“Good hotel”

Good hotel, located close to shopping, eating, and the tram. Just across the road from the beach..

“Hotel Palmyra Beach”

First night rather noisy due to main road at front of hotel and found it difficult to sleep. The hotel staff were very considerate and moved us to a quieter room downstairs. All staff spoke good English and were friendly and helpful, able to give advice on the local areas to visit. Breakfast was good with a variety of dishes. The location of the hotel was good for beach, tram etc. The tram takes you into the centre of Athens for 1 Euro although it takes about 40minutes! The FREE WIFI was excellent.

“Good value fro money and well placed for Athens & south beaches”

The previous critical reviewers should emember that this is a mid priced hotel and not a US style "resort" hotel which locally costs 3x. Rooms a little tired but extreamly clean and comfortable with decent air-con. Nice pool with plenty of seating, pool bar and terrace. Standard continental type breakfast, juices, fruit,eggs, bacon, cereals and cold cuts/cheese etc. Free security box's behind main desk. 5 min walk to town centre with great shops and dozens of bars/resturants. Admittedly close to 3 lane dual carriageway but where in the Athens area is there not a lot of constant traffic?) noise nowhere near as bad as other reviewers claim, decent air con means you don't need to sleep with the windows open anyway. Cicada's make more constant noise and the're everywhere. No problem crossing the road, just wait for the traffic lights in both directions to stop the traffic every couple of minutes!! Free Wi-Fi in room 'computers in lobby if you don't travel with your own (euro 5 p/h) free aiport pick up or to bus stop oppersite hotel(X6 service from Airport to Athens - bus stop "Glyfada 5" @ e3,20 each) also 2 minutes walk from new tram into central Athens, (1 euro) Every member of staff we saw over a 5 day visit was unfailingly polite, helpful, friendly and efficient. Local beaches not great but sea is very clean, never any shorage of people on them so can't be too bad! So good value for money and locaton, excellent access to city centre.

“Ok stay, away from town”

I would recommend this hotel if you were looking for a place just outside of town, nearer the water. It is about 5 minutes away to a swimming beach, right by the subway station so it's easy to get there, but nothing really close in terms of hanging out. Hotel room was clean, pool area was nice, reception was very helpful. Bed was uncomfortable (but almost all the beds we had on our trip in Greece were), but the pillows were good.

“Unpretentious...missed opportunity”

A pleasant enough hotel which is not expensive - I guess you get what you pay for. It is located close to the main coast road (six-lane highway) which made having the windows open a bit of a pain even though we were facing the pool. Apart from that a good location near the tram stop, the beach and a short walk to the centre of Glyfada, which has some really nice and trendy bars. Room was pretty comfortable but, like the hotel in general, was a bit tired (carpets with assortment of stains) and smelt heavily of smoke (most rooms allow smoking!). Staff were very helpful and friendly, particularly the reception staff. Pool is quite small but gets plenty of sun. Didn't make breakfast too many times as it wasn't worth wasting a lie in for! Don't expect luxury but a decent base for a trip to Athens and the surrounding area without having to stay in the City.

“Not bad...”

Possibly the rudest reception desk i've ever experienced. However most of the staff at the hotel were very friendly especially the excellent ladies serving at breakfast. Good location although the noise from the road is quite loud at times.

“July 2008 - think twice”

The hotel is in a reasonably good location just a few hundred yards from the main town high street and the beach. The beach is really just grit and stones rather than sand and it is definitely un-commercialised. The town has plenty of local restaurants as well as the familiar ones found in towns throughout the world (KFC, Fridays, MacDonalds, Pizza Hut). A lot of the rooms back onto the 4 lane road outside and this is like a race track. They are doing anything from 40-70 MPH during the day and faster a night. Since a good proportion of the traffic is motorbikes and mopeds it is unbearable. Luckily I had ear defenders with me and having these were in were a necessity. For this reason and this reason only I would NOT recommend staying at this hotel. There is a sister hotel and youre allowed to use its facilities, although we never bothered. The style of the rooms is a bit old and having just come from the Novotel in Athens we werent impressed. Take a kettle. In theory youre not allowed to buy food and drinks from the supermarkets and eat it in the rooms, now we wouldnt eat meals but we do usually eat crisps, biscuits and soft drinks and as we werent sure if this was included so we didnt openly carry soft drinks in. The pool was a on the small side but a space was nearly always available. I found drinks and food were expensive in Greece and comparable with the centre of London. This could be because of the exchange rate.

“would not recomend”

very old hotel, room was very small, with a terrible smell and very old furniture. stained carpet, 10 inch 80´s TV. no room service available. good location and cheap price.

“Not impressed”

The room was facing onto a motorway which was extremely noisy, it's also very dangerous crossing this road at night from the shuttle bus. Room was basic, we requested a double but had 2 singles pushed together, both beds were very soft and not at all comfortable.