We booked a week "all-inclusive" at the Mediterranean Beach Hotel from June 22-28, 2009 with our 2 kids and arranged for other family members to join so we would have a relaxing time. Overall, we had a positive experience even though it was not perfect. The hotel architecture is beautiful with gorgeous bougainvilliers growing all over the roofs. We were delighted with room 133 which was perfect for a family of 4 and was very clean. It is a mini-suite with an entry hall that has a private balcony overlooking the ocean with a table and chairs. On the left there is loft with two kids beds and on the right a bedroom with double bed, desk and bathroom. The room has a fridge and is adequately spacious even though the double bed is a small queen size. The hotel is literally only 1/3 of a mile from the airport landing strip, yet we had little disturbance from the few planes that land daily. The swimming pool is beautiful and there is adequate seating around the pool and the beach is right there as well. It is black volcanic sand and you need to wear sandals as it gets burning hot in the sun. Our parents were not as lucky with room 127, which did not have direct ocean view, was quite small and unfortunately smelled of sewage. When we complained they stated they could not give them another room and sent a cleaning crew to pour bleach down the bathroom drains that largely fixed the problem. The front desk personnel at the hotel is friendly once you know them a little bit but at first they come across as less friendly than a standard hotel and will argue with guests who have some concerns rather than listen and fix it. The MAJOR disappointment at the hotel is the food, which is clearly not fitting the purported 4 star rating of the hotel. Powdered coffee and juice, reheated dried out croissants and a lack of food variety are just a few examples. While we were on an "all inclusive" plan the reality is that you have to pay for a lot of things that would be included in another hotel. Cocktails at the bar are Euro 7 each and an Espresso will also cost you Euro 2. The ice cream is free but of poor quality and the free snacks are just a few dried out cookies and sandwiches. Clearly, I do not recommend that you take the all inclusive, better to go eat outside the hotel in Kamari Beach (30-40 min walk). Another drawback is that they allow smoking all over the hotel and it was very unpleasant to sit at the pool with smokers all around. Pool towels (they look like old rags) require a deposit and a daily charge if you want them cleaned. The hotel offers little in matters of entertaining, no jacuzzi, no watersports and not even a ping pong table. There is a mixed use tennis/basketball cement court but no decent tennis balls were provided and it offered no shade. The hotel has free wireless internet in the lobby. The hotel is isolated and you will clearly need to rent a car to see the island and you can do it for about Euro 40 per day at the hotel which is convenient. There is a little convenience store next to the hotel and it has a lot from food to postcards and souvenirs. On the main road outside the hotel you can also catch a public bus and the hotel has a schedule (Euro 1.4 per person one-way to Fira). Taxi fares are clear rip-offs. Kamari Beach is at 5 min drive, Fira at 10 min and Oia at about 20 min, all places you should see. We paid Euro 1,100 for the week through a Neckermann agency reservation for 2 adults and 2 kids (10,14) which made it a good value for the price.

We recently booked a ten day trip to Greece to include four days and three nights on Santorini Island. We booked our trip through a great website and were very happy with their service. The only hitch was with the Mediterranean Beach Hotel on Santorini. We arrived at the hotel and were immediately disappointed. First and foremost, the airport for the entire island is directly across the street from the hotel. I'm talking 100 feet away from their driveway is the runway! There was no mention of this. The hotel is old and dilapidated. The first room we were given was about the size of a small bathroom in a standard home and smelled of urine and mold. When we complained they did try to move us but the second, third and forth room were not better. The views on their website were nowhere to be found and we were absolutely disgusted by the condition of the hotel. It was so bad that management actually offered to take us to another hotel they managed and apologized for the condition of this hotel. Needless to say the other hotel they managed was somewhat better but still bad. This was a ten year anniversary trip for us and the first time we were in Greece. If you want to enjoy your trip to Santorini do not stay at the Mediterranean Beach Hotel. Stay in Fira or even better, Oia. Oia was our favorite. in the end we spent an extra $800 U.S. dollars to stay at another hotel and walked away from our money at the Mediterranean after they refused to refund us any money. Sadly, I would have paid double that just not to stay there.

The all in formula was very bad.

There were no snacks available during the day. And also no coockies and pastries between 17u and 19u, although it was written in the brochure of Thomas Cook.

The coffee was cold most of the time.

Breakfast was very monotonous, there were no sandwiches en pistolets, no brown bread, no fresh fruit.

At lunch and dinner the choice in cold and warm buffet was not much. The desserts were always the same, and no variation.

I happened to stay at Mediterranean Beach Hotel in August 2005.
It was a very bad experience: first of all the hotel is an airport hotel,
noisy and in front of a poor beach.
Most of all, I had booked on line, and the hotel manager told me the quoted price was a mistake, and that I had to pay a supplement; it was late evening, I was in the middle of nowhere, so I agreed to pay the supplement.
The room was hot, old fashioned, and definitely below what you would expect from a four star hotel.
Definitely, a tourist trap.