Hotel Tara Beach

3 stars seems a bit mean, but bear with me. Positives. It's clean and tidy The staff are great. Always about and helpful The pool area and large and plenty of sunbeds Lunchnand food offering is pretty good. The burgers are very tasty. Negatives. It needs a refresh. The rooms are clean and tidy but very old fashioned. To have a shower curtain seems like a odd thing these days. The shower rooms desperately need an update. Blimey the towels are rough. Breakfast is OK. But only OK. You can pay for hot food but wonder into town and get something. It just needs a bit more. Fresh pastries maybe? Aircon and safe. Don't forgot to budget for Aircon. It's not free. I don't like it on and can happily sleep in the heat. But if you suffer at night don't forgot a few euros per day. Why 3 stars. The pool, food and staff. Great. But the rooms really need to be updated for me to give this a 4 or 5 stars. I do travel a bit and it may well be a Greek thing, keeping it simple. But I expect a better class of rooms these days. Simple is fine, I use Travelodge a lot, but there is simple and stylish. The Tara is simple but basic. Love the area. Love the people. I will be back but will seek out a slightly more updated hotel.

We stopped at the Tara beach hotel for 2 weeks the staff and outside area was lovely we have stayed in skala 4 times now and love it but I must say the hotel does need a big update it's a shame because were it is is perfect the rooms are very dated and small electric sockets hanging off and lamp shades broken and pictures missing needs a total refurbishment on a positive note the staff are fantastic and the rooms are cleaned every day it did not spoil the holiday at all we will be back just in a different hotel just a mention on the breakfast don't bother it was terrible so we had to go elsewhere for it which ment more money

We had a lovely 2 week stay at Tara Beach. Brilliant location with super friendly staff who cannot do enough for you. Yannis the host remembers everyone's name and was always on hand. The maids worked so hard keeping the rooms clean in boiling hot temperatures. There were a couple of negatives for us but please don't let this put you off visiting as it really is a fab hotel. On arrival we checked in and asked for air con and a safe for our two week holiday (air con is a must in July/August). For these along with the compulsory room tax we parted with almost €200 which we hadn't budgeted for. Also the safes are not in the rooms they are just off reception which was a bit of a pain. We were shown to our room which was the furthest one from reception (despite having booked 12 months prior). Not ideal for anyone with a difficulty with stairs either. The rooms are very dated but clean. Unfortunately the balcony was not private with a piece of string separating us from next door. I wasn't comfortable sitting out when our neighbours were there so we didn't use it. Breakfast is extremely basic so we ended up buying our own cereals and milk. Despite these couple of negatives I would recommend this hotel, just expect the extra charges.