Natalie

, Laganas
3 star
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Natali is friendly
10 / 10
Aug 2011, Zuzka
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Hotel Natali is a beautiful place, near the sea (approx. 30 meters), near the bustling (night) center (10 minutes), near the market (10 metres), near the restaurant (30 metres). The staff is very friendly. The environment and staff are very friendly. The hotel is clean. The pool is clean with free sunbeds. Zakynthos is a nice little island, Laganas is the best area to stay, other place you can visit ba hired car.

  • Advice: By walk to the beach where the turtles eggs (only during the day, at night it is closed) - 30 minute walk, By car - view Keri, Port Limnionas (turquoise bay), bay shipwreck Xigi beach with sulfur caves, Zakynthos, Banana beach
  • Good For: Beach
  • Good For: City Breaks
  • Board Basis:Room Only
  • Tour Operator:Blue-Style (Czech republic)

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A wikced Summer
9 / 10
Mar 2009, yoshi09

I went last summer with a group of five other lads, we had a great time chatting to the other youngsters that were staying there. Denis was really helpfull when introducing us to the women that were arriving and would always keep us informed for when they were arriving. The location is perfect, less than a 5 minute stroll to the clubs and a stones throw away from the beach.
Hopefully will be going back there soon for another group holiday.
Cheers Denis for the laughs we had around the bar.

  • Good For: Beach
  • Board Basis:Half Board
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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top notch
10 / 10
Jan 2009, etak

we arrived late at night, they had kept bar open 4 us with ice cold beers, couldnt have been more welcoming or helpfull,yannis & dennis exspecially lovely, rooms were good & clean no probs atall would recomend this place to anyone met some wicked people there to its close to strip 5 min walk & 2 mins to beach going back this year but unfortunatly tour operator could not find apartments but we will be dropping in to say hello Wanda & katie miluk

  • Advice: perfect is the only word
  • Activities: looking at tasty torsos in zeros & rescue bar
  • Good For: Beach
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

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This hotel is brillant for young...
9 / 10
Oct 2008, Miss L Shaw

This hotel is brillant for young groups its not the most luxourious but its clean and tidy and in a perfect location. Its only seconds from the beach and a 5 minute walk from the strip which is perfect. This isnt the best hotel for families as it is really roudy and full of young people.

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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Unfortunately this hotel is...
1 / 10
Sep 2008, Mr Lee Currie

Unfortunately this hotel is advertised in a first choice brochure with free kids places, so you would assume from the advertising that its a place for kids to be, however this hotel is also advertised with the thomson twentys and the two groups definately dont mix. And as the family and i had no knowledge of zante or indeed laganas before we went, we had no idea what a holiday we were letting ourselves in for. Being a bit more mature in my attitude towards others and with a family you try and live and let live, everyone is on their holidays and deserves to enjoy themselves. However not everyone has the same respect for other people and unfortunately we had a huge group of youngsters there the 2 weeks we were there that certainly had no respect for anyone elses holiday, let alone themselves all they wanted was cheap drink at the pool bar and made the place all in all a bit like a youth hostel. A definate no for anyone who just wants to get away from it all, with a bit of comfort and a friendly atmosphere!!!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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Stayed in Laganas and the Natalie...
10 / 10
Sep 2008, Miss P Row

Stayed in Laganas and the Natalie hotel for 1 week with 7 other girls, had a brilliant time! The hotel is far from luxurious but for the amount we paid it was clean, tidy and in a perfect location. 30 seconds from the beach and a 3 minute walk to the strip. If you pay this cheap for a holiday you can’t realistically expect a 4* hotel. If you don’t fancy walking down the road way at night, the beach is good. The bad reviews of this hotel are clearly only from married couples or families…why go to Laganas - one of the main destinations First Choice advertises for young holiday makers, with young children or a family?? In the holiday brochures the hotel is clearly stated as being very close to the strip, so drunk youngsters is not surprising!
The cooking facilities were basic. We didn’t use them because there were many nice restaurants along the beach and places to eat cheaply.
The bathroom was clean and tidy, nothing to complain about.
The pool area was very nice, clean. Lots of sun beds and a pool bar.
Overall we had a wicked holiday despite the complaints we had from a family below about our music too loud and miss it loads!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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This was my first holiday with 8 of...
10 / 10
Sep 2008, Miss K Watts

This was my first holiday with 8 of my friends and it was a gooden!! Natalie apartments were nice and basic, didnt really spend much time in them so didnt really matter if they werent state of the art. We were given clean towels and sheets during the week and it was cleaned bout twice while we were there. The apartments are only bout 2 minutes away from the beach which are full of restaurants and bars which are open till late. The main strip is about a 5 minute walk, where u can either walk along the beach or along the road, however, the road is pitch black at night so would not recommend walking down there on your own. The hotel is not a family hotel as it is situated right near the night life in Laganas. As a group of 8 girls, we were leavin the hotel at about 12 at night and not comin home till the early hours of the mornin. We did make a few people angry but what do you expect, we're on our holidays!! Would not recommend this hotel for people with young kids or who want a relaxing holiday. Overall, this was an amazing holiday, and would definatly return to the natalie!!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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Horrible to be back in England, miss...
9 / 10
Sep 2008, Mrs L Brown

Horrible to be back in England, miss our holdiay so much, and im glad to say it was the hotel that made the holiday! Our rooms were basic but had everything we needed, air con worked wonders, toilet worked, shower worked, beds were comfortable, view from the balcony was fantastic. The position of the hotel in Laganos couldn't of been any better, 1 second away from the beach, and 5 minute walk away from the strip, fantastic for teenagers who like to party every night and enjoy themselves, and not a good location for the families. Would not recomend this hotel to families, as it is extremely obvious that you will get young teenagers crawling in early hours of the morning, however all part of the experience, and made the holiday. Swimming pool was average size, but just what we needed, had music playing 24/7 from the bar which also made our holiday, becuase whats a holiday without loud music???? Hotel was devoted to young teenagers who wanted to be near the strip but not on it, and you would be crazy to think of taken a family to a hotel so close to clubs and bars. Definitely one for the big groups of people, and one to miss for the oldies!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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Had a wicked holiday! The rooms were...
9 / 10
Sep 2008, Miss E Scott

Had a wicked holiday! The rooms were basic but clean and had a nice balcony and the people who owned the hotel were really nice. Dont judge the hotel on previous reviews as its not a family hotel which should have been pretty obvious as its in Laganas 5 mins from the strip and therefore obviously people are going to be coming back late, if you cant handle it go to an actual proper family hotel and dont head for the party part of zante, common sense really. Overall we had a brilliant holiday and wouldn't hesitate to go back!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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I dont think we have ever stayed in a...
1 / 10
Aug 2008, Mr R Ramsay

I dont think we have ever stayed in a hotel just quite as bad as this one, and we have been on a number of holidays abroad. Having been in rhodes 2 yrs previously unfortunately i expected all greek islands and hotels to be of the same standards, how wrong was i?? This hotel is badly run, badly in need to repair, badly situated next to what is almost the greek equivalent to the M6, and badly advertised with free kids places in the sunset brochure, this is no place for kids!! The beach it claims to be 20m from is stinking, in the morning it is littered with cans bottles newspapers and cigarrette ends from the party goers from the night before. The hotel actually faces straight onto an alley way which featured in the daily record a short while ago affectionately known as "RAPE ALLEY", as people have been attacked going along it, we heard of at least 3 people mostly drunk that had been attaked coming along there at night.
The hotel was full of youngsters who would be out drinking all night, coming home at all hours wakening everyone without care, the hotels so called security was totally unconcerned by this, so really unless you were spending money at their pool bar they werent interested in you, why should you need to sleep at night that wasnt their problem!!
Unfortunately the pool too was a let down it is the size of a postage stamp and as the sign at the front of the hotel says open to all, so you get the local kids coming on to and takin over the whole pool taking peoples lilos and helping themselves to anything you may have been unfortunate enough to leave lying about, this is true of the beach also where the local kids even come up and ask if they can use your stuff to go out in the water etc.
Really this is no hotel for families, its a hotel for people who want to go on holiday to drink for 2 weeks solid come in at 6 in the morning making as much noise as possible to wake everyone in ear shot, then maybe you would give it 10/10 !!!!!!!!!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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What a nightmare, our holiday in this...
1 / 10
Aug 2008, Mrs M Smith

What a nightmare, our holiday in this hotel started off bad and just got worse and worse during the fortnight we were there. How a hotel of this standard can be actually be advertised in a holiday brochure is beyond me. Really you would be better staying in a wooden hut on the beach. The rooms are dirty grabby and badly in need of repair, the cleaners are needing sacked, the furniture needs burning and replaced, thats if the whole place doesnt actually go up in flames due to the faulty wiring in the sockets and fixtures. The smoke alarms in the rooms are placed above the "self catering facilities" the 2 rusty broken rings the call cooking facilites. The fire extinguishers outside reception were out of date and had no pressure in them so really all in all, if you want to stay in this hotel you are risking more than having a rubbish holiday.
Also this is not a family hotel dont be fooled by the free kids places the brochure offers you as its full of drunken idiots who only want to stay there so they can be close to the pubs and clubs, which dont shut til 6am so be prepared for night upon night of no sleep when they come staggering in and wakening the whole complex!
Thats if you can actually get to sleep if you are unlucky enough to be in a room at the front of the hotel which sits right on a very busy busy road, the traffic on it runs all night and i mean all night, tankers trucks taxis and quad bikes all of whom drive up this raod constanly sounding there horns, it must be custom over there!
If i could have given this hotel less than 1/10 i would have but unfortunately they dont have a lower score.

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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HOLIDAY FROM HELL..... Worried about...
1 / 10
Aug 2008, Miss K Crombie

HOLIDAY FROM HELL..... Worried about staying at this hotel? You should be. This was advertised in the sunset brochure with free kids place, but it is certainly not a place for families to stay. The hotel itself is very very basic, as for self catering you get a small hot plate with 2 rings and a kettle. The hotplate was covered in rust and stains the kettle after getting a shock of it, we discovered had bodily hair in! The room itself had 3 beds in, the mattress's were brick hard and very badly stained with who knows what!!
The bathroom was the worst the toilet seat was cracked and discoloured the cistern was coming off the wall, and the shower was no longer attatched to the wall and left laying in the bath.
During our stay you were supposed to have maid service every day, really she shouldnt have bothered, its no surprise you are left a brush and pan in your room as you would be aswell doing it yourself. We had two towel changes in one linen change in the whole 2 weeks we were there! Nothing compared with the dodgy electrics in the bedside lamps that had bare wires hanging out of them, and broken porch lights that still had the reminents of bulbs in!
This hotel should never have been advertised for families, it is full of silly immature girls and boys who are out on holiday on their own for the first time away from mummy and daddy, who want to drink all day and all night, and who have no respect for themselves let alone anyone else who has the misfortune to be staying in the hotel with them. The hotel has little or no security, the owners are only concerned that kids want to drink there as its cheaper than going up the town for them to drink, never mind its the small hours of the morning and their music is at full blast and they are running about the complex screaming and shouting!
In the 2 weeks that we endured our stay at zante's answer to fawlty towers there wasnt one night that passed that we werent woken up by either drunken louts coming home from the clubs (which dont shut til 6am) people trying to get into our apartments cause they were so drunk they didnt know which appartment they were in, or kids who couldnt afford to go out and decided to party in their room all night.
And the owners answer when we complained "go and knock the door yourselves"!
There were only another 2 families there during our stay both of whom had complained to the first choice rep also, and were promised that she would fill out complaints slips for us all and give back to us for us to sign, no one recieved them, so turning to the rep for help was useless too!
Would i recommend this holiday complex to anyone? Certainly NOT! We work hard all year and look forward to our holidays, and all we looked forward to was coming home, to somewhere that was clean, hygienic and away from cpmplete and utter idiots.
We will be taking this further with first choice and to ABTA, definately not a holiday for the fainthearted!!!

  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:First Choice

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