Hotels Near Verga wall in Kalamata

I've just come back from another enjoyable holiday at Garden City. We stayed at apartment 606 which had a great view of the pool and was impeccably maintained and cleaned. The last visit (of many) was in January 2023, the pool was warm and well supervised by a very attentive Lifeguard. We enjoyed a warm welcome at the pool bar from all the staff there. The food was excellent. The sandwiches are probably much bigger than you would expect and are a meal in themselves. The apartment complex is very conveniently located for the beaches from Troya to la Pinta. There is a choice of restaurants on the doorstep, a small but well stocked shop near the complex entrance and a larger supermarket at San Eugeno shopping centre within very easy walking distance. I have no hesitation in recommending Garden City , especially for couples and families. Personally we use a taxi to come and go to the airport, the queues are not onerous and the fare around 25 euros each way. Reception can however arrange for a minibus transport to the airport if you book it a day before, which would be especially suitable for groups of four or more. Booked next visit before leaving , been there about 20 times Only gripe is sunbeds which are routinely ”reserved” by putting towels on them all day but not using them all day. However in quieter months then there are sufficient sunbeds. Its a non issue for me as I seldom use them. There's an upper pool too, which is not heated to the same level, which is a bit chilly for January but great for March to October (imo). There's plenty of sunbeds there but you'll have to walk a short distance to the pool bar.

We booked 2 rooms next to each other, one had a huge balcony where we could jointly drink an aperitif. Rooms are nicely decorated, beds are good. Big pool with a separate pool for the younger kids. The beach is just outside the hotel area where you could use the sunbeds and parasols from the hotel and there is service offered as well. Excellent breakfast buffet, fresh fruit, juice and everything you wish for. Hotel is just outside the busy area, however close enough to the interesting places in town. Staff in general is really great and gentle, especially the ladies from the reception which were extremely helpful. We were offered a late check out before heading back to Athens airport. This was the cherry on the cake!

Δεν θέλουν να σ εξυπηρετήσουν με Κοινωνικό Τουρισμό, με το έτσι θέλω σε βάζουν σε μεγαλύτερο δωμάτιο για να πληρώσεις παραπάνω, σε τρίκλινο κατά τα λεγόμενα τους ενώ είναι δίκλινο , ίδιων τετραγωνικών και απλά βάζουν έναν καναπέ για κρεβάτι, με υποχρεώνουν για ένα βρέφος σχεδόν 2 ετών και για ένα παιδάκι 3,5 σχεδόν να πληρώσουν κανονικά ενώ η προκήρυξη της ΔΥΠΑ δεν σ' αφήνει να κάνεις αίτηση για επιταγή καθώς παιδιά κάτω των 5 είναι δωρεάν . Η κα Γεωργία αντιεπαγγελματιας,μιλάει με ύφος και δεν σου εξηγεί εύλογες απορίες που ρωτάς όπως γιατί να μην μείνω σε 2κλινο και απλά να μπει ένα πάρκο κλπ. Ενώ μέχρι 12/3 ήταν η προσφορά πληρωμής και αποστολής επιταγών, ενώ στάλθηκαν εχθές δήθεν μου τάχα τους έστειλα τις επιταγές των ακτοπλοϊκών και αντί να μου απαντήσουν πώς κα Καραγιάννη μας στείλατε λάθος επιταγές,προωθήσετε μας τις σωστές , μας ακύρωσαν την κράτηση. Και όλα αυτά επειδή δεν θέλουν να σ εξυπηρετήσουν 2 μήνες νωρίτερα με τον Κοινωνικό Τουρισμό και επειδή θέλουν ντε και καλά να πληρώσεις παραπάνω 3κλινο. Απαράδεκτοι. Έχει γίνει ήδη ενημέρωση στη Δυπα με όλα σας τα εμαιλς και δήθεν την προκήρυξη που λέτε ότι γράφει πως τα παιδιά χρεώνονται.ντροπη σας.

Pros: the hotel is a beautiful design, the ammenities are gorgeous and the rooms are large and quiet. There is a great masseur we had whose name I can’t remember but a lovely Indian man who was very knowledgeable and gave fantastic treatments. The sound bowl healing and meditation were great. The tour guide was exceptional who took us to the mystras fort - proper archeologist with a deep understanding of not only the local history but also the topography, flora and fauna. Highly recommend. Cons: the food is repetitive - the menu is the same for lunch and dinner for the whole week so after 3 days we were bored of it. They also refuse to allow you to order from the snack menu unless by the pool area and won’t serve things like sandwiches unless at specific times. I tried to get a chicken wrap one day at 3pm and it was impossible. On another day, to get a simple chicken, salad wrap cost 29 euro! The drive is about 3hrs from closest airports which is a bit of a downside - the drivers are great but it does really eat into your trip. When you consider needing to arrive 3hrs before an international flight and 3hrs transit it’s bulk of your day gone in transiting. Next time we would choose somewhere closer to a main transfer train or airport. The yoga wasn’t very good, it was more like stretching than yoga. I ended up just doing yoga videos from YouTube instead.

i have never written a single review. but i had to write this one. this hotel caters to conventions and one night visits. of which we were one. already our expectations were quite low. rambling, tired property with DARK rooms making us forget we were in sunny Greece. our daughter got food poisoning from a pork entee (eaten only by her) our one night there--we were fine. she spent the entire evening in the bathroom from midnight on vomiting hourly. we were forced to cancel our trip to Olympia and return to athens as she was barely able to keep water down. i went to the front desk to register our experience and our situation. the food and beverage director was summoned and i told him of our experience and asked to be credited for our stay. this is would be a common request in luxury hotels in the US certainly (which mystras purports to be) and credit would be given immediately in most circumstances. BUT the director gave me a lengthy mansplaining of how severely he was regulated by the EU, the compliance forced upon his kitchen for cleanliness and the frequent inspections and how it would be practically an act of god for there to be someone who got sick from the food as a result. he mansplained further that other than my daughter no one of the very few guests at dinner that evening got sick. so surely it was a malady she brought to the hotel. it most certainly was not. seeing that there was no graciousness to be expected from him, I asked for a credit for our food and received EUR 18.60 for the entree. As it happened we went next to a real five star resort on the adriatic south of Athens who had a Dr. on staff and immediately gave an anti-nausea injection. he told us that if she did not improve we would need to go to the hospital for intravenous rehydration! i then subsequently told our private tour provider of this incident and asked him to use his best efforts to secure a refund for the stay. he was told the same thing we were. EU regulations, inspections etc.