We took our family here as we have recommended this hotel to everyone! We were impressed as usual, so were our family we have more friends going out in September too.
We really enjoyed the high quality of this hotel with good food and great staff whom most, which I couldn't believe remembered us - how sweet!
We had a Junior suite again and it was nice to receive the fruit basket /wine from the staff because we were on a return visit.
The weather was perfect about 100 but with a lovely breeze. We were pleased to see there was a man at breakfast cooking eggs for you that there wasn't before, he was so lovely and would do what ever you wanted even an omlette.
We visited the usual , Paradise beach, Zia and Thermal springs which can all be done in one day (car hire 50 euros from hotel). This time we went to the water park which was really good I have been to Kos 5 times and never been there! Go towards the end of hol though when you have tan otherwise you will burn! Well I couldn't recommend this hotel enough again it really is 5 star with maid service 2 times a day and they make it all so easy for you, no rushing about for sunbeds/tables etc. Love the gowns and slippers to! We will be back again next year for sure!

Just got back from 7 days at this fab hotel.
If you want 7 quiet days of R&R, easy all incl, a beautiful beach and close to the Airport go here...

The resort town is pretty minging really typical brits abroad but staying at this hotel means you dont need to move from it everything is on site. Not good if you want to get the Greek experience as its really more generic than Greek but nevertheless I'd plan to go back again and we are really fussy about likes and dislikes esp on holiday.
If you can push the boat out for the suites do - well worth it but dont get too excited about having a 'private' pool as they are private really only to the hotel guests - saying that we are pool lovers but the beach was so close, well serviced, clean and the seas was so lovely we did not spend more than 1/2 hour at poolside.

If you have a dislike of aircraft noise think again on a handful of days every hour or so for approx 5 hours you have planes landing (hotel is directly under landing path) but REALLY its no big shakes as its not late at night or early am.

The all incl was easy and laid back any no cruddy plastic bracelet to prove you have paid, also no hassle for someone to go up and get drinks for all their party in one go either.

Perfect for couples and young families as its so very quiet but wouldn't want to take teenagers as they would want to partake in the bright resort lights (which in all fairness looks like something from one of those awful holiday rep programmes on the telly). Food really very good, clean, plentiful.

Downside: Flight path if planes really bother you and skip the 'Asian' restaurant (the sweet and sour tasted like a chicken tonight sauce!!)... I cant really think of any others

We stayed at the Porto Bello Royal at the end of May / start of June and had a great relaxing holiday.

We just got taxi transfers from the airport to the hotel which was 20 Euros and from touching down on the tarmac we were in our room within 40 minutes.

The hotel complex is very nice and although reasonably large with about 300 rooms, it never felt like a hige place as there are lots of pools (14 I think) so everyone is fairly well spread out. We mostly lounged by the pool by the Asian restaurant and found it nice and quiet with a fairly even mix of Brits, French, German, Italian and Dutch. If you're looking for a holiday where you'll meet loads of people and have a nice lively time by the poll then this probably isn't the place to go - but that was what we were looking for so was perfect for us.

You can hire pool/beach towels from reception for a 20 Euro deposit per towel and you can get them changed for clean ones every day which was excellent - saved us needing to take towels with us, and you're towel isn't filthy by the end of your holiday.

The animation team come round every now and again for the activities, but we didn't bother but they didn't hassle you like other resorts we've been to - they stopped asking us after a few days as they realised we weren't going to Aqua Gym in the mid-day sun.

The food was excellent - we tried 3 restaurants during our stay - the main buffet restaurant, greek taverna and Italian restaurant. The buffet restaurant is the main restaurant and had a good selection for breakfast, and plenty of different options for lunch and dinner each day. The greek taverna is only open for lunch but hasa nice outlook to the sea and has a more authentic greek selection of food than the main restaurant. The Italian was our favourite - there were a couple of chefs there who made pizzas and fresh pasta for you with the past made to order. The italian is also next to the Gelateria so you could mix and match your dessert with some ice cream from the gelateria as well.

Drinks were also very good - during the day we mainly went to the pool bar which was never that busy and didn't have to wait long. We also used the reception bar for a cocktail most nights before the sun went down and also for coffees after our evening meal - George the barman was excellent and extremently fast at his cocktail pouring! The other minor bonus was that you didn't have to wear an plastic tag on your wrist as everyone was on an all inclusive package - although you sometimes needed a card if you were at the beach bar.

Overall, we had a great relaxing time and will almost certainly be back in the future as it was a great complex and also excellent value when we consider what we'd normally spend on a holiday including all eating out and drinks.

The Porto Bello Royal is an amazing hotel........!!!!! We Stayed here for a week in the middle of may this year!!!! At first we were abit concerned as we were a group of 5 21 year old girls who wanted a nice hotel to stay in but was close to the nightlife of Kardamena and also was All Inclusive!!!! Well this hotel cerainly fitted the bill.......
We arrived at the hotel and it was certainly the 5* we were hoping for, the reception area was very grand and the staff were very helpful and freindly!!!! The rooms were very impressive....... big rooms with a large balcony.....we didnt have a view with our room and we were in the main block of the hotel.....we did meet some people who showed us there room with a pool view and it was half the size of our room so we were very lucky!!!! The bars were good with a good selection of drinks anything from cocktails, champagne and locally produced spirits and lagers, but we found if u wanted named spirits like Malibu and Absolut vodka then they were avaliable at the Beach bar!!!!! The beach bar was probably the best place to go if u wanted to stay in the hotel of an evening....it was more aimed at the younger guests with good music.....and it did generally used to stay open until we were ready to stop drinking!!!! The bar staff were lovely especially Cassie, Thiansis and George they made us feel very welcome as were one of only 2 groups of young people!!!! The pools were lovely but we did find in the mornings that we had to lay our towells down otherwise the germans would take ALL the sunbeds!!!! even though in the brochure it stated u didnt have to do this!!!! the hotel had good facilities 13 pools, jacuzzi, gym, internet, shops, good entertainment both in the hotel and on the beach!!!!! we hired some quad bikes and quadbuggies for the day......this is definatly something we would recommend to do....it cost 45 euros for a day for 1 quad or quadbuggie we managed to do the whole island on them.......paradise beach......lunch at zia in the mountains.....palm springs.....kos town!!!!! also another good thing to try is paracending which can be booked on the beach at the sports centre....very reasonable and brilliant fun also u can do this at any age!!!!!! The hotel also had a courtesy bus that ran into Kardamena which was really handy... but if u missed it...taxis were only 8 euros at anytime of the day or night!!!!! The food was good at the hotel but not 5 star standard.....it was all buffet style apart from the aisian restaurant which was lovely!!!!! definatly worth a couple of visits!!!!!! All in all an extremly good holiday and would definatly return to thi hotel........one warning to younger groups of guests....
...beware some of the older guests are quite snobby being 5 star just ignore them!!!!!!