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 Louis Corcyra Beach: Louis Corcyra Beach by Lisa Conway |
| Posted 02 January 2006 about a visit in August 2005 | Overall rating: 7.6 |
Hotel Louis Corcyra Beach - Gouvia
Review of the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel - Gouvia, Corfu
Having now been to several Louis hotels, I have written this review trying to be impartial and not comparing too much with the other hotels.
Pool area
Kept clean, plenty of sun beds which all functioned well. The main pool started at 1.4m depth but quickly increased to almost 3m, so be careful with children and if you're a non-swimmer. All-inclusive drinks available at the pool bar.
Lagoon area
Beautiful area, opened at 10 (gate closed) and closed at 6, people queued to get in, not necessary as in the afternoon plenty of beds seemed to become free. All-inclusive drinks available over here. The pool over here was quite cold but remained no deeper than 1.4m throughout.
Beaches
Several small beaches with loads of sun beds, these have been paid for in the all-inclusive package for non-inclusive guests they were 4 euros each. There is a small beach bar between the sandy beach closest to the pool area and the furthest away beach all-inclusive drinks were also available here. This bar closed at 6pm.
Restaurant/food/pool restaurant
All the food that we had we enjoyed, as mentioned previously lots of choice and very fresh salads etc. Great pizza at lunchtime in the pool restaurant! Service polite friendly and mostly efficient, could sometimes sit with dirty plates from starters a little longer than I would have thought necessary in the restaurant in the evening. There wasn't any show cooking which was a shame, we were looking forward to omelettes at breakfast, this wasn't to be so.
Breakfast was served in the main restaurant 7.30 - 10am, lunch at the pool 12.30 - 3.30 and evening meal in the main restaurant 6.30 - 9.30.
I would have liked to be able to eat in the main restaurant at lunchtime but this is not an option. The only other dining available was outside by the pool (outdoor seated restaurant), I am petrified of wasps and these were gradually getting worse and worse as our stay went further and further into August.
Snacks were served by the pool these were hot and cold and available at all times from 10 - 12 other than meal times.
There aren't any self serve drinks so kids and everyone had to queue at the bar (except during lunch and breakfast). Drinks were brought to tables at evening meals.
Bars
Tassos and Maria ran the Main bar in reception well in the evening, more or less any drink you wanted would be available on the all-inc packages using local brands to mix. The chairs in this area (and all other areas) were uncomfortable.
Beach bar- this guy had a steady number! But he was friendly and efficient providing it didn't interfere with his fishing!
Pool bar ran efficiently the staff here definitely drew the short end of the straw, very busy they were not given a minute.
Lagoon bar again nice place efficiently run, not as busy as the pool bar.
Guest rooms
Despite making 3 requests 6 months before we arrived and then again a reminder sent again 2 weeks before arrival none of these were granted even though I was assured they would be. One of my requests was to be in the main or Nausicca building and NOT the bungalows, another was for 20 extra coat hangers another was that we would like a low floor.
As we arrived when it was dark we didn't know where the porter was taking us. We walked and walked and walked and stumbled through uneven paths to room 320, a smelly dirty room with broken windows, patio doors which wouldn't lock and basically would be something I would expect in Tenerife 2-3* self catering. We promptly phoned reception and spoke to the receptionist who passed us onto Paul the Thomson rep, they tried to fob us off saying nothing else was available. When we told them we had made requests and we were frequent travellers to Louis hotels and so far our impression of this particular accommodation and staff attitude left a lot to be desired in comparison, they asked us to wait 5 minutes, which we did. They then phoned back after checking computers to say that our room in the main building would be ready in the morning - we didn't unpack as the insects and the damp smell would have made all my beautifully clean washing stink!
In the morning we were given a main building room overlooking a fantastic view (just above the patio by the main reception bar).
The room was much better, it felt safer and definitely smelled better. The towels were changed daily, beds were made daily and sheets changed about 4 times during our 14-night stay. The maid however didn't clean the floor at all and had a habit of leaving the patio door unlocked, which our neighbours could reach without any risk to themselves, as the balconies were huge on the first floor. She also left open on one occasion the strange window from the bathroom that led into a void and had next doors bathroom (open) window facing. When this happened I went to reception to mention this and to tell them it mustn't happen again as the security was appalling.
It seemed a lot of people we had spoken to had had complaints about the accommodation they were given and were either placated by being moved or taking all-inclusive as a sweetener.
While we were there 2 safes were ripped from the wall in the bungalow accommodation - this is true as the manager told us as our own safe had had an attempt made on it. We were lucky as we noticed and were able to move our belongings into the safe behind the main reception. Apparently it's a man the police are looking for as he is going all over Corfu doing the same thing.
Setting/resort
This has to be the most picturesque place we have stayed, the hotel is in an excellent location. Although the resort is quite small, if you have teenagers with you I would imagine it would be quite safe. If you like to try different foods it is the place for you, if on self-catering, if you only like basic English food I would imagine you might struggle although more variety can be found in Dasia only 8 euros in a cab, or about 80cents on the local bus (not to be advised).
You can walk easily to the marina, through to kontakali, which is smaller than Gouvia.
We went to Corfu town on the local bus and back in a taxi (13euros in a cab), I personally didn't like Corfu town it was very busy and didn't seem at all relaxed for holidaymakers.
The hotel would not be suitable for anyone with even the slightest walking difficulty or anyone who isn't fit enough for all the steps which you have to use to use the facilities of the hotel. They are slippery and could be quite dangerous.
Weather
We had beautiful weather whilst we were there. One morning while we were having our breakfast we had 30 minutes of torrential rain, the cloud then moved by 9.30 and the rest of the day was boiling, it was great fun watching it through the window.
Would we go again?
Although we enjoyed our holiday, I wouldn't go to this hotel again although I would go to Corfu again.
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 Louis Corcyra Beach Reservations |
| Louis Corcyra Beach: A great hotel! by David Tomsett |
| Posted 02 July 2005 about a visit in July 2003 | Overall rating: 9.3 |
Our party was 4, parents and two kids aged 8 and 16. The hotel was made up of cottages and the main block. Rooms were comfortable but spartan compared to most 3 star UK hotels. They all had air-con; this is ESSENTIAL in any part of Greece in the summer.
The best part of our stay was the food - from breakfast to dinner it was plentiful, with lots of choice of both greek and other european dishes. The buffet style restaurant was well laid out capable of handling all guests at peak time and with plenty of waiting staff to help. We got very freindly with one older waiter called Spyros, who was a lovely man and very helpful and kind.
The poolside day and evening entertainment was run by a team of mixed european teenagers - The Animation Team - who tried very hard to keep us all amused. We mostly enjoyed the pool sports, particularly the volleyball. It got quite heated when you had 5-6 different nationalities vying to win and impress each other!!
Facilities were adequate with a large pool, a man-made beach with a speedboat on the jetty selling water doughnut rides and paragliding. They also provided a kids creche, games room and a sand volleyball court to the side.
The local area had much to offer. We hired a car and drove to Sidari, about 35kms away. You must be careful driving in the north as you are driving around the perimeter of the island highest peak. Some of the bends are precarious but do reward with some spectacluar views down to the coast and across to Albania. My daughter' mobile phone welcomed her to Virgin Albania when we got close enough!!!
We learned that by using the car we could visit most of the best places being sold as excursions by the reps. We could have bought a trip to the local waterpark (8kms away) for €34 each but this included €17 for the coach. Instead we drove there and spent a wonderful day and left when we wanted to. We reckon we saved app. £50 on 4 trips by doing this - well worthwhile.
All in all we had a lovely time at the hotel in Gouvia. We would definitely go again to Corfu, but would want to try another resort.
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| Louis Corcyra Beach Reservations |
| Louis Corcyra Beach: August 1999 by Tad |
| Posted 12 January 2003 | Overall rating: 8.5 |
We stayed here with First Choice in August 99.
We were initially given a "bungalow room" which was awful. It was small, filthy, with 2 ancient beds which took up most of the room. The bathroom was disgusting and I wouldn't have touched it with a barge pole!
I was amazed that this was classed as a 4 star hotel!
After speaking to the hotel management and the rep (useless, didn't have a clue and didn't want to know) and pushing the fact that this was our 1st wedding anniversary, we were given a "Thomson room" - but told to keep quiet?! (In the Naffsika building I believe it was called.)
The room was fabulous! Twice the size of the bungalow room, beautiful beds and bathroom....paradise view overlooking the sea.
Food was good, Corfu Sunset cocktail fab.
A good hotel, a fantastic holiday - but be wary about the rooms, as I have since learned that only Thomson guarantee rooms in the main hotel building or Naffsika building.
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