Alexandros Hotel

I was really worried about going after reading the reviews, however we had a wonderful holiday. Went here with my partner for our first holiday to Corfu, we are in our 40’s. I paid extra for a lateral side sea view, the view was so beautiful, a mix of mountains and sea, was so happy with this. The room was well air conditioned which was definitely needed. The hotel and rooms are not brand new, however they were very very clean and comfortable and the rooms were cleaned every day with fresh towels. The food was lovely, very tasty, plenty to choose from. Plenty of salads, meat dishes, fish and vegetarian dishes. They were also different at every meal time so tried plenty of different foods. There was also Greek dishes. The pool snacks weren’t amazing and maybe could have been made fresh so didn’t dry out, also I’m vegetarian and like healthy food so would have liked fresh fruit, however nothing to moan about as I was really full from x3 buffet meals per day. The pool was lovely, lovely temperature and clean. Sunbeds not always available as people would hog them for the day but we didn’t go early morning, in the afternoon, there was still plenty of seating area. English music played by the pool. Everyone happy and seemed to be enjoying their holiday, was a good vibe there. There was a shuttle bus x4 times a day to Benitses and back again, easy to book, beach was absolutely gorgeous and had restaurants and shops there. The sea was 5 mins away, lovely for swimming and snorkelling, no beach there. There was a bus stop on main road 2 mins from hotel to Corfu Town and to Benitses. Easy to catch the bus into Corfu town, had a swim there too. There was a shop in the hotel and next to the bus stop. Also a travel shop where we booked an excursion to Paleokastritsa, coach picked us up for 4 hours, really enjoyed that and very reasonable, £42 for two of us. We walked up the hill to Achilleon Palace, took about 45 minutes. Recommend going early morning before it gets too hot as it is steep. Views there was heaven! Only 5euros each to look around gardens, the palace is being renovated. Lovely cafe with gorgeous views. All in all this was amazing value for money and to think how worried I was, I wanted to share my review to anyone else worrying like I did. People are quick to give bad reviews but don’t always give reviews when good. I’m not sure why there were so many bad reviews. If you want 4+ stars I would expect to pay a lot more money. This was good value for money and positive experience. Everyone else there seemed to be happy too!