Чудо-остров Wonder Island

We rested in Costa Lindia from July 1 to July 15.2012 together with my husband. Sending side "Labyrinth", receiving side "LE GRAND". Booked a superior room with side sea view. We read in advance all the reviews on all sites since 2010, so everyone knew about the hotel, no surprises were expected. We flew to Rhodes early in the morning, the road to the hotel took about an hour. Upon arrival, we were put on bracelets and sent to breakfast. The rooms were not ready yet. Leaving things in the luggage room, we went to get acquainted with the surroundings. We liked the hotel, everything is as in the description and reviews. Small, with a compact territory, built in the form of a Greek village. Solid pools, waterfalls, bridges. At 14 o'clock. settled into the room. I liked the room: spacious, bright with a large balcony. Direct view of the pool and side sea. In the evening, when lights are turned on throughout the hotel, the view from the balcony is very beautiful, reminiscent of Venice in miniature. The room has two beds, two sofas, wardrobe, dressing table, mirror, bedside tables. The bathroom has 2 sinks and a jacuzzi. We never saw the maid. They came from the sea, everything has already been cleaned, the sheets and towels have been changed. Leave a tip of 1 euro every other day.
The beach is large, sand and pebble, equipped with a changing room, toilet, shower. Umbrellas, sunbeds free of charge, towels - deposit (10 euros). From 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. there is a bar with drinks. The sea is clean - you can see all the pebbles at the bottom. Not a very convenient entrance to the sea - large pebbles. I bathed in special slippers, as in Egypt.
The food was on par. Breakfasts are a bit monotonous, but lunch and dinner are beyond praise: 2 types of fish, various meats, poultry, vegetables. Most of all I liked the barbeque. Very high quality fruits: peaches, nectarines, kiwi, watermelons, melons, grapes. . . The hotel is focused on Italians, so a lot of pasta with various sauces, seafood. Delicious homemade meatballs at the snack bar. In the bar at the children's pool from 10 to 24 hours. various drinks (coffee, frappe, juice, cola, whiskey, vodka, cognac, tequila, rum, camper, beer, mixed cocktails), ice cream - you put it in the cone yourself. An original bar right in the water in one of the pools. Three themed restaurants. Went to Italian - not impressed. The staff at the hotel are friendly, welcoming and helpful. There are almost no Greeks. Russian girls Natalya and Nadezhda are at the reception. Very polite and patient. They promptly solved all our domestic problems (there were not many of them). Hotel guide Ulyana. Attentive, friendly, did not impose anything. We canceled the tour. We took a Toyota Yaris-automatic car for 3 days (120 euros). Ulyana helped to decide on the route, marked all the interesting places on our map. We used this map, traveled the island far and wide. Animators and cooks in the restaurant are Italians. The waiters are students from Hungary, the Czech Republic. . . The maids are Albanians. The mini-club was run by a Russian girl, Katya. All the kids were delighted with her.

We really liked Rhodes. Reminds me of Crimea. The same overgrown mountains, serpentines, only olive groves are still found. The western part of the island is strikingly different from the eastern. The Mediterranean is replete with hotels, less vegetation, the sea is like a mirror. And the Aegean side is more beautiful, wild, the sea is foaming, everything is in lamb, a fresh wind blows in the face, there are many Greek villages.
On the first day we drove around the southern part of the island. We started with Lindos. We climbed the stairs on donkeys to the ruins of the temple of Lindian Athena, where a wonderful view of the captains' houses and bays opens up. Then we went to Prasonnisi - the confluence of 2 seas. A wonderful place where you can stand with one foot in the Aegean and the other in the Mediterranean. The next point is Monolithos - a temple and went down a very steep serpentine to the beach. Swimming in the Aegean Sea is a miracle! Then the village of Sian - the church of St. Pantileimon. Here we bought olive oil and honey.
The second day was devoted to the central part of the island - the lower and upper Tsambika, the tunnel in the valley of seven springs, the Centenary Oak (it turned out to be a plane tree), the Butterfly Valley, the ruins of Kamiros, the fortress of Kritinia. In Embonas we had lunch, bought wine and went to the church of Elijah the prophet. It was the busiest day ever.
On the last, 3rd day, we left a visit to Rhodes and Felirimos. It was very hot in Rhodes, we wandered around the old town, took a boat in Madraki and swept along the fortress wall. We went to the hotel along the Aegean coast and stopped at a small tavern "Helen" on the very seashore. The sun was already setting, the waves were breaking on the pier, the spray was flying all the way to the highway. We had a wonderful time.
All 3 days we talked with the Greeks, very friendly, friendly people.
The vacation is over, but the most pleasant memories remain of Rodas and Costa Lindia.