Costa Smeralda

Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The locationThe view Friendly staff
  : Small room Hard bed Too many stairs No service close to the sea.No restaurant or anything to eat after 16:00

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Stunning location, lovely large frontline balcony, wonderful staff.
  : The shower is very small!

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Best location in Syvota, with private beach access
  : Bed, and small room

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The view
  : Rooms too small and the bathrooms not that accommodating

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Location is great, you have the marvelous Bela Vraka 5 minutes away from you. The private beach is awesome if you don't want to go anywhere. The balcony is a huge plus - tremendous view ! The pool did look great but there were a lot of people using it so we didn't try our luck with it. The location is very very quiet so if you want to get a proper rest, this is what you're looking for. The rooms get cleaned every day.
  : The room was very small. The wi-fi was not working while you're in the room. The mosquito nets was broken. The restaurant does not offer a lot for lunch - if you want something different than a salad, a burger and a souvlaki, you need to go to town and get it.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The views.
  : Everything else!We chose a stay at The Costa Smeralda hotel in Syvota having reviewed the location, feedback from other guests and star rating.We drove through beautiful Syvota town down a narrow windy lane arriving at the property. The property is made up of individual blocks of 4 rooms - 2 rooms x on the ground floor and 2 x rooms up a very narrow and steep staircase above. For travellers with mobility issues, this is definitely not a good choice of hotel for this reason and multiple other staircases to other levels of the hotel.The location of the property is good and as per the images. The hotel does have a great vista. However, sadly, it all ends there. Upon arrival we were directed by a member of cleaning staff to a small dirty shack / shed at the car park entrance gate. This was the hotel reception?!Our rooms werent ready, but the first check in agent offered to keep our bags and suggested we enjoy some lunch whilst we waited.We descended x3 staircases to a small bar / restaurant for a very basic lunch menu consisting of a Greek salad / cheese and ham toasties / toasted sandwiches & a basic pizza. The lunch was acceptable but nothing special. Along our way down, we noticed poorly covered drains, litter (cigarette butts etc) and a general lack of care and attention. A camouflage covered caravan weirdly sat in one public space. There were boxes and empty bottles piled everywhere.We then proceeded to the pool and, upon further inspection, noticed dirt, hair and debris and a layer of green slime on the tiles. The water appeared quite murky. There wasnt any way I was going to put the kids in the pool. The loungers all around were all chipped of paint and my daughters chair was broken and dangerous.We reviewed the rooms after this and were quite taken aback at how small, pokey and basic they were. The hotel was marketed as a 4 *? Theyre furnished to a low standard - perhaps as one might expect from a 2 * property.

Fair
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Location & view. Awesome
  : Room was sooo tiny, toilet not flushing properly, outdated, lights not working , breakfast not great & you could hear the neighbours breathing.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location
  : Stairs

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple