Afandou, Golden Days

This is not the Hotel to stay in if you have a family and want some peace. They have entertainment nights which consist of live bands, and the noise is deafening. There are many shops which have closed down in this area and it is quite run down. It is not the kind of place to have a holiday. Hotel Management also drink with guests in the bar. This could explain why they have no energy to fulfil their duties in the hotel. They need to present a more Professional front to guests.

Rooms are not cleaned to high standards as you expect of any hotel. This is important regardless of rating. Be aware of basic safety requirements (for children); ie balcony doors which do not lock.From this, one can conclude that the rooms are not being well maintained.

A warm welcome awaits you where nothing is too much trouble.

The staff are friendly and the rooms are cleaned with a fresh towel change every day!

The hotel has a great menu with reasonably priced food for both snacks and evening meals.

It has a lovely pool with free sun bads, or a shaded garden area, also with free sunbeds.

it's about a 10 minute walk to the pebbly beach, or you cam hop on the local road train.

It's about a 5 minute walk to the cventre of Afandou with plenty of bars and restaurants to keep you happy.

I would throughly reccommend this hotel to anyone.

what a wonderful hotel the staff are a credit we have been going back year after year and were married in afandou in sept 2008 and the staff at the hotel arranged the reception for us around the pool with fantastic food ballons decorations and even fireworks.Panyiotis the hotel manager is one of the nicest honest warm hearted and genuine persons we have ever met.and also all the staff that works there Carol,lambro( this man is so funny) yanni,maria,irene,marianna,and vasili.we recomend this hotel to everyone BAZ@JULIE Manchester

OK, where do I start?? Oh, I know, BEST HOLIDAY EVER!!! We had never ventured as far on holiday before, tending to stick to Spain (never again!) but this wonderful village with all it's charms has completely stolen our hearts. First of all, until it was recommended to us we had heard of neither the Golden days or Afandou, now it's somewhere we'll never forget. The accommodation is spotless, very basic but what else do you need? The hotel has an excellent restaurant on the terrace which is open from 0830-2030, breakfast is served til 1130, which is great after a night in town(more about that later!). The bar & restaurant are mainly run by the gorgeous Yiannis who seems to be there 24/7, when we asked him when he slept he replied with a grin "I sleep in the winter!". The bar is open all day & very reasonably priced. The hotel also has a pool table, dart board, swimming pool where lots of fun & games go on mainly due to Lambros who's whole purpose in life seems to be to make sure you're having a good time and a lovely garden where you can just while away the hours on a sun lounger. I have to point out that this is the first holiday we've ever had we're you're actually encouraged to have inflatables in the pool. There's regular entertainment including a Greek night with dancing & a barbecue which is a must, a karaoke night where once again Lambros shines & a quiz evening. Venturing outside the hotel you're on the main street down to the village square. Both sides of the roads are packed with shops, bars & some of the best restaurants we've ever had the pleasure to eat it. My favourite was the Four seasons just down from the hotel. Absolutely superb, I'd never eaten Greek before & now am completely converted. Try the Greek plate with a bit of everything, you won't be disappointed. My partners favourite eateries was Mimhes, further down on the other side. This small family run taverna which also does a take away service - try their gyros, I guarantee you'll never eat another greasy English kebab- has excellent value, delicious meals & drinks. A 3 course meal for 4 including drinks cost us 30 euros, amazing! Others well worth a mention are Tastys, Annas, Bon viveur & the Life garden where if you get a pizza get it between you, trust me!!We never had a disappointing meal in the whole fortnight. So after you're well fed it's time for drinks. Although there are bars all the way down including a lovely German bar we tended to head into the main square where we found Iakynthos, its the 2nd bar after the co-op bank with the 3 telly's & thanks to the cheap drinks & the wonderful atmosphere created by Minas & terry(who takes bar tending to another comedy level) every night we went there we had a great time, you must visit there at least once, you won't be disappointed. My partner also wants a mention for Mikes,a cocktail bar just off the square opposite Bon Viveur, it's the only bar in town that serves John Smiths on draught, the hostess Maria is delightful & someone else I now class as a friend. Well, if you don't like the sound of this wonderful place by now there's no hope!! My notoriously hard to please 16 yr old who actually said the place 'looked like dullsville & he wouldn't have gone if it hadn't been paid for' is now recommending it to all & sundry & 2 families of friend of his have now booked up for next year! Not only are we going back for a week in may we've also booked our wedding there for next October, scrapping our original plans in Cyprus. The hotel is doing our reception on the terrace & it's going to be fantastic. So if you do go to this little Greek paradise, when you see Carol, Yiannis, Lambros & Irene at the hotel & Minas, Terry & Maria in town,tell them "Deb & Steve & their lads from Whitley Bay say hi....& thanks for our best holiday ever"