We have recently just returned from 2 weeks staying at the Manousis Apartments.  Before we went we could only find small bits of information on these apartments including even where they were.  We arrived at 7 in the morning feeling very tired and apprehensive but we had absolutely nothing to be worried about.  Before we went I stumbled upon the website for the apartments, www.manousis.gr, and I can report that the pictures on the website are extremely accurate.

There are two types of rooms in the apartments and, due to paying for an extra night due to the time of our return flight, we experienced them both.  With the exception of one night, we stayed in one of the rooms next to the pool.  This was a twin room with wardrobes, dressing table, side tables, kitchen and shower.  It was perfect for what we wanted.  The room we had for the final night, which cost us 25 euros, was in the new block and had a double and 2 singles and it looked like we were the first people in it as all the cutlery still had labels!

The pool was normally very cold, but was perfect for cooling down from the heat, with enough sunbeds around it for everyone that wanted one.  The bar was a nice size and normally manned by either Yianni or Sakis and came to life during the BBQ night.  For 8.5 euros, Yianni and Sakis provided a meze meal, with greek salad, and wine and followed this up with a music quiz, where the winners received a hire car for a day, and then some greek dancing from what I believe were members of Sakis family.  This included the drunken greek dancing in a ring of fire, with the floor of the bar being set alight!

For info, safety boxes are available for 7 euros and 13 euros for 1 and 2 weeks respectively.  You can also hire a kettle or a fan, note that the rooms by the pool are not air conditioned, although the rooms remained cool (during the first 2 weeks of June) without it, but the rooms in the 2 storey block do have air conditioning.

As already stated, the apartments were less than 10 minutes from the beach and the main high street.  If you are interested as to where they are take a look at http://www.levelbar.com/tsilivi-map.html.  The Manausis is near the Daisy and Angelika stuido's marked on the map, kind of opposite the road that goes to the beach (This is the road you will use to get to the beach).

We personally believe that Tsilivi is the best resort on Zakynthos.  There are plenty of restaurants, bars to try and we ate out at different places pretty much every night.  Our favourites included the Olive Garden, the Family Restaurant and Calypso (the only places we went to twice).