Irida Studios and Suite

The location for us was good at the top of Paleokasistra, It gets too busy in the day at the main part of Paleokasistra. Close to bars, restaurants and the Acapulco bar with a perfect view of the coastline and access to swim in the sea. Room clean and had all we needed. Lovely size pool and no reserving sunbeds. We used the pool most days to cool off when we had returned from a day out and sometimes had the pool to ourselves.

Shower by toilets to pool (which we used on last day as we had a late flight) was cold, no warm/hot water would come through at all, (or through taps to wash hands) so not great to shower before leaving.

I likes the location as it’s close to the supermarket

The noise from the cars

A peaceful atmosphere and a beautiful view from the balcony

The toilet and shower were a bit outdated and could use some renovation

As previous reviews say, the pool is lovely - clean and was almost always empty when we were there. The air conditioning worked well and the room stayed nice and cool, with a small balcony for some outdoor space and drying swimmers. The location is good overall, a little way out of paleokastritsa but there is a bus stop 5 minutes walk up the road with cheap buses into town every 30-60 min until mid evening. There is a great pool/beach bar (Acapulco) nearby with lovely swimming if you don't mind a lot of steep steps up from the sea. Also a good supermarket and two nice tavernas (Ilias and spiros) within 10 minutes walk.

Overall the room was quite basic considering what we paid although perhaps it's just an expensive area. Be aware that there is no bar, restaurant or anywhere to buy things in the hotel (we didn't realise this as the reviews mention one but it is no longer open) The bathroom is wetroom style so the floor gets very wet whenever the shower is used, the drain was not super effective and sometimes smelled unpleasant. Also for the first couple of nights the bathroom door didn't stay shut but this was fixed. The kitchen is adequate for simple cooking but there were ants on arrival, these were also dealt with during our stay. Soundproofing was pretty nonexistent which was fine most of the time but when we had noisier neighbours made it difficult to sleep.