Along the 3km long sandy beach of Sarti Bay, the hotel is located right in the middle of it and closer to the edge of old Sarti town (ca.500-600m). The hotel is directly accessible from the main road circling the peninsula and linking it to the Thessaloniki Airport (137km, 2hrs). At the other end of the property, the hotel has direct access to the beach across a small road running N-S along the beach. The architecture of the hotel is distinctively modern, a design that incorporates wide glass panels and steel beams, painted in bright white and orange. Large airy terraces & openings. 2nd floor is actually at street level as seen from the main road. all rooms face directly the sea & beach so one can't go wrong there. nevertheless, the ground floor opens up to the two pools & the vast, palm tree-adorned garden but has no sea view, while for the 2nd & 3rd floor rooms the sea view is direct & unobstructed, The triple room is decent in size (would have liked/expected slightly larger after seeing the photos on the website) but otherwise are exactly as advertised. The bathroom is small though. The beds, pillows & sheets are of good quality, allowing for an excellent, comfortable sleep. A/C works perfectly, smooth, silent & efficient. Large, modern LCD TV but the channel selection and signal quality are poor (couldn't get BBC at all for a few days, then the image came back but without sound, Euronews is dubbed in Greek...) Small fridge provided, very useful for keeping drinks & small fruit cool. Simple but good quality furniture. Beware, no safe deposit available in the room. Decently sized, nicely furnished balcony with enough privacy. Room cleaning service daily, towels turned once every 3 days, while beddings weekly (or so...). Bring/buy locally your own toiletries. Liquid soap & shampoo provided (but low quality), no shower gel, but regular & abundant supply of body lotion :-) Maids often forget to replenish so you may have to go and ask specifically for it. Not a big deal but you have to care for it instead of them. Breakfast is served by a very relaxed program from 8.30-9 till after 11am. Not buffet style. It is a tray serving of eggs, cheese & ham, butter, bread, jam, greek yogurt, one fruit, a piece of cake, coffee. Difficult to communicate in English with maids but eventually you get the hang of it. As a variation to the increasingly boring standard breakfast after a few days, you can order greek salad, espresso instead of the filter coffee, and 'toast'. It's not toasted bread as such but instead of bringing you the regular baguette-type bread slices and cheese & ham they toast for you a sandwich with ham & cheese. One thing to note: although the hotel has only 14 rooms, there seem to be fewer tables available for breakfast so, occasionally, you may end up having to wait for other patrons to finish up breakfast before getting to your table (especially around 10am). The other thing is breakfast takes quite a long time as there's only two maids taking orders, preparing and serving it. The pools are very nice but seldom used, understandably, as the beautiful beach and pristine sea are just steps away. Plus there's no pool bar or service or any kind around the pool whereas on the beach the hotel offers lounges, umbrellas and the excellent services of their pool bar/restaurant Cielo (thanks to Tassos, Katherina and their colleagues running it). While we were there, the bar was refurbished and turned into a beach club at night. Thus it seemed to attract a lot of youngsters on the beach during the day (as opposed to families) which would party late into the evening (from your room you may hear the music playing at the beach bar in the evening but not at a discomfort level). So you may want to sample a different beach during the day if you come as a family with kids. There are at least 4 other beach bars along the same beach, all offering free sunbeds, umbrellas and bar services. The host & owner of the hotel, George & his wife Sofia are always around, always smiling and helpful with tourist advice or anything you may need. Thank you George. Plenty of dinning options in the old town of Sarti as well as to the south of the beach where there are two very good restaurants, Manolis (Paradise beach) with a nice terrace atop the beach and Evros (3rd row of houses behind Manolis' restaurant). Try the beach & bar at Sunrise hotel/beach, nice. Thalassa Boutique is definitely a one-of-a-kind accommodation option in Sarti, the likes of a very good 3* hotel, therefore we recommend it. You get free parking (about 10 spots) and free, quite strong wifi throughout the hotel, including the pool area. However, 'pensions' & small apartment hotels & houses are the regular accommodation type in Sarti, whereas Thalassa sits way above them in terms of pricing while I am not 100% sure the quality of the accommodation & the services make for the whole price difference, therefore probably not the best value option in Sarti but clearly above its competition, nevertheless.