Marelen Hotel Zakynthos

This was a lovely hotel with great staff and facilities. The rooms are of a high standard as are all the facilities around. We were half board. The food was very good and we the staff at breakfast and dinner were fantastic - very friendly and engaged with our children making them feel comfortable. There is so much food choice, you won’t be disappointed. The cocktail bar was a nice place to sit after dinner with 3 nights of entertainment, all of whom were excellent. I would highly recommend a stay here - you won’t be disappointed and it is within walking distance to a beautiful beach, as well as the local town centre.

Every staff member was so friendly and attentive. Very well catered to families and despite travelling as a couple to attend a wedding we will definitely consider returning and bringing the children. Nice size hotel - not too rammed with people and right amount of adult only areas too. They were also excellent at arranging taxi services and looking after you. We got stuck at cameo beach and they sent a taxi within minutes. I was very impressed with the customer service.

I chose this hotel based on recommendations in a Zakynthos Travel FB group. But reality was much above the reviews ! This hotel is really a secret diamond in Zakynthos! A quiet place for relax with full of friendship. The hotel is in Kalamaki, just right next to the nicest beach in Zakynthos (nesting beach, if you're lucky, you can see baby turtles), and 10 minutes on foot to the local shops and restaurants. There is 1 more little shop in the street (open between 10-17), where you can buy necessary things. The neighbourhood is extremely quiet, great for relax. Airport is 5 minutes by car, so you can see airplanes landing and taking off - for me it was great experience because I love them. Airplanes noise did not bother at all, because in the night there is no airplane traffic. Our room was big, comfortable and spotless clean (a nice lady refreshed it every day), with very good aircon and wifi, and with a big terrace. The hotel has 3 pools (one for only adults!), with lots of sunbeds. We paid HB and enjoyed 5* breakfast and dinner every day. Dinner is different every night (includes specialities e.g. Mediterrean, Asian, Italian, Greek), and it was so delicious that we gained extra kilos during this week. We also tried the pool bar for lunch, the food was really fine for reasonable price. And at the end the most important thing : this hotel is so great because great people works there. I could rarely meet so nice and helpful staff, who did their best to make the guests' holiday beautiful. I would like to thank them for all their efforts! Our holiday could not have been better. I hope I can come back one day. Just following the hotel's slogan : I arrived as guest, left as friend and come back as family member.

The staff was very polite and helpful. Food was very good with plenty different options for breakfast and dinner. The room was spacious and comfortable. There was a tiny mishap with a tour booking but it wasn’t hotel’s fault. Everything was just perfect! Shoutout to the waiting staff, especially Stavros at the restaurant and Nikos at the cocktail bar!

Reading some of the negative comments, I admit I was a little bit nervous but once I reached I realized one thing: everything about the Hotel is simply wonderful! Extremely clean rooms and surroundings, excellent breakfast with plenty of choice, such kind and professional people doing everything to make you feel at home. Don't trust the negative comments! There is air conditioning in the room, wifi free of charge, free toiletries, literally 5 min very slow walking from the beautiful beach of Kalamaki and around 10 min walking from the main tavernas on the street, plenty of space for parking inside the hotel and outside in the street. If ever back to Zakynthos I'd definitely come back to the same place! ❤