Galini Rooms Sikinos Travel

Everything was great.

Minuses:
- The description on Booking.com does not make clear that the 'standard' rooms are in a completely separate building and of a very different standard from the studios.
- No shutters, no blackout curtains. It's so bright, that you can read a book with the available curtain drawn during daytime.
- No screen to keep the several mosquitoes out.
- No shade on the very plain balcony.
- Indifferent view: the balcony overlooks a nondescript plot of land with a few trees, power lines and a plain low building, behind which you can see the sea and harbour. Not quite a 'sea view'. The most eye-catching aspect of the view is the rubbish that obviously no-one had bothered to pick up, including offcuts from the plastic pipes used for the air-con units.
- The 'coffee machine' is, in fact, a Nespresso machine. Two capsules are provided, and that's it; after that, you'll need to either pay a small fortune to buy your own supply from the very expensive mini market, or to have your coffee at the sole bar in Alopronoia (Marconi).
- The 'dining table' is used as a countertop. Don't expect to use it as a dining table, unless you can make space for your plate and enjoy looking at a bare wall.
- You'll need to wash up in the smallish bathroom basin, and improvise a dish drainer, as there's nothing of the sort there. I must say, I found washing up a pain - not my idea of a holiday.
- The shower screen would have been perfect had it had a door. Instead, there's a screen just on one side, so you'll need to use the mop and bucket after every shower, or risk inviting mosquitoes, which love little pools of water.
- Although the person I spoke to was initially very polite and friendly, both my enquiry about the opening times of Episkopi, and, worse, about when the people-carrier was going to take us to the harbour to catch the return boat, went unanswered. We were left to drag our luggage ourselves.

Στο δωμάτιο : δεν λειτουργούσε η τηλεόραση , η πόρτα στο μπάνιο χαλασμένη δεν έκλεινε , κ η βρύση έσταζε.

It would have been perfect if the room windows had mosquito nets. Also, the price felt slightly on the high side compared to similar accommodations.

The only thing I wasn't aware of before going was that there were a lot of concrete steps down to the road. A map of the island would have been useful.

No bottle opener. TV had no signal (tried retuning). Lots of ants on balcony. More of a kitchenette.