Cephalonia Palace Hotel

Cephalonia Palace Hotel

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#1 of 1 hotels in Xi
Location
3.8
Rooms
3.5
Value
3.8
Cleanliness
4.2
Service
4.1
Sleep Quality
3.7

Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travelers visiting Lixouri, Cephalonia Palace Hotel is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its quiet environment and proximity to great restaurants, Cephalonia Palace Hotel makes it easy to enjoy the best of Lixouri.

Guest rooms offer air conditioning, and Cephalonia Palace makes getting online easy as paid internet access is available.

You can also take advantage of some of the amenities offered by the hotel, including a 24 hour front desk, a gift shop, and a convenience store. In addition, guests can enjoy a pool and a poolside bar during their visit. As an added convenience, there is free parking available to guests.

While staying at Cephalonia Palace Hotel, visitors can check out Kounopetra (1.7 mi) and Kipoureon Monastery (2.0 mi), some of Lixouri's top attractions.

While you’re here, be sure to check out some of the Mediterranean restaurants, including Remetzo, Captain Nicolas, and Antonello's at Xi, all of which are a short distance from Cephalonia Palace Hotel.

Whether you’re traveling for business, pleasure or both, Cephalonia Palace Hotel is sure to make your visit to Lixouri one worth remembering.

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Property amenities
Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Pool
Bar / lounge
Beach
Tennis court
Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
Kids' outdoor play equipment
Paid internet
Internet
Outdoor pool
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Breakfast buffet
Poolside bar
Entertainment staff
Evening entertainment
Table tennis
Airport transportation
Baggage storage
Convenience store
Gift shop
Shops
Sun loungers / beach chairs
Sun umbrellas
24-hour front desk
Laundry service
Room features
Air conditioning
Private balcony
Safe
Refrigerator
Room types
Ocean view
Non-smoking rooms
Family rooms
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HOTEL STYLE
Quiet
Modern
Languages Spoken
English, French, Greek, Italian

Location

Xi 282 00 Greece
Name/address in local language
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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susannah w wrote a review Apr 2023
Oxford, United Kingdom
+1
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Lovely hotel with friendly, helpful staff and wonderful cleaners. Yes the area is quiet but that is very clear if you have read the information before booking. Rooms dated but very comfortable with great air conditioning and useful balcony. Sadly our teens’ room (girls) was very far away from ours and ground floor so they felt worried but it turned out ok as it’s a lovely safe location. Xi beach was beautiful, lovely warm sea but stony to walk into by the sun loungers, further up the beach to the left there are no stones. Good beach bars. All inclusive not the very best but there was a very good variety of hot and cold options. Pool lovely but sun loungers got bagged early with towels and staff didn’t enforce, so we did exactly that on our last day to ensure we got a couple. Cocktails ok, beer good, great gyros and pizza at lunchtimes in the pool bar. We hired a fiat panda for 3 days to explore the beautiful island, a jeep was more expensive but would’ve been useful for hilly mountain roads! We got a puncture on the fallen rocks so be careful, luckily my partner is a mechanic but 3 locals stopped to offer help. Fiskardo, Sami, Assos, Melisiani cave all very beautiful and worth a visit, Argostoli (go late morning to see huge turtles). Antisamos beach is beautiful and lively if you want music and there are other beautiful quiet beaches. We LOVE Kefalonia and although the hotel and Xi beach were lovely we would probably return to a slightly less remote area.
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Date of stay: August 2022
4.0 of 5 bubblesValue
4.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
4.0 of 5 bubblesService
Room Tip: Get to beach/pool early. Hire a car, explore the island. At Xi beach walk down a bit to the left...
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Nomad15934784433 wrote a review Aug 2022
4.0 of 5 bubbles
We have just spent 11 days at Cephalonia Palace Hotel and have been truly spoilt! Directly at the beginning we received a warm welcome by a friendly and helpful receptionist. The hotel has got a perfect location in a quiet environment with a beautiful Xi beach, suitable for a couple or a family that truly seeks a place to escape the business of everyday life. Our room (although not the most modern one) was perfectly cleaned on a daily basis by Ramona, a lady possessing extremely positive vibes: -) . Stuff consists of friendly and caring people too. There was a reasonable choice of tasty food at the breakfast, lunch and dinner. The only thing we have missed is more variety and healthier offers within drinks. Overall, the entire team in the kitchen and the restaurant did a great job in our eyes. We had nice chats with Dimitrios, a contagiously enthusiastic manager of the restaurant. All in all, we cherish happy memories on our stay in Cephalonia! Thank you all again! Marta & Ben from the Netherlands
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Date of stay: August 2022
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dartfordsteve wrote a review Sep 2022
Dartford, United Kingdom
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Just returned from a weeks holiday at the Cephalonia palace hotel, we enjoyed our stay and would return again. We booked through Jet2. It was a last minute decision and after a quick search on the internet decided this met our needs. We understood there are restrictions on the all inclusive but to stop all inclusive alcohol at 23.00 is not the end of the world. The rooms were a bit dated but very clean, with towels and bedding changed daily. The reception staff were very friendly and helpful. We weren't happy with our first room and were moved with no fuss. Food was plentiful and drink measures generous, did overdo the cocktails once. We were slightly out of season so had no trouble getting beds around the pool when needed. That could be different at busy times as there are a limited amount of beds. Whilst there is a notice saying beds cannot be reserved, you always get those who put a towel on the bad at 7.00 and don't go to the bed until 14.00. Unfortunately the staff do not enforce this rule. We hired a car from Mercury car hire not far from the hotel for a couple of days and explored a bit of the island. It is worth doing this as Kefalonia is a beautiful place. Overall it was a very good holiday.
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Date of stay: September 2022
4.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
4.0 of 5 bubblesService
Room Tip: Some rooms have connecting door for families, as a couple you do not want one of these. No sound...
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Curiosity29288506963 wrote a review Aug 2023
+1
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Our experience at this resort was great.
A wonderful clean complex from the outdoor Bar a beautiful view of the sea. New, clean rooms, we slept like a cloud. Room cleaned every day with new towels and bed linen.
When it comes to food, and we are quite picky...breakfast is pretty much the same every day, but lunches and dinners always have a varied, large selection of fish... a lot of sweets, even for small children, a children's menu 😉.
The beach is clean, beautiful sea with a gradual entry into the water, if you go to the beach where there are no sunbeds for a fee, you can also lie down on a towel or blanket.
The place is more suitable for those who are not looking for a busy night life and want to enjoy peace and perhaps a good drink on the beach.
I must also highlight the pleasant and kind delegates Karolína and Stáňa, always smiling and funny young ladies.
There is nothing to criticize for us, we can only recommend 😊👍.
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Date of stay: August 2023
5.0 of 5 bubblesValue
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
Trip type: Traveled with family
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Chaz A wrote a review Jul 2022
London, United Kingdom
2.0 of 5 bubbles
We stayed 1/2 board. Rooms basic but clean, apart from the small birds nests outside above your front door excrementing on door handle and floor.
Only 3 electrical sockets.
Tea and coffee facilities consisted of a kettle. No cups, Tea, coffee etc.
The half board offering was that you can have poor quality vending machine juices with breakfast, but not dinner. If you took this or wine at dinner you were greeted with an over zealous restaurant so called manager telling you that you have to pay for that in front of everyone.
The standard of food was terrible.
The cheapest produce possible used. Most of it ended up uneaten.
The temperature of the food was mostly cold.
Variation poor.
Best option for this place would be bed and breakfast and eat outside the complex.
On the plus side, the weather was great.
Pool/Bar staff great.
Pool great, with plenty of loungers and canopy’s.
Unfortunately the poor outweighs the good by a mile.
Stay away from this 2 star establishment.
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip: Avoid this hotel and stay elsewhere. Kefalonia has more lively prettier areas than this place.
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Jiří wrote a review Sep 2023
5.0 of 5 bubbles
There is no fault in the hotel, great service, everything is clean, towels and bath towels are changed in the room 4 times a week. Excellent food, a large selection, everything tastefully prepared, lots of fruit, excellent desserts. Drinking classics - three types of local wine, beer, non-alcoholic and as part of all inclusive four cocktails, excellent espresso as well as a selection of other types of coffee.
At CK Blue Style, I would especially like to praise the two delegates, Karolina and Stanislava. Their operation and approach to clients is above standard. They are kind, helpful, they arrange everything and the information they provide is really comprehensive.
Beach - sandy, here and there a larger stone in the water, but otherwise sand. The water is amazingly clean, beautifully warm during our stay. Only one drawback - the beach is narrow. This year, winter storms and waves took away a piece of the beach from Zakynthos
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Date of stay: September 2023
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
Trip type: Traveled with friends
Room Tip: Na pláž to není daleko, jen je potřeba zvolit za kolik chcete lehátko. Nejbližší za 20,-E. Dál za...
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wildsexylover wrote a review Sep 2022
Ramsey, United Kingdom
5.0 of 5 bubbles
At first I was cautious as some reviews were quite scathing and sour. The trip to the hotel was pleasant as it takes a boat ride across estuary which makes a nice extra. On arrival the hotel looks far better than photos as the grand staircase and marble foyer gives elegance and grandeur, the staff I found extremely friendly and helpful nothing like the negative comments on trip adviser. I greet every member of staff from reception to cleaners, even other holiday guests, why not! , they are people. if you want be treated well then act as you wish be treated.
The food was extremely good and much much choice, hot tasty and quality, breakfast was tremendous with everything you could want, fresh bread, fruit honey, cereals, full English etc you won’t go hungry, but will gain extra kilos
Drinks on all inclusive are ok but if you want a more expensive brand then it’s a little extra. The pool area is great with bar close by and serving tea coffee snacks alcoholic drinks hot food if you still peckish.
I had a super deluxe suite with pool and it was fabulous
The Xi beach is two minutes walk and has a restaurant and super drinks area for late evenings chilling which gives you discount if you guest at hotel.
The beach is sandy and lovely to walk on.
Take trips out sammi, fiscardo aggia effima etc, explore the lovely island and you be amazed at how wonderful it is.
The hotel is also having a refit and program of improvement so will be even better for 2023.
The manager Eleni was extremely helpful and professional and nothing was too much trouble. If you have worries or not sure of anything then politely ask rather than complain on media. Fake reviews could put off guests that base their choice on trip advisor comments,
We will surely return in 2023.
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Elisha wrote a review Jul 2023
+1
5.0 of 5 bubbles
The stay didnt have a single imperfection, I highly recommend to everyone who wishes for a calming vacation full of a great food, nice and clean environment and kind people!

Food all inclusive: international but also greek specialities every day (greek sweets, fresh fish, perfectly cooked meat, fresh fruit & vegetable etc.), the food was just perfect - even the coffee was very tasteful and thats very unusual in hotels! There were gyroses and pizza, sweets and snacks right behind the pool.

Hotel: totally friendly people, very nice new rooms with an elegant furniture, cleaned every day + Nuxe cosmetics available in the room! Greek nights every Sunday, live music every Saturday & entertainment for kids every day with local & Slovak & Polish animators.

Pool: available from 10 am till 6 pm and I believe thats why its so clean. The pool was big enough and sunbeds were available with comfy matresses.

Beach: the best beach at the entire island with a red sand, easily accesable, 3 min walk from the hotel. The beach has this clay thats good for skin.

Kefalonia island is a great place for a car hire - 100% recommend. We used a Mercury rental service nearby the hotel and we got almost a brand new Fiat Panda.

Overall, a perfect experience and I wish this for everyone to enjoy the same we had. Thank you, staff, you made our dream to come true.
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Date of stay: July 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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V.V. wrote a review Aug 2022
+1
5.0 of 5 bubbles
excellent food. even a vegetarian can eat. the service of picking from the table is excellent, I have never seen such attentive waiters anywhere.
manager still available.
warm pool, from 2.9m to 1.5m and wading pool. unfortunately, like everywhere occupied but empty sunbeds.
cleaning excellent. since morning! The cleaning lady always saw that we were going to breakfast and cleaned during that time.
snack by the pool, always watermelon, some sweets. around noon pizza, pita gyros and Greek salad.
drinking classic juices, water available to take with you. some drinks included, good wine and beer.
Greek night on Sunday. mini disco for children every evening. for Czech and Polish children, animators during the day.
But you can't walking on grass.
they make excellent cocktails in the main bar on the 1st floor, where not many people go. price approx. 7€.
sandy beach, excellent for sand building. I don't recommend going straight to the deckchairs (the entrance was stony) it's better to go left, go around the rock with the cave and beyond it is paradise, far away shallow - suitable for small children, calm, cicadas :), sand... on the right side there is a nicer view on the rocks, the sea maybe clearer, but only in the morning. in the afternoon, the clay is already melting and the sea is murky, warm.
great vacation! we recommend it, we were with a 6-year-old child and we were all excited.
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Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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Sarah R wrote a review Jun 2022
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Having recently come back from this hotel, I wouldn’t stay there again!

It looks nice when you first go in, but it went downhill when we went to our room.
There were only 3 wall sockets in the room, and one was hanging out of the wall, we had to chase up reception to get it fixed!

The pool area was really nice, however the steps into the pool were loose, I was scared that they were going to come out of there fitting when accessing the pool.

The food choices were awful, a very bizarre mixture of food provided and of poor quality. Thank god we found an excellent bar and restaurant up the road, with excellent customer service.
Getting onto the subject of customer service, we found all the cleaning staff and Simos and Otti on reception, to be really kind and courteous, however Senior members of staff and the awful Restaurant Manager need re-training in customer Service!

We aren’t usually people to complain, but there were so many issues with the Restaurant and problems with the room that we had to bring these up and report the problems on a daily basis, if was ridiculous.

We were also told when we booked that there would be evening entertainment.
There was none, other than a Greek night on the Sunday night.
This event wasn’t even advertised, and we only found out about this through word of mouth, otherwise we would have gone to the lovely bar/restaurant up the road!
All in all, I would love to come to Kefalonia again, but definitely not this place, which despite its name, is not s palace!
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Date of stay: June 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Dee asked a question Jun 2022
4 contributions
Doe air con cost extra please?
Answer from MM
8 contributions1 helpful vote
No.
Roy G asked a question Feb 2020
10 contributions1 helpful vote
Where is smoking allowed?
susannah w wrote a tip Apr 2023
Oxford, United Kingdom25 contributions7 helpful votes
4.0 of 5 bubbles
"Get to beach/pool early. Hire a car, explore the island. At Xi beach walk down a bit to the left as less stones when you walk in to swim. "
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Tina wrote a tip Oct 2022
Tallinn, Estonia18 contributions11 helpful votes
4.0 of 5 bubbles
"Garden view rooms get noise from the pool bar in the evenings"
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dartfordsteve wrote a tip Sep 2022
Dartford, United Kingdom67 contributions37 helpful votes
4.0 of 5 bubbles
"Some rooms have connecting door for families, as a couple you do not want one of these. No sound proofing between rooms."
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bollywoodIsleOfMan wrote a tip Sep 2022
isle of man5 contributions5 helpful votes
1.0 of 5 bubbles
"Choose the TUI APP or brochure very. With carefully!"
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Emma wrote a tip Aug 2022
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
"Rooms on upper level get more light and privacy."
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Frequently Asked Questions about Cephalonia Palace Hotel
Which popular attractions are close to Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Nearby attractions include Lixouri Cruises By Gloria (2.9 miles), Logos Grand View Cocktail/Pool Bar (3.8 miles), and Eden Bar (3.7 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, a pool, and an on-site restaurant.
What food & drink options are available at Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and a poolside bar during their stay.
Is parking available at Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Yes, free parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Conveniently located restaurants include Bar One, Captain Nicolas, and Vardiani Island Restaurant.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Yes, guests have access to a pool during their stay.
Does Cephalonia Palace Hotel have airport transportation?
Yes, Cephalonia Palace Hotel offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, French, Italian, and Greek.
Are there any historical sites close to Cephalonia Palace Hotel?
Many travelers enjoy visiting Memorial Acqui Division (5.9 miles) and Footsteps of Farsa (5.7 miles).
Does Cephalonia Palace Hotel have any great views?
Yes, guests often enjoy the ocean view available here.
Is Cephalonia Palace Hotel accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.
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