We had an amazing stay at Golden Coast Bungalows Athens and would definitely come back again! The food was one of the highlights for us. There was such a great variety, and everything we tried was really tasty. The pizza in particular was absolutely delicious! 🍕 There was plenty of choice, so it never felt repetitive. There’s also loads to do around the resort, from water sports and bike riding to hiring a car. We found the car rental to be a really good price, which made it easy to get out and explore the local area. The resort itself is beautifully landscaped, with lots of gorgeous planting, lovely decor and plenty of pools to choose from. It feels really well looked after and there are lots of different areas to relax and enjoy. Our room was always made up beautifully by the maids, and all of the staff we came across were so friendly and helpful. 🌞 Top tip: Bring plenty of sunscreen with you! The shop on site is quite expensive, and there isn’t really anywhere within walking distance to buy it, so stock up before you arrive. Overall, we absolutely loved our stay. Beautiful resort, fantastic food, lovely staff and plenty to keep everyone entertained. We’d definitely return! ❤️🇬🇷

The resort is about 50 minutes from the main Athens airport, easily reachable with an Uber. Upon arrival we were handed lots of information regarding the resort’s entertainment for international guests (I will go into this further into my review), a map of the resort, all amenities (sport hire), timings for food/bars, and excursions offered by the resort (including a trip to Marathon, Athens, a local waterpark, Delphi and Meteora, though we decided to do these ourselves as we only wanted to see the run museum in marathon so took an Uber and wanted to visit Athens in our own time so hired a car on site through a third party) and were then taken to our room via buggy and helped with luggage. The room itself was ok, the children were on sofa beds in the living/dining area whilst we were in a separate bedroom. The kitchen area had no cutlery or dishes, but it’s not really needed at an all inclusive, so that didn’t bother us. The view from the balcony wasn’t great, we were facing the tennis courts, but again, we weren’t there for the view. Bathroom was fine, though we had a bit of an issue with the toilet tank not filling without a bit of help, but easily solved. The pools were great, well maintained and good for all ages. Three pools in total, one main pool near the main restaurant and bar in which families played either balls, floaties, etc., a slightly smaller one near the beach annd second restaurant that had its own bar and a calmer one, not far from the main pool. Plenty of sunbeds available but people started queueing for them at around 9:10, pools opened at 9:30. The beach was lovely, but had to get there early in order to get a sunbed, I went at 7:30 to see sun go up and lots of beds were already taken. Two restaurants, main one (Olympia) offered breakfast, lunch and dinner, second one (thalassos) only lunch and dinner. Olympia had a bigger choice and all foods served were great, with local cuisine, international and ‘children’s’ food for all three meals. Second restaurant was arguably the ‘prettier’ out of the two, with tables outside with a sea view, but had less to offer, though still very good. The bars offered packets of peanuts from the bar staff and fresh snacks that varied (zucchini fritters, cheese pies, sandwiches, croissants, spring rolls, just to name a few) as a self serve option. The all inclusive menu offered a range of about 8 different cocktails (you could request for these to be alcohol free), ouzo, tsipouro, brandy, whiskey, and soft drinks. My favourite cocktails were the ouzo sunrise and golden coast 😅. The resort offered several different activities for which you could hire equipment for, such as tennis and mini golf, and you could pay for the likes of jet skiing, snorkelling trips, banana boats, etc and spa treatments. We did none of these as we had already done these when on one of Greeks islands, but the offers looked good and at a reasonable price. There is a shop on site with essentials, just as female hygiene products, toiletries, and so on, pool accessories, clothes, snacks, vapes/cigarettes and souvenirs. My main reason for this review: One of my main concerns was that previous reviews mentioned that the resort catered mainly to French visitors and the animation was only for French guests.. having two children (aged 12 and 17) I was hoping they would find some of the evening entertainment interesting and fun, so was quite apprehensive. Not sure if this is new, but whilst the French guests had their ‘club Marmara’ and their own entertainment programme as part of Tui France, and admittedly they were NOT open to inviting anyone to join in (one time my youngest and I asked to join in their aqua fitness and they were obviously not pleased with this), there was also Paphos Greece, who were outstanding! Paphos had a totally different programme to the French team during the day, including sports events (basketball, aqua fitness, aqua dancing), pool games, ‘beer pong’ (with water not beer), and in the evening, including Greek night, live music, you are the dj evenings, and a Latin music night. The team, Wiktoria, Javier, Jean Marco and Hanna, were amazingly entertaining and happy to get everyone involved!! Our children had a great time joining in with pool games and all the evening entertainment, as did we!! So yes, while it may seem at first glance that French guests were prioritised, this wasn’t actually the case, the international team were great!