Hotel Ionion

The good: - The hotel lies in a very good and convenient location, near the subway station and the port. - The room was spacious. - The balcony had some nice view, considering the location. - It was quiet. - The personnel was helpful. Needs improvement: - There was a problem with the bed, that made it uncomfortable: While the mattress was sufficiently supported on one side (using extra wooden beams), it wasn't on the other side and it caused me minor back problems. During the second night, I had to take a shelf out of the closet and use it as extra support under the mattress... - There was also a problem with the shower: The shower phone wasn't properly connected with the spiral, which caused water to flow from two different points, making it difficult to take a comfortable shower. I had to resort to disconnecting the phone altogether and take my shower like when I was a chlid back home: with a hose.

I had a short overnight in Piraeus after a late ferry and midday flight the following day, so I just needed somewhere to sleep 11pm to 7am. I dithered about a few more modern / better reviewed hotels for around €60 a night, but ultimately settled for a single room here for €40. The guy on the door was nice and helped me with my suitcase, but the room was creepy and extremely dated, there was a bit of a mob/murder vibe about it and the lift was a relic from the 1970s. The pics here are slightly misleading and the hotel hasn't even tried to modernise. In it's favour the room was clean and the air con worked. Next time I'd pay a few quid more for something created for this century.