Feb 19, 2009

Nov 27, 2008

• Liked — The views, helpfulness and the food
• Disliked — The hill

• Date of Stay: September 2008
• Visit was for: Romantic getaway
• Traveling group: Spouse / significant other
• Your age range: 35-49
• Member since: November 27, 2008

• Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? absolutely!
• I recommend this hotel for: An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
• I do not recommend this hotel for: Young singles, People with disabilities, Pet owners
• I selected this hotel as a top choice for: Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine

Oct 13, 2008

My first visit to Corfu and the RomanzaHotel.What a find.If you like a small hotel,friendly staff,peace and quiet and a relaxing resort
then head here.
The Hotel has fantastic sea views from all rooms,the pool and bar,all the rooms are are fairly basic,ours was cleaned daily by a cheerful maid.

We found the beds were very hard and after a couple of nights ached allover,however after speaking to reception a additional foam mattress was supplied for the beds without any fuss.In San Stefanos the restaurants are all reasonably priced and the evening meals at the Romanza compare very well especially if you plump for the special 10.50 euro for 3 coursesof good quality food.If you like eggs you will really enjoy the breakfast,this was the one down side,breakfast consisted of 2 cereals,croissants,toast, scrambled,fried or boiled egg this never varied although you could purchase an English breakfast,but if you want an full english head for Condor unbelievable value for 4 euro.Other good restaurants Two Star,Zorbas and Little Prince the latter has a brilliant cheese cake,one to avoid Elpitha dreadful meal useless waiter dont go there.Worth hiring a car Romanza recommended San Stefanos
car hire 3 days 100 euro bargain,be careful as roads are not good,and you will meet coaches normally on a hill going round a
bend on your side.Mount Pantokrator is worth a drive and the last bit to the top is amazing.
If you like walking you will love the hill from the town,yes you do get fitter over two weeks because the nearest shop is at the bottom and carrying 5 litres of water in 34 degrees is tough,if you hire a car stock up with water,beer and wine for the duration of the holiday,if you go to the beach the path up is pretty steep as well and is impossible after heavy rain,also try the walk to Arillas
again fairly steep but worth it for the views.If you take travellers chqs take them in pounds not euros I found the hotel rate better than Lloyds bank, you also lose out if you have some left when you change them back.
Would certainly go back,hopefully the resort will not develop to much although good reviews may be bad news in the end for people who like San Stefanos the way it is now.

• Liked — Peace and quiet
• Disliked — Breakfast
• Liked — Peace and quiet

Sep 22, 2008

Hello we stayed at the Romanza Hotel in July 4-18 for two weeks,the hotel is lovely and the sunsets are fantastic,the rooms are basic but are cleaned everyday,the food is also lovely.

The beach is big long and sandy,you can hire a sunbed and umbrella for 7.5 euros for the day.The resort is nice and quiet,we ate at the 2*,yiannis grill house in which the lamb on the spit is wonderfull we also ate at the condor and the sunset taverna,also we ate at manthos taverna we never had a bad meal while we were there.We are booked to go back to San Stef but we are staying at a different apartment

• Liked — everything
• Disliked — the steep hill

• Date of Stay: July 2008
• Visit was for: Romantic getaway
• Traveling group: Spouse / significant other
• Your age range: 25-34
• Member since: March 31, 2008

• Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? absolutely!
• I recommend this hotel for: Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
• I selected this hotel as a top choice for: Beach / Sun

Sep 20, 2008

We have just returned from a week at the ROMANZA-I cannot sing its praises highly enough. The rooms were clean and comfortable, all with a balcony and all overlooking the sea.

The staff were friendly and helpful, and the food in the restaurant was great, and reasonably priced, with plenty of Greek dishes to try out. The only disadvantage was that the hotel was at the top of the hill leading out of town-it was about 1 km up a fairly steep hill, although even for someone as lazy as me, the walk was not too arduous and by the end of the week we were practically running up (OK, perhaps not!). The town has plenty of restaurants and shops, good supermarkets and the most fantastic beach.

• Liked — the views from the top of the hill
• Disliked — the road up the hill

• Date of Stay: September 2008
• Visit was for: Romantic getaway
• Traveling group: Spouse / significant other
• Your age range: 35-49
• Member since: July 07, 2005

• Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? absolutely!
• I recommend this hotel for: Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
• I do not recommend this hotel for: Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
• I selected this hotel as a top choice for: Beach / Sun

Sep 12, 2008

We dont normally return to the same place but enjoyed our first holiday in 2007 so much, we decided to return this year.
We were not disappointed as we were met with the same fantastic hospitality, excellent food, great staff and great weather.

We met unknowingly with people from the year before and really enjoyed their company and were really welcomed with open arms from the staff who remembered us from 2007.

The hotel excels in customer service, which is, we believe the key to their success. Thanks to each and every one of the team at the Romanza for another great holiday, your great reviews are fully justified.

Liked — Very clean and not as sparce as most greek hotels

• Date of Stay: August 2008
• Visit was for: Romantic getaway
• Traveling group: Spouse / significant other
• Your age range: 35-49
• Member since: February 09, 2006

• Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? absolutely!
• I recommend this hotel for: A romantic getaway
• I selected this hotel as a top choice for: Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine

Sep 4, 2008

We selected the Romanza from previous reviews, and it was a nice hotel. The guests were surprisingly almost totally British. The reason for the surprise was our first morning walk to the restaurant for breakfast, as we walked passed the pool every sun lounger had a towel on it but only two had bodies on them. I thought the Germans had landed ! This was the practice throughout our week, and on the occassions that we did find room at the pool, it was annoying to see towel laden sun loungers vacant for hours. There were couples and families that had been returning for over 8 years, so this practice was accepted.
Good bits
Views - from the room, pool, and restaurant, being on top of a steep hill on the hill side looking onto the sea.
Staff - All extremely friendly and helpful
Room - family room was very clean and split into two with a seaside balcony running along both bedrooms,and a fridge. My wife found the bed too firm.Air con was available at 5 euros per night, which we paid in advance but did not need every night. Towels were changed frequently.
Restaurant- Good atmosphere and good food, mainly used by residents because of where the hotel was situated outside of the resort and on top of a hill.
Bar- Drinks were a good price and there was a pool table & board games available with a 24 hour tv and views over the sea.
Beach - shallow and not crowded, and very clean and very long (and a nudist section )
Resort - small and not too busy, with enough restaurants to visit, with variety of old and new.
Bad bits
Ensuite - “wet room” was small and the shower was not great
Breakfast - very limited, coissants, eggs (boiled, fried, or scrambled) Cornflakes or Muesli. You could get bacon etc at an extra cost, but we were looking forward to a mediteranean style.
Smokers- unfortunately we are spoilt in Britain, but this hotel was full of British, and some smoked at breakfast, including one man who had a pipe permanently on the go all day. No consideration !
Path to the beach - This became hard work as it zigzagged from the hotel to the beach and was very steep. Some 400 steps.

Restaurant reommendations, the Romanza, Nafsika hotel, and Waves on the beach, (if you ignore the rude head waiter) have dinner here and watch the sun go down.

• Liked — room and staff
• Disliked — breakfast

• Date of Stay: August 2008
• Visit was for: Quality time with family
• Traveling group: Family with young children
• Your age range: 50-64
• Member since: March 17, 2003

• Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? absolutely!
• I recommend this hotel for: Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
• I do not recommend this hotel for: People with disabilities
• I selected this hotel as a top choice for: Beach / Sun

Aug 14, 2008

Extremely friendly staff. Food in Hotel Restaurant was delicious, so nice in fact we ate there every evening for fear of being disappointed by trying another restaurant! Also saw the sunset each evening whilst having dinner, which was lovely to watch. A word of caution, in the evening whilst eating on the terrace there were quite a few mosquitoes around, so suggest bringing a really good repellant. It is very quiet and relaxing. Room comfortable with fabulous view of beach and sunsets. Needed air conditioning each night as too hot to sleep, hotel charged 5EUROS a night to use it.

The fact the hotel was on the top of the hill we felt was an advantage because although the weather was extremely hot, we had a lovely breeze while sitting by the pool. The pool was clean and plenty of sunbeds. The steep hill down to the beach was lots of fun, as you could go straight down in swimming costume, swim into the sea and straight back up the hill to hotel.

Car hire easy, 70EUROS for 2 days, the car was delivered and picked up at the hotel. Roads are very narrow and constantly up and down steep hills, saw some shocking driving by locals and tourists, so drive slowly, not for the faint hearted! But well worth the experience if you are feeling brave.

On the negative side, we thought the breakfast was disappointing, ok if you like eggs, but very limited if you don’t. Suggest that a choice of fruit and some Greek yoghurt would make it more appealing.

The people at the hotel, car hire and shops in San Stefanos could not have been more helpful and friendly, we had a great time and we would definately recommend this hotel.

• Liked — Stunning Views. Peace and Quiet.
• Disliked — Breakfast

• Date of Stay: August 2008
• Visit was for: Quality time with family
• Traveling group: Family (extended)
• Your age range: 35-49
• Member since: August 14, 2008

• Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? absolutely!
• I recommend this hotel for: An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Tourists
• I do not recommend this hotel for: Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Pet owners, Families with young children
• I selected this hotel as a top choice for: Other