Doumas Apartments

Katelios is lovely, nice restaurants and lovely people, but the Doumas Studios is something else. The owner is very miserable and unfriendly, downright rude sometimes. At the arrival we were greeted by a large pool of water on the studio floor, which was a problem with the fridge we were later told. The problem with the fridge and water on the floor continued over three days, until we discovered that the electrical socket for the fridge, which was in the cupboard under the sink (!) had some water in it and was causing short circuit. On the third evening when fridge was off again and we requested the owner to fix the problem again we got a reply - ' I'm not an engineer, tomorrow.' You don't really want to deal with this when on holiday. Also there was no battery in the smoke alarm, some electrical sockets were hanging loose from the wall and a safe, which would have cost 12 Euros for a week wasn't attached to anything and you could lift it with one hand. On the last day the owner just jumped in at 10:05am and said 'I need the room, eh!' All in all Doumas is a joke!

We've just returned from the Doumas studios and apartments and found it ok-ish, to a point. When we 1st arrived we were greeted by the owner who said that he was full at the time, but after our 1st week he would move us from a ground floor studio to a an upper floor larger apartment... We're still waiting!

The cooking facilities were basic with a small 2 ring table cooker and a fridge, but there were plenty of cups, cutlery etc, but only one large pot? We did have a kettle, but to get it to stay on you had to either hold down the on switch or use a plaster over the button!

The room was fitted with a smoke alarm, but with no battery!?! Some other rooms also had a missing battery, so what was the point of the alarms? No one seemed to notice that the detector cover was hanging loose, for over a week, with no battery!

Nightlife at Doumas was POOR! There was one (non advertised) Greek night in the 1st week, but nothing in the 2nd week? Most nights the bar area was closed around 11pm due to no one around. Doumas advertises that there's a BBQ "every night"... where?

I was chased by one of the family a full 4 days before departure for my bar/resturant bill, of £30. The bar and resturant area is more pricey than others around, just down the road are some bars and resturants that are far cheaper and serving a better selection than at Doumas... Try ElinJerry's resturant!!!

The room was cleaned 5 times a week and rather well too, although the cleaner did like to seperate our single beds, but this either hampered opening the fridge or the front door! We always pushed them back together.

The pool area was quite good, but you can't eat or drink your own food (including bottled water) at the pool side, which then racks up your bar bill. Do watch out for several of the plastic pool side beds having cracks in them, right in the middle (bum region), which hurt!

Most nights the area is alive with the sound of local barking dogs, but close your window and you can't hear them... But you will bake in the room! All rooms have A/C but these are an extra payable on use.

On the whole Doumas is not bad, but not great. Entertainment could be a LOT better, the elder son could try and smile a bit more and play less loud music at all hours (in the bar) and the owner could try and fulfil his promises!

Also, as no one tells you, not even the rep', May/June temperatures makes the island snake heaven, we saw so many adders on the roads and paths, that you really do have to watch out if walking and always take a torch with you at night!!!  

The apartments bar and pool complex are very good.  The rooms were certainly well kept.  There are two problems with this place; the owner and the neighbourhood dogs.  The owner, Mikhalis, is not a man of integrity and not to be trusted.  We had our holiday ruined by him double booking and asking us to move out half way through our holiday; the holiday rep that sorted this out for us said that this was not the first time it had happened.  The worst thing of all is the neighbourhood dogs next to the property which are kept chained outside at night.  They bark incessantly throughout the night.  We hardly slept at all because of this.  This is not a place I would ever recommend although Katelios the town is lovely.

The apartments are fine, pool good, Katelios marvelous. Only let down to the holiday was the ignorant owner and his family. Good friends if you're spending in their bar, non existent if you're not. (Bit like First Choice Rep). Some excuse the owners behaviour on his lack of English, although all the other Greeks you'll meet in Katelios will prove that wrong.

just come back from a fortnight at Doumas and what can you say it was fantastic. the family are a lovable, friendly and kind. Koreena's cooking is to die for (especially the oven potatoes!) and micks BBQ's are second to none. also the boys Sakis & Spiros made great cocktails/drinks.

we returned from the doumas studios on 7/6/2005,