Beach Star Hotel - (Accommodation in Sidari)

Sarah M           

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Hi,  we have (13th May) just come back from Sidari where we stayed at the Orestis apartments which are the sister apartments of the Beach Star Hotel.  We had a great time and would thoroughly recommend the accommodation and resort to anyone.

The apartments were basic but clean.  We had two bedrooms each with a wardrobe and small furniture and one of them had a fold down sofa bed.  Both had access to a balcony with a sea view.  The kitchenette was small but clean and the bathroom, again small and basic but clean.  I'd recommend taking showers before 6pm as the water can get very erratic after that (probably due to the number of people taking showers).
 
All the staff were friendly and helpful.  The Beach Star has free safety deposit boxes and Sky tv which shows English telly, so if you can't bear to miss Eastenders you can keep up with what's happening.  We never ate there as we preferred to go into town to try the food but plenty of guests did and they seemed very happy with it.
 
The weather was great - only one bad day, which we took as an opportunity to visit Corfu town.    Kassiopi is worth a visit - very pretty, as is Corfu old town - lots of shops.  If you hire a car or want to take a trip I'd do it direct from the shops in town.  The reps will offer to do it for you but will charge about 3 times as much as the locals for car hire and double for trips.  Would recommend Mikey's Inn for drinks and family entertainment and the Roof Garden restaurant for good quality fairly priced meals (some of the restaurants serve dreadful food).  The Mimosa hotel was easily the cheapest place for breakfast (including tea/coffee) at 2 Euros. 

Beach Star Hotel - (Accommodation in Sidari)

Sarah M           

The weather was great - only one bad day, which we took as an opportunity to visit Corfu town.    Kassiopi is worth a visit - very pretty, as is Corfu old town - lots of shops.  If you hire a car or want to take a trip I'd do it direct from the shops in town.  The reps will offer to do it for you but will charge about 3 times as much as the locals for car hire and double for trips.  Would recommend Mikey's Inn for drinks and family entertainment and the Roof Garden restaurant for good quality fairly priced meals (some of the restaurants serve dreadful food).  The Mimosa hotel was easily the cheapest place for breakfast (including tea/coffee) at 2 Euros.  

Beach Star Hotel - (Accommodation in Sidari)

Sarah M           

forgot to say - one of the best things about the apartments/hotel was the location.  Right on the seafront - separated by a road (but one that's hardly used other than by pedestrians) in a very quiet area.  However, you are within about 5 minutes (max.) walk to the main street with all the shops clubs, bars and restaurants.  Easily the best spot in town.  If we went again - which we might - we'd go to the same area if not the same hotel/apartment.  We had two teenagers with us and we felt confident to let them go out till the early hours and then walk home.