The staff at Nissia are outstanding. - universally helpful, friendly, and courteous. The setting couldn't be better, directly on the water in the Kounoupitsa side of town (quieter side), an easy walk to the new harbor with restaurants, cafes,and shopping. Within 3 minutes walk of the hotel there is a bike/quad bike rental, a bakery, an ice cream/sweet shop, a water taxi stop and a restaurant/bar, all on the seaside. The walk to Kaiki beach is about 15 minutes, or you can easily take a carriage or mototaxi. The Nissia is about a 10 minute walk from the Athens ferry, or if you are coming from the Kosta dock in Porto Heli you can ask the water taxi to drop you at Kounoupitsa, which is a two minute walk. The hotel has an excellent, deep pool and a poolside bar that serves food all day from the kitchen. The included breakfast is excellent, overlooking the sea from the front of the hotel. The rooms of the maisonette had high quality air conditioners that worked well, and the bathrooms were good. The island of Spetses has everything you want from a holiday - activities, tranquility, outrageous food, shopping, people watching, and loads of beautiful people. COVID testing: There is a clinic in the main commercial part of town that does same day PCR testing for around 100 euros or so. This is helpful for departing via Athens, will save you having to spend a day in Athens.

The provisions in the kitchen of the maisonette were a bit sparse, so we didn't use it much. Not a big deal as breakfast is at the hotel, and lunch and dinner were at beach and in town.

Breakfast is lacking variety. Breakfast buffet distribution is extremely slow since only one member of staff is designated to serve all hotel guests.

Very spacious rooms

You have to cross a dangerous street to reach the rooms in the back.

Breakfast and location is excellent, friendly staff, good value.

Noisy pool area.