Olympic Hotel

Fabulous hotel brilliant location fabulous meals. The staff cannot do enough for you

Olympic hotel has a good central location, five minutes walk from the promenade beside the anchor sculpture at the sea front. The hotel has a lovely roof terrace called Horizon with a view over the rooftops to the sea and the Venetian castle. Staff were very friendly and helpful when needed. We had a triple room, it was clean and everything functioned ok apart from a temperamental sink plug. The room safe was free to use, a good point. The fridge was very small. Only enough room for half litre sized bottles of water, the door shelf was only a few centimetres wide, enough space (just!) for a miniature bottle of ouzo. No freezer compartment for ice. Large shower with enough room for two (to save water and have adult fun). Room space was adequate. Small balcony with nearly enough space to squeeze 3 people in - just! Horizon bar and restaurant was very nice, with generous portions, but a bit more pricey; wine was 6 euros a glass, cocktails priced at 9 euros, whereas at the main promenade it was possible to get a glass of wine for between 3.50 and 5 euros. And most places on the main strip had happy hour prices for cocktails. Breakfast was certified by the Greek chamber of hotels, and consisted of a simple continental breakfast with breads, baby croissants, Greek yogurt plus honey or jams, cold meat/ham and slices of that rather soapy catering cheese (although very good quality feta was also available). There was a cooked option with Greek bacon and slices of Greek sausage, plus either fried eggs or small omelettes. Baked beans were also provided but they never seemed hot! The two coffee machines worked really well, the coffees were very good quality. There were tinned peaches available, or apples. A small dish of raisins and walnuts was also there. Disappointingly the orange juice was diluted rather than fresh. It was ok as diluting juice goes but I much prefer fresh juice to artificial. Overall we liked the hotel, no major complaints, it was functional.

We arrived in Parga due to road closures from the wildfires in Western Greece. In the middle of a heatwave, we were shocked by the lack of basic hospitality. Refusing a family with a baby access to the toilet simply because they were not hotel guests is unacceptable. To make matters worse, the staff pointed out they were “doing us a favor” by allowing the baby to be changed outside, on the hotel’s empty tables. This level of disregard for empathy and decency is beyond disappointing.