Erofili Hotel & Suites, PortariaPelion

Not well maintained quality construction and poor breakfast for EUR 500 over the weekend. We booked for the first weekend of the new year in 2026, right after celebrating NYE in Athens. Called in advance to verify that we were going (farmers motorway blockades were making the trip questionable) and to verify check in time. It was neither explained on the website/ booking site, nor during our phone call that the parking offered was not directly on the site but on the opposite side of the road maybe 100 m away. Not a problem, but it was very difficult to drive to the hotel entrance (very steep), with an other car charging (the main road was quite busy: it’s the road coming from Volos and going to the very popular and picturesque Makrinitsa - no chance to stop there). When we arrived at 13:40, there was no one at the reception. So we waited until a lady was told to tell us that check in was at 15:00. Basically we were received rudely. I explained that on the phone we were told that the check in might be earlier, depending upon the time the previous guests would leave, and that since our room wasn’t ready, we’d like to drop off our luggage. Clearly very disappointing experience. The bath robes were in a very bad shape: they needed to have been replaced for at least a couple of seasons. Our Junior Suite was very quiet (not looking towards the main road), and had a very nice view to Makrinitsa. However the wardrobe was very small, even though there was space at the entrance hallway for a wardrobe or at least a couple of hooks for our coats. The room was quite cold and it took a while to get that sorted out. One of the two bed lamps was defective (it was constantly flashing) so I couldn’t read. No table lamp in the room (by the sofa would have been nice), so I asked for the bed lamp to be fixed/ the bulb replaced. That was apparently not possible, but the very motivated young lady who was basically trying to get all the issues solved, got us the lamp from the hotel reception area! The shower height could not be adjusted. On the upside: great area with armchairs and sofas in the common areas after the reception, including a fireplace, a bar and traditional Christmas sweets. I ended up doing my reading there for a couple of hours (in the early morning but also during the night). It was generally quiet with a nice Christmasy background music. Location was very good: only 2 minutes on foot from the main village Piata. Overall we tried to enjoy our stay, even though for € 250 a night we were expecting more value.