We arrived home from Zante on Sun 15th Aug 2004 after a weeks stay at Athina Apartments. We were told that we were in room 25 at the airport only on arrival to be told that we were in room 11. We were shown to room 11 by our rep who couldn't leave quick enough and told us to let the rep know at the welcome meeting that our room had been changed.
We immediately wondered what we had come to... the whole room smelt of urine and was filthy. There were huge yellow and black stains up the walls. The sheet on the bed was grey and full of holes. We didn’t have a top sheet to cover us. The towels were also grey and full of holes. (I think they would have been better putting them in the bin!)The wardrobe stank. The bathroom was disgusting- the toilet seat was black and the smell from it made you want to be sick! The tiles around the shower were filthy. The cutlery was rusty and the utensils had old food on them.
We arrived early at the welcome meeting to speak to the rep who turned up after all the guests! When we spoke to the rep about our concerns she told us that she regularly did spot checks on the rooms and was very surprised at our complaint-as well as the complaints of our neighbours in room 12. When she inspected our room we were told the reason we had been moved from room 25 to room 11 was that everyone wanted a double room even though we had booked a twin because of the heat. The rep told us that she thought the accommodation was basic but adequate!! We told her we could do basic but not filthy, dirty!! She said she would move us because we had booked a twin and not a double!! Thank goodness. We were moved to room 26 which was an awful lot better but still not clean. I cleaned the room with cleaning wipes before I unpacked and certainly before I used the toilet!! Sheets and towels were changed only once during our stay and the clean sheets had huge brown stains on them- even dirtier than the sheets already on the bed!!!!!!!!
BOOK THE ATHINA-PLEASE DON’T DO IT!!!!

P.S. Argassi is a great resort with lots to do. The greek people are so friendly and you don’t get any hassle from time share! The food is excellent- REMMEZO DOES THE BEST BREAKFAST! and there are numerous fabulous eating places on an evening,ETHNIC to name just one. Take your dancing shoes too as it is fun, fun, fun in the AVALON-make sure you get to dance on the bar!!