Greek accommodations for two adults and two kids ????
 

I've been checking out lots of potential accommodations and it appears that hotel rooms with two double beds are a rarity in Greece. My husband and I will be travelling with our kids aged 10 and 8 and really don't like the idea of having to get two separate rooms. Does this mean we should look only at villas/apartments or are the "triples" usually big enough to accommodate 4 if two of them are children????

Oops - this message ended up in the wrong place; reposted under "Greece".

What the????? - my bwain hurts....now this IS showing up in Greece.......OK, repeat questions in first message.

Rent a double or triple and if necessary most places will provide you with another bed, probably at an extra charge. Room size will determine how many extra beds you can add. If you're booking through a website you can usually see if there's a charge, or you can ask by email.

Also look into apartment accomodations. While I have not done that in Greece, most towns and cities I have rent apartments from a few days to a few weeks at a time.

We brought our two children to Greece a couple of years ago.
Since you didn't say where you wanted to visit I can only give you advice on the places we have been. Hopefully you find at least some of it usefull.
I am assuming that you will be in Athens for a while. We stayed at Attilos Hotel right in the Monistraki just a short walk to the Acropolis. Attilos has many rooms with double beds and one room actually had two doubles and a single. Probably one of the most economical hotels in the Plaka area.
If you plan to go to Santorini we stayed at the Blue Dolphin about a kilometer walk from Thera. A very nice hotel, and very quiet at night. We had a suite with two bedrooms, a kitchen and a caldera view. Quite economical as I recall.
Lastly we stay at Glaros studios in Naxos. Its about 100 meters from the beach, has several studios with one two and threee bedrooms as well as a kitchen. Our suite also had three balconies.
By the way we live in Lake Bonivista. If you live in Calgary that should be familiar to you.

Stanbr - I'm very familiar with Lake Bonavista; I used to live there but now reside in Douglasdale so, "Hi Neighbour"!!!

We were considering the Cyclades with a couple of days in Athens. What did you think of Naxos? Santorini? If you could only stay on one, which would you choose?

As to Santorini vs. Naxos, it would be a tough call. Santorini is one of those iconic destinations that is truly worth seeing at least once, but (and I know some will disagree) you'll get a much better look at Greece and many of its wonders on Naxos.

If I had a week on my first trip, I'd spend two nights on Santorini and five on Naxos.

Also, Stanbr is right on about the Attalos being a bargain spot in a good location.

Santorini or Naxos, a real tough question but I do have an answer. When we first planned to travel to Greece my wife and I each looked at all the travel books independantly and each picked the Island where we wanted to spend a week. When I was ready I told her I had chosen Naxos because it had an economy that was not dependent on tourism, yet it had so much to offer to the visitor. We really wanted a destination where we would meet local people who lived their life there.
It turned out that she had chosen Naxos for the same reasons so it is our Island of choice and we will be retuning in June this year.

We have visited Santorini on several occasions and it is spectacular. I would tend however to agree with Repete who suggested you stay 5 nights on Naxos and a couple on Santorini. If one island is your only option then I would suggest you at least take a day trip to Santorini. The arrival by ferry is something not to be missed.
After 5 visits to Naxos we keep discovering new things/sites/places to explore.
One thing to consider is the kids. Naxos is easy to walk around ( you may get lost in the old town) but it is safe.
The beaches are far better than Santorini as they are golden sand. I know you said your kids like a pool but St George beach is shallow and there are lots of kids and families on that beach.

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Hi Lisa: You may wish to look for properties that offer "quad" or "family" rooms. It seems these types of rooms are near to impossible to find in most European cities (without a lot of patient research). If you do find them - they seem to book quickly. Hotels seem to have strict rules regarding 4 persons staying in a triple room - I believe due to fire regulations - so I have been told by someone in Paris 8 years ago.

We too are going to Greece this summer with our 2 children - aged 15 & 12. And like you we are in our mid 40's and originally from Calgary (west side).

For our upcoming trip, I was able to find quad rooms in Crete and Santorini. I was unable to find something in Athens, so I ended up booking two rooms for our stay there.

Good luck in your trip planning.

We are traveling to Greece with our 3 children in 2 1/2 weeks. We will be traveling with a portable crib for the 2 year old, so we are looking for the same type of accomodation as you are. We booked a quad in Athens at the Hotel Jason through Octopus for a very reasonable price and could have saved a little money and had breakfast included if we'ed bookd through lodging.com.

We are struggling with finding accomodation in Nafplio and would appreciate any suggestions. We plan on staying in Nafplio for about 5 days. Good luck and would love to share any information with you. When are you traveling?

To prhirsch: We are staying in Nafplion with our three children in June at the Acronapflia Pension. We have a 2 bedroom apartment with kitchenette for 112,20 euros/night. We booked it through Dolphin-Hellas Travel. We worked with Uli there ([email protected]). There have been some mixed reviews of the Acronapflia, but it comprises different buildings, and our agent tells us the one on Papanikolao Street is the nicest. It looks nice on the website, and we thought with 5 people the extra room would be great.

Digbydog, thans for the response!!!!!!!!!I can't tell you how much time I've been spending on this with no options. Thanks, Hopefuly I'll having something to contribute for you.

1/ In Athens de Marriott has double/double rooms for family use.

2/ All these fabulous resorts like the
www.grecotel.gr or www.aldemar.gr have wonderfull family rooms,and facilities like kid clubs etc...

We were in Greece with our 8 and 10 year olds last summer. In Athens we stayed at the Marriott Ledra and they accommodated us in one room without trouble. We stayed on the concierge floor which wasn't too expensive and it gave us extra space. Make sure you go up to look at the room before you accept it, as some can be quite small.

We then went to Crete for a week and rented a villa (waaay up in the hills) with a pool. We generally like staying in apartments in Europe as it's so much easier with a family but there was nothing centrally located in Athens that I could find. Good luck.