Villa Melina

Excellent location and accommodation, has a lovely big pool, very close to bars and restaurants and the port, staff are very helpful , very clean and well kept great place to stay. This is our second stay at the villa and hopefully be back again.

A quirky old house with so much potential. We booked to celebrate my husband’s birthday after reading the recent excellent reviews. Sadly we were really disappointed. The house, garden and pool area at first glance look stunning. However on closer inspection it’s not so good, there is a big tide mark around the pool, although the water appeared clean, a mix of furniture, only a few sunbeds and unfortunately other guests tried to reserve them for later use by putting towels on them (& returning 3 hours later) or moving the beds to the terrace of their room. It doesn’t appear that any tidying of the area is done daily. It was windy and there were many fallen flowers & leaves from the gardens around the patios and in the pool, these were gathering in piles during our stay. There are limited washing airers. The patio table outside our room was very dirty & only had one chair. The studio we had was big but very dark, the shutters could not be left open due to the wind, as there was no way of securing them. The cleaning was not to a standard expected, on arrival we had to request a bath mat and had to ask for the stained bed covers to be changed. We love Greece & the wonderful hospitality usually offered. We have stayed in multiple accommodations in Greece over the last 30+ years (5 on this trip) and were very surprised at the lack of attention to detail. The kitchenette had no cleaning implements (sponge / washing up liquid/ cloth), there was no rubbish bin other than the one for toilet paper. It was boiling hot and all the other hosts on this trip had provided a bottle of water in the fridge . Breakfast was a buffet of homemade cakes (these were lovely), pastries, cheese, fruit etc which was eaten in the garden, but again the tables didn’t appear to be regularly cleaned. With a dynamic cleaning team who take pride in their work it could be a great hotel, unfortunately it’s not at the moment.

We found ourselves stuck in Pothia due to broken down ferry. I quickly checked Booking com for a hotel with a pool because it was over 30 degrees. Villa Melina stood out and I phoned directly. The man I spoke to was very welcoming and said he could accommodate us right away so we hopped in a taxi which cost us 5 euros. What a lucky find. The hotel was a beautiful old villa. Our room (6) was spacious, very clean and comfortable with 2 balconies with nice views. It had air-conditioning which worked very well. The pool area was lovely and nice and quiet. Breakfast was a treat with lots to choose from . I loved the homemade banana bread and the spinach pie was delicious too. Breakfast is normally served from 9am but they set it up for us at 8.30am so we could get our ferry to Pserimos in time. The warmth and hospitality of the staff at the villa made our unscheduled stay in Pothia a treat