Belussi Beach Hotel & Suites

Family run hotel who can’t do enough for you. Room was spacious and very clean, linen and towels changed every day plus beach towels. The shower temperature changed from boiling hot to cold in seconds without moving the lever! The small beach and grass area decked out with free sun beds was beautiful and the sea crystal clear. The breakfast was buffet style. However there are NO evening meals or pool bar snacks available in May. These may well be available later in the season. TUI have been contacted about this issue. As there are only 2 restaurants in walking distance this was an issue for us as we expected meals at the hotel. The bus stop is only a few minutes walk, however they DONT run in May or June. The supermarket is 30 minutes walk to the main road. Also there is a bakery opposite who serve excellent coffee and giant doughnuts, lush! Andreas restaurant is only 5 minutes walk beautiful setting by the beach however we were put off by the pushy waiter and the frozen fish. Also expensive for what it was. Porto Roulis restaurant is 10 minute walk, this family run taverna next to the beach was amazing. Very friendly, fresh fish caught by the daughter, music from the old man and a simple menu was what Zante is all about. We did have a good relaxing quiet holiday thanks to Dionisis and his family. Drosia being out of the way I would recommend a car, even if it’s just to get an evening meal, ( if the hotel are not serving food). Taxis can be booked by the family €25 to Zante and €15 to Tsilivi.

This place grew on us over the course of the week we spent there. The staff was super helpful, food delicious, rooms and hotel compound cleaned every day. The place did not feel crowded even though the hotel was full. There was no scramble for sunbeds on the beach or by the poolside, there were always some available. My only recommendation would be to add some flexibility regarding dinner options: We tried their multi-course dinner on the first day after arrival. The food was really excellent, and reasonably priced but there was just too much of it. A light dinner option would be a great addition to the menu. The snacks and meals that are available at the pool bar are great. We had the best Greek Salad there compared to all others we tasted elsewhere traveling the island.

Thank you Dionysis for your great hospitality. You are the main man, the heart of the hotel whatever me and my family asked for was never a problem fro you. Also thank you Stathis for your great service, for the great company and for advising us where to go in Zakynthos. Zakynthos is an amazing island, very beautiful and not expensive. If you want to eat in the hotel restaurant offers a different four course meal every day. So 7daysX4courses= 28 different courses a week! The premises of the hotel are very good, very clean and tidy. Our room was big, modern and clean, the pool is large and the private beach is very nice and just next to the pool. All the staff is very kind and very professional and hard working. It is a family run restaurant and you can easily feel the good vibes of all the people who work there. The hotel can arrange you taxis and boats to the main sightseeings in the isalnd like the tour to the Navagio beach and the tour to the turtles. All you need to do is ask Mr Dionisis and he will have that arranged with just a phone call! Me and my family spent a week in Belussis hotel and felt it was too little, i wish we had booked for more time, thanks to the people who work in the hotel we will come back for more amazing holidays! Thank you Dionysis, Vasileios Pappas and family

A warm welcome from the owners with friendly staff. All areas very clean and a good pool. The beach is a rocky outcrop so take beach shoes. Its tricky to get to open water. Stayed on a B&B basis and the breakfasts were very good with plenty of choice. Room 305 was a large third floor fabulous rooms (lift available) with a good sized balcony. An amazing space to watch spectacular sunrises. A quiet spot but enough tavernas to satisfy. A bus into nearest town (Tsilivi and to Zakynthos Town) a bargain for only 2euro pp each way. Especially if you want a little more going on. Would definitely stay again

We spent wonderful holiday at Belussi Beach Hotel. Owner and staff are very nice and helpful. We made a mistake at our reservation and no standard room was free, but they quickly solved this; instead of standard room they gave us junior suite for small extra fee plus welcome drinks. They also realized that my wife has birthday and organized special dinner (delicious!) for us, with special table, flowers etc. All this free of charge! Our suite war spacious, nice balcony and spotless clean, with everything we needed. There is kettle for morning cafe or tea as well. Hotel location is excellent, directly at private beach. Beach has plenty of shadow under the trees or umbrellas and is never crowded. Perfect for relaxing, quiet holiday. Very nice pool area. Poolside bar offer variety of drinks, cocktails and tasty snacks. At the leave we also received some gifts from the owner which was very nice gesture.

Our hosts Dionisis and his wife Aggeliki were wonderful. They greated us warmly on arrival and upgraded our room with a sea view without any extra cost when we checked in, which was a lovely surprise and also gave my partner a huge birthday cake on our second day when they heard it was her birthday. They also gave us some gifts on leaving to remember our stay with them. The perfect hosts. Dionisis has made his own map of the island which you can have a copy of, indicating various day trips and the best sites to visit on each day trip and even a discounted boat trip to visit the blue caves and shipwreck beach (if you say you are staying at the Belussi beach hotel) The hotel is located perfectly. Just a few kilometers north of Zakynthos town on the quieter East coast. This makes driving easier when travelling off to different parts of the island as the south of the island around Laganas is so busy being the main hub for tourists. We did visit Laganas to go to Turtle island and take a boat trip to see turtles in the bay. But Laganas was so busy it made us really pleased to be staying in a quieter area with less busy roads and attractions. The north of the island is beautiful with it's forests, 2000 year old olive tree and rocky blue caves around the coast. In ten days we managed to see the whole island and still have many beach and pool days when we wanted to take it easy. The hotel has everything you need to enjoy swimming in the sea and days around the pool. The breakfasts were lovely and sitting in the air conditioned restaurant was so relaxing with it's panaramic view of the coast. The poolside bar has superb food and I recommend the greek style pizza which was perfect. The grounds are beautifully laid out and have vine covered walkways with grapes hanging in easy reach places everywhere (best enjoyed in August we were advised) though my partner ate many anyway as well as fresh figs from the trees around the hotel. The hotel pool is a perfect size and the beach has many sunbeds under the trees providing some shade if needed, Our room was large and clean with a lovely sea view from the balcony. The staff were all so friendly throughout our stay and we had some lovely chats with them when they were on and off duty. Every one of the staff were friendly from the cleaners to the restaurant and bar staff. I highly recommend you hire a car for the duration of your stay. There are three local restaurants within 5 mins walk if you wish to walk to dine out away from the hotel and a supermarket is a ten minute walk through an olive tree lined road. But if you want to explore the island properly and explore what it has to offer you need some transport. You can use a taxi or a bus to explore but this would really limit what you can see. Just six kilometres north of the hotel is one of the best beaches we found on the island- Amoudi Beach. It appears to be a little discovered jem with so few people about. There is a cafe restaurant right on the beach