Achla Beach

I booked around 6pm and when I got there they didn’t have a room. I was told to look elsewhere for a room and on top of that, they said they wouldn’t give me a refund because it was booked through Hotels.com! What s terrible start. Ages later they went and got the cleaner, who was probably having dinner with her family at 8pm, to ‘prepare a room for me’ which was apparently ‘locked for next season’. Appalling room condition. Very very outdated, damp walls smelled so intensely I couldn’t sleep from the smell (and I could not leave the balcony door open as I was on street level and plenty of mosquitoes too). I woke up coughing. Very old bathroom, the door was peeling, the side light wasn’t working, the emergency light outside the room was broken and flashing, which woke me up when it was still dark… I left the place absolutely exhausted. ‘You get what you pay for’ they say, but this was completely unacceptable even for €45.

Hotel isn’t very modern. For guests who stay out of the country, you have to bring your own outlet to charge your things or do your hair (women). Also, the upstairs part of the room (where the bed is) is SUPER HOT! A/c isn’t strong enough. We stayed there 5 days and on night 3, the hot water to shower wasn’t working and everyday we showered, the drain didn’t drain quick enough so I was standing in my own dirty shower water. Had to rinse my feet at the end. Also, free breakfast was mid. The 2 times we had breakfast there, the waiter would forget something that I had ordered and had to remind him again.

The staff and the environment was amazing. The views were outstanding. And food 10 out of 10.