Elisa Apartments

3 readers found this review helpful

Villa Eliza apartments are set in a beautiful garden, ten minute walk from the main town. Much appreciated the peaceful location and the spottlessly clean rooms. Staff is helpful and Elisa, the owner, a friendly young woman, made our stay most comfortable and special.
We really loved Skala, the long shingle beach and the fabulous greek cuisine. All in all, an enjoyable holiday!!
I definitely recommend this place and I can't wait to go back.

3 readers found this review helpful

You can't visit Skala without spending your holidays by Villa Elisa! The delicious garden, the beautyful dark sky, the quite athmosphere will give you perfums and unforgetable feelings. Elisa makes the difference. She is friendly and helpful like nobody could be....

5 readers found this review helpful

Elisa apartments is a quite family-run villa in Skala and is certainly one place we would return to!
Apartments are quiet and clean, only five minute walk to the beach and tavernas.
The wonderful gardens and the colorful roses offer a really delightful atmosphere. We absolutely enjoyed our stay. The owners make you feel at home. We were spoilt and will certainly go back!

7 readers found this review helpful

Having stayed in many Greek resorts, both island and mainland, Kefallonia and particularly Elisa apartments in Skala is certainly one place we would return to.
The warmth and welcome of our host Loukia were simply wonderful. Kind, helpful, rooms cleaned almost every single day of our two week visit, yes certainly a lady of character and this helped to make our holiday. What a pity that some people have complained about not being able to hang towels on balconies and have neglected to comment on the fantastic fruit trees, vegetables, wildlife, flowers, poultry (thanks for the eggs, Loukia) and pets in the lovely garden that is so well maintained.
Five minute walk to the beach and first tavernas, ten to the nearest supermarket and fifteen into the village centre. As for the walk back up, time to look at the stars, look for geckos, listen for the owl and the crickets and walk off some of the fabulous food and drink!
Truly a lovely, atmospheric, Greek holiday!

5 readers found this review helpful

We have just returned from a two week holiday, staying at the Elisa apartments, Skala, Kefalonia. If you are looking for apartments at a reasonable price, are happy with a 4 minute climb up some steps to get home, like to stare from your balcony over a well kept kitchen garden with a sea view behind it, need a fridge to keep a reserve bottle of wine, and tea making facilities, then you would be more than happy here.
Relax and settle into the Greek way of life. Watch the landlady “discuss” matters with her young gardener, oh and notice how many hours they work! Yes, she can whisper over three fields, but it really is not a problem. She is a lovely lady, cleans the apartments and makes the beds more frequently than she is obliged to and really is a sweetie. Eggs from her hens (even the cockerel wakes up late, so don’t worry about him) or tomatoes are likely to appear in your apartment as a small gift. We found that a bottle of red wine seemed to be an acceptable thank-you when we left. Some of the apartments, I think those on the first floor, did not have air-conditioning, so a fan for €15/week is a good idea.
Minuses??? Not really, a good holiday is a state of mind and you can find fault if you try hard enough wherever you go and whatever you spend. We had no mosquito problems (in September), in fact no problems at all, and would gladly return.

I have just returned from scala staying at the elisa apartments, and the only good thing about these apartments were the beautiful sea view.
The owner was a complete nightmare, her shouting certainly got on my nerves. I was told off for manythings whilst staying there. She doesnt like towels hung over the balcony so not only does she shout she throws them in your room. She does not like you shutting your curtains, even when like me i was on the bottom floor and getting changed with open curtains is not appropriate she still shouted everyday about it even though i tried to explain. She didnt like shoes in the room and removed them on to the balcony and she moved stuff in my room everyday. She was a total nightmare!!
Other than this Scala is a beautiful place and i will certainly be visiting again just not staying at the Elisa apartments!

We stayed at the Elisa Apartments in 2007. The apartment and owner were a nightmare. We have been going to kefalonia for the last 18 years and this is the first time we have come across such nastiness. Parts of the apartment were falling to pieces and only two towels (threadbare) were provided for the four of us. The apartment wasn't cleaned properly and the owner however nicely you requested more towels etc was met with incredible rudeness. After the first week we were kindly rescued by our lovely Olympus Rep and moved to another apartment which was wonderful.

4 readers found this review helpful

Just returned from 2 weeks at the Elisa. Had a great time and would def go back again. The resort has just been repainted and some of the apartments have been refurbished. The owner has just installed air con in most of the rooms. This was very welcome for the last 3 days at it was lick an oven at night...Loukia is a sweety and as i speak greek, she would come by most afternoons for a chat. We neither saw or heard her untill about 5-6pm which would be the tiome she came to water her garden. Every day we would wake up and find fresh eggs and tomatoes and cucumbers on or balcony from her garden. It's true that she doesn't like to have towels haging on the balconies as she thinks it makes the place look bad but as she can't explain that she just take the towels and hangs them up herself. That should in fact be the job of the rep to explain to people that they have a cloths line and they should use it. The rooms were cleaned everyday, even though she is contracted to clean them only once a week by Olympic. the beds are changed twice a week. She has a cleaner but she does supervise things. Last year her cleaner had to go to hospital so she had to do the cleaning herself.
The steps could be a problem but this was explained to us before we booked and as it was not a race, it didn't cause too many problems. The whole resort is quite with lots os tavernas and a few bars staying open till late.
On the whole, if you want a relaxing holiday at a hotel out of the way and quite, then this is the place. Just remember that the greeks like to talk loadly to each other and that doesn't meen that are fighting.

4 readers found this review helpful

Me and my mate just came back from kefolonia,we stayed in Scala in the Elisa apartments,the owner Lucia was a fantastic woman ,yes she was a bit loud but i
got the giggles when she shouted to her gardener to get on with his work!!!! she seemed to like us as we stayed in room No1 under her balcony,she gave us fresh eggs every day cucumbers and the biggest tomatoes i have ever seen let alone the massive lemon as well.people have comlained about her loudness but they must remember you are in Greece and as they say when in Rome!!!!.My mate got told off for hanging his beach towle on her air conditioning box on the patio but it really was me HaHa,but Lucia came down with a plate of pizza for us as peace offering,how fab is that,her little dog was a real cutie.Well all i can say now is i miss all the fun there and would go back again in the near future.Anyone thinking of staying there is a must Lucia has a real dirty laugh it starts me off as well.
Regards,
Jeff & ken
Walthamstow,London

4 readers found this review helpful

Stayed at the Elisa's hotel for 1 week with my girlfriend, read some worrying reviews about the Elisa's before going but was very happy with the commendation when there. The apartments are up a hill which takes around 5 mins to walk. We had no problems with the walk and quite enjoyed it after a lovely meal. Rooms were basic but clean and a good size. Scala is a lovely place that offers a lot for holiday makes. The beach is fantastic and clean.
Many reviews commented on the own but she was fine when we were their, very helpful when we arrived. The grounds and views from the Elisa are gorgeous, I would stay there again if I was to go back to Scala
Their is a short route to the Elisa hotel which requires you to walk up around 40 steps, I would recommend the hotel to most but if you have problems walking then it may not be for you.