Pantheon Studios & Apartments

For me the Pantheon has to be a little bit of heaven on earth! I have stayed here twice, May 05 and May 06 and will be booking for next year.
The apartments are basic but very clean. I don't think you can beat the view across the bay from all the apartments.
The swimming pool is quiet and there are always plenty of free loungers available.
The people that run the Pantheon, Babis, his wife Maria, Panos and his English wife Janet are the nicest, kindest people you could hope to meet. They will literally bend over backwards to make sure your holiday is perfect.
The restaurant serves a good variety of very tasty reasonably priced meals.
There is a regular bus service from the apartments (10:00 am, 1:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 8:00pm, 10:00 pm and 10:30pm) which drops off and picks up in the centre of the resort. The bus stop is right opposite a very well stocked supermarket.
If you want somewhere peaceful where you can sit back, relax and just completely forget about everything back home then this is the place to go!

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The apartments are as stated were only 700m from beach, although nowhere could I find where they mentioned about abseiling down to it, the brochure says not suitable for people with walking difficulties but does not mention that if you didn’t before you will after walking up the hill to the apartments.
We have visited many Greek islands an have experienced their hills, so the one by the Apartments is not a small one.
The apartments sit on top of the hill at the airport end of Kefalos, just before the club med and have excellent views from all room over the west and east side of the island.
The one block has been open for ten years and the second block for five years, the block we were definitely showing signs of wear and tear, there are pipes running through all the bedrooms where the aircon has been removed and fans are available for rent.
Each room is basic and there is only two electric rings to cook, a toaster and a kettle so if you want baked or microwaved forget it!
As we were in pairs ( 6 of us went) we had exactly two of everything in the cutlery, but one pot, one frying pan and one milk pan, there was no skillet, no bread knife, although there was an abundance of corkscrews three in each room.
The bathrooms were smelling a bit from the drains although this may have been from the time of the year or the fact the cleaners were not very meticulous. They called every two days, the bed linen is changed once a week, although some of the blankets on arrival look as though they could do with a good wash, some of the mattresses were torn.
Other than that the accommodation was acceptable with a nice pool ( although this was ice cold and no one would go in it ) plenty of sun beds ( free) The reception area was tidy and the owners a Greek man and English woman were friendly and the apartments were a family run business.
There is a bus service provided by the apartments and it runs at 10am, 1.30pm, 8pm, 10pm & 10.30pm only to one stop which is the other end of Kefalos ( one of the things the locals did not like as no one from the apartments tented to walk far from where the bus dropped them, so they did not get much trade even though the apartments were closer to them than they ones where people from the apartments tended to shop / eat) It only drops off and pick up at same time and does run on time. If you want the beach before these times or want to come back between 1.30 and 8pm you have to walk.
There are a number of car hire companies in the village and two are Manos and trust, we hired two cars with trust, but on return they were very critical on their inspections although they found nothing they check underneath, mud flaps, bumpers, they did dispute the petrol level but because we were an hour early retuning them we just drove to the petrol station and topped them up with 3 euros each which they accepted ( to give you an idea the fuel is 98 cents a litre.
All in all if you want nice views and sit round the pool eat beans on toast and brought it with you a good place, however the nearest shop / supermarket is as stated only 600m away but its down the same hill so don’t forget anything as there is no shop on site to nip too.