Rivari Hotel

“Beautiful family friend hotel”

We stayed at the end of September as a family of 3 with a 2 year old. The hotel is pretty and a 5 minute walk to Kamari itself. There’s a chess set that kids can play with and also a kids area with swings and a slide. There’s also a ping ping table we didn’t use, but great for older kids. You ... more

We stayed at the end of September as a family of 3 with a 2 year old. The hotel is pretty and a 5 minute walk to Kamari itself. There’s a chess set that kids can play with and also a kids area with swings and a slide. There’s also a ping ping table we didn’t use, but great for older kids. You collect the paddles from the pool bar. Bedroom: Recently refurbished and they’re still refurbishing rooms. AC was quite loud, and gave us a bit of a sore throat whilst there. The extract funnels into the outside area and our patio outside was concave so it heated it massively, so we didn’t really sit outside because of that. Great to dry clothes however. Rooms were basic, there’s a fridge, beds were comfy enough, good travel cot for our small person. The smell people are referring too is the water as it has a high sulphur content. It’s not the drains, this is the same on any small island. Breakfast: Very sweet staff. It’s a varied continental which is well stocked and looked after. We found something each day no problem. Help yourself to high chairs. It’s a very relaxing ambiance sat outside. Pool: Loveliest man running the pool bar, nothing was too much problem at all. We enjoyed each afternoon around the pool after exploring, and our daughters flamingo and arm bands were able to be left there so we didn’t have to lug it around each day. The food was lovely, we ate twice in the day. The hotel doesn’t serve dinner or drinks once the pool bar is closed. There is a shower room in the main hotel near the breakfast area, we only found out about this when we went to use the toilets waiting to check out. We were told we couldn’t have a late check out, but surely we could have been told about this facility. We hired a car from the airport it’s cheaper, and we didn’t enjoy the bus to Fira so decided to hire once there. The hotel is great value, with amazing people working hard each day to run it. The couple who work behind the pool bar and at breakfast were who made our holiday. They even introduced our daughter to their dog Lupin. We would visit again, thank you

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“The bougainvillea hotel :)”

Very nice and cosy hotel, we were quite happy that we chose it for our stay in Santorini. Everything was excellent – our room, the breakfast, the garden with all the flowers, palm trees and wonderful bougainvillea everywhere... And as I said bougainvillea, we had one on our balcony and we had won... more

Very nice and cosy hotel, we were quite happy that we chose it for our stay in Santorini. Everything was excellent – our room, the breakfast, the garden with all the flowers, palm trees and wonderful bougainvillea everywhere... And as I said bougainvillea, we had one on our balcony and we had wonderful experience with it. We were sleeping on an open door to have some fresh air, so on the morning we woke up in a room, covered by flowers (brought inside by the wind). It was a thing you never forget. The staff was also very nice. We had a special request for the beds in our room, which was fulfilled and and that made our stay even better. You have to walk a little for the beach, but it's not too far. The bus stop is a little bit closer and when you ask on the reception for the direction, they give you their visit card with a small map of Kamari on it and they write to you your way on it, so no way you can get lost. :)

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“Enjoyed our stay”

Nice clean hotel with a good size pool and jacuzzi. There are enough sun beds to accommodate everyone but sometimes the music could be lowered. We had a lovely spacious room overlooking the pool which had everything that you could want. Unfortunately the beds were extremely hard and very uncomfo... more

Nice clean hotel with a good size pool and jacuzzi. There are enough sun beds to accommodate everyone but sometimes the music could be lowered. We had a lovely spacious room overlooking the pool which had everything that you could want. Unfortunately the beds were extremely hard and very uncomfortable and the air con was outdated and loud. All other guests that I spoke to had exactly the same issues, so a bit disappointing. The poolside bar has a range of basic light snacks, bottles of beer and soft drinks. However, possibly based on price, most people purchased externally and then sat on their own balcony whilst still overlooking the pool or gardens, so not as well used as the owners would have liked. Breakfast is excellent with a range of English and continental choices although a selection of fruit would have been welcome, but this certainly did not detract from it. Location is good with a 5 to 10 min flat walk to the centre and beach making it an ideal base. Overall a nice hotel that needs some attention.

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