Hotel Arathena

Hotel Arathena is a lovely small boutique hotel with friendly obliging staff and a lovely pool area. The buffet breakfast is generous & varied. The air-conditioned bedroom was very welcome in the 35°c plus heat and the balcony was lovely to sit to watch the sunsets. Though we overlooked the road, it wasn't noisy at all. We would definitely stay here again.

Fabulous hotel, a bit quirky, great staff and atmosphere. Situated a 5 minute walk outside the centre of San Panteleo, the hotel is built into the hillside - be aware there are steps involved to access pool/breakfast/reception areas - all added to the individuality of the place. our room was spacious, spotless, big bathroom with a jetted tub (didn't use it - so can;t really comment on that). The hotel overall was very quiet and peaceful, don't expect mid afternoon aerobics and pumping techno beats. It is situated a little inland, 15/20 minutes from the coast, handy for visiting Porto Cervo, Porto Rotondo for a touch of glamour. We visited a few beaches, picked for lack of crowds, which were excellent. Staff are patient, knowledgable, kind and always warm and welcoming - special mentions here for Carla, Valentina, Bruno and Tito who all went out of their way to help us enjoy our 2 weeks in room 306!

From start to end of our stay this hotel was excellent and will be revisited and recommended. Easy check in, a few stairs later and we were in a spacious room with a valley view. Kettle , fridge , air con, excellent shower , comfortable bed. Breakfast selection was excellent to be taken in a lovely peaceful courtyard. Magnificent cool pool amongst a peaceful area, plenty beds for all. All staff were super smiley and engaging. Owners on site , very helpful and assisting. Close proximity to the village and the hills!

Amazing hotel beautiful scenery staff were absolutely amazing and went above and beyond to make our stay special. Special thanks to Serena the lady behind the bar making our holiday extremely special and also the other staff were so welcoming. We will be returning next year . One of our favourite places to visit .

I’m on my last night of a weeks holiday at the hotel and writing this while it’s fresh in my mind. The hotel is lovely, very pretty and quiet especially at the end of season. There are quite a few steps to most rooms, I’m on the first floor and there’s one set of stairs which is fine for me but could be a problem for some with mobility issues if on a higher floor. The breakfast area, bar and reception are all close as this is a very small hotel. I’m in a standard room with a shared balcony which overlooks the very quiet road and hills in the distance, perfect for me as I’ve sat out quite often and haven’t seen many people or cars passing. My room has plenty of space and the bathroom has a walk in shower. The only things missing really are English tv channels and a kettle, I love a cuppa and have borrowed the kettle from my Daughters superior room, standard rooms don’t have kettles. The rooms are kept clean every day and have lovely cool air conditioning. Stock from the mini bar is chargeable so we purchased water from the local shop and kept it in the mini bar. There’s one local shop which is open until 1pm and then 5-8 pm. There are several cafes and restaurants in the town which is just a 5 minute walk away on a flat road. We did book most nights but also managed to get a table when we didn’t book. We like a pizza and the only place we found that did them was Ichnos pizzeria, via Zara 54, we ate there most nights as found it very reasonable. The market in the town on Thursday mornings until 1pm is good, lots of stalls with fabulous clothes. The town has lots of boutiques, expensive but high quality. If you like hiking there is a path that leads into the hills behind the hotel, we had a good long walk/climb up there and the views were worth it. Reception staff were very helpful, breakfast is 8-10 and was sufficient, buffet style. The bar with a small selection of snacks is available from 3pm daily which we only used once for a drink as we found it a late time to start serving, this also put us off using the pool as we had no drinks. The pool itself is small but nice but no atmosphere due to no music and the close proximity to others although not many seemed to use it daily. There are no beach towels so bring your own if you plan on visiting the beach. The beach is a drive away, we hired a car for a few days, the bus service mentioned in other reviews wasn’t mentioned by the hotel but we didn’t ask. We purchased the holiday through TUI and we didn’t see a rep at all so no trips or details about the area were given but the reception staff did help with anything we asked. Tip if going to the beach the sunbeds are €40-50 take towels and if reading this before travelling buy a pop up shade instead, many locals seemed to do this. A thing we missed out on but I’d suggest is parking up at Porto cervo marina, pay your park and there’s a free boat across to the town and back from the marina, we missed out as the boat carries 12 and there were 11 waiting but would have been a good experience, the waitress in the restaurant there told us about it.