Argostoli Essence Suites
A year-round pool and spa in family-sized apartments
About this hotel
Argostoli Essence Suites runs its outdoor swimming pool year-round rather than seasonally, a detail that sets it apart from many comparable aparthotels in town, alongside genuine spa facilities and a lush garden. Family apartments come with sea or city views depending on the unit, each with air-conditioning, a private bathroom, and a balcony, and the continental breakfast covers gluten-free needs with warm dishes, pancakes, cheese, and fruit. Being eight kilometres from Kefalonia Airport and a nineteen-minute walk from Kalamia Beach, this suits a stay planned more around the pool and spa than around walking to the sand each day, with the Korgialenio Museum a closer three hundred metres away, an easy stop on the days when the beach walk feels like too much in the summer heat.
- Year-round pool
- Spa facilities
- Sea or city-view apartments
- Gluten-free breakfast
Our take
Argostoli Essence Suites scores 9.6 from about 263 reviews, an exceptional score on a good sample. Its strengths are family apartments with sea or city views and balconies, a year-round outdoor pool, spa facilities and air-conditioning. Kalamia Beach is a nineteen-minute walk and the airport eight kilometres away. I would recommend it to families and couples who want a pool-based stay in Argostoli, including in spring or autumn. Guests who want the beach at the door should look closer to the shore.
- ✓Use the year-round pool as the main swimming option outside peak summer months
- ✓Ask about the spa facilities specifically, since access details vary by season
- ✓Walk to the Korgialenio Museum, a short three hundred metres, rather than the longer walk to Kalamia Beach
Why we love it
- A year-round outdoor pool, unusual among Argostoli's seasonal alternatives
- Genuine spa facilities alongside the pool and garden
- Sea or city-view balconies in every family apartment
- A gluten-free continental breakfast with fresh options
Why guests love itArgostoli Essence Suites offers family apartments in Argostoli with sea or city views, balconies and air-conditioning. The outdoor pool is open all year, a real plus for children outside the summer months, and spa facilities give parents a quiet hour. Kalamia Beach is about a nineteen-minute walk away, so a car or a longer stroll is needed for beach days. Kefalonia Airport is eight kilometres out. I would book it for families who want a pool they can count on in any season.