The tasteful furnishing and decoration of the hotel and the always friendly and attentive staff create an cozy and calm athmosphere that helps to get away from everyday life. The breakfast (a big plus: being served, no buffet) and the high-level gourmet menues in the evening made our stay perfect.

The place is majestic, the building and location are magnificent and the quality of the restoration is superb.

The business is run poorly. Is is supposed to be a hamam / spa resort, however the facilities were simply not available because they were relying on a single person to run it and sadly that person had an emergency. Extremely slow service and total lack of empathy.

A historical oasis in the prime location of the historical center of Kavala, quiet and relaxing. Like a time machine journey 2 centuries back and away from the busy, noisy, 21st century outside world, bursting with cars, tavernas, coffee bars, souvenir shops, an hungry sightseeing crowds. Inside you forget that you are part of the outside. The Imaret suit (the top accommodation type) provides enough space, marvelous internal architecture and spacious private terrace with the best views to the sea, and Kavala port and town. If the outside noise from the ferries and trucks bothers, you step back inside behind the 1.5 meters walls, you draw curtains, light the many candles and/or lights and relax in silence or listen to a Callas disc on an 90s casette/disk player . Should you feel need for a walk you can stroll the enormous internal space and explore the niches, fountains, gardens, pool and admire the architecture in the company of many cats who feel and behave like masters of the place. The whole property is magnificent. Staff is polite.

The price is exorbitant for what you get. The property is a cultural heritage and needs maintenance by the owner (I guess the Egyptian state) and the manager, which IMO is not enough. Some of the furnitures looked not antique but old and not maintained with proper care. The included breakfast is not up to the standard defined by the price for your stay. For this price the half a bottle Champagne in the mini bar should be a compliment drink and not 75 above. Instead you pay extra 5 and 7 even for mineral water bottles (by the way there was no price list in the room). There is no coffee machine with capsules, which is a standard in most of the hotels (we always bring our own but left it in the car). No parking nearby. They offer a valet service for 80 and take the car somewhere (we skipped it). The many cats who live on site behave like masters and IMO their company in the dining place is inappropriate. All fauteuils are dressed in white and their lower backside is yellowed by the male cats marking habits. Smoking is forbidden in the outside dining area but they allow cats and keep a cage with shouting parrots. The pots on shelves next the well served dining tables are ugly with gardenias full of lice. The 5 course menu of the dinner upon their choice is pricey, meager, and not to everyone taste. Wine is extremely overpriced.