La Piscine Art Hotel, Philian Hotels and Resorts

We have just returned home after spending two wonderful weeks at this hotel. A lovely boutique style adult only hotel with a very relaxed/chilled vibe. What compliments this hotel is its staff. Reception staff offer a warm and friendly welcome upon arrival, and always acknowledge you when passing through. Bar/restaurant staff on both early and late shifts were excellent. Very polite and friendly. Cleaners did an excellent job, and rooms were cleaned daily with fresh towels each day. The hotel restaurant serves high-end cuisine, cooked to perfection and beautifully presented. The hotel also offers an excellent range of fine wines. Thank you so much Vasilis and all staff for making our holiday truly wonderful and unforgettable, Dean & Sarah

Just spent a week at this beautiful hotel for the second time. Stunning pool/bar area with one of the best restaurants in Skiathos, Crazy Cow Restaurant. Staff are very helpful and friendly, nothing is too much trouble. Rooms are extremely clean and comfortable. 5 minute walk into town but still very quiet area. Would highly recommend!

Beware - This is not a 4 star hotel! Disappointing stay overall. Problems with water leaks pouring into guest rooms and public areas when we were there in September; insufficient sun beds and umbrellas for the number of guests and those that exist are compacted into an area that ensures you have a close relationship with the person on the adjoining sun bed - whether you want to or not. Cleaning the sun beds daily involved spraying the beds with jets of cold water and hoping they would dry quickly in the sun. They did not. Breakfast was very disappointing - the fruit juices served were not worthy of a 4 star hotel, poor quality food overall, no teaspoons without requesting. Servers at breakfast preferred, and were allowed, to stand around chatting and were surly if asked to do anything. To be fair this contrasted with serving staff in the evening (Crazy Cow Restaurant) at the same location who were excellent as was the food. Please be aware the location and quality of amenities and service at this hotel are not worthy of 4 stars.

We stayed here for 7 nights at the end of May 23, All the staff to many to name were all fantastic, very attentive and always engaging with a smile. The hotel is as we had expected and is super as soon as you step into the reception area. The room we had was large and well equipped with a comfy Queen sized bed, large shower area, tea, coffee, mini fridge, quiet air con, plenty of clothes hangers. The pool area was well set out with large sun beds which as usual are all reserved by 8am so get up early if you wish to laze by the pool all day, we ventured out everyday and there was always somewhere available to lay by mid afternoon. All in all a very enjoyable experience. Thanks

Absolutely lovely hotel with amazing staff!! We stayed here in September with a deluxe room overlooking the pool with the mountains behind. The room was lovely with a spacious bathroom. We had a private balcony which although small was perfectly sufficient. I did notice some rooms do not have a balcony (or shared balcony as it was described) & I would have been disappointed if we had booked one of these rooms. All the staff are amazing, so friendly & helpful from the reception team to the waiters and the barman, they work extremely hard and nothing is too much trouble. The position of the hotel is perfect for Skiathos town, it is just a 5 minute walk away to the shops and the Old Port. The pool was lovely and if I had to pick just one negative it would be that the sun beds are just a bit close together. I found the hotel to be clean and pleasant. 5 star in Greece is not the same as 5 star in the UK! This was our 3rd holiday in Skiathos, an island that we absolutely love but our first time at La Piscine, when we return next year it will 100% be at this hotel again.

I have a visual impairment, I’m blind in one eye, my other eye’s pupil does not change in size going from light to dark making it very difficult in extreme light and dark, plus it has a cataract. My booking was through Tui which described my room as being a twin room with balcony or terrace plus 1 sofa bed etc.. Tui kindly made a medical requirement for a light bright room. I also emailed the hotel to explain my problem which I always do. I received a polite reply saying they would try their best to accommodate me! The room they gave me was absolutely disgusting, it was very dark with just a small window and no outside space. They called it a shared terrace when it was simply a shared walk way. I was informed I had only booked a standard room!!! I told the reservations manager I couldn’t stay there I would have to move. I was asked to give it one night and see how I coped. I politely told him.. tell you what I’ll poke you in the eye so you can’t see, then you tell me how you cope!! I was staying 11 nights.. they also had the cheek to charge me their 5* tourist tax rate an extra €10 a night for that room!! I had been travelling since the early hours coming specifically for Greek Easter which had started. I struggle with fibromyalgia and was in a lot of pain having to wear a neck support. Tired and frustrated I wanted to try and find somewhere else to stay. Reception said they would try and move me but they were fully booked!!! I struggled at breakfast as the tables were too close together, they also have lots of staff walking around getting in the way all the time making it very difficult for me. The levels around the hotel are up and down, steps here, slopes there, cracked tiles around the pool with trip hazards. Sun beds so close together you have to walk close to the pool to get to a bed, again a risk hazard for anyone! Lots of staff standing around doing not a lot, very charming and friendly but not once did any of them walk round the pool and ask if you wanted a drink.. no you had to go to the bar, order and then they would bring it over. I had to leave my door open when I was in my room apart from when I was getting showered and dressed. Nowhere to put my swimming stuff to dry or rinse through some underwear as it was a walkway with just a table and chair outside. I have never stayed in such a bad room in all my travels and I have stayed 5* on many occasions in Greece (check my reviews). I spoke to Tui after a week who informed me the hotel always has spare rooms for emergencies, hey presto I was moved the next day with just 4 days left of my stay there. I was moving to The Troulos Bay Hotel for the remainder of my holiday so booked and paid the hotels transfer.. as I was leaving a lady on reception told me she would miss me, really I don’t think so!! The icing on the cake was the transfer.. wearing my neck brace because I was in pain I had to ask someone staying there to take my cases to the hotels transfer vehicle. The driver jus

Just had a lovely week at this hotel Location is perfect for walking into town where all the bars and restaurants are. The hotel is spotlessly clean and the staff are incredibly friendly and helpful We had a room overlooking the pool Huge Comfy bed. Would recommend this hotel to anyone wanting a relaxing holiday.

Nice clean hotel in good location for restaurants, bars, harbour, shopping, supermarkets and bus stop. Good size pool with comfortable sun beds and tasteful decor in bar/restaurant and poolside area. All the staff were friendly and helpful. Balcony view of mountain from deluxe rooms not so good. Feel that the hotel is focusing too much on items that are unnecessary and letting itself down on the basics. For example thick fluffy robes are not needed in such a warm climate, we didn’t use ours at all. It would make more sense for the hotel to put more emphasis on getting it right with basic items e.g. a proper catering style toaster in breakfast area (my toaster at home is bigger than the ones provided) a food heater that actually works would help in keeping the cooked breakfast items warm, teapots that pour properly without spilling all over the table, and invest in some teaspoons as it’s not environmentally friendly to use disposable stirrers. It would be a far nicer touch to have breakfast tables pre- set with cutlery, cups and saucers and have waiting staff serve coffee/tea directly at the table instead of having to go back and forth carrying hot liquids. A fresh omelette cooking station would also enhance the breakfast experience. Only ate in the restaurant once, but also ate in the restaurants at both sister hotels Black Pepper and Achinos. We thought that the menus at all three restaurants were rather vague in describing what the meals actually consisted of, for example I ordered sea bass and was surprised when served with a bowl of rice in tomato sauce with a couple of tiny pieces of fish within it, yet rice was not mentioned within the description on the menu.