Atlantica Eleon Grand Resort
Atlantica Eleon Grand Resort is an all-inclusive, officially five-star beach resort at Tragaki on the calm north-east coast of Zakynthos, one of Greece’s Ionian islands. It sits in a 41,000 m² olive grove right behind a Blue Flag sand-pebble beach, and families come for the free Aqualand water-play area and its four slides, the beachfront setting and one room type with its own plunge pool.
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Is it worth it?
The quick read before the detail: who it suits, what the all-inclusive covers and the facts to weigh first.
Atlantica Eleon Grand Resort is a large, spread-out all-inclusive on the beach at Tragaki, on the quiet north-east coast of Zakynthos. The board covers your meals and drinks to midnight, with one free sitting at each of the two à la carte restaurants across the stay. The clear family draw is Aqualand, a free water-play area with four slides, alongside the Blue Flag beach a minute from the rooms. It suits a walking toddler or older child who can join the four-to-twelve club better than a family with a baby, because there’s no crèche or baby club for under-fours, and none of the room types has a separate bedroom to settle a child in. It’s officially five-star, and a recurring minority of guests question whether the day-to-day condition always matches that grade, so read it as a strong, well-liked resort with a consistency caveat rather than a flawless one.
Best for
You want a beachfront all-inclusive with a free four-slide water park, a walking toddler or older child who can join the four-to-twelve club and the option of a room with its own plunge pool.
Maybe not for
You need supervised care for a baby, or a room with a separate bedroom to settle a child in, or you want to get around quickly on flat ground; the site is large and spread out.
Best ages
Four and up get the most, from the children’s club to the waterslides. There’s a baby pool and a playground for younger ones, but nothing supervised below four.
What stands out
The free Aqualand water-play area, the Blue Flag beach a minute from the rooms and staff that guests single out.
What to check
Whether the hotel can provide a cot, and asking for a garden-side room away from the evening entertainment if you’ve an early-sleeping baby.
Where is it?
Tragaki, on the calm north-east coast of Zakynthos in the Ionian islands, about 20 to 25 minutes from Zakynthos airport.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where it sits, how the site is laid out and what that means for getting around.
The resort sits at Tragaki, on the north-east coast of Zakynthos in Greece’s Ionian islands. This is the calm side of the island: it faces east across Tragaki Bay, out of the way of the meltemi wind that stirs up the Aegean, so the sea here runs warmer and flatter than on the islands further east. The older hillside village of Tragaki, with its own tavernas and church, sits a little way inland, and the resort has its stretch of beachfront alongside a few neighbours.
It spreads across a 41,000 m² estate of mature olive trees and bougainvillaea, in a main building and a scatter of lower blocks. It’s a large, self-contained site, and some rooms are a genuine walk from reception, the restaurants and the beach. Reception keeps a golf buggy, an electric cart, that staff will call to carry luggage or guests out to the further rooms. It’s a shared service you ask for rather than a cart of your own, and it’s a different thing from the pushchair a UK family means by “buggy”.
The resort is officially classified five-star by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the Greek state body that grades and licenses hotels, and it’s sold as five-star across the trade. The grounds hold Green Key and Travelife Gold sustainability awards. Tsilivi, the island’s main family town, is just over a mile (2 km) away, about a five-minute drive, and Zakynthos Town is 6 miles (9 km) down the coast. For more on the island, its beaches and when to go, see our Zante guide.
Every restaurant and bar
All three restaurants, the snack point, the bars and how the two included à la carte dinners work.
Everything is on an all-inclusive basis, with package drinks served until midnight. Meals run across three restaurants and a poolside snack point, and there are three bars around the site.
Eleon Main Restaurant is the all-inclusive buffet, with indoor tables and an Al Fresco Terrace looking out to sea, plus a show-cooking station. Breakfast is described as Greek-certified and built around local produce, and dinner changes theme each night. There are gluten-free, lactose-free, vegetarian and vegan options at the buffet. It’s the easiest room for a family, with no reservation and no fixed sitting, and high chairs are on hand. There’s no separate children’s menu; families report the options for younger children run to things like nuggets and chips or fish fingers and chips rather than a menu of their own.
La Tavola Seaview is the à la carte Italian, set by the pool a few steps from the beach, with a seafood-forward menu. It serves dinner only, the dress is smart casual and you need to book a table. Neromylos Seaside is the à la carte Greek and Mediterranean restaurant, set among the olive trees, also dinner only, smart casual and by reservation. The Snack Corner is a takeaway point by the pool for a hot or cold bite through the day.
Reported meal times run breakfast from 07:00 to 10:00 at the main restaurant, with a later breakfast for slow starts at the Aqua Pool Bar from 10:30 to 12:30, lunch from 12:30 to 14:30 and dinner from 19:00 to 21:30. Times can shift across the season, so check the board when you arrive. Food is one of the most praised parts of a stay here, the buffet range and the two included à la carte dinners especially, though a minority find the buffet repetitive over a week and the hot dishes warm rather than hot.
The three bars
The Aqua Pool Bar serves hot and cold drinks by the main pool, typically from around 10:00 to 18:00. The Panorama Cocktail Bar is an al fresco terrace with sea views for cocktails and coffee, open from 10:00 through to midnight, with a coffee-and-cake service mid-afternoon. The Olivia Bar sits under the olive trees by the open-air theatre and pours drinks, with or without alcohol, through the evening entertainment, typically from about 20:00 to 23:00, weather permitting. Package drinks are included until midnight; bar hours can shift across the season, so check current times at the resort.
How the à la carte dinners work
All-inclusive guests get one free sitting at each of the two à la carte restaurants across the whole stay, so that’s one dinner at La Tavola Seaview and one at Neromylos Seaside over the trip, not one a week. Each needs a reservation, so decide early which night suits for each. Dining at either restaurant again is charged as an extra.
Rooms and suites
Every room type with its official size, the four pools, the free Aqualand slides and the beach below.
Where you’ll sleep
There are seven room categories, each with an official size. The table is the full line-up; the guidance after it is which suit a family with a baby or toddler.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Room Sea View | 26 m² | 3 | Sea |
| Twin/Double Room Garden View | 29 m² | 3 | Garden |
| Superior Double Room Garden View | 29 m² | 4 | Garden |
| Family Room Garden View | 36 m² | 4 | Garden |
| Family Room with Private Pool, Garden View | 36 m² | 4 | Garden |
| Junior Suite Side Sea View | 36 m² | 4 | Side sea |
| One Bedroom Suite Sea View | 54 m² | 4 | Sea |
The four smaller categories all have a balcony or terrace and sleep three or four in one room. The Double Room Sea View, at 26 m², sleeps three on a king-size bed or a sofa bed, facing the sea. The Twin/Double Room Garden View, at 29 m², also sleeps three, with a choice of a king-size bed or twin beds plus a sofa bed, over the garden. The Superior Double Room Garden View shares that 29 m² footprint but sleeps one more, four, on a king-size bed plus a sofa bed. The Junior Suite Side Sea View steps up to 36 m² with a side-sea view, a king-size bed plus two sofa beds for four and a furnished terrace.
Most families will be choosing between the two Family Rooms and the suites. The Family Room Garden View, at 36 m², sleeps four on a king bed plus two singles, in one open-plan space rather than a separate bedroom. The Family Room with Private Pool shares that 36 m² footprint and layout and adds a private plunge pool on its terrace. None of the seven types is a two-bedroom or interconnecting room, so there’s nowhere here to settle a baby or an early-to-bed toddler behind its own door. The One Bedroom Suite Sea View is the largest and most private layout, at 54 m² with a king-size bed, two sofa beds and a separate dining area, which gives the most room to move around a cot, though it’s still one room.
The private-pool rooms sit in a hedge-divided row that’s open at one end onto a shared garden, so the pool has some sightline to the neighbours rather than being fully private, and it’s about a five-minute walk from reception near the evening entertainment. Families are split on whether it’s worth the extra: some found the pool ideal for keeping a toddler happy outside pool hours, while others felt the modest privacy and the noise didn’t justify it. There are around 200 rooms across the seven categories. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is 11:00.
Pools and water features
There are four swimming pools on the site: a dedicated baby pool, two larger outdoor pools and an indoor pool by the spa. There’s also an adults-only outdoor jacuzzi alongside them. The indoor pool carries an extra charge, so it isn’t part of the free pool offer. There are no swim-up rooms and no separate splash pad.
The family draw is Aqualand, a free-to-use water-play area with four waterslides, its own pool and a sun deck. The landing pool at the foot of the slides is on the deeper side for a child who can’t yet swim, so it’s worth staying at the water’s edge even though a lifeguard is on duty, and guests single that lifeguard out as a highlight. The slides take one rider at a time, apart from the yellow curly slide. Ramps give step-free access to the swimming pools and the children’s area, though the waterslides themselves are reached by steps.
The beach
The beach is a golden sand-pebble strip directly in front of the resort, about a minute’s walk from the grounds. It’s a public Blue Flag beach the hotel sits on rather than a private stretch, which is the norm in Greece. The shore is pebbly and a little rocky at the water’s edge and turns sandier further out, so most reviewers pack beach shoes, and it suits an older toddler or child paddling better than a baby sitting on the shoreline. Free sunbeds line the beach and pools, with shade from the olive grove by the beach steps. There are no watersports at the resort itself; jet ski, parasailing and banana-boat rides are a short drive away at Planos Beach.
Babies and toddlers
What’s there for the youngest, everything that fills a family day and getting around the site with a pushchair.
Babies and toddlers
The single most important fact for a family with a baby or toddler is that there’s no crèche or baby club for under-fours here. The structured children’s activities and the mini disco are for four-to-twelve-year-olds, so the resort suits a walking toddler or pre-schooler who can join in better than a baby who needs supervised care. The only option below four is babysitting, on request and for an extra charge.
A detailed guest review put the club’s sessions at roughly 10:30 to 12:30 and 15:30 to 16:30, with a kids’ disco around 20:30 to 21:00, but that isn’t an official timetable, so check the current times at check-in. There’s a children’s playground on site, and the baby pool for the youngest.
High chairs are provided at the restaurant. Cots aren’t listed on any of the resort’s own pages, though a couple of booking platforms show them as free, so if you need one, confirm it directly with the hotel before you book and take blackout aids as a backup. Some booking sites also list a pushchair hire service, though it isn’t on the official pages, so don’t count on it. A baby-change table is fitted in the adapted toilet off the reception lobby, set a little low, and there’s no other baby-change confirmed around the site.
Rooms near the pool and show area, including some of the private-pool rooms, sit close to the evening animation, so a family with an early-sleeping baby should ask for a quiet garden-side room when booking.
On the resortThings to do
Beyond the pools and beach, the resort has archery, mini football, a tennis court, table tennis and a fully equipped gym, plus aqua aerobics. A tour-operator listing adds aerobics lessons, water polo, darts and basketball. Daytime activities run through the day, and there’s evening entertainment at the open-air theatre, reported as a different show seven nights a week, along with the children’s mini disco. On-site shops cover an ATM, a mini market, a souvenir shop, a jewellery shop and a clothing shop, and there’s a post office.
Treatments and saunaThe Estelle Spa
The Estelle Spa has treatment rooms, a fitness centre and a sauna, and its signature treatment is the Ancient Olympia Detox Treatment. There’s no published menu or price list, so ask at the resort. The spa’s indoor pool and jacuzzi carry an extra charge.
Around the siteGetting around and accessibility
The resort has an unusually detailed independent access audit, carried out by AccessAble for TUI. Ramps handle the level changes across the grounds, and there are lifts in the main building serving all three of its floors, lower ground, ground and first, with a lift cabin measuring 108 cm by 187 cm and an 85 cm door opening. Step-free routes reach the beach, the shop, the children’s area and the swimming pools, with the waterslides the exception, reached only by steps. Eight rooms are adapted for disabled guests, and adjoining rooms aren’t available. Free Wi-Fi runs throughout the resort.
The same ramped, spread-out layout that suits a wheelchair suits a pushchair too, so the pools, beach and children’s area are reachable step-free. The catch is the distance: from the furthest rooms it’s a long push to the restaurants and the beach, which is where the golf-buggy service helps. Mobility scooters can be brought and used, and charged at reception, though the resort doesn’t hire mobility equipment itself. There’s no Sunflower Lanyard scheme, no dedicated quiet space and no medication fridge. One point worth flagging: the access audit reports that assistance dogs aren’t allowed, which is unusual for an EU resort and isn’t an official hotel statement, so confirm it directly with the hotel if you need one.
Off the parkThe area and days out
Tsilivi, just over a mile (2 km) away and about a five-minute drive, is the island’s main family town, with a long sandy beach, a fuller run of shops, tavernas and bars, family nightlife and a standalone water park, so it’s an easy change of scene for a day. The nearest tavernas, cafés, gift shops and a mini-market are about 500 to 600 metres away, a short walk from the resort.
Zakynthos Town, 6 miles (9 km) along the coast, has the Church of Saint Dionysios, the Museum of Solomos, the Helmis Natural History Museum and a harbour lined with shops and cafés. The National Marine Park of Zakynthos, home to the loggerhead turtle and the Mediterranean monk seal, is nearby, and Askos Stone Park is a landscape of self-sown plants and ancient olive trees. Navagio, the cliff-wrapped Shipwreck Beach, and the Blue Caves are reachable only by boat and run as area excursions. Planos Beach, a short drive away, is where the watersports are, and Gaidaros Beach is about a ten-minute drive.
Loves and gripes
What guests rate and what frustrated them, how it stacks up against its neighbours, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love, and the gripes
Across the review sites the resort rates consistently well. TripAdvisor puts it around 4.2 to 4.4 out of five from more than 2,000 reviews, Google Maps rates it 4.4 out of five from around 1,400 reviews, and Booking.com’s overall score is 8.8 out of ten. Booking.com’s category scores add more shape to that: staff lead at 9.6, comfort follows at 9.2, cleanliness at 9.1, location at 8.9, facilities at 8.8 and value for money at 8.5, with Wi-Fi the weakest at 7.5. The smaller German and Swiss review site HolidayCheck rates it 5.2 out of six (“Good”), with 83% of reviewers saying they’d recommend it. The picture below is what families praise most and what they flag most.
What families love
- The staff, the most repeated praise on every platform, from unprompted upgrades to quick fixes and help with dietary needs.
- The pools and Aqualand, with the waterslides a hit with children.
- The food, the buffet range and the two included à la carte dinners.
- The olive-grove grounds and the beachfront setting, with shaded lounging under the trees.
- Comfortable rooms and strong cleanliness, some cleaned twice a day; Booking.com scores these at 9.2/10 for comfort, the second-highest category after staff, and 9.1/10 for cleanliness.
- The value for the price, matching Booking.com’s 8.5/10 score for value for money.
Common gripes
- A recurring question over whether the day-to-day condition matches the official five-star grade, with tired patches of grounds, warm-not-hot food and the odd below-par fixture.
- Wasps and flies, especially for autumn visitors.
- Evening entertainment volume, with two music sources sometimes clashing, audible in rooms near the show and pool area.
- Sunbeds under pressure at peak times.
- A location a little out of the way, so you’re reliant on a taxi or hire car for Zakynthos Town or Tsilivi’s nightlife; one reviewer reported paying around €10 each way for a taxi into town, though fares aren’t published and will vary.
- Lifeguard attentiveness questioned in at least one account, so keep your own eye on children in the water.
The five-star question is a real, recurring theme rather than a one-off grumble, and it sits alongside the resort’s official five-star classification and its many positive stays, so treat it as a note on consistency, not a reason to stay away. A handful of one-off complaints surface too, like a family locked out late one night or a public toilet out of use, but these are isolated reports rather than a pattern.
Against the other Zante resortsHow it compares
On TripAdvisor it ranks second of the seven hotels in the Tragaki grouping. Against the other family resorts on the island, its strengths are the waterslides, the beachfront position and the private-pool room, and its clear gap is provision for the youngest children.
Domes Aulūs Zante has a crèche from four months and a free kids’ club to twelve, so for a family with a baby it’s the deeper option, where Eleon has nothing for under-fours but the stronger waterpark. Alykanas Beach Grand (8.1/10 on Booking.com) has a two-bedroom family room and a Baby Club for nought-to-threes, closer to what a family with a baby needs, though the club is run by the Fischer tour operator and charged as an extra, with real caveats for guests not booked through Fischer; Eleon has the better water-play and a marginally higher score. Lesante Cape and Lesante Classic are pricier luxury, and the Cape has genuine two-bedroom villas for separate sleeping space, where Eleon is the more affordable all-inclusive with the stronger slides. Caretta Beach Resort has a bigger waterpark with a wave pool and lazy river, but it isn’t on the beach and you bus down to the sand, so Eleon’s beach on the doorstep is the trade.
From the airportGetting there and when to go
Zakynthos International Airport is 9 miles (14 km) away. The direct drive is about 20 to 25 minutes; the standard shared coach transfer calls at other hotels, and one tour operator quotes nearer 45, so if you’re on a package coach with a tired baby, expect the longer time. The airport has a curfew, with no flights taking off or landing between 22:00 and 05:00 because the flight path crosses a turtle-nesting beach, so check your flight time falls outside that window. The resort is open for the season from 1 May to 31 October.
June is a good balance, warm and dry with the sea warming and before the wasps become noticeable. July and August are the hottest and busiest, with the warmest sea. September stays warm with a warm sea and less rain than October, though wasps are more about by then. May and early October are the quieter shoulders, with a cooler sea in May and sharply more rain by late October.
Month by monthWeather
The figures below are the island’s typical monthly averages and cover the resort’s May-to-October season. Zakynthos has hot, dry summers and a wetter, milder autumn.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 25° | 14.5° | 14 mm | 3 | 19° |
| June | 30° | 18.5° | 14 mm | 1 | 23° |
| July | 33.5° | 21° | 3 mm | 0 | 26° |
| August | 33.5° | 21.5° | 5 mm | 1 | 27° |
| September | 29° | 18.5° | 58 mm | 4 | 26° |
| October | 24.5° | 15° | 95 mm | 6 | 24° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The resort is open from 1 May to 31 October.
Practical information
The FCDO doesn’t advise against travel to Greece. UK visitors need a passport issued less than ten years before arrival and valid for at least three months after the day they leave, and can stay visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180. Greece has said it won’t collect biometric data from UK travellers under the EU’s new Entry/Exit System, so there’s nothing to do in advance. A UK GHIC or EHIC covers medically necessary state healthcare but isn’t a substitute for travel insurance; the emergency number is 112, or 166 to call an ambulance directly, and island healthcare is more limited than on the mainland.
On site there’s 24-hour reception, free Wi-Fi, parking, a luggage room and porter service. A doctor is on call for an extra charge, and car rental, laundry and taxis are also available at an extra cost. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is 11:00.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
Is there a crèche for a baby or toddler?
No. There’s nothing for under-fours beyond babysitting on request, which is chargeable, so if you need supervised care for a baby this isn’t the resort for it. The structured activities and mini disco start at four, and there’s a baby pool and a playground for younger ones.
Will there be a cot in the room?
Don’t assume so. The resort’s own pages don’t list cots, though a couple of booking platforms show them as free, so contact the hotel to confirm before you book. It’s worth throwing blackout aids and a travel-cot mattress in the case as a fallback.
How do the two à la carte dinners work?
One free sitting at each à la carte venue for the whole trip, so two special dinners in total rather than one every week. Reserve each in advance, and any further visits to either are chargeable.
How long is the airport transfer?
It depends how you travel. A taxi or private transfer runs about 20 to 25 minutes door to door; the package coach loops via other hotels first, and one tour operator quotes closer to 45. With a tired baby the private option is worth booking.
Can we bring an assistance dog?
One accessibility audit reports that they aren’t allowed, which is unusual for an EU resort and isn’t an official hotel statement. If you rely on an assistance dog, confirm it directly with the hotel before booking.
When’s the best time to go with young children?
June or September are the best balance, warm with a warm-enough sea and short of the July and August heat and crowds. June has the edge for dodging the autumn wasps.
See more Atlantica Eleon photos
Open the Atlantica Eleon Grand Resort photo gallery →Useful links
- Atlantica Eleon Grand Resort: the resort’s own site for rooms, the all-inclusive and the children’s activities.
- GOV.UK Greece travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Zante with little ones: our guide to the island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 12 July 2026.
