Prokopis Studios - (Accommodation in Laganas)

Dr C           

ok, basically im still a bit groggy from the fact that zante island has given me some form of malaria or the rabies or something. first thing... the walk from the studios is a good hour, not 40 mins as quoted regularly. me and my big german friend are both sodding lazy, but we didnt dawdly when it came to walking, and a round trip is definately two hours!! (use a taxi - and pay no more than 5euros epr one way trip)
ok, the studios themselves. the cleaners are the rudest most persistent sods ever... but one way to beat them is to drunkenly jam the key in the door and ignore their hollers and cries of annoyance when the come round to clean in the morning. the satisfaction of listening to their garbled greco whinging was most amusing. when we did allow them in one morning, they didnt really do much anyway... and the room stank of dead people and mothballs. save for a fridge and a silly bloody hob thing you get barely anything of practical use.
the pool was actually quite nice i thought, though i can garuntee that it is used a urinal... not by me, but by assosciates of mine. you are not allowed to consume food/drink bought from outside, so purchasing donkey meat cheeseburgers and cheapo crisps from the poolside bar is the only option (unless you choose to walk 10 yards with your outside-purchased items and stuff them down your throats just outside the studio gates!!).
the owner/studio manager is a complete tosser who will try to fleece you out of money. he insisted that my mate pay up 50euros to fix a door which had jammed shut... even though it was his sodding doors which were at fault. he left this demand til our last full night (which f**ked things up for my little group - though i still got w**kered) and he threatened to call the cops - which is a not inconsiderable threat given how s**t/corrupt the greek authorities are!
everyone who travelled with us was made to spend the actual last night outside our rooms (as they were already booked for the next lot of unfortunate visitors)... so this meant an uncomfortable few hours lying on sunbeds at night (the only thing keeping me going was the thought of returning to a country where you can drink the tap water, toilets that allow toilet paper to be flushed down them and the toilets have locks). the tosspot owner (who it should not be forgotten, charges rip off prices for snacks and water) actually made everyone pay 3euros on this last day/night for a shower!!!! given that we are booted oot of our room a night early he has the stinking audacity to do that!!??!! ps. the showers ahve no light bulbs so get in there before sunset) pps. oh, and no locks either.

as you can probably sense, my opinion of the resort is not particualrly high. the island itself couldnt be more boring. too many bloody white trash cockneys and scousers for a start, nothing to do except look at one piece of scrubland, then anohter... then another... and another etc etc. food's not the best, drinks are the same price as at home (though ciggies are cheap), the bars are ok... but essentially everything on the island is half finished and trashy. oh yes, greeks have no concept of what qualifies for a suitable toilet/toilet lock. to be honest my only good memories are the little troll thingy person who was a kind of handyman person at the studios (he was quite pleasant compared to sancho the owner) and getting on the plane to come home.
never again.
ps. ransack your mates room on several consecutive occassions if you want an amusing way of passing time in this s**thole.

Prokopis Studios - (Accommodation in Laganas)

Dr C           

all i can say is the bloke below must have very low standards generally (probably lives 'oop north' somewhere), because procopis was a s**thole, no doubt at all.

if you are reading this before going then for your own sake... please dont. this filth, grubby place is total bobbins.

libra (the tour operators) should be very ashamed.