Tetra Resort & Spa

We had been a little dubious about our booking at Tetra as it wasn’t 100% clear that the hotel was finished and we arrived expecting to see some building work if not actually happening then scaffolding and building material scattered around. Thankfully there was none of this. Yes, there is clearly some work ongoing there as only 50% of the rooms are open yet but that was not intrusive on the holiday and was no different to seeing room maintenance at other properties. The staff, while there are only a few of them are friendly; from the reception to the bar staff to the cleaner and were always able to help. You do get a feeling however that this is very much a ‘soft opening’ with some training ongoing, we even came back from breakfast one day to our room to find the cleaner in there with two other staff members having a meeting of some kind in our outdoor pool area! The grounds are immaculate with a lovely 20m long pool and nice facilities. One thing lacking would be comfy chairs/sofas that you could lounge around in as all the seating was quite stiff and formal (apart from the amazing sun loungers). We did pop down to the Gym/Spa to have a look. The gym is reasonably equipped but the spa did seem to be lacking some personality, and it wasn’t clear that it was fully open. Most days we pretty much had the pool to ourselves which give the place a bit of eerie feeling. This is not the place to go if you like pool parties that’s for sure. There was a small bar serving a selection of drinks and cocktails but we hardly saw anyone there despite the costs being reasonable (€6 for a pint of mythos, €15 or a cocktail); I put this down to the fact that there was nowhere on site to eat after 7pm (they did snacks during the day) meaning that people had to stay sober for driving later. The lack of evening meal at the hotel was disappoint particularly as it quite remote from other restaurants so you pretty much either have to drive or take a 20-30min walk through the farmlands at night. If you want to dine nearby certainly check out Esperides Restaurant and Fois (which has Greek music nights on Saturday and Wednesday). There is also a fish taverna a short walk away at the top of nearby Ammes beach. We also had a walk to Saris Winery (25mins) where we did the 6pm wine tasting which was a little disappointing but at their restaurant (Avithos Preview) above Avithos beach (which we preferred to Ammes). Breakfast at the hotel was somewhat hit and miss. Normally from this style of hotel and its price we would expect a buffet breakfast where you can choose what you would like and maybe have two of one thing and nothing of another and also you are not dictated by the speed of the waiting staff (with only 4 couple for breakfast we took just over an hour to have a basket of breadsticks, coffee, and hot breakfast). The food itself was lovely – it would just have been better to have more choice and thereby less waste (food and time!) The room itself was very well designed and kept immaculate by the cleaner, but it did have a few minor issues such as loose parts on the shower and robe hangers that were a bit loose. We had book a room with a private pool as he have at previous hotels and this also had a large double sun lounder which only reclined flat so the way round this was to move it to a wall and use the pillows. The pool itself was not 100% private as we have had with others and could maybe use some wooden slats between each pool to improve this. Room was also equipped with a Fridge, Kettle, Coffee machine and Robes and slippers. Beach towels were changed every day.

We were the first guests at this hotel, and spent 10days here we stayed in the swim up sea front room, ( we highly recommend this room to stay) by far the nicest room we have stayed in, it had stunning views which had the sun until late evening , we had the warmest welcome by all the staff, they couldn’t have done more for us, we really enjoyed our stay here it was the perfect chill out location, the hotel was walking distance to a few good restaurants, I would highly recommend renting a car for a few days of your trip too if you like a adventure thanks to everyone at the hotel for our great experience.

It was an honour for us to be one of the first guests. We had a beautiful room with a private pool. There are still a few minor details that need sorting out but nothing that would have inconvenienced us. All the staff were so friendly and helpful. The beach is not far away and there are some great tavernas within walking distance. We‘ll definitely come back!