Anassa Mare Villas & Residences by GHH

It is magnificent. Just above a private beach club. Private pool. Spacious and beautiful views. You do need to rent a car though it is a bit far to walk. Perfect holiday hideaway. The host Kona is very helpful and anything we needed and asked for we got immediately.

Few minor maintenance issues.

We stayed right at the front of a beautiful beach in an amazingly 2-br apartment. The villa manager and her staff were fantastic. So helpful and friendly!

The location is incredible. 15-minute walk from the port, 25 minutes from Gaios center, a pebble beach in front of the property and another one 2 minutes north walking (very nice beach). The staff did arrange for (an external) transportation from the port (given it was very sunny and we had bags) and all went very well. The balcony was facing the sea, and there were very few cars going by, so it was a marvelous view, especially early in the morning.

Summary: We just felt it was a bit overpriced for a place that needs updating but we would stay here again surely, though we do realize Paxos in general is more expensive to stay than in other larger islands. The photos do portray the portrait as it is overall, but they do not accurately portray the wear of the property. The coffee machine only worked with a lot of water in it, some of the kitchen cabinets clashed between themselves when opening, the fridge froze some of our stuff inside on our last day (and it was not touching the floor, ceiling or walls of the fridge), there was some cosmetic rust (that did not prevent normal use) on the faucets of 1 of the showers, and I remember at least 1 outlet coming out considerably from the wall (though still safe to use). Overall, I felt these are relatively minor fixes that should be addressed for the paid price.

The position by beach but had to pay for loungers! Bar was not cheap.

Cleaners invited themselves in. They weren’t females and had their own cultural idea of cleaning. Bags were carried on heads???!! Fix door? Key missing to connect up/down floors. No teatowels. Ants. Welcome pack? WiFi instructions were found on the floor face down as an A4 page. Didn’t offer a shop on arrival? Washing line next to bbq. Broken poolside table. Pay for loungers!! No Spare keys. Door repairs whilst we moved in. No pool net. ( pool cleaned once in a week) No Milk/water. No Cereal bowls. Food left in cupboard. No cooking utensils. No barbecue utensils. Had to use an oven grill on rocks inside the barbecue. Cleaners did not speak English. Cleaners did not ask to clean, let themselves into the Villa, nor was there a schedule to clean? Too much shouting from staff. Had 3 sets of management in a week. Always “I’m new too!!” Towels had bleached marks. Towels not replaced after two days? Music too loud from bar on Beech. Bbq rusty - cleaned on 12/7 with soapy water on patio floor!!! Balcony floor old, possibly unsafe as only made of decking screwed to cross Timbers. Crockery in drawers?! Coffee cups in drawers? No Kitchen towels? No Surface cleaning cloths?! No welcome note, rules, wifi, inventory, checkout time, cleaner alert???? No Bbq tools and shelf is too rusty to use so use the oven shelf. One set between two floors, two kitchens!. No serving dishes for two sets of six people? Cleaners don’t have keys? Not enough cleaners. Didn’t clean 13/7 upstairs. Mildew cushions on the patio. Broken woodwork on the side tables on the patio. B.com says ‘villa’ B.com says ‘private beach’ Sunbeds €10!!! 12/7 winds blew over umbrellas, dangerous, not checked or uprighted. Could have broken windows. Umbrella broken from wind fall. We were two groups of six which I specifically named, all friends and family yet we were put between 100 m apart making sharing facilities very difficult and time-consuming.