Louis Helios Hotel - Kardamena Kos Greece

First Holiday with my son

Booked through - Thomson
Flights with - Thomson
Stay - I week all inclusive
Month - October

I would have wiped this hotel and holiday out of my memory had it not been for the fact it was my sons first holiday abroad. The transfer from the airport was about 1 hr and we were shocked to find it wasn't actually on the beach as sold. I could see the beach but the access to it was quite far away not sure that qualifies for beach front but hey ho the hotel itself looked ok.

We were led to our room which was on the 3rd floor although we requested ground floor as we had a pram. They told us they couldn't accommodate us because it was fully booked so we had to make do with carrying my sons pram up and down 3 flights of stairs. The room itself was tiny with a double bed, bunk beds and a cot so bad we felt it safer to have him in our bed with us. The bathroom was small basic with a dodgy tap that dripped all night and was like greek water torture. We told ourselves that we wouldn't be in the room that much so we would just make do with the constant dripping, greek tv channels and 3 in the bed situation.

The hotel itself seeing as it was sold as a 5 star was more like 2 there was a small pool that every one avoided like the plague due to the temperature and the fungus type skin that lay on the top of the water. To be honest it was like the krypton factor just getting near it, trying not to break a limb on the slippery floor and then trying not to amputate any of your toes on the broken tiles and if you survived that you would have to try get down the steps that often came out the ground and drown the person trying to edge their way into the pool.

The food well put it this way they could have marketed it as a weight loss centre because no one ate it and we would have to walk into Kardamena town to eat I came back and lost weight rather than gained it.

Kardamena was great and I would stay there again it had a lovely marina an some lovely bars and restaurants but I would never stay in the Louis Helios again that is unless I gain huge amounts of weight and need to lose it very quick.