COSTA NAVARINO HOTEL REVIEWS
Where to stay on your Greek golfbreak.

The Westin, sitting right beside the Dunes course, is the original resort hotel at Costa Navarino and has been designed in an al fresco style to suit the climatic conditions, i.e. hot sun!  The bedrooms, suites and villas sprawl around the huge pool complexes (three outdoors plus the spa indoors) and on down to the beach: a lot of ground to cover but helpfully a fleet of golf buggies is on hand to transport you and your luggage around the resort.

Everything about the Westin is rather plush: Standard bedrooms are very comfortable, Suites even more so - especially the sea-view variety and those with private pools.  For longer stays (or family outings?) there are two and three-bedroomed villas available as well.  Just let us know what level of space and comfort you prefer and we shall plan your stay accordingly.

Breakfast at The Westin is a busy affair with all the residents browsing the panoply of choice across the inumerable counters in the cavernous breakfast hall before settling outside at one of the many tables interspersed with shallow waterways.
For dinner there are numerous options around the 'Agora' (marketplace) in the form of individual restaurants of various nationalities: please reserve your tables in advance though, as with a captive audience they do fill-up every night. 

Should you wish to dine-out, a taxi will be required to one of the nearby villages where you will find traditional Greek tavernas along the seashore.  We know quite a few spots and as always, we shall recommend a few of our local favourites when we send you your travel documentation.

For added relaxation there is sizeable spa at the Westin too, offering a full range of treatments and massages in addition to the spa-pools with their water jets aimed at reinvigorating most parts of the human anatomy.  Use of these pools is free if you are undergoing a treatment, if not you will have to purchase a day-ticket.

Tucked away around the point of Pylos, in a quiet corner overlooking Navarino Bay is the Karalis Beach Hotel.  An unassuming little hotel with one of the best views in Messinia.  It has various balconies, alcoves, patios and terraces dotted around the building for enjoying this remarkable lagoon.

The Karalis only has twenty or so rooms spread around all sides of the small building, offering varying angles over the bay or back towards town.  Standard rooms are fine for single occupancy but it is well worth the extra for a larger room if there's two of you.  The two Junior Suites on the top (third) floor are the best rooms in town (see below).

Breakfast is served on the top floor at tables on the balconies and you will be tempted to linger a while as the fishing smacks return home and the Greek sun progressively illuminates the bay.  There is no restaurant at the Karalis Beach Hotel, but then one of the main reasons for staying here is to have the run of the restaurants in town.

Two types of refreshment are available at the Karalis: the first is a great little bar area terraced into the rocks above the clear blue water, the perfect spot for a sundowner before taking the 200m stroll into town; the second is steps into the warm waters of the lagoon for a relaxing dip into Navarino Bay - just the job after a hot day's golf or sightseeing.

On the top floor of the Karalis Beach Hotel are two Junior Suites that are simply delightful. Spacious rooms with full-length balconies where you can sit and gaze out across the bay. They have thoroughly modern bathrooms too, as you might expect. As there are only two of them, please let us know as early as possible if you would like to stay as availability is limited!