Hotel Contessina
Contessina Hotel
Contessina Hotel is a family-friendly hotel close to the popular tourist resort of Tsilivi on the north east coast of the Greek island of Zante. From the hotel, you can take a short stroll to the town's beach, where the shallow shoreline stretches out into the Ionian Sea. This makes the beach, which has a Blue Flag, a safer option for children. When you're not enjoying the sand, you can relax on the hotel's sun terrace where you'll have views of the resort's tropical garden of palm and native pine trees. After an afternoon of lounging in the Greek sunshine, you can also take a dip in the pool. There's a main pool, and another shallower one for kids. The hotel has a light and airy feel with bright, fresh colours and printed textiles. Statement lighting, elegant furnishings and a bold marble desk give the lobby a sophisticated touch. Outside, the hotel is painted in a traditional Greek style with white shutters on the windows. Beside the terrace you can take a break from the sun at the hotel's bar, which has a contemporary style with glass walls and views across the pool to the garden. The hotel also has a breakfast room.
Contessina is a 200m stroll from the heart of Tsilivi and Tsilivi Beach. Surrounded by olive groves and vineyards, this popular holiday resort still has a traditional Greek feel with family-run tavernas as well as modern restaurants, bars and nightlife. This makes it a favourite on the island for evening entertainment. The island's capital, Zante Town, is a short drive from the hotel. Its streets are lined with Venetian-style buildings, which house shops, bars and restaurants. They lead down to a port from which you can take boat trips around the island. You can also visit the medieval square of St Mark and Solomos Museum.
Contessina offers a buffet breakfast in the hotel's breakfast room. Each morning you can choose from a selection of hot and cold dishes from early morning until noon. Throughout the day you can also order drinks and light bites from the hotel's poolside snack bar.
From Contessina, you can explore the rest of the island either by car, using local transport or by arranging a boat trip from Tsilivi.
The hotel has one irregular shaped adult, freshwater pool and one childrens pool.
Rooms at Contessina have a bright dÈcor with plain walls, tiled flooring and patterned fabrics. Each room also has a balcony or terrace.

Hotel Facilities

General

  • Number of bars/lounges: 2
  • Number of poolside bars: 2
  • Number of restaurants: 2

Internet

  • Free WiFi

Food & Drink

  • Free breakfast
  • Number of coffee shops/cafes: 2
  • Coffee/tea in common areas
  • Television in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Pools and wellness

  • Pool umbrellas
  • Number of outdoor pools: 3
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Health club
  • Outdoor seasonal pool
  • Children's pool
  • Steam room
  • Beach sun loungers
  • Pool sun loungers

Front-desk/reception area services

  • Tours/ticket assistance
  • Luggage storage
  • Express check-out
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Concierge services

Shared spaces

  • Garden
  • Library

Entertainment and family services

  • Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
  • Children's club (free)
  • Children's club

Cleaning services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Free self parking

Other facilities

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Lift

Location

Tsilivi, Ionian Islands, Greece

Address: Tsilivi, Tsilivi, Greece

Reviews

4.8/ 5ExceptionalAverage review rating
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5.0/ 5

“A fantastic surprise upgrade”

We chose to stay at this hotel whilst attending a family wedding in Zakynthos in August this year. On arrival at the hotel we were instantly impressed and that impression was about to get better when we arrived at our room to find that we had been upgraded to a room that had direct access to a pool. The main pools in August were extremely busy and despite the requests from the hotel there were many selfish guests that were putting towels on sunbeds before going to breakfast and preventing other guests from enjoying the pool. The private pool that we shared with 4 other rooms really made our stay as we observed many guests reserving the sunbeds and also blowing smoke and vape into their neighbouring guests faces without any thought whatsoever. The hotels app allowed us to order food and drinks directly to our pool and it would be very fitting to recognise Ioanna for being so friendly and helpful. Breakfast each day was always of a high standard with plenty of options. I enjoyed several omelettes at breakfast during my stay and would thoroughly recommend them. The hotel is ideally located and provides many options for dinner and drinks each evening. We used the hotel gym once during our stay but it is very small with either little or no air con and therefore we did not try it again. The only negatives of our stay was that my wife stood on a not so small piece of glass that was on the steps to the pool, thankfully it did not cut her foot and we did not locate any other pieces. The hotel also has many low hanging plants that attracts lots of wasps, who as always love to disturb guests peace. Some of those plants are hanging so low that they definitely need trimming. I really enjoyed my time at this hotel and we were able to have a late check out for a fee of €180. The hotel has many fantastic features worthy of making it a high class 5 star establishment but it really must do something to prevent guests from reserving beds. I’ve stayed at hotels that prevent this by allocating guests their beds on arrival and this hotel would benefit from that. Also in 2026 guests should not have to suffer from other guests choosing to chain smoke and vape. Designated smoking areas should be supplied and poolside smoking / vaping banned. If you’re looking for a hotel in Zakynthos then I would suggest that you look no further than the Contessina.

  • Stayed in Aug 2026
Sarah82118Oct 2026
5.0/ 5

“Wonderful hotel”

What a lovely hotel with exceptional staff. The rooms are very comfortable and clean. The breakfast was fabulous, always being greeted with a big smile from Anastasia. One of our holiday highlights was a day trip with Steve the hotel driver. He certainly looked after us and shared lots of recommendations for the local area. We would definitely stay here again 10/10

  • Stayed in Sept 2026
Joanna LOct 2026
5.0/ 5

“Relaxing break”

Excellent hotel. Very clean. Quiet as end of season but that was fine for us. Food was great and plenty of it. Staff are amazing big shout out to Erlinda and Anxstxsix. Very close to beach, reatuartants and shops. Highly recommend and we will definitely come back.

  • Stayed in Oct 2026
Karen BOct 2026
4.0/ 5

“Modern hotel, with friendly staff and many activities on offer.”

This is our 3rd time visiting Zante and we wouldnt think to stay anywhere else. Situated close to the beach, restaurants and shops the Contessina is a beautiful hotel, with friendly and helpful staff. After an initial query regarding our room, staff were quick to resolve this. As with everything we noticed a slight increase with cost of drinks. An enjoyable visit to the on-site spa with a massage was a lovely touch to the holiday - staff also come round the pools every day offering a 2 minute taster. With added activities including cinema nights, yoga and Pilates the hotel has lots to offer. Since our last stay an extra block/ pool has been added on which has increased how busy the hotel was. It was also noted how cold the pool was, despite the warm weather, so sadly didn’t spend as much time swimming as wouldve liked. Our 10 nights at the Contessina was just the right amount of time to switch off and enjoy the joys that Zante offers. We hope to return for our 4th stay.

  • Stayed in Oct 2026
5.0/ 5

“Wonderful”

Thanks to the breakfast and dinner crews! Lovely service… cheers 🥂 we will be back !

  • Stayed in Oct 2026
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