 and the prize is money. Karaoke was good. They play music during the day around the pool which is nice & have day activities as well in or around the pool such as a music quiz. I highly recommend doing the half day smugglers cove trip- we booked this with the Tui rep was only €6 pp more booking it with rep but at least you know where you stand with Tui reps, got amazing service on that trip from the Tui rep. We also booked the turtle spotting cruise, unfortunately we didn’t see any turtles but was still a good trip again booked it with Tui rep. If you do a trip you can ask the hotel to provide a packed lunch for you - need to ask at least a day before you need it. The packed lunch was really good. I suggest buying or brining a snorkel as you get 2 swim stops on both trips and the water is so lush you can see some fish. I highly recommend visiting kaliva bar ( come out the hotel and turn right, about 5 min walk to the bar ). Such a great bar and on a Saturday they have an Abba tribute - the tribute act was amazing!! Such a good atmosphere- I recommend getting there early to get a seat as it got busy quickly. I highly recommend getting the “ fun train “ into Zante town or laganas or kalamaki, was only €8 per adult return, it left Tsivili at 09:45 and return time leaving Zante town at 13:30 so you got a good 3 hours to explore the town. Do not visit Zante town between 2pm to 6pm as everything will be closed.You can find the fun train at the main strip of Tsilivi- come out hotel turn left and keep left past the wooden bus stop. The fun train is opposite breeze bar. I suggest visiting fantasy mini golf - fun for all ages, they have 4 different courses, we had lots of fun. I had the most amazing massage at relax hair and beauty salon( down the bottom of the main strip about 20 minute walk from hotel) €50 for full body 50 minutes massage- best to book in advance before you go on holiday- they are on Facebook or can find number/ email on internet. We had the best time and would stay again.