Kastro Hotel

When I arrived at the port of Agios Kyrikos there were no taxis available because they were all at the airport. There I was, completely stranded in a strange place, and no idea how I was going to be able to get my luggage to an hotel, on a hill. Lady luck smiled on me and a delightful Swedish family, who were hiring a car, offered to drive me to my hotel. I will forever be grateful to George who took me and carried my luggage up the stairs into the hotel for me. Before this point, I was beginning to feel that I had made a mistake choosing this place. However the wonderful staff at the hotel, made me feel so welcome - we ended up having lots of long chats. Georgia, Toti and Olibia for manager needs to value you, because as the front of house staff you make this hotel work! Great recommendations for things to do, restaurants to visit. calling taxis and just making life easier for you visitors and me in particular have been very appreciated. Then there's Therma that you recommended. I loved it there too and it made such a difference to the pains that I suffered at Athens airport on arrival. I cannot thank you enough for making my time at Kastro so happy and enjoyable.

We were happy with our stay and would stay here again when I come back to Ikaria! The hotel is under renovations currently, but it was no problem at all for us. I can’t wait until it’s fully done. The staff was amazing.

We had a wonderful stay at Hotel Kastro a small family run business. The hotel is located on top of the hill with excellent views of the ocean. There is parking outside the hotel and is reachable on foot via the road or staircase leading directly into the town Center. A short walk will take you to Therma. We loved the location and views. Very well priced and super clean hotel with the best views in town.

There was no room service and the hotel was being renovated: they should have not accepted guests.

I would tell every human being on earth to stay away from this hotel. This past summer I had to make an emergency reservation to get to Ikaria as soon as possible and stay over 30 days. My father was dying and I was just battling breast cancer. In the last 2 years I had 5 surgeries, radiation, and chemotherapy. In booking this hotel nowhere in the description did they state they had stairs and when I say stairs I mean too many to go up and down in my condition. Not only were there at least 30 stairs, the place was on a hilltop. If you're a goat it would be a perfect place to stay. When I got to the hotel and saw what they offered I knew I could not physically stay there. In speaking with the owner who knew my father and the condition he was in refused to credit me anything. I lost $700 dollars and never stayed one night in the hotel. If human kindness and decency can not be shown in troubled times then when can it be shown? There are many places to stay on this beautiful island. Just stay away from this horrible human being and his establishment! When even the locals tell you the place is bad you should stay away!

Our experience at this Hotel was terrible. The receptionist at the desk couldn't be bothered. She took us to the room she put the key in the lock it wouldn't even turn. The receptionist left us to work out how to open the door ourselves. Once inside, the fridge wasn't turned on, the air-conditioning wasnt turned on. The room was like a hotbox. By the time we worked out how the air-conditioning worked and turned on the fridge to put some water in because it was over 40 degrees and we were so hot while we were outside trying to work out how things worked. The room was so small you couldn't swing a cat in it. We were 4 people 2 double beds. Thats fine, one downstairs and one up stairs on a mezzanine which we couldn't stand upright in and hit our heads on the ceiling several times throughout the night. No care factor from the reception girl whatsoever. All she was interested in was sitting on the couch and looking at her phone every minute she could. Apparently there was a pool which we found out about after we left the place and nobody bothered to tell us that there was one. We will never be going back to that place again and definitely will not recommend it to anyone. Put us off of Ikaria which is an amazing place ...😡

Very nice and friendly staff