Marelen Hotel Zakynthos

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.

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! ❤

From the moment we walked through the door we were welcomed by very friendly and helpful staff, and that continued throughout the stay. The photos on tripadvisor are pretty much what we experienced. The rooms are clean and the grounds are well kept. There was plenty of choice of food, both at breakfast and evening, with the added bonus of free juices and coffees at breakfast. The food was a good standard for what we paid. Pool-side snack bar for lunches had a really good menu and quality of food was better. A highlight was the Eden cocktail bar in the evenings, which had a lovely finish and vibe. Even after walking up and down the main strip, this place still stood out and lured us back each night - and the price were very reasonable. We never felt a reason to need to leave the hotel. We visited at the start of September - the main pool had plenty of beds and never seemed overcrowded. But a bonus for us was the adult-only pool. Calm and tranquil, and again never a shortage of beds to choose from. Overall a great four-night stay and we would look to return for a similar break in the future. A huge thanks to the hotel and staff for making it so enjoyable and relaxing.

We arrived 6 hours before the check in time, but we were able to eat breakfast, leave our luggage in a luggage room, take a shower, and enjoy the pool while waiting for our room, which was ready sooner than expected anyway. We got a pretty large room, with a spacious balcony. There is some distance between the rooms and the road or other hotels, so you rarely hear any noise. We also found a free water bottle in our room after we checked in, and water is also appreciated :) The hotel is really close to the beach (5 minutes walk). We've taken breakfast here every day, and it is an open buffet. While the options are pretty much the same every day, there's a large number of things to try, with a healthy amount of variety so one can probably mix and match a different breakfast each day. Lunch is not served, but you can grab something to eat at the pool bar. The food here is ok, but better than most pool bars I've eaten at. Dinner is also served, but we preferred to try a different restaurant every night, so I can't say much about that. Each night has a special theme, and the restaurant seemed always full. In one of the nights we returned a bit early from our walks. It was Greek night, and while dinner was no longer served, the hotel staff was dancing and teaching people how to dance. We were invited to join the fun. There's also a pool bar where we've enjoyed some really good cocktails. While one of the pools is kids-friendly, there is an adults only pool, in a nice quite place, so you can escape the agitation. All pools close in the evening, but we enjoyed reading a book by the empty pool while drinking a cocktail. We checked out early in the morning, before breakfast, but we got a pretty good early breakfast to go. The hotel also ordered a taxi for us.

The hotel was fantastic, the staff were friendly without being over the top. We only ate breakfast or snacks/lunch at the pool bar but the food was delicious and reasonably priced for a hotel. The facilities were fantastic, my son loved the splash pool! The rooms were clean and there was a very relaxed atmosphere. The location was great and the main strip in walking distance and the beach only a couple of mins walk away. There was a little shop just over the road which was ideal too.