The first thing that strikes you about the Sani resort is the friendliness of the staff and their genuine desire to provide a warm and enjoyable stay. So why head this as "mostly"? Well this is a big operation that makes you hotel bill at the end of your stay seem on par with Greece's current debt levels. Driving from the airport (approx 1 hour), we pull in for petrol and are greeted by 1.63 a euro for a litre of petrol! With the exchange rate against the pound pretty much even, you can see driving around Greece can be an expensive business. At the moment, we are all counting our pennies and at Sani your pennies will disappear quicker than than that first cold beer they serve so well in all of the 15 bars on the resort. The cost of drinks is quite extraordinary and will send you scurrying to your room where the mini bar actually seems cheaper, except ours was not stocked? Maybe the last occupant, cleared it out as some sort of defiant gesture.
We were a family of three adults and having paid three full adult prices, you would at least expect three beds, three mugs, three bath robes and enough coat hangers for three? I know this sounds like the story of the three bears, but at least they had three beds to sleep in. We are given a 1950's Z bed with a mattress thinner and flatter than Kate Moss's stomach . My son who is over 5ft 9in tried to sleep on it, but gave up after 5 secs. I managed 3 secs. Come on 5* Sani, you can improve this surely? We did manage a room change and thankfully got a sofa bed, but still squeezed into a twin room.
This resort offers a dine around scheme. So what's that? Well apart from the hotel's two restaurants there are other restaurants dotted around the Marina and other hotels that you can eat in. Some you receive an allowance if you are half board and some you can order their set menu and therefore choose not to have dinner in your hotel restaurant, if that makes any sense? Frankly, it's a bit confusing and needs to be make clearer both at check in and with the written info given.
There are various evening entertainment events taking place and the Beach Party on a Wednesday is a must - with a preferred white dress code and is quite fun.
Clearly this is a well oiled operation and I would not hesitate in recommending this as a safe and prefect family holiday choice. Just take plenty of Euro's or give up drinking!
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