Eliamos Villas Hotel & Spa

This is a great resort. You can leave, but why? I found it difficult to find something better off property than on. Shout out Dimitri at the fitness area who is a consummate professional and made the entire trip a vacation with daily AM pilates. I will note the cliff side taverna, Sea Salt was charming and delicious. Avoid the primary city Agristoli, it is not charming. Roaming vagrants abound. A boat tour is nice, I would recommend splurging on a nicer vessel, otherwise you will find yourself on a small boat in a big sea. We had trouble striking the right balance with the concierge, but I left with a solid feeling as they comped us the last nights dinner at the michelin star restaurant. Overall, I recommend this resort, a strong value for the money with no gaps. However, there are many places in this world, and I consider this one permanently marked off my lists of places to revisit.

A beautiful location, excellent accommodation and facilities. Very friendly staff and Dimitri is an excellent Pilates teacher/ personal trainer. An incredible place to relax. Some lovely local walks and beaches, and a very charming village nearby

We first visited Eliamos in 2023 and couldn't wait to return in 2024. The staff are amazing and the resort brings together the best aspects of a villa with all the services of a boutique hotel ... highly recommended

This is an exceptionally good hotel and we enjoyed it very much. It's the first time I've stayed in a hotel like this and the communal pool has been so quiet - absolutely zero stress about will we get a sun lounger. The hotel is so small and intimate you feel really well cared for and heard. Our room was beautiful and we enjoyed the breakfast and food in the restaurant - very good. We had a massage and facial too - both excellent. Really beautiful views also. Found all the staff to be really kind and helpful. A truly wonderful and relaxing place to stay and we will return. Only downside is I think the price point is quite high but that wouldn't stop me coming again. We hired a car which I would say is a must. We loved Dafnoudi Beach in the north, Assos, hiring a boat for the day and going to the volcanic beach and white rock beach and the underground lake caves.

We booked the 'Presidential Suite' for 2 nights after a wonderful stay at Eliamos Hotel and Spa on Kefalonia, what a mistake! As seasoned travellers who like to stay in wonderful properties we were very disappointed - this accommodation is not 5 Star and does not warrant the room rate. Our first experience was a cross looking man at the gate who was trying to tell us where to park. He didn't speak any English and we aren't as arrogant to assume the world speaks our language BUT as a first point of contact for guests maybe have a welcoming, smiling member of staff with some English. We arrived early and asked for our bags to be stored until check in, the hotel kindly advised that the suite was nearly ready and offered us breakfast, not expected nor necessary but welcomed. We were eventually taken in a golf buggy to the suite, our hearts sank: - the interior furnishings were old, dated and looked a bit grubby, - the suite smelt like it hadn't been used for a while, - there was an odd mismatch of outdoor furniture. The huge sunbeds had cheap plastic covers which meant they got extremely hot, - the parasol was ridiculously small and had clearly seen better days, - the fixed benches had not been well maintained, paint chipped off and ants under the cushions (I expect some ants but not to this degree), - the concrete into the pool also had not been maintained, - we had to ask for the pool to be cleaned, - the jacuzzi was broken, - part of the roof had fallen down and had not been fixed, - electric wall sockets were hanging out of the wall, - the electric opening/closing curtains did not fill the windows, allowing early morning light in, - the showers were poorly finished. The pictures on their website were clearly taken a very long time ago and are not a true representation of the suite. We love dogs but the constant barking from the village below was too much, as were the 15-20 flights a day passing overhead as they came into land. Not at all peaceful. The staff are really lovely but how they are taught to attend to guests is too regimented. The host at breakfast couldn't cope with our simple request of pushing 2 tables together for the 3 of us to sit at, and made us feel quite uncomfortable with a restaurant full of people looking on (the restaurant did have tables for 4 but had stupidly low benches which were impossible to eat at). We expressed our dissatisfaction to 'management' (not entirely sure who was who because there was so many of them). They got the pool cleaned, advised dinner in the buffet restaurant was on the hotel and accommodated our late check out but they weren't really interested... we were not their usual clientele. Thoroughly disappointing.

We thoroughly enjoyed the 10 nights we stayed at this extremely well presented and managed boutique hotel. Immaculately clean, excellent friendly/professional staff and beautiful comfortable villas with breath-taking views. The villas were wonderfully private, peaceful and tastefully furnished. Breakfast was exceptional. With so many traditional restaurants close by we only ate in the restaurant a couple of times and experienced room service also on a couple of occasions - very nice. Highly recommend this beautiful property in a wonderful part of the island.