Charieta Studios & Apartments

Me and and 4 of my friends (AGED 19) decided to go to this place for a week as a relaxing holiday. When we got there we were slightly concerned about the size of the appartment as it appears to be quite small but it turned out to be perfect. It is quite a quiet place which is perfect. It is extremely close to shops, restaurants, beach and buses to other major places. The balcony was overlooking the pool and was lovely to sit and relax onn. The bar man and son 'chris' was a life saver and incredibily nice. Without him we wouldn't have got anywhere as it is a family business and the parents can't really speak English. One of the nights we all went to Kavos for a night out and it really made us appreciate Charietta. I would definitely reccommend this place to people looking for a quiet place but not far from life. All the bad reviews are from the previous owners. It is now a lot better...honestly.

This is the second time we have stayed , and i have no bad comments at all these apartments are lovely for small familys.
You make very good friends with the Lovely old woman and her husband who owns it and not far at all to reach the beach and shops , Lovely Well Cleaned Rooms The Best Room Was Number 16 Absoloutly Massive You Could Honestly Fit At Least 3/4 Football teams in there , beathrooms quite small. very clean bed sheets every 3 days and very sucure .
Best holaday so far !!

yust got back from the charieta stuidios can i complane the answer to that is no the old saying you pay for wot you get.i stoped there two weeks, the rooms were kept clean clean linon and towels at least 3times aweek the pool surperb.the family runing the place i found them very polite.so i will ask peaple dont be put of by a couple of bad reviews this place has recived.little bit abount this resort.best full english breckfast was on the becch front i think it was called andreas snack bar.i ask peaple to be careful of the man charging for sun loungers at the malarbo bar he coned me on my first day i found him a horried man my girlfrends words were creepy.a must is to hire a boat wot a great day out.we went self catering we found it hard to bye food to make a meal the surpermarkets on the main drag are limited.the best surpermarket is if you head for ipsos yust out the main drag you will find it on the left hand side.there is a butchers near to it witch was cheap.shakers was a great place to go.and last of all i want to thank all the staff of olympic holidays the survice you give us was outstanding.
yours A.Williams

We stayed end of July begining of Aug 08. Undoubtedly the most basic place we have ever stayed. We booked a two bed apartment and got one seperate bedroom and a plasitc shutter the sectioned off a bit of the kitchen as the 2nd. Not cleaned very well. All mosquito screens ripped, and you need the screens or keep doors shut.
So very hot in July Aug would only ever go to a place with AirCon in future.
Olympic were useless. Coach drops you at top of road and you have to carry cases down a steep slope and pick up you have to get yourselves and your cases up the slope and down to the supermarket to be collected.
The Olympic rep Matt got sacked whilst we were there. We tried to complain about our accomodation they did not want to know. You cannot contact Olympic by phone has to be by letter and they just dont answer specific questions and just dont want to know they have had their money and they wash their hands of you.
Only pluses were that beach is nearby but narrow shingle, and expensive for sunbeds which overtake the whole beach area . Corfu lovely to explore very pretty but believe what they say when they say basic they aren't kidding. Pool area reasonable but not at all sure pool cleaned with any chemicals at all. Hard wooden sunbeds . Not our best holiday experience for accomodation. at all

We have stayed in all parts of Greece on a s/c basis 9 times and this appartment although basic - which it did say in the brochure - was cleaned regularly and fresh towels and sheets every 2-3 days. The kitchen by our standards was very olde worldly, but hey who goes to Greece to cook! The pool and snack bar was wonderful, very peaceful and the staff helpful, although their English was not up to long conversations, we certainly managed to get along ok.

The resort of Dassia is spoilt by the busy road, but by the end of the holiday we could cross without taking a vallium first! The beach can be busy, but is very long and kept clean. There are lots of water sports and boat trips if you want that sort of thing, but you are under no pressure to do anything but chill out. The beach is sandy at the far left hand side although the rep didn't seem to know this.

Corfu I would say felt less traditionaly Greek from all the other palces (island and mainland) that we have been to. Dassia was not too 'Brits abroad' as some of the other resorts further south such as Sidari.

Overall we had a great family holiday and would recomend Charieta Studios for those who do not expect perfection. After all you get what you pay for most of the time, so if you want higher standards pay more and stay in a hotel.

Our holiday and honeymoon at the Charieta started badly and ended badly.

This was without a doubt the worst place i have ever paid money to travel to. We were aware that the apartment was basic as we had asked for self catering accommodation. But you expect it to be clean and functional at the very least.

We had taken our two children with us, one aged 7 and one 8 months. When we arrived at the resort we were horrified to see that the place was not clean, it was dirty, disgusting and totally awful.

We had electrical wiring sticking out of the ceiling and the area above the sink in the bathroom. The kitchen area was filthy and obviously hadn't been cleaned for months. The socket on the wall next to the sink was loose and was overloaded with one of those adaptors that were banned in the UK.

The floor area was filthy and full of dust balls and fruit left there from the previous occupants. An area of one of the walls was covered in mould, another was crumbling away on the corner where it looked as if it had been hit with something heavy and not been repaired.

The kettle boiled over and did not switch off, spraying water all over the bedroom unit(this is where the socket was, there were no spare sockets in the kitchen are). Our 7 year old daughter almost scalded herself walking past as the water sprayed out.

The fridge door was rusty and the inside was not clean. The cooker hob was filthy and we certainly didn't want to eat anything in that room.

The shower area was dirty, some of the tiles were cracked and there were pubic hairs in the tray from the previous occupants. We did not use any of the facilities in the room for fear of catching something nasty or injuring oursleves.

We had no help from our reps, we didn;t even have a number for them as they dropped us off and left very sharply(obvisouly knowing what state the room was in already). We had the emergency number for the corfu office and rang it 4 times within a 7 hour period. No help arrived and we were left there to fend for ourselves with a dirty, disgusting room to sleep in.

Needless to say we didn't stay there. We phoned a friend in the UK to book us flights out of there and we arrived back in the UK the day after we arrived in Corfu.We would have been open to be moved to another apartment if the reps had been bothered to help us, but instead they were determined to stick to their schedule.

This small family run complex of apartments are well maintained, very clean with a daily maid service. A charming, warm. easy go atmosphere can soon be felt. The traditional green shuttered complex is painted a delightful lemon and the surrounding garden is filled with lime trees, olive trees and roses providing very pretty surroundings. Although the apartments are basic they do provide a small kitchen area, shower/wc and each have their own veranda with table and chairs. The pool is kept clean and checked daily.
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Charietta apartments are a short walk away from a pebble beach and charming tavernas to try out. It is not far from amenities. You can catch buses into Corfu town or other resorts/destinations. Its situation, just tucked down a small lane provides a quiet environment at night, if you choose, to be able to just sit out on your own veranda. It is suitable for families, couples old and young. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Charietta. <br>