Eleana Apartments - Ireon - Samos
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Ireon - Samos
Eleana Apartments - Ireon
Date Submitted - June 2006
Opinion submitted in Feb 2007 by : Motorbike Barry
2nd: Ireon: A quiet family orientated little resort with a town square, a few shops, cafes and water side restaurants also 2 highly recommended restaurants away from the seafront. The Blue Anchor has excellent food and service and Cohyli which has both excellent food and a lovely garden setting.
3rd: Pappa Beach: This is a very special place just along the head land. A taverna run by the lovely Maria and her husband Kostas with her two children Demitri and Nicos. Here you will find a small cove with sunbeds set at different levels with excellent food and service and a very warm welcome. My wife spends all her days there while I hire a motorbike and visit all the other sites of Samos. But for us this is Samos at its best. A little piece of heaven.
Barry & Rosemarie Ellmer
Operator and Date: Manos - September 2005
Opinion submitted in Mar 2006 by : Peter & Lesley Day 46,45
Resort Rating: Excellent
Accommodation Rating: Excellent
My/Our Holiday Opinion:
We have been to Samos many times and this was our second visit to the Eleana Apartments in Ireon. We were welcomed on our arrival by the owner, Eleana, who appeared genuinely pleased to see us back. The apartments are set just back from the seafront, 50 metres from the main square and surrounding restaurants and bars. Very clean accommodation is provided, fans are available to hire, and kitchen facilities are also provided. Any one who actually cooks on holiday wants their head testing in my book, with all the great local food available in the restaurants, but if you want to, the facilities are up to it.
The resort is quiet and if you want a relaxing non stressed holiday, this is the place to be. There are enough restaurants and bars for a different choice most nights, if you like to flit about. They are all good, and 1 or 2 stick out as better, but I won't name them here, because next time I go you might be there and take the last table!!! If you are the sort to venture out, Pythogoria is just down the road and is the best "busy" resort on the island. You can get there by Bus or Taxi, or you can hire bikes and cars in Ireon. Going around the island is easy in a car or on a scooter, we've done both, it's fairly busy in August /September but out of seasons there is very little traffic to bother you. Next round the island after Pythogoria is Samos which is the capital and harbour. Ferries come in here and you can island hop from for the day if you wish. It has a lot of shops and cafes, but it's not really a touristy type place, well not to me, a lot of the cafes are full of Greek teenagers on certain days, but it's a great place to shop! From there on there are lots of little bays, beautiful bays where you can get something to eat and drink, some are almost deserted certain days, which we love! If you are prepared to drive this is a beautiful island with lots of surprises!
If you want to go to Ireon, book a flight and ring The Eleana direct, they have a website . The village is only 15 minutes in a Taxi from the airport. Manos don't go there anymore. Rumour has it that tour companies only make money if they get you on trips, and the trouble with Ireon is its so nice no-one wants to leave! A lovely unspoilt quiet island I would recommend to anyone who wants a well earned break. PS Get to Kokkari if you can, about 30 minutes from Samos, a beautiful place, with some great restaurants and bars.
Ireon - Samos
Eleana Apartments - Ireon
Operator and Date: Manos
Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Jim and Monica 60
Resort Rating: Excellent
Accommodation Rating: Excellent
What a great little place it is, only 10min from the airport, and it is so nice that no-one goes on Holiday Companies trips.. so that's why the holiday companies have mostly pulled out, instead they stick you in a resort like Kambos - Votsalakia, miles from anywhere else on the Island, so if you want to see more and you won't drive, you have to go on a trip with them. We're still making our way there this year getting a flight with my travel, and booking the hotel direct. No more expensive , in fact slightly cheaper, and we're going to our chosen resort. Kokkari is very nice too, but our preference is Ireon.;
Eleana Apartments - Ireon
Operator and Date: Manos Holidays May 2005
Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : Dave and Mandy
Resort Rating: Very Good
Accommodation Rating: Very Good
We have stayed on Samos many times and rented various apartments, but we always come back to Ireon. Fabulous resort, great food and ice cold beer. Eleana Apartments are not with any tour operator now but you can book direct. well worth a visit to this peaceful part of the world with plenty to see and do. We go back 6th Sept 06, cant wait.
Eleana Apartments - Ireon
Operator and Date: (Manos Discounts) Manos Holidays May 2003
Opinion submitted in June 2003 by : John and Jean
Resort Rating: Very Good
Accommodation Rating: Very Good
We went to Samos on a Walking Holiday in May 2003.The cost was only £222 per person for two weeks self catering. We were pleasantly surprised that we were sent to a small village called Ireon on the South cost of Samos.
The Eleana Apartments, run by Illiana were both clean, pleasant and only 50 mtr from the beach.
If a holiday to Greece means relaxing by the sea, eating good food and drinking with your feet in the Aagen then Ireon is the place to be. This small resort has not lost its simple Greek charm.Ireon made a great base to explore the island. There were lots of hiking trails out of the village and the higher mountains were just a 15 minute car ride away.all in all a very good holiday.
