AmanZoe (Greece)
Jul 3, 2016, 4:25 am
#273
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Baltimore MD
Posts: 3,457
In spite of MacMyDay's advice, I am thinking about a 1st of October stay... am I crazy to spend 6 days in Andalusia and then a day of traveling to Amazoe for 4 nights? Crazy right? I can't seem to find any other place that looks appealing to finish our trip....
FDW
FDW
Last edited by FlyingDoctorwu; Jul 3, 2016 at 12:20 pm
Jul 3, 2016, 11:26 am
#274
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Here, there … you know how it goes.
Posts: 1,518
FDW, for whatever it is worth, we spent 4 nights there in late May and absolutely loved it. Contemplating a return in October of this year.
We had a truly phenomenal stay, and highly recommend it.
We had a truly phenomenal stay, and highly recommend it.
Jul 3, 2016, 12:28 pm
#275
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 214
We stayed there for 7 nights with an infant. Phenomenal hard product, breakfast was ridiculously good (the tiganites were lovely), but for our first Aman trip we didn't think the service was anywhere near as good as the internet would have you believe.
1 - The waitress one morning seemed to be unsure what we were ordering and giving people random dishes which wasn't great for my wife's peace of mind (as she has a serious nut allergy.) To be fair - the rest of the time they dealt with the nut issue very well.
2 - We had a power cut (electrics in our villa only) which made things quite difficult as we were feeding our son via sterilized bottles / boiled water which doesn't really work without power. It started middle of the night one night, got 'fixed', which lasted an hour, and then 'fixed' again in the morning when they could have a proper look at it. It then broke again the next night, so we had no power on our last night and morning which isn't really good enough, especially after we'd been told that it was somehow our fault because it was probably the sterilizer (which Aman had provided.) My wife is normally very chilled but found the whole thing very stressful, and Aman 'resolving' the issue multiple times only to find that it was still a problem was a pain.
3 - Room service were pretty patchy - several fishes were 'de-boned' without removing any bones and when we asked why a dish wasn't as described on the menu we were told 'I'll look into it' and got nothing back.
4 - My wife called to ask reception about a spa treatment and about whether they could provide us with an item for our room (I think it was a baby changing mat). She suggested that the spa let us know later as the baby was asleep. The lady at reception failed to put 2+2 together and called back proudly to say they'd found a baby changing mat, waking up our son.
5 - My wife went on the day-trip to Epidavros, organised by the hotel. They called up the room (again waking up my son) partway through the day to ask where she was as she was expected at the spa. She didn't think she'd booked the spa for that time slot and again I'd have hoped that they'd have joined the dots as she was on an Aman-organised activity...
Before this sounds like we had a bad time -we didn't. But it would have been nice if someone had joined the dots a bit and the power issue really did cause needless stress.
1 - The waitress one morning seemed to be unsure what we were ordering and giving people random dishes which wasn't great for my wife's peace of mind (as she has a serious nut allergy.) To be fair - the rest of the time they dealt with the nut issue very well.
2 - We had a power cut (electrics in our villa only) which made things quite difficult as we were feeding our son via sterilized bottles / boiled water which doesn't really work without power. It started middle of the night one night, got 'fixed', which lasted an hour, and then 'fixed' again in the morning when they could have a proper look at it. It then broke again the next night, so we had no power on our last night and morning which isn't really good enough, especially after we'd been told that it was somehow our fault because it was probably the sterilizer (which Aman had provided.) My wife is normally very chilled but found the whole thing very stressful, and Aman 'resolving' the issue multiple times only to find that it was still a problem was a pain.
3 - Room service were pretty patchy - several fishes were 'de-boned' without removing any bones and when we asked why a dish wasn't as described on the menu we were told 'I'll look into it' and got nothing back.
4 - My wife called to ask reception about a spa treatment and about whether they could provide us with an item for our room (I think it was a baby changing mat). She suggested that the spa let us know later as the baby was asleep. The lady at reception failed to put 2+2 together and called back proudly to say they'd found a baby changing mat, waking up our son.
5 - My wife went on the day-trip to Epidavros, organised by the hotel. They called up the room (again waking up my son) partway through the day to ask where she was as she was expected at the spa. She didn't think she'd booked the spa for that time slot and again I'd have hoped that they'd have joined the dots as she was on an Aman-organised activity...
Before this sounds like we had a bad time -we didn't. But it would have been nice if someone had joined the dots a bit and the power issue really did cause needless stress.
Jul 4, 2016, 7:23 pm
#276
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Baltimore MD
Posts: 3,457
We stayed there for 7 nights with an infant. Phenomenal hard product, breakfast was ridiculously good (the tiganites were lovely), but for our first Aman trip we didn't think the service was anywhere near as good as the internet would have you believe.
1 - The waitress one morning seemed to be unsure what we were ordering and giving people random dishes which wasn't great for my wife's peace of mind (as she has a serious nut allergy.) To be fair - the rest of the time they dealt with the nut issue very well.
2 - We had a power cut (electrics in our villa only) which made things quite difficult as we were feeding our son via sterilized bottles / boiled water which doesn't really work without power. It started middle of the night one night, got 'fixed', which lasted an hour, and then 'fixed' again in the morning when they could have a proper look at it. It then broke again the next night, so we had no power on our last night and morning which isn't really good enough, especially after we'd been told that it was somehow our fault because it was probably the sterilizer (which Aman had provided.) My wife is normally very chilled but found the whole thing very stressful, and Aman 'resolving' the issue multiple times only to find that it was still a problem was a pain.
3 - Room service were pretty patchy - several fishes were 'de-boned' without removing any bones and when we asked why a dish wasn't as described on the menu we were told 'I'll look into it' and got nothing back.
4 - My wife called to ask reception about a spa treatment and about whether they could provide us with an item for our room (I think it was a baby changing mat). She suggested that the spa let us know later as the baby was asleep. The lady at reception failed to put 2+2 together and called back proudly to say they'd found a baby changing mat, waking up our son.
5 - My wife went on the day-trip to Epidavros, organised by the hotel. They called up the room (again waking up my son) partway through the day to ask where she was as she was expected at the spa. She didn't think she'd booked the spa for that time slot and again I'd have hoped that they'd have joined the dots as she was on an Aman-organised activity...
Before this sounds like we had a bad time -we didn't. But it would have been nice if someone had joined the dots a bit and the power issue really did cause needless stress.
1 - The waitress one morning seemed to be unsure what we were ordering and giving people random dishes which wasn't great for my wife's peace of mind (as she has a serious nut allergy.) To be fair - the rest of the time they dealt with the nut issue very well.
2 - We had a power cut (electrics in our villa only) which made things quite difficult as we were feeding our son via sterilized bottles / boiled water which doesn't really work without power. It started middle of the night one night, got 'fixed', which lasted an hour, and then 'fixed' again in the morning when they could have a proper look at it. It then broke again the next night, so we had no power on our last night and morning which isn't really good enough, especially after we'd been told that it was somehow our fault because it was probably the sterilizer (which Aman had provided.) My wife is normally very chilled but found the whole thing very stressful, and Aman 'resolving' the issue multiple times only to find that it was still a problem was a pain.
3 - Room service were pretty patchy - several fishes were 'de-boned' without removing any bones and when we asked why a dish wasn't as described on the menu we were told 'I'll look into it' and got nothing back.
4 - My wife called to ask reception about a spa treatment and about whether they could provide us with an item for our room (I think it was a baby changing mat). She suggested that the spa let us know later as the baby was asleep. The lady at reception failed to put 2+2 together and called back proudly to say they'd found a baby changing mat, waking up our son.
5 - My wife went on the day-trip to Epidavros, organised by the hotel. They called up the room (again waking up my son) partway through the day to ask where she was as she was expected at the spa. She didn't think she'd booked the spa for that time slot and again I'd have hoped that they'd have joined the dots as she was on an Aman-organised activity...
Before this sounds like we had a bad time -we didn't. But it would have been nice if someone had joined the dots a bit and the power issue really did cause needless stress.
FDW
Jul 11, 2016, 12:37 pm
#277
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: UA 1K, AA Plat Pro, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,048
Room Preference?
We booked a pool pavilion for September. Besides the one review in this forum, I did not see anything discussing best rooms. If we do not care about being too close/far from everything else, but would prefer privacy, what would be the best pavilions to book?
Jul 11, 2016, 2:57 pm
#278
Join Date: Feb 2003
Programs: UA1K, *G & Wife of UA1K MM
Posts: 3,432
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...oe-greece.html
but we stayed in pavilion 21. Very private. Nice water view.
Aug 7, 2016, 3:25 am
#281
Join Date: Feb 2003
Programs: UA1K, *G & Wife of UA1K MM
Posts: 3,432
Sep 16, 2016, 10:25 am
#282
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: CT/ Germany - Ich spreche deutsch
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy LTTE, HH Dia, HY Expl
Posts: 4,657
What would be the minimum number of nights the experts here would recommend to stay at the Amanzoe? We are working on a multi-stop trip to Greece for 2017 and due to another couple of locations in Greece we want to visit we are likely only able to plan 2-3 nights if we include it in our plans.
Sep 16, 2016, 10:36 am
#283
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: England
Posts: 1,361
What would be the minimum number of nights the experts here would recommend to stay at the Amanzoe? We are working on a multi-stop trip to Greece for 2017 and due to another couple of locations in Greece we want to visit we are likely only able to plan 2-3 nights if we include it in our plans.
Sep 16, 2016, 2:30 pm
#284
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,602
4 nights is perfect if you can take the helicopter, which is a wonderful experience and really simplifies everything. By boat or car I find the trip really long, especially with the flight connections, I would at least opt for 5 nights in that case.
Sep 17, 2016, 5:37 am
#285
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
could also look at the Exclusives (which can have minimum nights) some do not have additional cost
half/full board, board plus, things more valuable than board, etc
aman does both, some have no additional cost, some do
when there is additional, just check price of inclusions
half/full board, board plus, things more valuable than board, etc
aman does both, some have no additional cost, some do
when there is additional, just check price of inclusions
Last edited by Kagehitokiri; Sep 18, 2016 at 3:04 pm