Anandes Hotel – Adults Only (ex-Elysium gay hotel, closed 2022)

giving it an average rating because it’s now more than closed down, it’s demolished 😮

A dream hotel, incredibly comfortable and with great shows. I only speak Spanish, and it was a place where there was Spanish-speaking staff, which was very convenient.

Excellence services

The hotel was sold and demolished and is now being rebuilt.

Hotel closed and being demolished

I’ll cut to the chase. A horribly overpriced, maximum two-star hotel. Do not stay here. I’d wanted to visit Greece for decades and decided to finally book a trip for my birthday. I went with a friend and one of his friends recommended this hotel. The room was shockingly expensive but we booked last minute and thought that this would be a quality hotel with good service. Man, were we wrong about that. The room was basic, the bathroom dark and with a bit of mold. The night we checked in I mentioned to the staff member who showed us our room that the ceiling lamp in the hallway wasn’t working. He just ignored me and the bulb was never replaced. They insisted on serving the breakfast buffet (no self-service) supposedly because of corona but the real reason seemed to be giving you the minimum amount of food. I almost felt shamed asking for another piece of toast. The buffet was sparse consisting mostly of one type of presliced meat and cheese, hard boiled eggs, croissants, some dried fruits, feta and some mostly-overripe watermelon and cantelope. Drinks were expensive; 15€ and up for a cocktail. We ordered two piña colada’s the day that we spent at the pool and they did not have alcohol. None. I mentioned it to the waiter and he argued with me saying that you can’t taste or feel the effects of alcohol in a frozen drink. They also tried to get me to sign for a check for six glasses of wine. We didn’t drink any wine. A few of the staff members were friendly, many were not. The cleaning ladies were very nice. Front desk service was practically non-existent. No schedules, no list of recommended restaurants or bars, and no maps to hand out (we had to take a photo of the one map they had). For the price we paid we could have stayed on the club floor of a Ritz Carlton and still had money left over. Avoid at all costs.