Polis 1907 by Louis Hotels

For a high star boutique hotel, we experienced hours of no electricity, no air con and no access to power to charge our phones. All the staff could say was sorry. Not good enough. It might be a beautiful room but in 39 degrees heat it is stifling and for this we paid top dollar. We won’t recommend this property no matter how pretty it looks. We came for comfort and didn’t get anything but heat. We didn’t get to check until 2:30 either. The business owes us some refund we think as we are very dissatisfied.

A lovely, welcoming place to stay right in the heart of Polis. The room was clean, fresh, spacious, and elegant. In the morning, the sun flooded in and there was a small balcony just outside, with a table and chairs to enjoy the view of the mountains in the distance. The service was exceptional and unparalleled, the staff always smiling and attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. The breakfast was generous and with a good choice. Great coffee/tea too. We would really recommend.

The room rate is on the high side, doubtless influenced by the fact that there’s not much competing accommodation in Polis. There is a restaurant on the ground floor where check-in takes place, with a small and slow lift to the handful of first floor rooms. After hours return to the rooms is via some fairly steep outside stairs to an elevated entry door at the rear of the property. Not sure that the hotel would work well for the mobility impaired. Our room was clean and of a decent size. The small bathroom was behind a pocket door with a somewhat rickety shower door, but serviceable enough. Selecting a rate on the hotel's web site with breakfast included would have added €25 per person to the bill, so I’m unable to say what breakfast my wife and I would have enjoyed for €50. Instead, a very short walk took us to Saddles Cafe and Bar where we had an excellent breakfast at half the price. There is parking on rough ground at the back of the property but the ledge to access it from the road was high, so in our low slung car we chose to use public parking in front of the hotel. At check-in we were asked not to leave the car there overnight, but there was no signage to that effect and we had no problem in doing so.