‚Marathon Coast Beach Villa ’ Casa per le vacanze Artemida/Loutsa

11.01.2011 - Rebekka Hannah (Germania, Göttingen)
Arrivo	Dicembre 2009
Arredamento	Eccellente
Pulizia	Eccellente
Assistenza	Eccellente
Ubicazione, Ambiente	Eccellente
Tempo libero	Eccellente
Prezzo	Eccellente

Christmas Vacation

We had a lovely time over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday in Villa Artemis. Lots of room for our family group of 7 with a very large lounge/dining room/kitchen area in the same style as North American “great rooms” which allowed all of us to spend time together with room to spare. We can imagine how nice the numerous balconies would be in warmer weather – even though it was “winter”, we used them quite frequently to star-gaze and to watch local fireworks on New Year’s Eve. We totally enjoyed living in a Greek community – much more fun than being in a touristy resort. The town was very easy to get to know – we were frequently at the Eurospar grocery store (everything you might want) as well as mini-markets that sold any quick essentials, also local pharmacies, and we rented DVD movies in English from a local video outlet. We did very little cooking as it was our holiday – just breakfast and snacks mainly – but really enjoyed every single one of the local restaurants/cafes. We cannot reproduce some of the restaurant names as they were in Greek, but we had great meals all around – one favourite was a Greek taverna BESIDE the Eyes Café – we were there so often that the owner was bringing us complimentary wine and beer towards the end of our stay. Also Hotel Medusa had good food. Our younger family members loved Zio Peppe Pizza and Crazy Chicken (both eat-in and take-out). The Villa is convenient to everything – we found it extremely convenient to the airport which turned out to be very helpful in chasing down our lost luggage – we had a rented car so having parking at the villa for that vehicle was important to us. We had no problems accessing the metro system and made several trips into Athens that way. We also easily accessed many historic sites using Villa Artemis as our base – Delphi, Temple of Poseidon, Temple of Artemis, Corinth, Mycenae, Marathon, Rafina and more – we did have a GPS system which was a big help as it was challenging at times to figure out road signs when they are sometimes written just in the Greek alphabet. We also found our way to the gigantic Athens Mall a couple of times – shopping, cinemas and many more restaurants including North American chains. We would like to return during the spring/summer/fall season as that would be a different experience too with warm weather at the beaches – which are situated very close to the Villa by the way – and even though it was December, we saw a few hardy Greeks bathing in the Aegean Sea!

20.09.2009 - Christine Hulston (Gran Bretagna, Elland)
Arrivo	Luglio 2009
Arredamento	Eccellente
Pulizia	Eccellente
Assistenza	Eccellente
Ubicazione, Ambiente	Eccellente
Tempo libero	Eccellente
Prezzo	Eccellente

Vacation 2009

Dear Cynthia

Just writing to say how much we enjoyed our holiday at Villa Artemis. The house was perfect for us - very comfortable and well-equipped and all your careful directions and instructions were so helpful. We went into Athens on bus and metro two days and then were out in the car going over to Argolis for about 4 trips and up to sites to the north of Athens a couple of times - there was so much to see that it was impossible even to dent the list, but we certainly fitted in as much as we could while having some "down time" on the beach as well.

We loved the different terraces at the house and places to sit and eat or chill out, and eating supper under hanging grapes was an experience I won't forget in a hurry. How perfect!

With limited ability to communicate, we managed to get the local shop owners on our side and they were very helpful. And as for the beachside tavernas - wonderful!

We thought Loutsa was a lovely place to stay - everywhere was family orientated and quiet. I really appreciated the fact that I felt my daughter in particular was completely safe on the beach as everyone seemed to be on holiday as family groups.

I would certanly recommend both Loutsa and Villa Artemis to any of my friends who were looking for a holiday in Greece and may well be in touch for a return visit ourselves!

The flying bit was less ghastly than I had anticipated - terminal 5 gave me a lot of confidence as it was so well run and organised, and the new airport at Athens (since my last visit) was also a pleasant place to arrive and depart. That is always a major factor in whether I feel relatively positive about things or not!

Thank you again for your many kindnesses over the past few months.

Eleanor