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June 2, 2024
Another perfect week at Sani Dunes. Our eleventh year to Sani and 7th at Sani Dunes. The changes as always are subtle and incremental, but continue to improve on perfection, at the hotel and across the resort itself. The hotel still looks brand new and together with the Sani fragrance make it the most relaxing place on earth for us. From the first greeting as we arrived right through to the departure with the whole team and friends coming to say goodbye, the whole experience was, as always, perfect. Nikos in his role as General Manager has developed, refined and created a true oasis of luxury and calmness, and along with his team, ensure we are provided with the perfect environment to step off the world and away from normal life, the continued attention to detail, the small touches making all the difference. As has always been the case, it is that team, the members of the Sani family that are the real stars of the hotel, from Nikos himself through his management team, all of whom we have seen grow over our years visiting the resort, mostly from waiters and waitresses, now being the more senior members of Nikos’s management team – lovely to see that personnel development ensuring the Sani Magic continues with every generation. The Food & Beverage offering under Panagiota and George is at the forefront of the experience for us. The restaurants, Beach House, Fresco, Katsu and The Market remain firm favourites (we only ate at one other restaurant during our whole visit), the menus continuing to evolve and offer the most fantastic fresh food (the Ceviche at the Beach House, Black Cod at Katsu and Pappardelle with Duck Ragout and Truffle at Fresco being my three favourite dishes) – and seeing the overall Executive Chef, Giorgos, ever present gaining feedback and sharing his ideas shows why the food is so stunning; his passion evident. The wines continue to be world class (having a Sommelier as a General Manager helps that!) and the high quality of the Negronis is constant across the sites ;-) The bars maintain the innovative and high quality of the restaurants, from the pool and lobby bars to our favourite sunset and evening haunt, Sea You Bar (the best outlook for a Negroni before, during and after sunset) with chilled music from the DJ are just perfect. The pool staff are amazing, always around and pre-empting most orders before we even ask for them, likewise the Beach staff, both always providing the perfect sun-bed location, towels, water and refreshments. The closure of the neighbouring campsite has made the beach an even more pleasurable place to be, without the noise coming from what was that neighbouring beach front – it now means the beach-front walk to Sani Club is beautifully quiet and relaxing. Our room is always clean and superbly maintained. We get given the same suite every year and every year it looks and feels brand new, as if no-one else ever stays in ‘our’ room. We embarrassingly don’t use as much of the resort facilities as