Marilena

“A week in the June”

Together with my girlfriend we spend a week in Marilena Hotel. It was a pleasure to spend a holiday there. What was the best? - Sea View from apartment, and little but beautiful balcony. Waking up and spending mornings with such a view was a amazing experience. Also there is a big enough swimming p… more

Together with my girlfriend we spend a week in Marilena Hotel. It was a pleasure to spend a holiday there. What was the best? - Sea View from apartment, and little but beautiful balcony. Waking up and spending mornings with such a view was a amazing experience. Also there is a big enough swimming pool also with amazing view. Plus is all sun beds are for free are there are 3 types of them. Meals - breakfasts was varied and fully satisfying. Dinners - very good and every night different type of cuisine - Greek, Italian night etc. Everybody at the hotel were very kind and helpful. The area of the Hotel is also very diverse. A lot of restaurants and shops. But if you are looking for good spot to lay on the beach there are not any good one in the nearest area. But next to hotel there is a bus stop and for sure you can travel and find a few good spots. Be careful if you are not in good shape because the hotel is very highly situated. But on the other hand it is good opportunity to burn calories after meals :) To sum up - that was brillant decision to chose that hotel and I fully recommend.

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“Perfect vacation”

The hotel is located on the top of a very steep hill. You can take the private “bus” of the hotel to go up, but then you have to adjust your plans to the schedule of the bus. Or you can climb; the hill is steep, but it’s not a long walk. :) The hotel is amazing. I felt like if we were the first gu… more

The hotel is located on the top of a very steep hill. You can take the private “bus” of the hotel to go up, but then you have to adjust your plans to the schedule of the bus. Or you can climb; the hill is steep, but it’s not a long walk. :) The hotel is amazing. I felt like if we were the first guests in our room. It was recently renovated, it was clean, no bad smell…And the view from our room was magnificent, perfect look to the sea, and the hills too. I loved our room! The staff is very nice and polite, they speak English and German very well. The cleaning ladies came everyday to clean, but towels were changed only once a week, be aware of that. About the food: ambiguous. The dinner was every night like in a 5* restaurant. I could eat myself to death with tasty salads, and other healthy stuff. The only thing I don’t understand, how can the breakfast be so boring…! Literally, the same food every morning. You have to be creative, if you don’t want to eat eggs and toast for a week. People with food allergies should be careful: it may be hard to find something appropriate to eat. Especially in the morning... The waiters were all young men, I think it’s something done on purpose, maybe for more tip? But they were nice too, and it was funny to watch how they can handle the mountain of plates. I would definitely recommend this hotel to stay. Thank you for the perfect vacation.

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“Hotel with a view”

Hotel is located on a hill with a few hundred meters from the Ipsos beach. The best part was the excellent view over the sea, Ipsos beach and the hills around the hotel from both the room with balcony and from the pool. Pool was rarely really full and for that there are extra sunbeds stacked away. … more

Hotel is located on a hill with a few hundred meters from the Ipsos beach. The best part was the excellent view over the sea, Ipsos beach and the hills around the hotel from both the room with balcony and from the pool. Pool was rarely really full and for that there are extra sunbeds stacked away. Our room was not big, but nevertheless very clean and nice. The cleaning worked really well 7 days/week. The view from the balcony was breathtaking! The hotel charges a bit extra for the fridge use and the pool towels but AC is free so no problem on our opinion. Bar near the reception is classy with a small library and a pool table. We bought half-board and the food in the restaurant is home-made and with enough variety in meat, chicken and fish to fill stomachs. Only downside was that there was no gluten-free bread with breakfast and you had to pay for the drinks in the dinner. The best part was the staff, very friendly young people working hard and still being very friendly and relaxed with the customers! :) The pool side had a bar with drink and basic but tasty lunch options. The was a shuttle to the Ipsos and Barbati beaches but had rented a car so didn't really use them. If you don't like parking in really tight spaces and steep hills you have to leave your car downhill away from the hotel :) Our check-out time was noon and flight was midnight and they offer the shower and change room facilities so no problem staying at the hotel. Overall a highly recommended hotel if you can walk steep hills up and down. A good way to burn the extra dish of souvlaki and moussaka.

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“Good hotel in a beautiful but challenging location”

We spent a week at the Marilena Seaview hotel and can with some remarks recommend the hotel for a leisurely holiday. The hotel is located on a steep hill which will certainly pose problems from those with a less than average condition or walking impairment. The transferbus from the airport did not … more

We spent a week at the Marilena Seaview hotel and can with some remarks recommend the hotel for a leisurely holiday. The hotel is located on a steep hill which will certainly pose problems from those with a less than average condition or walking impairment. The transferbus from the airport did not go up and dropped us and our luggage on the street at the foot of the hill from where is was a short but challenging climb up to the reception area. The restaurant is yet another rather steep climb up the hill so during your stay a daily workout is guaranteed. Rooms are clean and well appointed with a small balcony or terrace with great views, bathroom is small but adequate with a particularly nice rainshower. The poolarea is great with lots of sunbeds and, luckily given the high temperatures, rather large sunshades and the poolbar is large and welcoming with surprisingly good food and cocktails at low prices. We booked half board and while dinner is about as good as one can expect from a three star hotel, breakfast is quite average and there is not a lot left for people who like to enjoy their breakfast at the end of the available timeslot. Staff is generally very nice and helpful. The hotel has a strict Covid policy which we appreciated in this time and age. What would prevent us from booking this hotel again is the area: Ipsos is a rather sad stretch of generic bars and restaurants with a narrow and not particularly inviting beachfront and water which did not have the same transparancy and blueness we experienced elsewhere on the island. We traveled around by bus which stops conveniently at the bottom of the hill and took the hotelbus to Barbati Beach which is a much nicer (but very busy) place. All in all we enjoyed our holiday and would probably like to visit Corfu again. We can certainly recommend the hotel with the abovementioned remarks.

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