Arte & Mare Elia Luxury Suites and Villas

This place is beautiful but the rooms need updating. The breakfast was great and the restaurant was also wonderful.

We spent 8 nights in Superior Sea View Suite with Private Pool. I absolutely cannot agree with many of the very negative reviews about this hotel. Overall, we are satisfied with our vacation, but there are a few issues that should be addressed, which everyone should consider when booking a vacation here, and that hotel managers should keep in mind in daily management. I have documented all my critical remarks with photos. Is this hotel worth the money? Considering that the whole of Mykonos is very expensive – probably yes. Is it a 5-star standard hotel – definitely NOT, maybe 3 stars at most! Let's start with the location - by a beautiful large beach, literally a step away. The beach is quiet, without discos, clubs, or loud bars – one can relax. Unfortunately, there is a local road running along the hotel leading to 4 or 5 other hotels. Forget sitting on the balcony in the evenings, as cars, quads, motorcycles, and large buses drive by even in the middle of the night. Sleeping with an open window is impossible, and you are forced to use the air conditioning – loud and quite inaccurate – a 1-degree difference is the line between cold and hot. The rooms have been recently renovated and modernized – new, nice, and modern floors, windows, bathrooms, toilets, great mattresses, and pillows that make you want to sleep on them. Excellent toiletries are provided. However, the fans are terribly loud, and the other furniture is simply old. Pictures of tropical fish from a coral reef don't really fit the Cyclades… It seems like they were just handy. Rooms are cleaned daily – quickly and efficiently, thank you, but… the balcony is also worth cleaning, as the glass from the pool is always dirty and streaky. Speaking of the pool – no one cleaned it for 8 days, even though it got dirty inside… An absolute hit is the completely rusty clothes dryer! How much does it cost, 20, 30 EUR? Why hasn't anyone replaced it? The windows might be new, but all the shutters have rusty hinges. They can't be secured, and they flap and knock in the wind. From the bedroom, we had a view of an awful concrete wall with protruding pipes and a rusty shutter. How much does it cost to clean it up and put a nice flower pot there? And now what the hotel doesn't mention when you book your vacation (besides the noisy road next door). The nearest shop is in Ano Mera, about a 10-minute drive – if you have a car. If not, and you run out of shaving foam, toothpaste, or just want to buy something to drink – you're in trouble… What the hotel calls a parking lot is a bare field, a rubble site, without any security. If you want to rent a car – do it through the hotel, in case of damage, you won't have to prove that the car was in the parking lot as this field doesn't meet any parking requirements. I'll mention that none of the nearby hotels have a shop – is this a coincidence? If you want something to drink in the evening – go to the bar and pay 6 EUR for a beer or 17 EUR for a cocktail. A