The Old Symi

Comfy, cosy and pleasantly cool at night. Old building, nice feel to it (but see drawbacks of this below). Bathroom good, location excellent; barely 2mins walk to everything you need. Staff friendly.

Having expected a quiet, undisturbed stay, sadly I was hugely unlucky with those in two neighbouring apartments (2x groups of 4 across the back rooms 3-4 I believe) treating the place like their private mansion. Noise at all hours through the night. After they left, storms then disrupted the ferry schedule and other guests rushing for the early boat were packing suitcases at 5.30am. Granted, not much fun for them either! None of this is necessarily the host's fault of course, but, please be aware that given the nature of the creaky old building and heavy wooden furniture, if there is ANY significant movement from other apartments, it will likely disturb you. The doors are heavy and can slam. Also, a play park nearby with groups of kids to be aware of, especially in the early evening (so forget a siesta...). Was in room 2 for 7 days, moved to room 3 for my last night; shower head no pressure desperately needed cleaning. Not befitting of an €80 room tbh (NB. the shower in my other room was good). Bit of a shame really, as it's a nice place in a quiet setting and hoped for more than 3-4 hrs sleep a night (NB. I'm not a particularly sensitive sleeper and had earplugs).

excellent management, very good position and confort of the rooms

nothing to mention

η τοποθεσια πολυ κοντά στο κέντρο, εύκολη πρόσβαση, πολύ καλή και άμεση η επικοινωνία με τον οικοδεσπότη. Πλήρως εναρμονισμένο με την αρχιτεκτονική του νησιού και πολύ περιποιημενος ο έξω χώρος του καταλύματος.

Very clean well presented great location

Ceiling a bit low upstairs

The bed was extremely comfortable. The bathroom was very spacious.

The morning of checkout, the cleaner kept knocking on our door asking us to leave. She came again and poked her head around the door looking at the room asking us to leave even though we still had an hour until checkout. This made us uncomfortable and we felt rushed to go.

The old Symi is in the perfect location in the very center of the city with immediate access everywhere. All the people were exceptional and helpful. The room really brings forward a vintage aesthetic of the island.

The bed on the upper floor is really difficult to sleep and move around especially if you are on the taller side. So we have to opt to sleep on the couch instead.