AKS Porto Heli Hotel

Checked in late at night but went as smooth as possible. Ocean view room was spacious and clean. Fresh, nicely pressed sheets on the bed. The breakfast should not be missed, fruit, meats, cheeses and hot food as well - I don't why but recommend the rice pudding I was a big fan 😅. Having your breakfast as you look upon the ocean is blissful. Gym gets the job done if you know what you're doing. Pool is big and welcoming. Bar is open until "1AM" or there abouts. Personnel are accommodating and helpful. 15min walk from the town. Plenty of delightful restaurants in and around the town. Costa Rica has some excellent gyros. Costa dock is ~10min taxi to catch water taxis to the Spetsas etc - which is great in its own right. Great value, very comfortable stay, solid location, and exceptional personnel. 5/5 would recommend.

Great hotel . Fantastic views from sea view rooms Great staff pool and beach very beautiful/ close to the town of Porto Heli.

AKS … We stayed at AKS Hotel for 10 days as a family of four with two small children. While the hotel has some positive sides, our experience was unfortunately overshadowed by a major issue: the air conditioning in our room didn’t work and was never properly fixed ❌ The Bad: • Our room temperature stayed around 29–30°C the entire stay, even during the night. When outside temperatures rose to 35°C mid-stay, the room became unbearable — especially for our kids, who woke up every 30 minutes due to the heat. There was simply no way to sleep well. • We reported the issue on Day 1 and were told that the entire hotel was experiencing AC problems and that we should wait one day. • On Day 2, a technician came but only adjusted the settings and said it would cool down. It didn’t. • Later, hotel staff lied, claiming the AC display was defective and that it only looked like the room was hot — but the heat was very real and extremely uncomfortable. • They eventually offered a room change, but it was clearly just an excuse, not a true solution. It was offered late in the evening (around 21:00) and the room was on the 5th floor, making it difficult to move with two small kids. At the same time, they also said a repair team would finally fix the AC, so we stayed, believing the issue would finally be resolved. • The repair team did come, but whatever they did made no difference. When we returned from our evening walk, the room was still 30°C. • Our final nights were miserable – no proper sleep, and total discomfort for the whole family. • We chose not to argue further, just to avoid ending our vacation on an even more stressful note.

I was very happy with my stay. Would recommend for families with young children wholeheartedly. The rooms were clean and the view was beautiful. The location was also convenient.

Fantastic hotel, pool and amazing staff - in August it is very much a family focused hotel with many young families so bear this in mind dependant upon your preference. Some local restaurants a short walk away, and other around 15 minute walk to the town which was fine for us but may be far for younger children or repetitive beyond 7 days. However, we had incredible food eating out for the week we stayed in the evenings. My main concern was the beach :( It is very unclean, cigarette ends everywhere, plastic and rubbish. This was disappointing as we told reception. There was no attempt to clean it and we were there a week. The girl working at the beach bar wasn’t aware of this being done. Given they capitalise on their lovely beach in advertising, they need to take responsibility for their environment. The beach is small and gritty sand, so it needs to do better at looking appealing. Do not currently come for the beach. The pool is however lovely. Until I see a photo of the beach clean or someone doing this I don’t have faith it will be done. Some of the ‘Garden View’ rooms are located on higher floors with limited views and you may look out onto the concrete second level balcony jutting out from the building. However, we could see the sea which was lovely, and preferred this room compared to one at ground level as the hotel did offer to move us. Overall a wonderful stay made better by fantastic, friendly staff but a mismanaged beach which needs to be addressed urgently by managers because this lets the hotel and its reputation down for me which is a pity, especially for the environment they celebrate on Facebook but are currently neglecting.