Aqualand Resort

We came here on a family holiday with EasyJet flying from Luton. We are a family of 4 with 2 boys aged 12 & 14. All and all we had a good holiday and we give it a healthy 8/10 for the week. Accommodation This was a 2 story apartment with the down stairs comprising of the toilet/shower and double sofa bed and single sofa bed. Our boys slept down stairs and were quite comfortable. Upstairs is a double bed room which we used and again it was comfortable and clean. All of the accommodation has a balcony or if on the ground floor outside space to sit. There are air conditioning units on the ground floor and in the upstairs bedroom. Make sure you close the door to the balcony or the aircon won’t engage. Food The food is ok but a much smaller selection if you are used to an all inclusive holiday in Turkey or Egypt. But in saying that we always found something that everyone ate and no one got the dreaded holiday poos or sickness. They also serve snacks by the pool of Chips, hotdogs and toasted sandwiches and ice cream. This is next to the all inclusive bar. They also have cake and other bits. Entertainment This was not great, and takes place in a semi open aired area above reception. Again it’s nothing like Turkey or Egypt. More of a Butlins in the 80s. The other issue is that the is not enough tables and chairs in both areas for the amount of people at the hotel so this means so night you just go back to the apartment early. Bar Easy to get served as there are 2 bars. Local beer is good and soft drinks are available for the kids to get themselves. Cocktail are not great and not much effort is made when making them. I have attached some photos of the buses to a beech and Corfu town. There are also local buses from just outside the hotel for €2.50 or €2 per person if you want to go under your own steam. We got the local buses as we didn’t want to get up early or have to be back at a certain time. Bus Stop to Corfu is out of the main entrance and right. Look across the road to a left turn. The bus stop is just there. You want a no8 bus or a bus displaying 8-11. It’s all the same. Bus to Glyfada beech is left out of the main entrance and as you get to the turn for that Aqua Park cross over and you will see a slightly hidden bus stop. This is a coach rather than a local looking bus. Again like everywhere there is good and bad. But for the week there was more good than bad. It’s defo a 3 star but not bad value.

Resort its self is not very extensive. Has a bar by the pool that serves hot dogs , toasties , filled baguettes & chips every day . This bar closes at 6pm on the dot . The restaurant had a pleasant atmosphere, plenty of food , few meats on at each sitting , freshly fried meat & chips always available. Large salad bar , lots of puddings & fruit . Staff continuously clearing tables & setting up . After 6pm the only bar you can get drinks from is the main lobby bar , at 8pm the rooftop bar / entertainment serves drinks . If you need snacks after 6pm , I advise you to take some Tupperware tubs to grab some nibbles at lunch or dinner. Entertainment is fairly good ( if you can find a table & seat ) On site shop has essentials / alcohol/ snacks / souvenirs. The nearest supermarket is miles away Just need to say our rep Jenny was extremely helping in resolving a few issues we had . Son & partner loved the flumes & the humungus wave pool is a hit with everyone . Personally , the rooms are lacking in comfort & modernisation - likely the biggest let down. Although kept very clean .

Stayed here for 2 weeks as a family of 7 and it’s the worst place we’ve stayed and is in no way a 4 star hotel, absolutely no way!! Rooms basic enough but then it’s just for sleeping in tbf, but there is a terrible smell of sewage in the rooms though, The food wasn’t great at all and as expected is very repetitive, but plenty pizza for the kids, 1 ice cream counter to serve all guests with one scoop so you’d have to que for ages for ice cream, cakes and fruit also to choose from beware all inclusive ends at 11pm but even then it’s only a select menu of drinks they include in the all inclusive menu the rest you must pay for at the bar(such as a small maritini €5 and kids slushies are €3 each) the wave pool “restaurant” which you have to book is a complete waste of time, same as main restaurant buffet but smaller so wait in ques to get minimum choice of food, which is just as bad as main restaurant Hotel in middle of island with no shops or street to waddle down so best to hire a car which we did and those were the best days we had there as we saw a lot of beautiful places out and about but the hotel won’t help or guide you as to where to go so research this yourself(we hired from Olympus car rental and he’s a sound bloke who will drop car off and return for it when your finished) Palaeokastritas is about 25 min drive and is gorgeous with a beautiful beach and lovely monestry on top of the mountain you can drive up and get parked at, also an aquarium there where you get a guided tour of and in turn get to use the sunbeds included as part of the ticket (parking is €5 for the whole day at the big car park) There’s a lot of lovely scenery out and about, Kassiopi being another lovely little hotspot, lovely little shops and restaurants to meander through. I’d Defo recommend it’s worth hiring a car to escape “Alcatraz” for a few days if not you’d be stuck there as the bus only goes to Corfu town, which I think we were around €20 single ticket for 7 of us!! Now The waterpark that’s attached to the resort is absolutely fantastic and you can defo spend a lot of days there, it’s honesty a brilliant place plenty to do and keep entertained but be warned the all inclusive DOES NOT carry on through to Aquapark, it stops at the gate and you can’t bring any food or drink in with you so you can either buy stuff inside Aquapark or take the 5 minute stroll back to the main restaurant for lunch! The 10%discount you get in there for food and drinks is nothing at all. The Main aqualand gate opens at 10am - 18:00pm and the side gate from the hotel opens at 11am - 17:00pm, The evening entertainment at the main reception/bar is upstairs and is non existent, you’ll need to get there early to get a seat as it’s not built for the volume of guests, all crammed into a rooftop bar, with a tiny stage area. There’s only 2 in the entertainment team and it shows, as it’s honestly a farce and completely underwhelming! Terrible attempt at bingo and not much else, oh yeah

This hotel is advertised as 4 star but no where near a 4 star hotel. Very dated, beds rock hard, bathroom smelled of sewage. Food not great and extremely repetitive - carrots at breakfast? Snack bar was ok - toasties, wraps, hot dogs, chips and cake. Drinks were ok. Soft drinks were very syrupy. Entertainment - kids disco was ok - same every night after that the entertainment was either terrible or non existent. The bus to town was also cancelled. Waterpark was great and really the only positive we had from this holiday. We made it the best we could but would not go back again even if they paid me.

Wouldn’t recommend this place it’s in the middle of nowhere does offer a bus service if not full rooms are old fashioned over run with wasps and ants restaurant food is nice but the old lady is really miserable snack bar is basic none branded drinks on all inclusive beds are really uncomfortable entertainment is not worth going too would definitely not go back best thing about it is the wave pool and Aqualand water park

I am only rating 2 out of 5 because of the sewage smell, the whole place smells of it. The food is ok, repetitive but fine. The drinks are fine but could do either way either Coca Cola or Pepsi not the cheap stuff they have on. Entertainment, went once and not again, it is very poor.