We stayed at the end of July early August as a family of 4. We had a great time! The kids loved the swimming pool areas. The one con about the splash pool area is the gritty bits on the steps of the slides are a bit dangerous! My son slipped twice and has ended with some very nasty graze cuts and will most probably scar his legs. The life guard was very good and gave first aid to him. Loved being on the beach front, I will say 100% take swim shoes. It’s a bit rocky walking in. The food options were so-so. Always hot food, always laying new food out etc. I think the hot food for breakfast ends too early!! 8:45-9:30am avoid if you can sooo hectic! Unfortunately; we are not early risers so we always hit the last rush of it all! I think ending the breakfast at 10am for hot food would be a lot better. I still cannot understand why at the lunchtime buffet they had a lovely marina sauce for pasta but at dinner it was just plan pasta …. Baffles me still! All the kids were just eating plan pasta! One last thing for the food, theme nights - not sure they understood what a theme night was? One evening there was spring rolls and prawns crackers but where was the rest of the oriental theme food! Considering we was in Greece there was never a theme night for Greek good which I think was a shame! It seemed to be more catered for German and Italian tourists! Maria - who seems to be guest relations around the main pool/ taverna area was always helpful and always had a smile on her face! The spa: all the members of the spa team were fantastic! My kids had the kids massages and loved them. I had a massage from George and he was very professional and gave a lovely massage. Definitely go visit when staying. It was my daughter birthday whilst at the hotel and they catering staff made her a lovely cake for the occasion. The rooms (138) are a tad small… we had to live out our suitcases as we had the sofa bed out and an another bed in to cater for 4 people. It meant the sofa cushions went into the wardrobe where you would place your clothing! The aircon was ok kept the room cool but we had to switch off at night as it made an awful, awful noise! Possibly something loose in the fan part?! The location - I prefer to be within walking distance of shops and restaurants and unfortunately you cannot do at this hotel. There is a free hotel bus which takes you to the towns either side. Or the reception staff can call a taxi. But tbh, we never really felt the need to leave as the kids loved the pools and beach. We did do the pirate boat tour that we booked via our rep with Jet2 and had a fantastic day trip out. In all, we had a lovely time but we wouldn’t return. But glad we came and thoroughly enjoyed our time at Portes Beach hotel! Thank you for a wonderful time.