Marilena Apartments

 I have just come back from staying in these appartments and i have got to say all the bad comments that i read before i went are so untrue. I stayed with my husband and two children aged one and five and found them to be very clean and not at all noisey, yes there is a bar at the end of the road but when you have your doors closed you can't hear a thing. The owner is very nice and if you have any problems she will sort them out straight away ,i've got to say i would go back there tomorrow.                                                HOPE THAT HELPS 

Just come back from the Marilena .. fantastic... very clean...excellent locations for beach... food.. bars... can not fault it...

we also did the boat barbecue trip and Aqualand trips... book through local opps as cheaper and much beter organised... found that out from other people  ( boat trip with barbecue on beach fantiastic... beach games and lots to drink and eat.... )

Went to Marilena in July 2005, and they have a telly in each bedroom - amazing.  Very clean and marilena the maid is so lovley. Pool was quiet so nice and relaxing.  Would definatly go back if not just to chat to Marilena herself......

To Lisa, the Marilena apartments are literally in the resort centre, they are set back off the main strip, which is literally a 5 second walk onto the main strip. The nearest bar is at the bottom of the road that the Marlilena is on it's called the Siesta bar, and it was really good. They do play karaoke there till the early hours of the morning and the drinks are a little more expensive than most places but the guy they had DJing there was such a laugh!!

Sorry went off on on there! They are so close to the resort centre we could not believe it, which was a good thing! Hope that helps

Myself and 3 mates (all 25 yo lads) stayed at the Marilena Apartments from 29/8/05 - 12/9/05. The apartments themselves were good: clean; well-equipped (fridge, toaster, kettle, small electric oven with hobs, etc); good location just a few minutes walk to the beach and to the centre of Sidari; reasonably quiet (except for the karaoke bar down the road which stays open until 1am, although we stayed out until between 3 - 5am most nights so it wasn't really a problem for us!). The problem is the travel company that own these apartments - Manos. They are the worst travel company that i've ever had the misfortune to book a holiday with, and I would strongly recommend that you DON'T book a holiday with them, unless you want a badly organised holiday where you're constantly lied-to by the reps. Here are a couple of examples of our experience of Manos on this holiday:

• When we arrived at the apartments at around 12.30am (after a 2.5 hour coach transfer!) with the Manos rep, there was only one twin room available instead of the 2 twin rooms that we had booked. In addition, there was no electricity in the room. So, the Manos rep told us that all 4 of us would have to sleep in this one twin room with no electricity!! He assured us that he would send somebody around first thing the next morning to have a look at the electrics, then he swiftly departed and we never saw him again. Surprise, surprise, no-one showed up the next day to sort out the electricity! Only by using a bit of ingenuity did we manage to sort out the electricity ourselves, and we later discovered that there was a second room free in the apartment complex, which we swiftly claimed.
• The next day we attended the welcome meeting, which was with a different Manos rep. We told the rep all about the fiasco of the previous night, and basically he couldn't give a toss. He fobbed us off by saying that he was sorry, and that he would look into it and get back to us. We never saw him again. He never showed up for his daily visits to the Marilena.

All of the other guests at the Marilena that we met had similar complaints about the Manos reps. As I said, the apartments themselves were good, and all of the people staying there were very friendly. It's just a shame that Manos are such a bunch of muppets. We did actually have a very good holiday overall, as Sidari is a good place to visit if you're young and single (nice beach, plenty of bars, etc) but don't want to go somewhere as tacky as Kavos, and there are plenty of other things to do on Corfu. We went on a few day trips (not organised through the Manos rep, for obvious reasons!) to Corfu Town, Albania, and Aqualand (a water park), all of which I can highly recommend.

Myself and 3 mates (all 25 yo lads) stayed at the Marilena Apartments from 29/8/05 - 12/9/05. The apartments themselves were good: clean; well-equipped (fridge, toaster, kettle, small electric oven with hobs, etc); good location just a few minutes walk to the beach and to the centre of Sidari; reasonably quiet (except for the karaoke bar down the road which stays open until 1am, although we stayed out until between 3 - 5am most nights so it wasn't really a problem for us!). The problem is the travel company that own these apartments - Manos. They are the worst travel company that i've ever had the misfortune to book a holiday with, and I would strongly recommend that you DON'T book a holiday with them, unless you want a badly organised holiday where you're constantly lied-to by the reps. Here are a couple of examples of our experience of Manos on this holiday:

• When we arrived at the apartments at around 12.30am (after a 2.5 hour coach transfer!) with the Manos rep, there was only one twin room available instead of the 2 twin rooms that we had booked. In addition, there was no electricity in the room. So, the Manos rep told us that all 4 of us would have to sleep in this one twin room with no electricity!! He assured us that he would send somebody around first thing the next morning to have a look at the electrics, then he swiftly departed and we never saw him again. Surprise, surprise, no-one showed up the next day to sort out the electricity! Only by using a bit of ingenuity did we manage to sort out the electricity ourselves, and we later discovered that there was a second room free in the apartment complex, which we swiftly claimed.
• The next day we attended the welcome meeting, which was with a different Manos rep. We told the rep all about the fiasco of the previous night, and basically he couldn't give a toss. He fobbed us off by saying that he was sorry, and that he would look into it and get back to us. We never saw him again. He never showed up for his daily visits to the Marilena.

All of the other guests at the Marilena that we met had similar complaints about the Manos reps. As I said, the apartments themselves were good, and all of the people staying there were very friendly. It's just a shame that Manos are such a bunch of muppets. We did actually have a very good holiday overall, as Sidari is a good place to visit if you're young and single (nice beach, plenty of bars, etc) but don't want to go somewhere as tacky as Kavos, and there are plenty of other things to do on Corfu. We went on a few day trips (not organised through the Manos rep, for obvious reasons!) to Corfu Town, Albania, and Aqualand (a water park), all of which I can highly recommend.