Amphitryon Hotel

L'hotel è solo un tre stelle. Siamo stati a Nauplia durante il fine settimana. Non c'erano camere in altri hotel durante l'intero viaggio, quindi abbiamo dovuto prenotare questo hotel. In effetti, come hanno detto altri amici, le strutture dell'hotel sono vecchie e le camere non sono grandi. In breve, se puoi evitare i fulmini, evita semplicemente i fulmini.

The hotel is in the center of Nafplio, an old city. I arrived by car only to find that there was not only no parking, which I expected, but also no place to unload. The reception kindly suggested I park at the nearby sister hotel. My car navigation sent me off on a crazy route down pedestrianized streets. I gave up and parked at the nearest available public car park, 1 km away. The staff did not take kindly to my suggestion that valet parking might be a good idea. I returned to the hotel but left my wallet in the car. The non car parking concierge made very obvious hints that he expected a tip and had to be shooed out of the room. Things then got worse. The hotel hot water failed, as did the internet. The AC, which ideally should have an on/off button and a temperature control had a control panel fit for a Boeing 747, hidden below normal eye level behind a table - I had to lie on the floor with a flashlight in an effort to read the symbols. I called reception who came up and adjusted the temperature, but acted like it was my fault that I couldn’t figure it out when I suggested a simpler design might be appropriate. The room had smart lighting and blind controls, a nice touch, but none of the buttons were labeled. The concierge did try and explain them, but this is not something you can take in after a long drive and a hike from the car park. So I ended up pressing the buttons at random which rather negates the purpose. Other design eccentricities included a power outlet beside the bed that required you to move a heavy table to access. All this is a shame because the hotel is actually nicely appointed and the desk staff pleasant.

This “5-star” hotel is really living off its view. The view is beautiful. Everything else is terrible. The hotel is very outdated. Please read other reviews before booking here. The showers don’t stay warm. The AC didn’t work, so we had to open the door to the outside the whole time. Bugs would fly in, and people in Greece party into the early morning, so we were awakened several times by people screaming outside. The WiFi does not work, and when I contacted the front desk, they just told me sorry, we are at full capacity. We ended up heading back to Athens a day early because we couldn’t stand being in this hotel any longer.