Pastida Holidays

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We had an amazing stay at Paralos. The highlight the connected private beach which was amazing! We were easily able to get beach beds without having to race for it. Other positives: - Amazing staff, was very helpful. Right from the reception to the restaurant. - very clean rooms - great food in buffet, we stayed there for 6 days and while there were repetitions, there was enough variety throughout the days - we got a one-time free meal at the Pithos restaurant which is fine dine and had amazing food, giving it a premium touch. Negatives: - The double panoramic view room has an open-style bathroom, which doesn’t give you full privacy and can unfortunately stink up your room. Hotels should stick to conventional bathrooms.. - Our did not have direct access via the lift. We had to climb a flight of stairs even after reaching the first floor. But we would still highly recommend this hotel since we had an absolutely amazing time!

We had a suite with our own pool which was nice. I didn’t like that you had to go to the desk to change the pool towels. The gym was an afterthought. It was small and only had one treadmill. No towels or water there or anything to wipe down the equipment. Breakfast was nice, with a good range of fresh choices.

A great resort, I would say it’s more of a 4 star and definitely focused on families. I believe it is too big to maintain a 5 star standard, as it missed the finesse that others show, more because of its struggles to cope with a large number of guests. The location is amazing, close to old town and all the bays. Swim up pool is good, the vent for the sewage was near ours, so you would get a whiff and I noticed some of the other swim up rooms didn’t even get the sun. I could have complained, but the hotel was that full, I couldn’t see what they would be able to do to fix this. The buffet was ok, nothing that stands out though, felt that the a la cartes were just the buffet plated up by someone else. The street food hub was ok but they always got the order wrong, so something to be aware of. A small thing, but how you judge a hotel quite quickly, no welcome drink and checking in felt more like a factory process. So if you are after a true 5 star experience, then maybe not, if you don’t like hearing kids, then maybe not but if you are after a high end 4 star in a great location and you have kids, then yes (if you get a good deal and not 5 star prices).