Name: Kinsterna Hotel
Address: Agios Stefanos, Monemvasia, Monemvasia, 23070, GR

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jun 2026

Christina

My stay at Kinsterna left me with mixed emotions.

The grounds are beautiful and well maintained. The pool area was beautiful and the breakfast was the highlight - an abundance of choice using fresh and local/their own produce - honey and marmalade were insanely good. Also, really liked that you could explore the grounds, their olive groves and vineyards and meet the lovely farm animals.

However, there are a few negatives that have affected our experience. We arrived late due to our late flight - the hotel were informed in advance. Understandably due to our late arrival and it being dark the staff just took us to our room and didn’t offer us a tour of the grounds or a welcome drink. So we went to the reception in the morning but the female receptionist wasn’t overly welcoming and didn’t offer us anything - no information or a guided tour. We even had to ask where the breakfast was served. I expect more welcoming and helpful receptionists at a 5 star hotel, so a very disappointing start to our stay.

Secondly we paid for an upgrade to one of the Byzantium rooms. Again this didn’t meet our expectations. I understand this is the historic part of the grounds but the room was very dark and very damp and the furniture felt very basic. There was even a dehumidifier on at all times and you you couldn’t use the cupboards as they smelt damp. Not an experience I was expecting of a 5star hotel.

It is a lovely hotel but I wouldn’t say it matches the experience of other 5 star hotels.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2026

Andreas

One of the best hotels I've ever stayed at. The hotel staff was super welcome and very attentive. The hotel is basically a farm that offer free experiences like bread-making and candle-making. We also booked a private beekeeper experience which was the highlight of our trip which was followed by honey tasting with the local beekeeper Mr Kostas who shared his knowledge and love for the bees. The breakfast was excellent and worth visiting as a standalone offering as well. Thank you so much!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2025

Samir

Charming boutique hotel—cozy, stylish, and well kept. The staff are genuinely courteous and attentive, offering helpful tips and warm service throughout. Food is excellent (breakfast is a standout), making the on-site dining worth staying in for. Convenient location too: about 15 minutes from the center of Monemvasia, so you’re close to the action but in a quieter spot. Overall, great value for a relaxed, quality stay.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2025

George

This property was a unique experience of being surrounded by a Traditional Greek Village within a resort. I truly enjoyed my stay, the surroundings and the food was excellent . All sourced from the land around the property very good accommodations with excellent service and the orientation and greeting was exceptional.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2025

Maria Markou

Everything was perfect

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2025

Stanley

This is an amazing hotel with splendid facilities, gardens, pools, activities and an elevated but a bit of a distant view of the sea. Very unique indeed, historical and a bit exotic even. You have to drive quite some time to get there but worth it. The staff are super friendly and helpful but sometimes the poolside service took more time. Great breakfast but we felt the dinner was a bit sub par compared to genuine Greek dishes we had at many small tabernas, but the hotels own taberna was great with excellent local music. We liked it a lot and even upgraded and extended our stay.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Gilad

Outstanding.

Kinsterna Hotel is an exceptional establishment that I discovered last year, and I was so impressed that I immediately made a reservation for this year. This luxurious hotel offers a remarkable fine dining experience; the breakfast is incredibly abundant, and their restaurants are truly outstanding. They even cultivate all their vegetables on-site, which adds a unique touch to every meal.
Each room boasts its own distinctive decor, and the views of the surrounding landscape are simply breathtaking. The staff is exceptionally friendly and attentive, ensuring that you feel welcome throughout your stay.
It’s no surprise that the hotel received two Michelin Keys this year. I cannot wait to return!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2025

Briana

The best part of our stay in Greece

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2025

benjamin

An amazing gem of a hotel in the most incredible part of Greece.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2024

Karen

This hotel is a wonderful retreat. It’s very relaxing with beautiful scenery. Close enough to go explore or just hang out and enjoy the atmosphere. The pools are beautiful, the gardens are wonderful. The landscaping is fabulous. We had dinner in the restaurant one night. It was amazing. But nothing compares to the breakfast each morning. I’ve never seen anything like it. The food was absolutely scrumptious. This is a wonderful hotel that I would definitely stay in again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2024

Amanda

Beautiful retreat

The hotel was lovely. A good alternative to staying in monemvasia. Beautiful grounds and views. Fabulous rooms but no power plugs near mirrors. Great food and had a wonderful private dining experience for my husbands birthday wonderfully organised by George in experiences

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2024

Verified traveler

Amazing

The location, the quality-preserved building, the gardens, the restaurant with the meticulous service and the unique and delicious food, everything is really perfect

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2024

frank

A beautiful, peaceful, tastefully done property

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2024

Evanthia

Amazing experience!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2024

Maria

Absolutely stunning! Loved every minute of this property .

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2024

Chris

The setting and the amenities were fantastic. This was the best resort accommodation I have stayed at.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Jun 2024

Trevor

Staff were ill equipped , poor communcation skills and customer service. They clearlydid not speak good english so lots of requests were lost in translation, even the receptionist appeared not to understand what we were saying. Nice location but would not rate this as being a 6 star resort

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2024

Gregg

Beautiful property with excellent food.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2024

colin

This is an exquisite high quality hotel with excellent rooms and friendly staff. Facilities and activities amazing. We had a wonderfully relaxing time enjoying the swimming pool, wonderful views and first class dining.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2023

Mostafa

Exceptional hotel but front desk and check in experience need improvement.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2023

Verified traveler

Beautiful property but too many young children

Beautiful property and grounds, super friendly and helpful staff, and amazing food at all restaurants. However, for us this place was too family friendly. So many young children screaming and crying everywhere. We didn’t have a single meal from breakfast to dinner where children weren’t yelling and running around.

Even the adult pool had children at it and staff didn’t enforce anything. If you’re a family with young children this place is perfect for you! But if you’re a couple or adult friend group, this place likely won’t be the relaxing place you likely have in mind.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2023

Talia

A beautiful unique boutique hotel in an historic venue and a great service.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2023

Anthony

The hotel is unique property set in a stunning location on the hillside, a little tricky to find, but it is a real oasis of calm and quality in a rural setting.

There is a very relaxed vibe and it will be hard to single out anything but needed improving.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2023

Paul

Beautiful hotel a few km outside Monemvassia. Lovely pool area. High quality rooms - really well appointed.
Excellent breakfast.
Note however that the hotel is a 5-10 minute drive from the nearest town - the last km up a narrow lane. Prices of food and drink on site are significantly higher than the local norm

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2023

Janeth

The staff, the location, the food - everything was wonderful. We didn’t want to leave! There’s no easy way to get to town if you don’t have a car so we just stayed on the property for our 2 day stay, which was just fine with us. We took a tour of the gardens/mansion and laid by the pool. We enjoyed their complementary breakfast both days and dined at Mouries. The other restaurants/tavernas were not open yet this early in the season. Be sure to check/book their activities we wanted to do the wine tasting but this had to be booked with 48 hrs notice.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2023

Richard

This is an amazing resort hotel which is a castle. Our room was pretty incredible with a sitting room and bedroom. Everyone who works there is really nice and there are many things to do including activities (for adults and kids), swimming pool, walking around, etc.
And the food is really excellent and I would eat there versus in town.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2022

doron

A special place with a special and unusual atmosphere
A little more generosity from the staff would have been helpful
Little things like being unclear about the cost of crackers and wine that were on the table are not appropriate for a hotel of this level

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2022

Janine

Kinsterna Hotel was the most beautiful property we stayed at during our trip to Greece. They have amazing amenities and wonderful pools, a fantastic breakfast and a helpful staff, and a great on site dinner. I suggest you call ahead to get directions up the mountain as Google maps may take you to a dirt road nearby fields, and you will need to turn around .

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2022

antoine

The property is unique the staff is kind helpful and very professional. The stay was outstanding.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Kinsterna is a flawlessly planned and built five star hotel, rich is high quality details. Materials and craftsmanship are superb, beautiful woods, pool, guest areas.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2021

eitan

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Yanis

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2021

Verified traveler

Unique and characterful place.
Room was a bit small but ok.
Slight problem was the music playing from the restaurant at night and in the mornings which was audible from our room (despite the restaurant being closed while we were there...)

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2020

John

Top Hotel in Europe

Amazing place to stay in Greece. Fantastic service and wonderful property. I will be coming back ASAP! The views, gardens, rooms, are all thoughtfully designed and executed perfectly. A fantastic hotel!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2020

Verified traveler

Beautiful hotel with excellent service.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Oct 2020

Shimon

ice but not comfortable

It is far away. Long walking in the hotel. Rooms small!!!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2020

Hugo

We had the best stay at Kinsterna - the staff were welcoming and accommodating and everything was perfect. I’ve been back to Kinsterna five times now and I’ve never had a bad experience.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2020

Alison

Not for me...

Not for me, I’m afraid. Large, sprawling hotel with very little signage. Spent an awful lot of time walking and lost. Had breakfast in a Conference Centre. Can that sentence ever evoke a sense of glamour??? Very impersonal. Had paid in advance but they still presented me with the room bill. No apology.

Good points? The rooms are beautiful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2020

Verified traveler

Relax and unwind

Excellent hotel close to Monemvasia. Perfect for a relaxing getaway. Everything is organized so that you feel completely private. Breakfast is excellent. I also highly recommend the fine dining menu. You will never want to leave! We look forward to returning soon.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2020

Georgia

Everything was perfect! The hotel was clean and beutiful. The stuff was very friendly and warm. I will visit this wonderful place again!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice hotel and very nice spa room was great amenities were great breakfast was amazing

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Unique property: beautiful building, furniture and vegetation. Breakfast was delicious and staff very professional.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Unique setting. Hidden but sprawling, luxurious, refined. Excellent food, friendly, helpful staff.
The only negative (and a significant one), is the woefully inadequate Wi-Fi, not only in the guest room, but throughout the majority of the property. Downloading anything is an impossibility so do so before you get there.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2019

Hend

Special occasion trip for a birthday celebration

We had the most amazing time staying at the Kinsterna. It really is truly a special place to stay for a real break, a chance to disconnect in a classy countryside retreat. We enjoyed the spa and yoga sessions and the freshly home grown organic produce the olive oils and honey is outstanding delicious.
The building has been meticulously restored and renovated. Views for miles and close to explore the unbelievable charm of Monemvasia. Cannot recommend the Kinsterna enough and will most certainly be back !

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2019

JJ

Lovely peaceful hotel (in April), beautiful gardens

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2018

Thomas

Exceptional experience

Beautiful hotel and grounds with knowledgeable and dedicated staff. Room, views, dining, service.. all beyond first class. You only live once, so do it here.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2018

Michael

Everything about it was great, we can't wait to go back next summer.

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2018

Pauley

Very nice people and a warm welcome. They didn't have the Expedia reservation at the time we arrived so it took a little while to get our room ready. I would suggest other travelers to try and make sure the hotel checks their Expedia account after booking so any wait is minimized.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Perfect

Amazing in every way.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2017

Philip

Beautiful estate in hills above Monemvasia

Kinsterna is a beautiful estate. The restoration and development of the buildings has been done very tastefully. Both restaurants are very good, and the home-produced food and wine were of high quality. Excellent staff completed the positive experience.

It's worth noting that the hotel is a long way from the road and a good 15 minute drive from Monemvasia, so you can't expect to be able to take an evening stroll to local bars.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2017

Briana

Oasis in Monemvasia

We spent 2 nights at the Kinsterna Hotel. It was lovely and would have loved to stay longer.

Partner