Pythagoreio Hotels with Breakfast

"We were travelling from Ikaria to England and needed an over night stay to catch our flight. I chose a hotel close to the ferry dock and reasonable distance to the airport. The Doryssa Therom seemed to meet all these criteria, but it was not cheap at £ 170. However but being described as ”Superb” made us feel it would be a nice end to our holiday. The front of the hotel is quite impressive, and we were invited to enjoy a complimentary cherry juice, ( an acquired taste !}. However on checking in we were taken to a subterranean room. The hotel does not have a lift so we had to haul four suitcases down three sets of steps. The veranda for the room was four feet below the scrubby garden and was extremely claustrophobic . I know we were a one night only couple, but it just made us feel unloved and unwanted. When we went to use the shower in the morning we discovered that not only did the shower leak, but the two towels we had been left were not bath sheets but small towels not fit for purpose. I had to rescue our beach towels to get myself dry. I do hate to use this word but we found the Doryssa Therom pretentious. What a pity that the very helpful staff are let down by the sub standard, subterranean rooms. Not recommended."