More Traveller Reviews of Calimera Ermones Beach
Good Food Good Times
from bubblegummer
Great Food - Always different with some favourites every day, fantastic choice during all meals. Rooms Basic but clean with Air-Conditioning & a Fridge Views are Glorious Beach of Glifada close by which is a definite must. Staff efficient Holiday Tour Rep. best we have ever come across - cannot do enough for you. Hotel is steep - do not come here if you have walking problems, but views make up for it. Bus stops at reception for Corfu Town. Fantastic Value for money - £40 each a night for all food drink and room Would I book it again? At the same price - YES
wasps and ignorant staff
from A TripAdvisor Member
staff found bit abrupt at times,good choice food. entertainment rubbish mainly german. beach not good, nice view. very steep if one doesnt like walkin.staff should smile bit more.wasps big problem son got stung twice,cant relax round the pool because of them.wouldnt go again.
Fantastic Holiday! Not!!!!
from A TripAdvisor Member
Myself, my wife and my 2 children arived at the Ermones Beach Hotel. Our first impressions were quite good. Until we had to make our way to our room and that was exactly what it was a room! It had 3 single beds and a camp bed. The rooms were dated and need alot of attention so does the pipe work. We even had rats outside our balcony!! The food was plentyfall, the same, cold and sometimes dressed with wasps because the complex was infested with them. Entertainment was poor, and all they did was mime. We had to venture out on several occassions otherwise we would have died of bordem, but this is where you start spending money that you should need to when on an all inclusive holiday. The staff were friendlyand helpfall and the view and weather was lovely!! This was our first all inclusive holiday and will be our last!!
A Holiday with a real buzz to it!!!
from A TripAdvisor Member
Fantastic views overlooking the sea.The activity team cater well for the children,and help keep the atmosphere buzzing. The hotel is located on the side of a mountain which is very steep,and although there is a cable car you will at times have to wait due to the number of people using it.There are at this time of writing large numbers of meschchersmits around the bar and dining areas,known locally as kamakaze wasps.Good standard of food available.Drinks are all local but of the cheapest local brands,a big improvement could be made which would not cost a great deal.Iwould like to say thanks tothe chefs and waiters who work very hard to keep things running smoothly,in particular doug and michael.
ALRIGHT!!!!
from A TripAdvisor Member
This place was alright, but way to many hills if you where unlucky to get accom.away from the cable car, thank goodness we where there only for a week, The food was really really good and plenty of choice ENTERTAINMENT,,,, well,,very much in German The entertainment team work really hard day and night and are really good with the kids,,, Bar staff are all right but do remember to order as many drinks at the one time as possible PLEASE TAKE THIS BIT OF ADVICE DO NOT TRY THE TAVERNS AT THE BEECH FOR TEA (STAY AT THE COMPLEX) Oh i the cable car never broke down once when we where there and last but not least Have a beer for ME!!! It's cold,tasty and FREE
Great Holiday
from yorkshire123
Myself,patner & 7yr old son arrived here expecting the worst after reading reviews on this site. We found the staff very friendly and was given clear insructions to our room on the 2nd floor down on the cable car. Room was very clean, furniture looked new, beds clean and DRY,which was changed everyday with the towels and there was no smell so all in all everything was ok and 'wow' wot a lovely sea view! food was lovely, lots of choice. my sons a bit fussy but there was always some meat to go with CHIPS so he never complained. the food caters for all nationalities so remember you are in greece not england!!! Entertainment for the kids is really good, The Entertainers collect the kids from the pool. no missing the team as they gather together to announce the days activities and after a dance or two, go there seperate ways with kids of different ages for the kids club. Entertainment is arranged for those adults who like to take part in activities like tennis, water games ect. Usually can't keep my son out of the pool but he loved the kids club which he could go up to three times a day and gave us time on our own which was great!! Pool is very deep so lots of room for the adults as the kids tend to stay down the shallow end Evening entertainment is not bad, yes its kids club entertaining and the entertainers tried their best. My son enjoyed it and me and my partner found it quite entertaining after a few alchoholic drinks! But it is definitely best for famlies. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The other couples we met had no complaints either, so maybe some rooms have been upgraded, like ours and others not. hotel and all areas were kept clean at all times, so if you have booked a holiday here hopefully like us you will enjoy your stay at the Hermones Beach Hotel!!!
We wont be coming here again
from A TripAdvisor Member
We, my partner and 2 boys aged 8 and 10, purchased this holiday on the last minute and so should have known it was too good to be true. We went all inclusive.The food was plentiful but the same buffet every day. The beer was weak and tasted like it had been watered down. The rooms were basic and old - the whole hotel is in need of rennovation and is more like a 2 * than a 4 *. The pool is good but not olympic size as advertised on the web site. The staff were generally unhelpful and miserable with one of the assistant managers being quite aggressive at times. The hotel caters mainly for Germans and is very much in the middle of nowhere which would be great if the food, drink and rooms were good.... Unfortunately none of them were.
Great holiday
from pinkzed
Just returned from the ermones beach hotel and we had a fantastic time. The hotel really is in the middle of nowhere which was a little frustrating at times though if you want shops the bus to corfu town picks up outsinde the main reception. We thought the food was great there was always a good selection and even for the fussy eaters there was chips and pasta at every meal. The pool area is large though lacking in sun beds and if you dont have children the active team can be very annoying with there butlins dance (sunshine dance) which seemed to be done at every opportunity. The staff dont seem to possess smiling muscles as i didnt see them smile once though the daytime staff on the desk are helpful and all speak good english (night time man is very grumpy and unhelpful). The hotel is geared towards the germans with everything said in german and then translated badly making it difficult to understand. We were staying in a bungalow which was clean and smealt of damp. Getting up to the main building at breakfast and diner was a nightmare as the lift was usually full but being young and fit it wasnt a problem. Those with young children and the elderly would possible be more afftected. All in all a good holiday for the price we paid though maybe a little quiet for young couples wanting a night life.
Potentially Awful Holiday
from hickman
upon arrival we were barked at by some bloke outside in awful english, it took us a couple of minutes to establish that they would take our suitcases to our room for us. after being greeted by a rather miserable secretary, we were given a key and had to make our own way to our room. the rooms themselves are ok, pretty basic and blank but the views from the balcony are ok. the beach at the bottom of the hotel is absolutely awful. bits of wood and stones everywhere, and the sea is no cleaner to that of britains. as the resort is mainly for german people, a lot of information and details are given in german, that or poorly translated english. the people who run the green buses are unwelcoming and just want your money, and the buses routes and times are unreliable, so unreliable in fact that we hired a quadbike instead. the guy at the bottom of the hill/entrance renting out scooters/quadbikes is really nice, and get speak fluent greek, english, german and italian. i'd highly recommend hiring a quadbike for 20 euros per day, that way you can go wherever you want, whenever you want. the paleokastritsa beach (15km) is absolutely gorgeous, small with clear seas. glyfada (5km) is ok, relatively clean and clearish water. pelekas (8km?) is another gorgeous beach with clear sea, and mittourassi (sp?) beach (5km) is also really nice, but be warned as it is generally a naturist beach. all in all, steer clear of the hotel beach and you'll be fine. aqualand is fine for the kids, but at 19euros a pop for adults it's a bit on the expensive side, i recommend going for a half day, which is 15:00 til 19:00 for 14euros. the entertainment staff at the hotel are fantastic, always upbeat and smiling, and always do their best to translate all information to english aswell as german. the entertainment on a night is awfully cheesy, but watch with an open mind (and consume copious amounts of AI alcohol) and you'll be laughing by the end of the show. the food always has ridiculous amounts of salt in it, but i guess they just cook it a bit differently to how we do it in the uk. there's always a large choice on offer, but mainly based around what germans eat and not much else really. the pool is gorgeous and plenty of space around with sunbeds and various poolside entertainment throughout the day. all in all, it's a bit quiet, with nothing major around for miles. if you like that sort of thing it would be a nice holiday, but i don't think we'll be going back there again.
worse hotel i have ever been in!!!!!!!!
from doodygirl
this hotel is advtised as a 4 star hotel i would not even rate this a 1star, it is not clean any where in the hotel, the food is the same every day, there are deadly insects and bugs in your room, we had to be moved rooms due to this problem, all the staff are not helpful at all apart from the rep, the hotel is a german hotel which they dont tell you that english only stay here due to last minute deals, there is not many english and the ones who do go there conplain about this horrible hotel, the hotel is a nightmare, the cable car bracks down all the time, beach is horrible it is wood bark there is no sand on it at all, the sea is crystal clear best i have ever seen (the only good this what come out of this holiday), there is nothing around near the hotel so if you like a drink i wont go to this hotel as some of your drinks you have to pay for in the hotel when its all meant to be paid for, your sheets on your bed are never cleaned and we stayed there two weeks! they never tell you when you book this hotel that this hotel has been built since 1972 and it needs a lot of work doing to it, also the juzzci is never cleaned, there is no mini bar in your hotel room, the lights go off a lot in your room, and the shower goes hot and cold all the time, the fridge is not cold really, the tv does not work and when they did there were only german channels, as for the good reviews on here for this hotel i think the staff at the hotel has put them on! this hotel is terrible and i wont be going back to this hotel ever! my advise to you is book in the ermones golf palace hotel it is a brand new hotel! and it is really nice! it is just next door to this hotel! also they tell you that you have sea veiw only germans have the sea veiw rooms they put all the english right at the bottom of the hotel where it is like a jugle!!!!!!!!!!
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This place should be shut down - the number of complaints that were made by the brits we met in the two weeks we were should prompt the tour operators to check out where they are sending people before they advertise this place as 4 star. The decor is appauling and it isnt... more