Zakynthos (Zante) Vacation Rental apartment: Lithakia

We were very impressed by the location up in the hills and the promise of peace and quiet. It is important to be aware that the accommodation is part of the owners house. The studio is in an 'L' shape with the TV room of the owners at one end and a room with 3 upright freezers and 2 chest freezers at the other. There is NO physical separation ie wall. Instead there are raffia curtains and muslin drapes. Therefore the reality was that we could hear all conversations and the television constantly, I mean constantly. We were able to identify each program. Interestingly we had no television, though it was advertised as having such. At the other end the continuous switching and humming of the freezers was just apalling, especially since the rear of them were facing our living area. Now, when you arrive and see that this is the situation where do you start in explaining that this is not acceptable? Ask them to build a wall while you are there? Ask them to stop watching television? Switch the freezers off? Of course not, we had paid for the accommodation and we just had to make the best of it. However, if I had KNOWN that this was the situation I clearly would not have booked. So if you really feel you can cope with the above (and the 3 dogs yelping and barking thru the night) then go ahead. They are very nice people. But I genuinely don't believe this is suitable for renting out. If they build walls then fine. We were quite ragged by the end of our trip which is s shame as Zante and the location is truly memorable. Just hope this helps.

I cannot say thank you enough to Derry and Caecilia for the wonderful experience we had holidaying in Zakynthos. We didn't explore much of the island, but took walks every day (with our toddler) to the local beaches, picnicing in the hills and around the village. We even walked to Laganas one day (the nearest cash machine!!), so if you want to see more of the island than we did a hire car is probably a good idea (the bus service is reasonable but the timetable is limited).

Derry went out of his way each day to check we were ok, giving us lifts and paying us lots of attention - we even went to Greek tumble tots thanks to him and his daughter. These people are true hosts and I would not hesitate in recomending them to everyone - even without the little extras it was a wonderful studio (the veranda being a great "lounge" for the adults when the toddler was in bed, and a very secure playground for her in the daytime), the pool was too cold for me but typical for Europe and the time of year, and the view was magnificent.

Thank you so much you two, it was smashing and we hope to be back again very soon (and perhaps we'll collect Jon's cap and leads at some point!!!!)

x

We stayed at Dalis Studio for 3 weeks and were very impressed. We could not have asked for more friendly or helpful hosts and had everything we needed to enjoy our stay.

The room was lovely and we especially liked the kitchen which is outdoors on the veranda, the view is spectacular. The pool area is great with plenty of sunbeds and seating and a bbq.

We hired bicycles for our stay and found it really easy to get around as Dali's is positioned in quite a central position for all near by beaches and attractions. We visited some great tavernas recommended to us by Derry and Caecilia and found that the people were very friendly and helpful everywhere we went.

If we go on holiday to Zakynthos again we will definitely stay at Dali's and I would highly recommend it.