Punta Hotel

I'm not one to write reviews, as I'm very easy going unless I find something really wrong. So here goes... We have previously visited Skiathos and love the island very much. We decided to book Punta Hotel this time round as our children where coming with us so thought it would be easier for breakfasts and evening meals with them. This wasn't the case, the choice was very poor. The hot breakfast if you can call it that as at best it was 'luke warm' was disgusting and not suitable for adult or child. Cold beans, bits of sausage and bacon and one morning consisted of half a potato with an uncooked egg in the middle. I had to go and buy my children cereal from the shops and bring it to the restaurant each morning. Coffee ran out very quickly, so did bread for toast etc. The evening meal was questionable and this resulted in us eating out most nights. Next was our room. A family room on the ground floor with terrace straight out onto the pool area, beautiful setting but after the first evening of my partner saying how much the room smelt to me coming back of a night to put my son into a damp cot because of all the damp in the room. This then kicked my asthma off (which i don't usually suffer with much at all) and my son started to cough all night long. By the 4th night I was dreading going to bed in that room so I asked reception if we could change rooms to a higher floor because of the damp. Seeing as the hotel wasn't full at all (only quarter of the restaurant used at each meal time) they insisted on putting us in a "refurbished" room and charging us €30 per night. This was all communicated through the poor reception young lady as the management wouldn't come out to see us at all!! We had no choice because of how ill me and my son were becoming yet they didn't seem to care at all!! On a plus side I have to say the restaurant staff were lovely and did a fantastic job. Also the cleaning ladies and the ine even helped me pack our clothes up and move rooms and she couldn't speak a word of English but somehow she knew and helped me. Shame the management arent like their staff. The hotel is situated in a hard to reach area unless you have a car, no bus route (we knew this and hired a car which was very useful) I felt I needed to write this review to warn other families who may see a bargain of a holiday but may not find that at mealtimes with what's on the menu. And please keep away from the ground floor rooms unless you want damp clothes for your holiday duration.

Buffet style food choices for both breakfast and evening meal, in restaurant (I went half board) good, Rooms could possibly benefit from a cosmetic facelift, as they are getting a bit shabby. They run a good bus service in to the town, morning, lunchtime and early evening/late afternoon, I saw most of the other tour company reps in attendance, I booked with Tui, and their rep was only noticeable by their absence. It actually took them three days to respond to a query by email. Pool area well maintained, bar had a reasonable ambiance, although like a lot of Skiathos a bit overpriced.