Hey there, me and my sister are travelling to laganas on 6th june 2010 for 2 weeks, to stay in the divina, we have been reading some comments and want to know if we will get to meet maria and spiros also the all round entertainer, barman, night porter cant recall his name right now. Is anyone going to be there when we are?? hoping for a few good nights and relaxing days.
Got some very sad news today in a text from maria and spiros,saying that they wont be at the davina.they are getting to old ,therefore are retiring.but on the good side we can have more nights out together,and it will save me having to poor my own pint.so thank you for all your great hospitality over the years and good look to you both.(yes you are both looking.( VERY OLD ) thanks again EASY TIGERS
to what i would like to call some of the kindest most careing poeple we know ,that is maria ,spiros,nickos,mama,and everyone involved in the running of the divina,as we said in a previous post this place has to be in our top 5 and we are putting our money where our mouth is ,we along with good friends we met this year ARE GOING BACK ,we have booked for next year last 2 weeks of august,so i have only 1 thing to say to spiros,on the 16 august 2010 @16 45 make sure you have a jack daniels on the bar
Well done Maria for replying to that absolute moron who posted that comment about you!
Also to Andria, couldn't have said it any better myself.
To Harry, or whatever your name is - Having worked there last year, I know exactly what groups of people can be like, and it seems that when you are making damages to the room and don't expect to pay, then you certainly have no respect. If I was there, I would definately have kicked you out, especially after calling Maria a b***h, even though you don't even know her.
With a bit of luck it has put you off Zante, because that island could certainly do without the likes of you going and spoiling its reputation.
Had a fab time being entertained by you and spiros. The greek night was fantastic, made me sweat lol but very entertaining,its nice to see a bit of you're culture. I will misss You all if you need a bar maid just ask for me lol. hope to c th pics in october that u will put on ur facebook. lots love juliexxxxxx.
say hi to anastasia for me tooooooooo xxxx.
thats clare and i back home now. normally after 2 weeks u r ready to return home from a hoilday, but honest you guys are great and made us both so welcome we could have stayed there for the whole season.
it true what everyone says u both work so so hard, i'll tell you this though you keep up the good work cause ur both the reason everyone has a great holiday. thanks for the amazing holiday and trust us we will be back next year for sure.
lots and lots of love craig and clare xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx p.s we will tell you's for the1,002 time we had the best holiday ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ever ever xxxxxxxxx
what a fantastic holiday this is the only place on zante to stay,spiros,maria,mamma,nickos,are some of the kindest people we have met,this hotel is within a 10 minute walk to one of 3 beaches all brillent.i can not think of anything to say that is bad about this place .everybody tries to make sure to have the best time possible whilst you are at the devina.the only negative comment we have is we had to come home.this year my wife and myself have been to every holiday that we dreamt of,our best one by far was here,and we was not meant to go there,but really happy we did if someone said pick your dream holiday it would be here the people that are involved in the running of the divina do not treat you as guests they take you under their wing and treat you like family,we had a fantastic holiday and are already planning our return so spiros get the jack daniels in,again to all thankyou see you soon and love to all
Hey Maria and Spiros its Shiv here, you may remember me and my family.We last saw you about 3 years ago when we brought our friends over and Paul gave Spiros a mobile?last time we met up we met at your friend Thassos bar in Tsilivi. Just to let you know that im coming back over on the 3rd of september with my friend Holly. We would really love to come and meet up again. we have lost your address so was wondering if you could send us an email juvor@talktalk.net would be nice to here from you xx
I have known Maria and Spiros for about 9/10 years now and every year I find myself getting out raged at the comments that are made.
Yes you are all on holiday and everyone wants to have a good time............ but why the lack of respect. These guys work damn hard (harder than we do I know that for sure) to make sure everyone has a lovely holiday. End of the day we are entering THEIR country and should respect their rules and regulations.
Why does a bit of sun and sand turn us Brits into mouthy, disrespectful and rude individuals.
I am sure as I have witnessed many a time on my yearly visits that if you do have a genuine problem then speak to Maria and Spiros who bend over backwards to help anyone. If you cant respect rules then expect a bad response and I would say that you should have the police called against you - then see if you appreciate the rules set............... Yes Zante has turned into a holiday spot for the younger generation over the years but us family people still love the Island and we wish to visit not just the Island but our dear friends every year possible........ what gives you the right to ruin or damage other peoples holidays just because you have not respect !!!
I would seriously recommend to anyone to visit Divina not just for the sun, fun, etc etc but also to meet Maria and Spiros who are undoubtidly two of the best friends I will ever meet.
for those of you who still think you rule the world, grow up and gain respect........ I would love to see you have this attitude in this country you would be beaten down before you even finished gobbing off.
The Divina Apartments/Pool Bar in Laganas are run by 2 very amazing people, Maria and Spiros are truly the best. My family have visited Zante every year for the last 7 and meeting Maria and Spiros ensured we went back time and time again.
Maria and Spiros are respected people who want to run a nice bar, for families, and young people, and want everyone to have a great time.....the problem....and reason so many of you people have not enjoyed yourselves when at the Bar area is quite simply because you have not shown respect to Maria and Spiros. Staying out late is not a problem, getting ridiculously drunk is not a problem, the problems start when you do not show respect....breaking things, jumping in the pool at night when aside from anything else it is not safe, using foul language infront of young people at the bar and generally being rude. Without a doubt Maria is a strong character and will not stand for any nonsence and quite rightly so, running a bar at peak season is no easy job.
Maria and Spiros are the best! Show them respect and you'll realise this.
normally i
would not answer comments made about our hotel.
first of
all i will answer to mr harry cassidy:
the reason
i was a “b***h” is that i had to keep telling you not to bring food and drink –
not purchased from the pool bar – to the pool and bar.
may i ask
why you then came all week to purchase food from our bar if it was as you say
s**t, high prices and awful food?let me
remind you that one of your friends came and asked spiros for a half portion of
chips and half of a double chicken burger!!
nobody even
considered kicking you out and they tried to charge you 150 euros because of
broken furniture, broken glasses and plates, also burnt tables.these all have to be replaced for new guests
and the cost met by the owners.
the owner
was upset because you were not respecting his property and i had to get
involved to help in the translation.
also he got
upset because you were sick all over the beds and floor and slept in it and the
s**t cleaners had to clean up your mess!like animals.
we have
very many good english friends but you are very bad representatives for your
country and you should be very ashamed.
to
kerry
louise deacon
i have to
say first of all the pool became green for a reason.we have signs saying wash your feet before
you get in and don’t get in at the night time when it is closed because the
chemicals are working.if someone uses
it before the morning the chemicals cannot do the job and it will go
green.how you expect it not to be green?it was only for 2 days my dear and not for a
week.
about the
room – when you got in it was flooded from the fridge.this happens when the fridge is switched off
and not being used.the reason that your
shower flooded is because the cleaner found that the plug hole was full of your
hair and sand.you never went to
reception to complain about it.
every one
who gets to know spiros thinks he is great – it is a shame you didn’t make the
effort!!!! your loss!
the prices
for replacing damaged items is intentionally high to deter guests from damaging
property that is not theirs.
it is not
for me to comment on the actions of a guest outside of the divina – however the
greek law deals with offenders accordingly.
can i just
point out to you also that after you were here for a week you left and went to
another hotel but then came back to use the pool and bar and asked if you could
come back here to stay!!
what our
guests do not realize is that spiros and nicos stay awake all night to try and
ensure that all our guests returning in the early hours to the hotel do so
safely and without disturbing everyone else.
Well, just arrived back home today. there were 7 of us girls that went to divina, and when we first arrived the pool was very clean as we expected it to be green due to previous comments we read, and as the days went on we noticed that the pool went a very noticable green and was very slimey on our last day.
When we first arrived in to our rooms they were clean, how every our friends room was completely flooded when the walked on, due to the fridge ??!! Everytime they had a shower the whole room used to flood, so they ended up doing it in our rooms.
The staff looked very miserable when we arrived and didnt even crack a smile, except for Spiros who seemed like a very nice man, but we never really got to know him as we did our own thing and didnt drink at the bar before we went out. You have to pay 40 Euros if you want air con in your room ! or 15 Euro for a hire of a fan for a week. When you go into the rooms on the back of the door there is a price list which has ridicously high prices if you break anything in the room ! our friend we met out there stained a bed sheet that must have cost 1 Euro and had to pay something like 20 Euros ??
We got in a bit of trouble out there with some greek locals and ended up gettin arrested for getting beaten up and our rep wasnt helpful at all !! all i would advise is that be VERY careful of the police out there as they are very dodgy and money grabbing ! our friends spent a night in the police station handcuffd to bench for something they have been wrongly accused for and had to pay 1300 pound to be released !!
Other then all the trouble we went in, the Hotel was nice, the other guests are so freindlyy !! you will meet soo many nice people out there, we felt the night life waas slightly over rated, but still had a very good time, the booze cruise was a rip off, they tell you to pay 40 Euro for an hours free barr on the way back, but all u get is one cup of very waterd down sangria, but it was still one of our best days we had, they play a couple of funny games on the boat and get everyone involved, would reccommened !
But would never return to Zante in my life as we got on the wrong side of the greek mafia !! badd timess !!
the hotel was good, what i was expecting, really simple rooms, and nice pool area. surprisingly the main problem was, maria was an absolute b***h to us, seriously, right from the start for no reason, i didn't know what her problem was. also the bar is pretty s**t, pretty high prices, and f**king awful food, don't get chicken burgers. also, on the last couple of days, they started trying to kick us out, but decided not to instead charge us 150 euros of damage. we were determined not to pay this as clearly all our stuff was there but just the rooms were dirty. we got shouted at and harassed in greek by the owner and for no reason maria the b***h got involved. in the end, would took the owners round a tour of our rooms, forcing them to realise that there was no damage done, thus they could not charge us any money. all in all, don't go there, the staff are w**kers, s**t cleaners, s**t food and maria is a b***h!!!!
We recently stayed at these studios but only for a night. We went on 4th September with a baby, and although in the brochure this is recommended as a quiet hotel, I'm afraid it wasn't and we asked to move. We'd asked for a ground floor room but were put on the 2nd floor, which wasn't easy with a pushchair. Unfortunately the 2nd floor was full of 18-20 year olds and we were kept up all night until 6:30am (although apparently this hotel has a strict quiet time from midnight - 8am, which didn't seem the case when we were there).
The rooms are clean and the pool area is nice but I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone with young children as it's just too noisy and is up quite a dark road for walking home at night with a pushchair.
sara and roxy x
- UK
to what i would like to call some of the kindest most careing poeple we know ,that is maria ,spiros,nickos,mama,and everyone involved in the running of the divina,as we said in a previous post this place has to be in our top 5 and we are putting our money where our mouth is ,we along with good friends we met this year ARE GOING BACK ,we have booked for next year last 2 weeks of august,so i have only 1 thing to say to spiros,on the 16 august 2010 @16 45 make sure you have a jack daniels on the bar
. normally after 2 weeks u r ready to return home from a hoilday, but honest you guys are great and made us both so welcome 
