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Tara Beach Hotel
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(Hotels in Skala)
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8/10 |
Dave Bean (July 13, 2010) |
Stayed at Tara Beach August 2008. We hadn't stayed in Skala before and ended up there on a last minute booking. Arrived late in the evening after delayed flight, made our own way from the airport. Warm welcome and full assistance with our bags from the manager, plus complimentary cold drink....a nice touch. Room smallish but very pleasant and quite cool - though air-con needed later in the week as it got v.v.hot. Fridge, bathroom fittings etc. all working fine.
The pool bar was quite expensive but that's how hotels keep margins up in these hard times, I suppose. The pool got quite busy - mainly Brits - but was well maintained and had a nice wave machine/jacuzzi type feature every so often.The staff were friendly and efficient and took pride in keeping the place clean and tidy. The hotel gardens are really lovely - full of greenery, fruit and flowers.
Breakfast was simple but plentiful, with the option of a cooked meal at a reasonable price.
Overall, I'd rate the Tara among the better budget hotels I've stayed at. Its location is superb - right on the beach - and it has everything one could want for a cheap n' cheerful holiday. Skala too made a nice change, though we prefer Lassi. |
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9/10 |
michael ridge (July 02, 2007) |
I have to agree this hotel is realy well kept if a little basic but the staff are great .Violetta in the little bar by the olive press, being so helpfull and nothing being to much trouble.the gardens are nice and always tidy and they do a great cheese toastie!!!! and an excellent lunch menu.
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| steven diack (August 23, 2006) |
fantastic location.....rooms basic but very quiet.....beautiful gardens.....pool ruined by noisy teenagers (parents were on the beach)!!!! would not re-book the tara but scala fab!!! |
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| Karen Cordery (June 21, 2006) |
Just returned from our second stay at Tara Beach and once again we`ve had a wonderful holiday. Staff still friendly and welcoming and nothing is too much trouble. Set also in such a beautiful location, with the beach no further than you could throw a flip flop I can`t think of anywhere I would rather stay. Some of the bigger hotels further along the road do look bigger and more modern but seem to lack the personal touch you get at Tara Beach. Our room was next door to an elderly couple who have been visiting for 23 years, what more can you say?! It does seem that people seem to return here year after year meeting up with friends they have made on previous holidays, and it makes for a great atmosphere.
I still have to say the rooms are quite basic, the breakfast still lacks a little imagination, and yes they do still need a new toaster, but everything is clean and comfortable and you can have a delicious full english for a few euros if you wish.
Our daughter was once again made to feel very welcome, and this can make a huge difference if you are travelling with small children. The pool is lovely, loads of sunbeds, and a childrens area of the pool which is quite safe.
We simply cannot wait to go back!  |
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| Kelli Parnham (October 14, 2005) |
 
Tara Beach is a truly like staying in a garden, there are beautiful blooms everywhere you turn including heavy laden fruit trees. The room are clean & well kept - Air Conditioning is offered at 6 Euros per night but to be honest we didn't need it.
The breakfast is basis but very nice and the staff are really friendly and helpful. There is a nice clean pool with loungers and there are also loungers on the beach which cost 3 Euros per day - the beach is directly across the road!!
I really enjoyed my stay here at Tara Beach and would reccomend it to people wanting a quiet and picturesque hotel. |
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| karen cordery (June 27, 2005) |
  Myself, my husband and our 7 year old daughter have just returned from a fantastic week staying at Tara Beach Hotel. Everything was wonderful, from the welcome drink on arrival, to the polite and helpful staff. The grounds around the hotel are stunning, full of beautiful flowers! The location is ideal, a hop and a skip from the beach and a 3 minute stroll into town. Yes, our room was basic, but it was cleaned well each day and was very comfortable with a lovely view of the gardens and the sea, and yes breakfast was a little unimaginative, but what the heck! with such a fantastic location it could be forgiven for all of this!
Travelling with a child is never easy, but our daughter was made to feel welcome wherever we went, either in the hotel restaurant or one of the many lovely restaurants in Skala town. This hotel came highly recommended by a friend who had stayed there before so our expectations were high and they were surpassed time and time again.
Having not had any experience of any of the Greek Islands or the hospitality before, we were certainly impressed, so much so we have already booked to go back again next year!! CAN`T WAIT!! |
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| Ross and Marie griffiths (June 19, 2005) |
Have to agree with Neils view from Oct'04, beauty really is only skin deep. The hotel surroundings were breathtaking and the rooms served their purpose as a base (but were kept clean), but the hotel management leave a lot to be desired once they find out you are not going to spend every wakeing moment there with your money. Found the manageress to be quite snotty on a couple of occations when asking questions, and with the ammount of buisness they are doing, could really afford a new toaster with ease. Pool and surroundings were beautiful, clean, and well maintained. It is a pity that such a lovely place to stay was let down by management, as the rest of the hotel staff were always pleasent |
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| | Avril Biscombe (May 21, 2005) |
Oops - should have put October 2004 |
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| | Avril Biscombe (May 21, 2005) |
We stayed at Tara Beach the very end of October 2004. It was the last week of the season and Skala was closing down, however there were plenty of choices of tavernas right up until the last day, with many offering free wine to entice the last visitors of the season. The hotel is in the best location ever, it is so well kept and even though it is furnished in quite basic Greek style it is clean. The gardens were beautiful, the pool really clean and the food excellent. I've been to Greece many times, but this was the first place I have ever seen so much fruit growing, pomegranates, lemons, limes, oranges, all in one garden.
Breakfast is basic, but it's cheap enough to go for the full English and they really do fill up the plates. The staff, and owners, are lovely people. I would go back there anytime - Skala is a fabulous place - and the island felt like we owned it as the beaches and roads were almost empty.  |
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| Don Fathers (October 05, 2004) |
Well if we were apprehensive about this hotel our fears were dispelled as soon as the coach stopped outside. The first thing you see is the taverna tables at the front with the " daily special board " and then it hits you the front gardens are full of flowering shrubs and plants with well kept lawns, alongside is the pool bar which has a large flowering Hebes which now acts as a roof for the outside part of the bar. We were then shown to reception by our rep where we were welcomed with a complimentary drink while we booked in. Upon checking into our room we were pleased to see we had a fridge, telephone, hairdryer, telephone and mossie net so you needed only to shut the shutters at night and not the whole doors. After depositing cases and changing into more casual gear we made our way down to the bar to savour the cool Mythos, as it was late evening when we arrived we didn`t bother to eat just a couple of drinks and off to bed to see what the following day would bring. Early next morning we opened the doors and we were surprised to see that from the terrace we had well maintained lawns with Lime, lemon and orange trees which we could reach out and touch. Having had breakfasts on other islands we thought we knew what to expect how wrong can you be. Self service breakfast with a a selection of fruit juices, fresh water melon, cereal, bread, (which you can toast if you wish) ham, cheese and selection of jams, marmalades, tea and coffee you can keep going back for more if you wish. You can order bacon and eggs for 3 euros ( we had this one morning it was delicous ) or you can have full english fry for 5 euros. The wasps are about but they are nothing to worry about as long as you don`t upset them
The pool is well maintained and clean with a large amount of loungers and parasols so no need to reserve here well not during September anyway. Tara Beach has it`s own loungers and parasols on the beach opposite the hotel which cost 6 euros per day we used these on many a day. All the rooms are cleaned daily and bins emptied, linen and towels are changed twice weekly. This hotel has exceeded our wildest expectations in terms of Greek ones and we are already planning next years visit to this hotel.
Our thanks and warm wishes to Nick and all of his staff especially Petros and Violetta . Enjoy your`e winter break you all deserve it.
Regards
Don and Rosemary |
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| Neil Luckham (September 16, 2004) |
The public areas of the hotel look lovely - pool, gardens etc. These are available for anyone to use, whether you stay here or not. But the beauty is only skin deep.
Stayed in Tara beach for two weeks. We first had a downstairs room near the back, which seemed like a dungeon. The manager was helpful in moving us to a larger front room with a balcony and a nice sea view - what a mistake that was! We were woken every morning between 5 and 7am by noises from inside the hotel, the whole place seems designed to echo to every closing door, flushing toilet or clunking air-conditioner, and if you make it through to 7am then the staff have to start preparing breakfast - every kitchen noise, scraping chair or clanging gate. We left here exhausted and tetchy after 2 weeks of sleep deprivation.
Also the breakfast is awful - I have a fantasy in my head that the way it works is that the old coffee grounds go in the breakfast coffee, then when it becomes totally diluted and tasteless they call it tea. Finally, when it is reduced to pale grey water, they chill it and call it grapefruit juice. However, here's a trick - we asked for Cappucino every day, got a decent cup of coffee from the espresso machine, and although we gave our room number we were never asked to pay extra for it, I made a point of asking for our drinks bill but nothing was wanted.
Bring bathroom towels, the ones supplied are like sandpaper, which is common in Greece.
Staff generally reasonably efficient but unfriendly, one even served us and took the money while arguing on the mobile phone. I think we'd caught them at the end of a long season.
The beach was nice for swimming and snorkelling, but not ideal for kids, too stoney and steep, most adults were wearing shoes to go in the sea. Most children went to the swimming pools, but nearby Mounda beach (turtle beach) is ideal - shallow sand, not many people, and a nice beach cafe called Wind.
Skala itself is ideal if you want a quiet, sunny place to consume your English breakfast and dine on burgers, and watch English football on Sky, but if you want something a bit more Greek head for the North of the island, or go to neighbouring Ithaca. Some of the Northern towns are expensive, but Sami is cheaper than Skala and ideal for exploring the island and for ferries to ithaca and the mainland, and has one of the best beaches on the island just out of town at Antisamos.
Recommend breakfast (but not dinner) at The Pines, lunch at the Lucky House next to the Tara Beach hotel, and dinner at Sokrates - wonderful greek food at a reasonable price, and for footy fans the owner used to be in the youth squad at Panathiniakos. For a fish restaurant, Romantza in Poros is hard to beat, ask to see the fish in the fridge before you order, and they also have a range of meat and veggie dishes.
If you must come to Skala, I'd recommend the similar standard Paspalis Hotel down the road, or stay in an apartment and use the Tara beach pool for free.
For us, it is a lovely island, but we came to the wrong resort. Many people seemed happy, so we blame ourselves for choosing poorly. |
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| john mackenzie (July 26, 2004) |
tara beach hotel was perfect. out of hotel on to beach,it was so close to skala when we came back from the town the hotel wasin front of you in no time. a nice relaxed holiday, TRY SALLY BAR FOR A RELAXED EVEING
MAC |
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| Jennifer Woollons (July 24, 2004) |
| Tara Beach has the best location in Skala. The staff are friendly and courteous and the gardens are stunning. The pool is clean and large and it's a pleasure to walk across the road and be right on the beach. The township is a 2 minute walk. My only reservations about Tara Beach is the breakfast, which really needs a bit of effort, and the walkways leading up to the rooms - they were very slippery and hazardous. Otherwise it was perfect and I would definitely return. |
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