just returned from a two week stay in argassi and me and my boyfriend have to make you all aware of "nanna's horses" in kalamaki. the sign stated that they had horse riding for beginners to those more advanced, and due to the fact that ive been riddin since i was 7, but my boyfriend has never even sat on a horse we thought it soundd great. let me tell u, never judge a book by its cover, or in this case a sign. when we arrived we told the woman who owned the place "nanna" that my boyfriend was a begginer and she said that was fine. she then told my boyfriend mathew to go and smooth the horses so that he felt more comfortable, at this point it resulted in him getting bit on the hand!!
mathew was told that as he was a begginer our guide would be made aware and would look after him, and obviously take it easy and go slow. we were given our horses, and got ready to go. there was only the two of us and another girl who was also a begginer going on the treck, and lets just say we were totally horrified when our guide turned out to be a 15 year old boy. at first mathew was tied to the guides horse but as soon as the boy got out of sight of the stables he took the rope off mathews horse and let him ride alone. i could see that mathew was nervouse and even more so when the young lad started wipping his horse to make the thing canter!!
we were led onto the road as part of the rouite, our guide didnt belive in letting cars go, just walked right out in front of the cars and expected them to stop for us. lucky for us they did. we were heading for the beach, and the guide t this point started losing control of the horse it was ridding. it started to buck and whenever he would c*m near one of us his hourse would start to kick out and charge at the other horses.
we canterd to the beach with mathew clinging on for dear life as his legs c*m free of the stirrups!! although the guide didnt seem to care!
at the beach we were told to take the horses into the water, which i thought would be great, trotting along the surf. ok that didnt happen, the horses in greece actually like to wade all the way into the water with you still mounted on top. i mean, i had water around my waste at one point, and the young guide was being bucked almost falling into the water. at this point both dripping wet me and mathew had had enough. it was way to dangerouse, so we head back to the stables ourselves. the guide still had him and the other girl waste deep in water! we were about half way back when the guide came charging towards us, obviously trying to slowe the horse down but having now such luck, lucky form me i got myself outta the way but unfortunatly for the guide he fall off. this just sounds like one big joke doesnt it!! anyway thats about it, a whole two hours of rivertin fun!
the young lad still continued to whip mats horse as he said it was too slow to walk and he must learn how to gallop. at the end he soon put therope back on the horses and got us to walk in single file so that nanna thought hed looked after us and kept us in control.
ive been riddin for a few years on and off and know how to canter and the main skills, but that was not enough for this excursion. you must be john wane with a death wish otherwise definatley give this trip a miss.
i did feel sorry for the young boy who led us as he couldnt even control his own horse let alone anybody elses!! its discusting to think you pay good money (50 euros for 2) and expect it to be enjoyable and safe. it was definatley none of the above and i would just like to say, if youve never rode before, go on this trip and you'll never want to ride again.

loved the commodore, from the outside i would say it looks the tidest hotel in argassi. it is situated on a hill so it can be a little tricky getting up it after a few drinks, and watch out for those steps if your wearing heels!! we stayed in room 1019 which was on top floor right at the end next to fire exit. lovly room, the whole top floor had been refurbished so we had marble tiles in our room, double glazed french doors leading onto the balcony, airconditioning!! the kitchen facilities was a lot better than id expected to, it had an oven, kettle, toaster,fridge-freezer, hobs for boiling, draining board and plenty of coubord space. excellent viwes from most parts of the hotel, if your not overlooking the pool you'll overlook the sea.
there are quite a number of kittens that live at the hotel, so not so great if your allergic!! their lovly though, extreamly timid!!
they put out a contenental buffet style breakfast at yhe hotel for those of you going half bard, if you are going self catering, you can pay the night before to have breakfast. id reccomend the green frog for breakfasts though!! lovley!!