Irene Studios

If your going to stay here beware of Irene see sits in the bush in her blue nightie and chases you up and down the stairs. Noone is allowed back to the apartments so if you plan on pulling on this holiday you have no chance she calls everyone minches (strange) and shakes her head and says no you not stay here. One of the guys below us nearly got kicked out because she thought he didnt stay there. Room was filthy, Irene kept letting herself in and out of our room when she pleases. if you like being chased up the stairs at 4 in the morning good luck! No music or talking allowed after 12pm. I hope for people staying there that she changes her blue nightie...the happiest we saw her was when she was helping us sort our cases out to leave...

BEWARE OF IRENE!!!!

She is one woman on a misson, if you want to bring people back to your room... you have no chance!!

Please re-consider staying here! Had a great time in Malia, could of been 10x better if the hotel wasn't ran by a lonely crazy old lady who watched your EVERY MOVE!!

BEWARE OF IRENE!! (I MEAN THE WOMAN RUNNING THE HOTEL)

She is a pain in the A**, you are there to party, she is their to stop you from patying!

Went in 2009, had a great holiday! But we couldn't have anyone back in the hotel, and was not aloud to make noise :(

But we still did, which she was annoyd by, and wanted us out ASAP!

Overall... Malia = AWSOME!

Irene Hotel = Poop!

Went with one of my mates for a quick get away for one week. We stayd at Irene Apartements, was abit taken back when we got there as its just like a block of flats. But as we were just going for night life and sunshine it didn't bother us as we spent most of our time either down an malibu hotel in the pool or out on the strip. Which needs to be said Malibu and Irene Studios are right on the strip it is an excellent location for the night life. Wouldn't go on all the trips the 18-30 reps ask you to as its a waste of money however we did go to the waterpark which was fun and boat trip but they genarally take you and let you get on with it. They never did games down at the pool which was mentioned overall was a nice get away, was cheap clubs were good especially ZIGZAG!

The room we had was big with a balcony in the bedroom and livingroom, simple clean and basic. it is situated right at the begining of the strip, and malibu is 4 buildings away with a lovely big pool, vodka slushes are legendry! Everything is within walking distance, zoo is an excellent bar at the end of the strip, its a worth while vist! loved bannanas, u'll know why wen u walk by each nite-lol! would def go back to the irene -we love her!

I think Malia is overrated as a place, but the holiday experience was good. 3rd time I've been away and comes last in the rankings but it was still fun. Check it out. Malia 2009?!?!?!?!

I went with 18-30's but a word of advice, on your first night the reps with get you to spend an obscene amount of money on their activities, I say obscene because they want you to pay for everything (5 minutes after we arrived) that night, they don't allow you to mull over what you want to do...so just don't feel pressured to make a decision to spend a lot of money because you can go to Malia and spend a lot and have a good time. But the activities are good!

The Irene is very close to all the bars and clubs, but far enough not to hear all the noise, about 100m till you hit the first bar. Rooms are basic but very big and clean, sleep three people. Have a full kitchen, kettle, hobs fridge ect which is quite good, as friends we made in the malibu paid for self catering an didnt have these facilities. The Irene doesn't have a pool but the malibu is only a short walk away and is lovely. The owner is lovely, yes she sits in the bushes at night waiting for you to come home, she doesn't let you bring any strangers home. This can be a bit annoying but makes sense. At night its amazing, lots of places to choose from, i'd recommend candy which is full of dance tunes, apollo which is rnb an zig zag, bannana and malibu play a mixture of everything.

Myself and my mates stayed in the Irene Studios in Malia. There's not a lot of info on the Irene Studios on the net so don't be too worried!

When you first see them, they look pretty rubbish, they're run by a Greek woman who is called, Irene!

Rooms are only basic and sleep three, there's a main living bit with a fridge and bed/couch, then a double bedroom and a small bathroom. It's all only basic but it's enough for an 18-30s holiday for somewhere to sleep.

We went as a group of nine of us and Irene didn't mind us all in the same room playing music. She is however a bit annoying because she's always checking up on you when you come in at night or early morning!

We got chucked out one night when we came in at about 7am and she wouldn't let us in.

The studios are about 100m from the main night-life, probably not even 100m but it is far enough so that you don't hear the music when you get to bed.

The clubs on the main strip are ace, loads to choose from Indie, RnB, electric, dance and they're all within walking distance of each other.

Overall, Malia was the best holiday I'd had, even though the Irene Studios were really basic and a bit dodgy looking!

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Careful because Irene, who runs the place, can be an idiot, I remember she stopped me doing washing up, for some strange reason. She is about 45 and is really out of place because we were there to party and she wasn't.