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Reviews of Hotel Makarios

2 out of 5
Hotel Makarios
Kamari, Santorini, Santorini Island

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 48 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 48 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 29 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 136 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mihir Kumar

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely comfy stay
It was a lovely stay for all my family and friends. The staff were very friendly, they also recommended nice places to visit which was beautiful. Rooms were clean and comfy, Pool was very nice and clean.They also helped us to book taxi and cruise. We had a wonderful time. I will definitely recommend it to others.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

SHENOUDA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yurii

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Skopeliti on 10 Jul 2023
Dear Yuriithank you so much for your kind words!Hotel Makarios stuff

10/10 Excellent

PAUL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in May 2023
Response from Skopeliti Theologia on 10 Jul 2023
Thank you so much dear Paul!Always a pleasure seeing you!Hotel Makarios stuff

10/10 Excellent

Nadeem

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to kamari beach and nice staff
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from skopeliti on 10 Jul 2023
Dear Nadeemthank you so much for your kind words!Hotel Makarios stuff

8/10 Good

Luana

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Frances

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sharonit

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel, the rooms are clean and comfortable beds.The manager was very helpful. The breakfast could been more variety of food but overall I recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ajit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel for the price. Quiet and well maintained. Good breakfast and service.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Juanito

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is clean and with so friendly staff. Amazing swimming pool. Weather is brilliant. Excellent stay
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

KIM

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An unique hotel
What a cute comfortable affordable unique hotel. They were very accommodating and communication was great. Breakfast was 8-10a but one morning we were headed out on an excursion and they opened up early. Friendly staff and a great pool and bar service.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful
Pretty ro good value
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

The beach and restaurants are about 6 min walk away but there are no pavements and sharp corners and the cars come around fast and sudden so dangerous especially at night when there is few to no street lamps - be careful!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Oscar

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will recommend.
Nice and cozy hotel. Hotel personnel were very kind and helpful in accommodating our needs and offered tours available. Also it was nice renting a quad to see santorini. Very convenient way of transportation and affordable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Theologia on 21 Jul 2021
Thank you very much for your kind words! We hope to see you again!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We spent 1 amanzing week in Santorini,Hotel Makarios was our best choose, nice staf, clean hotel, good location! 5 stars *****
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A decent stay away from the heart of Kamari
We were part of a group of 13 travellers and we had a great stay here. This hotel is not really central or in the 'heart' of things at Kamari beach, so be prepared for that. It's a good 15 minute walk to restaurants and shops. The beach is nearby, but not much else. The staff are wonderful and go out of their way to be helpful. No request was too much for them. Request upper floor rooms. Breakfast is good... not the best, but good. The pool is nice and the pool bar is an added bonus. Overall this is a good 3-star hotel with 4 star service. It feels very much like a family run hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Reception staff very helpful, hotel very clean and good breakfast
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Kate

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
People were friendly and helpful. Felt welcomed! Spoke English and were very pleasant. Really enjoyed the hotel and the accommodations.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a great stay here! The team here are absolutely lovely and go out of there way to help organise tours, transfers etc for you and are overly very kind people. Would happily go back and recommend the place. Convenient location to Kamari beach but just far enough out that it's quiet and relaxing.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Booka kwashi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place
The hotel is just like in the picture,very clean and neat the people working at the hotel were very helpful and nice,the pool was clean , the breakfast wasn’t that bad it’s was average. Overall I’ll recommend anybody who wants to visit santorini to give this hotel a try.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nina

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was fantastic! The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. Great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stay was very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

mejulie, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Really close to airport but great to watch the planes come in and to be honest the hotels are all close by. Easy bus routes to Fira and boat trips are just great, Pedro man at reception helps you with absolutely anything you need
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Staff was great! Extremely helpful, and would do anything to make your stay a pleasant experience. WiFi was terrible, and there was no variety in food options. “All inclusive” services were extremely limited.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Austin&Cheyenne, United States

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
This hotel was very comfortable to stay at to begin with. My wife and I found this hotel listed as all inclusive and it was just that. The bar right near the pool would give anything you requested that was on the menu for drinks and food that was on the "All inclusive" menu that is. There wasn't any other alcohol for free except the house beer and two wines. So if you're looking for margaritas, hard liquor you won't get it for free. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner was part of the all inclusive package, but we didn't much care for the food there. It was nice to get a quick bite before we left and went to explore, but we ate out most of the time. The staff was amazing however, always greeting us and asking if we needed anything or wanted or advice. They were there for everything and SO helpful. A customer is able to rent a four wheeler there (Santorini's main mode of transportation) if you have a license and all required documents that is. The WiFi wasn't always the best, but it was good for checking an email or to and so on. We didn't need to have WiFi because there's too much to do with such little time. Overall, on the budget we had this hotel was very accommodating and a pleasure to stay at. I will say obviously there are much nicer hotels on the island, but this was almost beach front (a 10 minute walk or 3 minute four wheeler ride) and a very nice hotel to stay at. I mean who wants to spend all their time at the hotel? We went out to explore and have fun!Thank you Makarios!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, friendly staff. Food terrible
Paid for all inclusive but the food was terrible and even the drinks were awful. Lucky near enough to town to the to go out for meals twice a day. Turned out to be much more expensive and ended up buying food everyday anyway.
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

serina, London

Liked: Staff & service
Small but friendly hotel near the beach
A hotel run by a nice family. The rooms are cosy and clean not so big. Our aircomdition was great but we had to empty the water filetr most te. All inclusove but self seevice nice hreek food. Wish ot had any entertainment for summer but we rented a car and so much to see in the island. Pool is great and no need to go early and reserve the bed. The drinks included in the all inclusove are very limited like roki and white house wine or lemonade but we do not drink much. Clean pool area. Not so noisy most year. Very nice manager and owners and staff all. Thank you
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Alexander, Atlanta GA USA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The attitude of this hotel management is pitiful. Smile to your face and then treat you terribly. The food is served as a buffet and in a room with most of the tables outside. At exactly the minute the buffet is over they lock the doors so you cannot go back and get anything, doesn't matter if you were talking and didn't get dessert, etc. The drinks are cheap and what you get for lunch they reserve for dinner. They start cleaning up before time is up so they can lock the doors. 30 minutes prior to the end of the buffet nothing is re stocked. It calls itself an All Inclusive but is not they charge for food and drinks after certain times during the day. The beds are uncomfortable, you can only use amenities such as ping pong up to a certain time, TONS of rules posted everywhere. You feel like you are checking into a child's summer camp instead of a hotel you are paying for. Terrible value for the money.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Sheena, Surrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the biggest pools we saw in Santorini.
The staff were friendly and welcoming. Petros, the manager was very helpful making suggestions of places to visit and how to get around the island. The pool was really lovely - very clean and all the areas around the hotel were well maintained. We didn't use the tennis court or table tennis. The hotel was within an easy walk to Kamari centre. There was a bus stop outside to get to Fira but we found that were more buses for the return journey if we took a bus to Kamari centre and walked from there. Otherwise you had to change buses at Monolithos and catch a second bus to deliver you to the stop outside the hotel. Highlights were the volcanic islands tour, walking along the caldera edge from Fira to Skaros rock, lovely lunches at Ammoudi and Thirasia and the open air cinema at Kamari. The excavations at Akrotiri were worth visiting as well as the Prehistoric museum in Fira. Santorini was beautiful but we found it very expensive. We usually spent about 8 euros on a coffee and a Coke!
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Siobhan, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location and friendly staff!
Me and my partner cam here and booked last minute to stay in Kamari for 4 nights, super easy to contact after hours if your flying in late after hour check in with the airport transport needed. The hotel was very nice, super friendly staff and always there to help your experience in Santorini. The beach, shops and restaurants is only 10min walk down. It is also nice and quite hotel if you dont want to be close to Kamari town. Catching the bus is easy! It is only right in front of the hotel to get to Fira that comes every hour or walk into town to catch the bus every 20mins if you miss the bus in front of the hotel goes straight to Fira. The staff there are friendly and super nice, the owner gave us a map around Kamari and gave easy directions where to go around Kamari and where the buses go to and from Fira. In the near future I would definitely come back here again and thank you for letting us stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Nicky, Christchurch

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous resort for a Break
We were welcomed by Pedros the owner after our late flight arrival. First impression was very nice, the hotel lobby was spacious and welcoming with plenty of sofas to sit and relax. Our room was nice with Bunks for the kids and a lovely balcony with a view of the stark hills of Santorini. Our bed was rather hard though. The all inclusive package was magic. The Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided in the nice restaurant area near the pool was great. A lovely buffet style setup with something different everyday. The pool bar serves selected unlimited beer, wine, soft drinks, tea and coffee as part of the all inclusive, so was nice to laze by the beautiful pool and have plenty of your choice of beverage. They also served toasties as a snack between meals. The pool area was fantastic. We loved the setting with the Mediterranean in the background (beach about 5 minute walk). We were close to the airport runway approach, however the aircraft didn’t deter from our relaxation at all. Close to Kamari shopping as well. Some nice boutiques and lots of souvenirs, bars and restaurants. Loved it!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Miha, Haywards Heath UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet hotel 10 minutes walk to beach, airplane is landed morning and afternoon because the airport is nearby.Very good food, all inclusive.Easy travel to Fira and Oia.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Santana, Boston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel from the beach!
This hotel is sooo underrated! In my opinion this was an amazing hotel. The service was amazing and the owner Mario was very helpful in setting up tours and getting a rental last minute. Don't be shy ask Mario where to go and what do to - it felt like he was our personal guide. The all inclusive it is the way to go. The food was good breakfast, lunch & dinner - If your a wine person you'll love it!!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Terry, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect for early flights
The desk help was outstanding! the pool very large and relaxing. I would choose to eat elsewhere!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Alan, England south yorkshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very good hotel but very close to Airport
Enjoyed our weeks stay , our room was probably there smallest balcony only a chair width with sea view yes you can see the sea about 1/4 mile away. That said very friendly staff and helpful. Rooms very well kept fresh towels daily great shower in our room. Food was more Greek traditional which I enjoyed It was all inclusive this was different to my other all inclusive stays drinks 10am to 10pm only and no spirits except raki & ouzo. Bus to Thera £1.80 euros excellent bus stop outside hotel also go,s to airport. Kamara tipically Greek & Thera is stunning great views and shopping etc. Overall very enjoyable holiday would recommend to friends etc. Ps The Aircraft taking off & landing didn't bother us at all it's says 10 mins away from Airport it is drive wise but end of runway about 300 yards.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok hotel, 10 mins walk to the beach
Food was ok, beds could be updated though, like sleeping on the floor.

10/10 Excellent

Michel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to the airport
Good experience at Hotel Makarios. Warm welcome, not a hi-end hotel but everything is there and the friendly staff is making such a plus. Walking distance to the beach front with all the restaurants, close enough to the airport, it is the perfect location is you have an early flight.

6/10 Okay

S, Bexleyheath

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good for the stars
Very clean and well kept rooms. Manager is very helpful. All inclusive is very limited. Non hotel restaurants and bars about a 15 minute walk away.

8/10 Good

Karen, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Would go back
Just back from a stay here. All inclusive is limited so don't go thinking you won't need to spend. All staff at the hotel are very friendly especially the older man on reception (Pedros I think his name was) don't know when he slept because he was nearly always about!! Anything you needed to know he would know it!! Could be a Santorini tour guide..... On flight path of airport, good watching the planes so close going over and you could actually see them land from our small balcony Approx 10 minutes walk to beach and lovely restaurants and bars. All in all lovely little place to stay

8/10 Good

Alex, New York City

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You will definitely relax here and have a goodtime
If you want to relax and be close to Kamari beach,this is the hotel for you,not to mention it is a very clean hotel,friendly staff and very close to great restaurants.It is a couple miles from the airport and while you are sunbathing at the pool you will see planes about to land,fly right over you which I think was so cool! 5 minutes from this hotel was an excellent restaurant named "Lolos"seafood,steaks,great wine,great prices recommended from the daytime recepionist Petros, which I dont think you will find a friendlier,more helpful,professional person in any other hotel,he is a true gentelman and I hope to see him again someday,he even made sure I got my gold bracelet which I forgot in Santorini,via courrier 2 days later!

10/10 Excellent

Steph & Hidde, Yorkshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First time in Santorini, definitely will be back!
We arrived at the Makarios having read mixed reviews and a bit unsure but from the moment we arrived until the day we left all worries were swiftly negated. The hotel itself is underestimated in every possible regard. The owner and his staff should be incredibly proud of the level of service we were shown throughout our stay! Including arranging car hire, excursions and lending us a couple of towels free of charge to take on a Caldera cruise when our beach towels were drenched whilst 'drying' on the balcony during a late night storm. Pedros' kind and knowledgeable advice on how to navigate the island and where best to park was priceless. The gardens, pool and all areas of the hotel we checked out were spotlessly clean and every member of staff had a smile. We were allocated a pool & sea view room at the front of the hotel which was comfortable and kept extremely clean (and provided with new bed linen/towels daily) with a lovely little balcony. Obviously we were not expecting the ritz given the price we paid but the food, beer, location and facilities were perfect for us. Don't be expecting chips at every meal, here they provide mostly plentiful portions of traditionally Greek dishes. Some imported beers/spirits are limited on the all-inclusive program so be sure to check the menu before ordering. We'll be back as soon as possible! :)

4/10 Poor

Elizabeth

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Average, wouldn't recommend
Arrived and the hotel seemed ok, room was spacious. That night noticed a couple of ants by the balcony door thought nothing of it, next morning woke up to loads of them all over the floor and in the bed, told reception we wanted to move and they said they would just clean it and spray some ant killer, went out for the day and that night came back to the same amount, showed the receptionist the ants and said we wanted to move, he said there was nothing he could do. Got moved the next day. The food was ok, a bit of option but average overall. The pool and jacuzzi were filthy and could have done with a good clean!! The receptionist was helpful with excursion information and tours.

6/10 Okay

Rupesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Beautiful Vacation
Nice hotel, welcoming was pretty good, the hotel manager is very gentle. You think he is the owner because he is there always ready to assist you The breakfast choice is very limited Finally good value for money recommended

8/10 Good

Karen, Caterham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good value, friendly and clean family hotel
Friendly and helpful staff who provided useful info about the local area and trips. Rooms cleaned daily and towels replaced. Beds were a little uncomfortable. Lovely pool which was larger than expected. 5 mins walk from Kamari beach, restaurants and shops.