We booked this through our Virgin Rep and paid approx £35.00 each for the trip with Compass not Zakfari. We were really looking forward to it as we had heard such good reports but it turned out we had a dreadful day! We were stuck on an excursion with 14 other people none of whom spoke to us the whole day. They were all German, Italian or Dutch and only the Dutch couple had English but they did not make any attempt to mix with us what so ever. We felt like pratts for the whole day. Where you visited was lovely though and the guides were very knowledgable but make sure there is a group of you booked on togehter.

We have just spent 2 weeks on self-catering basis at the Captains. The room was just a hotel bedroom with a sink and mini two ring cooker on the worktop next to it - not overly impressive. The hotel is ideally situated if like us you are a young couple looking for a quiet relaxing break as there were not very many children around and the hotel is away from all the noise of the town centre. The hill is not as bad as is being made out on this page in my opinion you can cut throught he Commodore and it is only a few steps up to the Captains. The staff are incredibly friendly and helpful although the cleanliness of the rooms is not great. Certainly not the worst place I have ever seen.