MATINA HOTEL

We spent 12 days in Santirini staying in Matina hotel. This is old Greek place run by Greek family. Everything is in good condition and owners take huge care of the facility.

What was surprising from the beginning that COVID restrictions are treated super seriously. Our bags were disinfected, people must use the masks and every facility e.g. swimming pool chairs or tables are cleaned up all the time.

The hotel is located in the best place in Santorini in Kamari, very close to the airport, beach, bus station, restaurants and markets. Also Kamari is good place to stay as it’s touristic but much less crowded than Oia, Fira and more clean and higher standard than Perissa. Every point you want to visit is up to 30 min by car.

The rooms are basic but clean. If you have a choice take the room upstairs. Our room was on the ground with very limited light like in a basement and hotel staff running all the time just outside of the room. Air conditioning saved our lives. In the summer you cannot live without it as it was 30 plus degrees of Celsius outside. I think owners should clean up the air conditioning as the smell was not fresh. Other than that room is cleaned up every day and they bring you new towels. On Greece islands you cannot put paper to the toilet so it’s really a must to have the bin empty every day. You will get also some small washing cosmetics. The shower is old style with material cover so the water is in the whole bathroom after every usage.

The whole building is old-style and kept in great condition. Beautiful patio with many amazing flowers, clean swimming pool. All natural materials like wood and stone around. Every day it’s music played in the swimming pool area till night hours. You can also order some drinks or coffee. The hotel also has free swimming towels for guest.

Everyday is a breakfast served from 8am till 10am. It might be a bit longer during holidays. Due to COVID restrictions it’s not open bar. It’s served by 2 ladies. You must ask for every slice of cheese, drink or bread etc. From hot dishes you can choose from scrambled eggs (very bed), omelet (bed as well), sausages (impossible to eat), fried eggs (good). Then you have cheese, ham, vegetables, Greek yoghurt with fruits, croissants and cakes baked by them. The sweet verity it wider and better. For drinks there is coffee and tea and juice (super sweet from syrup). Every day is exactly the same food. After 12 days I can say breakfast was one of the worst experiences and we cannot look at fried eggs ;) but for couple of days it will be fine. Also in Greece in general breakfast are not the best unless you like croissants and coffee.

The service is helpful and there is someone 24h in the reception - nice and supportive. They showed us places to visit and recommended Greek restaurants. What I didn’t like is that once I got sick one day (being also pregnant) they charged us 3 euro for cup of tea in the evening. My perception is that when you pay more than 1k Euro for hotel, stay almost 2 weeks and you order some additions/drinks during the day I would expect to be more emphatic. Other than that no surprise.

In general our stay was very nice and relaxing and we can recommend this facility.

Excelente localização,checkin ,entrada demorada ,além de tirar cópia do passaporte pede para escrever no computador todos os dados do passaporte,banheiro apertado.

Hotel bellissimo, sopra ogni aspettativa. Il personale gentilissimo, colazione internazionale ottima, piscina meravigliosa con angolo bar. Abbiamo trascorso il nostro anniversario di matrimonio ed è stato tutto perfetto (ringraziamo anche per la sorpresa trovata in camera!). Hotel vicinissimo al mare di Kamari. Camere ampie, pulitissimo con balcone che si affaccia sulla piscina. Tutto perfetto!

Wunderschönes Hotel!
Tolle Anlage. Sehr sauber. Top Lage. Alle sind sehr freundlich.
Die Zimmer sind schön und sauber. Die Zimmer sind hellhörig und ab und an kann es laut sein in der Nacht.
Das Frühstück ist sehr gut und ausreichend.
Ich empfehle es auf jeden Fall weiter.