Blue Lagoon Village

We got married here last Friday… the last wedding of the season!! We couldn’t have wished for a better lady to help organise our special day we couldn’t big Jasmin the wedding coordinator up anymore! This lady was made for the roll! Down to every last detail she made sure it was perfect! Nothing was a problem we could go to her at anytime with any question or any request she made sure our day was perfect! Thank you so much!

Not worth the money. Poor food/drinks, service, cleanliness and entertainment in comparison to other hotels in the same price class. Trying to keep it short. Very disappointed as we expected way more for this price. Only plus is the location. Evening entertainment done by 22.30, and the shows are done by the animation team, who do not appear to be professional singers and dancers.. it also repeated on a weekly schedule... made the evenings quite boring..

We have just returned from 7 nights at this fabulous hotel and had a fantastic stay. The staff all work incredibly hard to ensure everyone enjoys themselves and are well looked after. We are a family of 4, with two teenagers (age 13 and 16) and we all had a great time. We stayed in a two bedroom swim up room in block 8000 (see image of outside the room). This block is a great location, between the water slides and sports facilities and the main pools, and it feels very modern. The housekeeping and grounds staff also keep it spotlessly clean. There are lots of activities on throughout the day for both adults and juniors. These range from aqua aerobics, darts, football, volleyball etc. My one improvement suggestion here is that, for a 5 star, I felt it was missing the in between teen only activities that we’ve experienced in other chains we’ve visited (H10, Bahia and Holiday Villages). My reason for this was that there were several occasions where the teenagers were asked by the juniors activity lead not to take part in the junior water games because they were too boisterous for the smaller children. Whilst this is completely understandable as they were much bigger, some of them were not really big or strong enough to play safely with the adult men yet. The entertainment team are friendly and work really hard to keep guests busy all day long and they also put on shows each evening. We enjoyed watching the musicals one. If the evening entertainment in the outdoor theatre area isn’t for you, you can also enjoy drinks in two other bar areas (the main one under reception or the outside one near the shop and Italian restaurant). We enjoyed sampling the different cocktails and felt they were much better than the pre-made we’ve experienced in some other all inclusive we’ve stayed at (see images of some of the drinks menu). We enjoyed visiting the Italian, Chinese and Adventure BBQ A la carte restaurants during our stay. These are all included in AI but there is a fourth you can pay to dine in (we didn’t visit this one). You can book these on the app when you arrive. Our family enjoyed the Chinese best. We really enjoyed all the buffet food here and ate in both the Agean and Ocean during our stay. We tended to use the Avra pool restaurant for breakfast and lunch. Our children also enjoyed the crepes and the toasties or hotdogs from the snack bar near the beach. We spent most of our days around the activities pool, as this is also closest to the toilets, food etc. The staff here serve you drinks to your sunbeds and work really hard. You can book the sports activity courts on the app. We played crazy golf, tennis and padel during our stay. However, it’s worth noting that we booked the tennis at night and were charged an unexpected 10 euros to have the lights on to play. It doesn’t mention this when you book on the app so make sure you have the cash. You also have to put down a cash deposit if you want to use their equipment (racquets, golf clubs etc.) This is refundable and the amount is detailed on the app when you book but make sure you have some euros (50 euros for the golf equipment and 100 euros for the padel). Our teens loved the water sports activities on the beach and the team there were really friendly, knowledgeable and safety conscious. I’d recommend budgeting for some of these activities if you can (see image of prices). They did the crazy sofa and manta ray with their friends, and myself and my daughter did the parasailing, which was amazing! Tip: As others have mentioned, this hotel is very secluded. This didn’t bother us as there was so much on site to keep us entertained during our stay. However, as we had one day of rain during our stay, we decided to venture out via taxi to Kardamena. The hotel will arrange your outward taxi and it picks you up from reception but, be warned, the taxi rank in Kardamena (only way you can get a return taxi) is a challenge! This is because many people do not know how to queue and push in. Taxis also take a long time to come so we ended up waiting over 45 minutes in the rain and then had the challenge of getting in front of people that had just arrived and tried to push in front. Not really enjoyable or relaxing so I would recommend paying the bit extra for the TUI excursions, where you are guaranteed coach seats, if planning to go off site. Overall, we had a fabulous holiday and would definitely recommend this hotel to families.

Decided on Blue Lagoon Village for our familymoon following our wedding back in May. We wanted something a bit more luxurious this time, we read lots of reviews which seemed mostly positive and friends had said what a great hotel. Pros Lovely grounds to explore for our crazy two year old and really clean! There were staff sweeping up petals which was a bit extreme. Although there were a lot of people it never felt busy as the resort was so big. Children’s pool/water park was great (also see cons) Variety of pools over the resort which again were never busy and always plenty of sunbeds. Main pool just as lovely and never busy. There is an indoor slightly heated pool which we used on the last day as the weather was bad. This got really busy as everyone had the same idea. The beach was great, with various water sports available. Massage in the spa was lovely and really reasonable. They have various offers when you book so an hours Swedish massage worked out at £59 which was more the reasonable. Evening entertainment staff were fantastic with our little one. All staff made a point of interacting with our little girl. Golf buggies can take you all over the resort although we quite liked the walk. Our room was lovely, this was a junior suite up by the gym/indoor pool. We had a bottle of champagne and macaroons waiting when we arrived. Food was nice in nearly all the restaurants, our favourite being the Chinese. Cons All the pools were baltic and I had expected the children’s pools to be heated during the off season which again they weren’t. So within 10mins our little girl was trembling cold which made it less enjoyable. Had they been heated she would have spent all day there. Limited children friendly food within restaurants that require a reservation, there was a kids corner in the Aegean, however this was the same every night and seemed to be packed away before the main buffet opened. Areas surrounding the pool were exceptionally slippery even when it’s not wet, we bought some little shoes for our daughter with grippy soles which helped. Not as well placed as initially thought, require a car or taxi to go anywhere beyond the resort, although the car hire was easy to sort and well priced. The bbq restaurant felt a tad chaotic, we assumed we would be able to cook our food on little grill plates at our table however there were 8 bbqs around the restaurant, this got really busy as later reservations started to arrive. We were glad to have got there at opening otherwise we would be queuing for ages. Food not as nice as other restaurants. The snack bars could do with a bit more variations that pizza, crepes and hotdogs. The bars had an ok menu, however to have an iced coffee this was charged at €5 but to have a coffee liqueur cocktail was included in the all inclusive, which as a someone who doesn’t drink a lot was a bit annoying! We had a lovely holiday, and I think a lot of the fascilties would be better in the peak of summer however I don’t deem the price at that time reflects the hotel. We enjoyed ourselves but wouldn’t look to return to this hotel.