Elia Agia Marina Hotel

The location close enough to town. Right on the beach. Excellent views and great places to dine nearby.

The beach staff charges 35€ for all day access to a cabana. But you cant leave to go to lunch or rest because then you lose it even though you paid for it.

The staff were all super lovely! And the room and all the food was incredible :)

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Hotel right on the beach. Breakfast very good, however like most hotels food could have been hotter. The best sunbeds available that we have ever had. Superior Room large and comfortable with good air conditioning.good shower facilities. Hotel although full was very quiet. We went half board and the food was plentiful and of good quality.

Outdoor seating area.

The hotel’s greatest luxury is undoubtedly its location. One steps out almost directly onto the beach, with the sea so close that it occasionally seems to participate in the conversation. Our room, with its small balcony overlooking the water, offered precisely the sort of view that persuades one to forgive many lesser imperfections before breakfast. The room itself was spacious, practical, and thoughtfully adapted for guests with reduced mobility, while technically everything functioned perfectly well. Breakfast was agreeable rather than memorable, though there were a few authentic Greek touches among the more conventional offerings. The true revelation, however, came from the Italian coffee machines, which ground fresh beans with admirable seriousness and produced coffee far superior to what one usually encounters in large seaside hotels. We also greatly appreciated the professionalism of the manager, who handled delays with housekeeping gracefully, apologised sincerely, and restored harmony with a thoughtful gesture to our room — proof that competence remains one of the most underrated forms of charm.

The hotel suffers from a serious lack of sound insulation. Because of the marble floors and the constant scraping of furniture from the rooms above, even ordinary movements became surprisingly theatrical in volume. Unfortunately, our upstairs neighbour seemed particularly attached to rearranging furniture well after midnight, which made restful sleep rather difficult. The mattresses and pillows were also not ideally suited to us, and we woke with neck and back pain on several mornings. Housekeeping was noticeably delayed during the first days, apparently because a new cleaning team had just arrived. Finally, while the staff was generally polite, the atmosphere often felt curiously distant. One somehow expected a little more warmth, spontaneity, and attentiveness from Greek hospitality; instead, many employees carried themselves with the solemn expression of characters quietly negotiating with the gods of ancient tragedy.