Hillside

The Hillside Apartments in Faliraki was a last minute deal for us. £129 for a week. Flying direct from Glasgow, this was fantastic. We are a couple in our 30's and wondered if Club 18-30 would be okay because obviously you do hear stories but we had a brilliant time here although the first couple of nights were a bit rowdy then they chucked a few noisy ones out and we all had peace. The weather was glorious, a lovely breeze because of Hillside location. A family run place, they are lovely! The accommodation is basic but our room was clean and large although not all of them are. Everyone's got a hob, fridge, sink, balcony etc. Basic but you're not gonna be in your room long. We never got air conditioning as it was okay to sleep in. The bedding and towels were changed 3 times and bins cleaned out. The towels are not great, I would advise taking your own, honestly. The reps were great but I would also suggest trying out one night out with them and then see if you want to do more. They are expensive so just get together with others and go yourselves. The food at Hillside which you can buy around bar is nice enough but more expensive than walking to resort centre (bar or club street) or beach front and eating there. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner at Pool bar on various days when it suited us. Kelly's bar (Irish) has a Christmas Party every Tuesday and you can eat and drink between 8.30 and 12 for 20 Euros, lots of places do themed nights and great prices. Bunny's on Bar Street is lovely, food, atmosphere and you can get a beer here between 7 and 10pm for 1 Euro, this is early enough that you can then go somewhere a bit quieter later on or hang around if you like what you see. Hint: Go out onto Bar Street and change venue as you can haggle with staff on street for 2 for 1 cocktails and 2 free shots etc. Otherwise things are expensive as the pound against the Euro is terrible just now. We went to Rhodes Town (lovely) but exchange rate for money that day was 90 cents to the pound. I would buy Euros on-line in advance if you can, this gives you a little more for your money. Beach in Faliraki is great, loungers are 7 Euros to sit on so we just took our towels. Shop around for bottled water. The walk to Resort Centre takes 20 minutes, downhill. The walk back is a little more tiring in the daytime but I enjoyed walking up and down to centre. If that's not your thing then you can get a taxi for about 5 Euros. Once our taxi back cost 8 Euros but that is because we asked someone to call us one instead of getting it on the street. After 5pm taxis to and from resort centre are 5 Euros. Just ask before you get in. All in all a brilliant time and would go back in a heartbeat. Just remember most people who put on reviews would moan about anything. Make your holiday what you want it to be and have a great time.

stayed here for a week, once we seen the appartment we cried-- dirty, smelly, cramped with ugly cats running about. the 18 to 30 reps were very pushy if you didnt take there deals you werent included in anything and they didnt even speak to you. the noise goes on until 6 or 7am so there is no chance of getting any sleep, they will give you a lift into town in there car but charge you full taxi rate, in the shop they sell anything that has been left my previous guests. the towels or sheets dont be changed the whole week or binns emptied. the appartments are quite a bit out of town and is a real hassel to walk in and out in the very hot weather- the hill up to the hillside is like climbing a mountain. there is nothing good i can say about this holiday- it would suit you if you want to be drunk the whole time and not sleep!

I loved it, I was having my first baby when i went but still had a ball. Me and my friends are planning to go back next year Rooms weren't fab but hey how long a day are you in them (we were there Aug 07).

Good holiday, but in my opinion a poor resort! The rooms seemed scruffy to me as they never seemed to get cleaned. Even worse food too in my view! Would not recommend.

I enjoyed my holiday to Faliraki. The rooms were basic however we only received one toilet roll ALL holiday. If we wanted another toilet roll we had to go down to mama's shop and buy one there. The towels were also dirty and out of shape, the towel I received on day 3 was full of black marks and my friends towel only fitted around her front. The only thing that the maids do in your room all week is change the bins. That was it. We also had to lock ourselves in our room all of the time because the door handle was faulty and the strong winds kept on blowing it open.

I must also say that nearly EVERY SINGLE sunlounger around the pool is BROKEN!!and the pool is often very cloudy and dirty.

The food that the Hillside provides is also very expensive. Your looking at paying nearly double to what you would pay down in the town itself. It was very difficult to get away from the Hillside during the day because of the fact that you are so far away from everywhere! You have to pay 7 euro if you call a cab from the apartments and 5 euro from the taxi rank back to apartments. It is a good taxi service however it can mount up, especially if you are looking at going to the beach and then coming back and going back out into the town a few times during your stay. You can walk however you are looking at a good 30-40 minute walk.

If you go 18-30 I would not pay for the excursions because they are in my opinion a waste of time and money. The reps opinion of your 'FREE' bar is basically them taking your money off you to buy the drink so at the end of the day it isn't 'FREE', its just a waste of money, including the food which is basic, especially the BBQ's and the 'Traditional Greek' meal. I have to give it to the reps that they do work hard however, at the end of the day you expect certain standards to be met and they weren't even in the slightest.

I could go on and on but I think enough has been said.

Everything was spot on. Loved every minute. The Hillside is run by an awesome family, who do anything asked of them, they will go out of there way to help you. The apartments are basic but who cares, you only sleep in there and get changed, it has more or less a 24 hour bar will the pool bar during the day and Ziggy and Charlies bar for the night, I would recommend it to anyone, well anyone who is aged 18 to 30 and loves to party because when you come in off a night out all the guests are just getting there own party's started. Its GREAT!!! Fantastic!!!

I loved the Hillside.. I would of stayed there longer if I could! There was no bad points at all! Just don't get allergic to anything..

The weather was in the 45's and was scorching! GREAT! Go to the water park. It's like 7 euros to get there and 20 euros to get in but it's great fun for the day and you get a nice tan without even trying. The clubs, you've got liquid, bed and VIP that the reps take you to themselves. VIP I loved, liquid was good but wasn't really any different to our liquid in England to be honest but still a good night out. I'm trying to remember everything that I wanted to know before I went! Girls you have a biggish mirror in front of the beds and a mirror in the bathroom. So one can do make-up while others doing hair, lol! The shower is like a hose and a square you stand in. It's funny having a shower for the amount of time you're their... I think I got the floor and walls wet more then I did myself but it's nothing bad... I found it more funny! The water was always warm for us, we never had a cold shower! um...... When you get in after a night out the bar is open 24 hours and they do nice pizzas and toasties for the hungry belly that you'll have!

Overall, we were going to change hotels because of the comments we read on here and other sites. We went to the travel agent and everything but after finding out we had to pay another like 70 quid we decided to just stick with it... but I'm glad we did!! It really wasn't the picture that everyone on here had made out!

The hillside is excellent, couldn't have asked for more! I would urge everyone to look past some of the bad reveiws (I have no ide how people have drawn those conclusions) and book to stay here, its brilliant!

Excellent holiday, would definitely go and stay there again. Couldn't complain everything was spot on, reps were great, accommodation was great, excellent atmosphere. Everyone was very friendly.

I can't even begin to start explaining the good points the place was fantastic. Fair enough the rooms were a bit basic but in all fairness its not like I went there for luxury, I went there to party.

The hillside reps were amazing. I would recommend anyone to go to hillside as it was the best holiday of my life and although I am only back a few days ago I am planning on going again near the end of the summer.

Reps were amazing. The food was great. The bar was open all the time. Can't really say any bad thing about it accept the heat was 45 degrees which was to hot for me but most people would love that.