Hotel Palladium Sithonia

Breakfast was ok, though we've only tried it once (10EUR/pax/day was a bit on the high side). Staff was polite and helpful. Functional aircon and fridge, hot water w/ good pressure all around the clock, service/bar open until later in the night, relatively ok place to work on the terrace/

Pretty strong smell in the room on occasions, suspect it was from the aircon unit (smell was only in the room, NOT in the bathroom). Noisy guests around the pool (perhaps our bad luck), which staff only tried to quiet once we complained about it (more or less successful). Apartments are not actually two rooms - the second bed is on an iron platform on top of the main bed. Pretty difficult & dangerous to escalate for kids, heat in the afternoon was unbearable (windows faced west). Rooms and hotel in general rather small (somehow looked larger in the pics; having been there, pics are accurate, but do not provide a sense of actual sizes).

Very kind staff, comfy beds, clean, quite

The room was with gallery up floor, but everything was too narow, suite declared with two bedrooms but actually was with one bedroom for 4 adults. Lot of construction and safety standards were not obeyed.

The room was spacious and cleaned every day. Everything modern and recently renovated. The staff was friendly and helpful.

The water was brown. I think because the bad weather before our stay.

We want this review to be fair and balanced so we will highlight both the positives and negatives. The main issue is lack of value for money for the rates charged. - the hotel is fairly new and you can tell from the furniture and amenities - staff in reception (family running the hotel) were receptive to queries or small requests - air conditioning works fine - bed is comfortable - location is close to the beach - parking is available (which is important as Kalamitsi is very crowded mid-season) but it is in a public parking, on the grass, 150m away from the hotel - rooms were overlooking the pool and bar but it was not excessively noisy, music was at an appropriate level so no issue

- pumbling is an issue (you have to press 4-5 times for toilet to flush); also there is a 500 EUR fine if you throw toilet paper in the toilet (probably because they run on septic tank), which we had read about in other reviews so we were ready to observe but is still unsual - no door or glass for the shower means you flood the bathroom for every shower - only one socket available in the entire room and not close to the bed - this was a major disconfort as we had to take turns to charge phones or use other devices (which only charge when you are in the room and the card for electricity is on anyways, so limited time, usually during the night) - water was yellow-brownish hue the entire time, we did not drink it or wash our teeth with it as it did not look safe to do so (we used purchased still water) - no change of towels or sheets during a four night stay - pool is lined with plastic sheet (not tiles like you usually see) and was not cleaned or tested for water quality during any of the mornings so we decided to avoid it - rooms have almost no sound insulation, you can hear everything from neighbouring rooms or outside your doors

Staff is friendly. There is free parking at a hude grass area near the hotel, with enough trees to make shade.

The elevator was not wrking. There was no mosquito net no the windows, so that mosquitos was able to enter the room.

The hotel is new, rooms are spacious and look modern. Quite decent. It’s close to the beach. The owners are very kind and helpful. It’s quiet at night, good sleep is possible.

Wi-fi was very weak; there was no signal in the room. The quality of the water in the hotel was very bad (looked yellow and dirty). No complementary water was provided in the room (very unusual for Greece and particularly due to the low quality of the water at the hotel). The place (village) is very small, not particularly beautiful and lively, it’s mostly for holidays with children. The hotel (and accommodation there in general) is rather pricy for such location.

The facility is located close to the beach. The hotel area was quite and nice.

The wifi signal was poor. The song playlist can be improved. During our stay, starting 9 am, we were waking up with the same songs. This gets annoying at some point. If by any chance you get 2 rainy days, you might have to take cold showers, as the water in the rooms is being heated only by solar power.