The hotel has been renovated, the rooms and plumbing are new, everything works. I thank the animation team: Francesca for stretch gymnastics and aqua aerobics, the guys for darts and water polo.
I liked the fact that there are sun loungers by the pool, which are located on the grass and that there were enough places for everyone.
When choosing a hotel, the presence of free sunbeds on the beach and the fact that the sea is not far away, about 3-5 minutes from the hotel and it is calm, clean, warm, and azure also played a decisive role.
We ourselves went by regular bus to Rhodes, and the next day we took a sightseeing tour for the whole day from Aphrodite Tour, visited many sights around the island. We were very pleased with our stay at the hotel, we just returned and already want to go again.
Now the beach and the sea, for which we are going to rest. The beach is sand and pebble, the sea is clean and warm. Umbrellas and sun loungers are free, which is very good for EU countries. The only drawback is the road from the hotel to the sea. It really takes 5-10 minutes to go, but it's just a country road, partially gravel, but these are trifles compared to the beautiful sea. Entry into the sea is a large pebble, so for delicate feet, take safety shoes for swimming.
Now food. Given the level of the hotel and the cost of tours, the food is wonderful. I don’t know what some gourmets who wrote reviews here eat, we had enough of everything both in terms of quality and variety. and a table will always help to find and handle the table and chairs after each previous visitor. And about dirty forks and knives in one of the reviews, I'm just outraged. Forks and knives the waiter puts each individually, wrapped in a napkin and they are always spotlessly clean. Drinks full variety. Three types of table wine, beer, juices, coffee in stock, tea too.
As for cocktails, I advise you to take cocktails in the lobby in the evening, and not near the pool. I can’t say anything about the pools. in the presence of a wonderful warm sea, rinsing in bleach is not our option. Yes, I can say the following about housekeeping. They come to clean as God puts on the soul. They can clean it up when you are at sea, or they can come at three o'clock when you have an afternoon nap, but there are no "do not disturb" signs. And yes, they don't take tips. Wi-Fi was both in the room and on the territory of the hotel, not bad, except for the evening hours, when the entire hotel is on the Internet.
In general, we are very pleased with the rest, the sea, the room and the food were all on the level. Rest was a success.
200 meters to the sea, but the road is bad, stones underfoot. It was not very pleasant to walk in the heat (and during our vacation the heat was over 40 degrees). Along the path if there were tall trees that create a shadow - it would be great). There is no sand on the beach. Small pebbles, large pebbles and pebbles at the entrance to the sea. Not a shallow sea!
Meals: Breakfast is the same every day. Breakfast was bacon (who cares))). Lunches and dinners are different (different meat, fish, seafood, fruits). From the sweet, I eat only oriental sweets, and they were only 2 times in 7 days. Small queues were for scrambled eggs, pancakes, meat. We always found a table for 6 people, even though the hotel was completely full, we never waited for a table to be free.
In the main restaurant you could pour yourself 3 types of wine, beer, juices, carbonated drinks (7 types), tea and different types of coffee.
It was evident that the staff in the restaurant tried and quickly cleaned everything, replaced dishes and drinks.
Newly refurbished room. Cleaned poorly, after their wet cleaning, the hair remained on the floor. And no one wiped the dust, it was very noticeable on the tables near the bed. It would be better if they cleaned every other day, and not every day, but better. Towels and bed linen were clean.
In the room of cosmetics shampoo, shower gel and soap. There is no tea set in the room, for 2+1 - 6 large bottles of water. Those who didn’t have enough were recruited at the restaurant.
There were sometimes queues at the bar near the pool, there were 1-2 bartenders, but you could take not 1 cocktail, but 3 at once, and you don’t have to queue often. You will definitely not be hungry in this hotel, there are snacks: vegetables, cheese, french fries, tortillas, meat, sausages, ice cream (the kids liked it). Beer ok, cocktails not so good.
We went on an excursion from Coral Travel "Fantastic tour of Rhodes" for the whole day. The guide lied a little about the duration of the journey, said 20-30 minutes, in fact it was 50 minutes, and when they were taken to the hotel, it was even longer.
There is a supermarket about 200 meters from the hotel.
For the children there was a half hour mini disco at 20:30, before that they painted their faces for 2 euros, the children liked it.
There was no nuclear chlorine smell in the pool! There is a deep pool 2.5 meters like, small and 2 children with slides. Warm water. 3 slides, children and parents and grandmothers went down, everyone was happy)
Wifi is very bad. Only at the reception is perfect.
On the beach, sun loungers and umbrellas are free, we always found free ones for ourselves, even though there were 6 of us. Here I was missing a bar and wi-fi on the beach.
The staff is friendly.
There was a nuance, a tourist wanted to steal a dress on the beach, we forgot it on the beach - we returned, and the woman had already put it on her sun lounger and covered it with a bag, and so, basically, the contingent was decent, cultured, a lot of ours, but no more than 40 %.
We were at a time when there was a fire in Rhodes. Since the heat is over 40! There was no electricity or water for half a day. But the staff was great - they did not panic, and therefore the people were calm.
Smells like golf here
Hotel:
The declared resort is nonsense.
Here 3+, 4-stars, maybe even 3 stars is his rating.
I will describe below.
Beach:
Walk 5 minutes, not for long, across the road.
There is a cafe nearby, everything is 3 times more expensive than a large market, such as abb, papou, orange, etc.
LOUNGE LOUNGES FOR FREE is a plus.
be careful with your belongings, there are no cameras here, and the hotel also forgot what they put in - that's all...
CECADA OR WHAT IS IT:
in the Crimea there were green cicadas, here they are black flies, of huge size, which bastards cluck from morning to evening so that you want to put tampons in your ears.
But at least he knocks them out at night, and thanks for that.
Food:
The same type, who was in Greece, in Crete, will NOT appreciate it.
Who FIRST time - will go.
DIRTY PLATES in the main restaurant near the pool.
Near the pool, even the plugs are DIRTY.
Restaurant:
Canteen, not a restaurant.
The tin is that the hotel does not understand that many tourists are good, but it's good when there is enough space for everyone.
There are stupidly not enough tables for everyone, because of this, in the season at the end of July-August - there are queues !!
Even, in the bars in the evening, they simply do not want to take additional attendants.
For instance,
Awesome waiters sit you down at a table for 3, four of us.
It costs 1 bartender when you need 2, and tries to serve a crowd of people, and without an a la carte queue.
Rooms:
If you got after the repair, then the norms, clean bed.
Cleaning:
Struck, just tin.
From 9 in the morning they burst into your room and want to clean it, even if you are sleeping.
3 knocks on the door - a deep sleep, and Oo, I want to clean it up here (reminded me of the movie "Matchmakers")
They did not take a tip, they change clean bedding, towels are old and sometimes dirty.
"Aquapark"
3 slides - no staff! ! Just you and your children. Nobody is responsible for anything.
CHLORINE IN THE POOLS IS CRAZY - carries 3-5 meters from the pools.
Animation:
For Germans, French and all.
Poles and Ukrainians will not understand you here.
Color:
I never thought that apart from the Russians, and sometimes us, someone could get drunk like that.
Yes; yes, the Germans here are 80% of the hotel and they are fucking drunk and shitting in such a way that it’s just awesome.
They yell until 2 am, break on doors, etc.
Honestly, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it.
Restaurant:
The hotel is not ready to take in the season, the number of vacationers that he wants.
Queues!!!
Masks, gloves - ok)
But queues, badge, put 2 bartenders, not 1.
No we save.
Put 2 people in the morning: 1 for pancakes, 2 for scrambled eggs, why? We have 1 young lady who can handle both this and that, and you wait ((
Rent a Car:
Rent at the hotel, with basic English everything will work out.
The cheapest cars. Compared with an anextur guide, they want 10-20 euros more per day, they promise support, etc. , but all this is available in car rental at the hotel (but with a basic understanding of English)
If English is not your option, then it’s better with a guide (+ 10 euros per day are not the numbers for you)
Excursions:
We didn’t take it from the guide, because their calculation of viewing Rhodes at a fast pace for 4 x (2 children) = turned out to be 600-800 euros.
We took a car and drove around ourselves, and even more than we wanted, of course, 2 times cheaper.
Infrastructure:
She is not. You leave the hotel and you are in a wasteland. To the beach 5 minutes. Everything. To the village of Afandu, 15 minutes, by car 2-3 minutes (but there is nothing special in nnm).
The territory is not very big, but well-groomed pleasant and cozy. 4 swimming pools (2 children and 2 adults). There is golf, darts, a kids club (a bit tired and our child was not interested at all).
The food in the restaurant is varied. The set of dishes is the same, but since there are a lot of them, there was always something to choose from. In addition to the main restaurant, there is a pool bar where you can have a bite of fries, sausages, meat, vegetables, unlimited ice cream + a variety of drinks for free from 10 until the evening. The food is delicious (from interesting shark and octopus). There are a lot of chemical additives in yogurts, sodas, colored ice cream, soups. The rest is quite edible.
The sea is the best of all that is there. Warm, the entrance is good, but the beach is pebbly and it is impossible to walk there without coral. There were always free sunbeds available. Towels are also free, with the ability to change every 3 days.
The holiday was wonderful. The only thing that overshadowed him was the transfer from the airport to the hotel, which took us about 90 minutes, instead of the prescribed 45. we were first taken in the opposite direction from our hotel, and then, having passed half of the entire island of Rhodes, they brought us to Desolle. The car was shaking wildly, the guide got out in the middle of the road and left the tourists with a driver who did not understand a word of English. Since I was 6 months pregnant and we had a baby with us, we did not dare to participate in such a wild transfer in the opposite direction and took a taxi to the airport at our own expense (40 euros).
Pros:
-separate from other hotels;
- in a quiet place;
- within walking distance from the sea;
- there is a large supermarket nearby;
-fatiguing distance from the airport;
Minuses:
- someone may not like the distance from the centers of nightlife;
About the beach:
Pros:
-clean sea;
- the sea to the east, you can meet the birth of the sun from the sea;
- there are enough sun loungers and mushrooms for everyone;
-free rental of canoes, catamarans and surf;
-cabin, two showers, two washstands;
- not guarded at night, swim if you are not afraid, or shawls in the surf with your loved one.
Minuses:
- the distance from the hotel to the beach is 250 pairs of steps, about 350 meters;
- the road to the beach is a dusty country path through a wasteland;
-the road runs along the beach, not very busy, but the smell from passing cars and noises are sometimes noticeable;
-there is not even a small bar, just drink water;
- at the bottom, in addition to stones, several fish, stingrays and crabs, diving with a mask, you can find bottles, plastic dishes and an old bicycle;
- the depth near the shore is too big for kids;
-pebble beach, hot stones, shoes needed. There is no sand;
- the beach worker is a thieving cunning, inclined to take forgotten expensive things for himself (my wife and I forgot our sunglasses on the beach, hung them next to a fungus. We missed the next morning, the beach worker returned his wife's simple glasses and said that he did not find any others "And four days later I saw this guy in the hotel, this proud son of Hellas, Hellene, the Greek, walking around near the pull bar, showing off in my expensive Italian glasses. My family and I traveled for several days and we were not visible on the beach, and he, I probably decided that we had already left. I took the glasses away, and he said that he had just found them and carried them to the reception, but decided to try them on. I did not complain about him, because the bastard would still turn away. I just drew conclusions for myself, that one should not forget expensive things, or not wear pontoon glasses to the beach. )
About the numbers:
Pros:
-there is a refrigerator, hairdryer, air conditioning, free safe, TV;
-furniture is almost new, not shattered;
- change of towels and linen daily, beach towels - every other day;
-cleaning daily, cleaned efficiently;
- sockets in the room a lot, pieces 5;
Minuses:
-Family room, this is, as a rule, an ordinary standard double room, equipped with a single or bunk bed for children, there are few two-room rooms, those who are lucky or the most persistent get;
- the floor is tiled;
- in the bathroom there is no latch and lock, just a door handle and that's it;
- all rooms are smoking, there are no non-smoking sectors in the hotel buildings : ( ;
-the safe is very small, documents, money, a small camera fit. The tablet does not fit in any way. There is nothing to say about the laptop. But nothing was stolen. Expensive electronics just lay in the room;
- the TV is very old, "cube", hello from the 90s, we did not turn it on;
- refrigerator - small, but noisy like a tractor, immediately pulled out of the socket and not used;
- no tea set;
- there are 4 beds in the room, and only 2 glasses
- lock in the room - a regular key, no modern magnetic cards;
-very ascetic decoration of the rooms, uneven walls are plastered and painted with a water-based emulsion, in a yellowish-light green color;
About nutrition:
Pros:
- Generous, plentiful, varied, rich in meat, confectionery is a dream of a sweet tooth, Sunday - fish and seafood from the belly, there are always a lot of fresh fruits;
-places in the restaurant are always available;
- the manager of the restaurant is a very responsible person, he is always in the hall personally, he really controls everything;
- good wine in self-bottling;
Minuses:
-Breakfasts are not focused on Russians, there are no cereals. Monotonously. Everything is on duty;
-sometimes came across poorly washed appliances and utensils;
-sometimes came across loose tables and chairs;
About something else, everything.
Territory:
Green, well-groomed, trimmed, mostly clean. In the beginning, cicadas were very annoying, but they got used to them quickly.
Pools:
There are two of them, one baby, with a slide, my boys didn’t like it, they rolled down once and left. Adult pool, optimal in size and depth difference. Clean. Water purification - obsolete chlorination. I swam there once. Further - only in the sea.
Sports: there are minigolf tracks, the condition is below average, clubs and balls are given at the reception, free of charge. There is a tennis court, did not use it. There is billiards, two tables, 1.5 euros per game. There is a hall with old slot machines. There is an archery range. Only with animators it is necessary to agree. The gym is a shame. In a well-air-conditioned room, there are three weight machines. "Butterfly", leg extension and back row machine. And that's it! There is not a single track, or ellipse, or crossbar. Gym opposite snack bar and pool bar. : )
Animation:
The main focus is made towards tourists from Italy. But they try very hard, play with children, create their own programs, rock operas under plywood, musicals, at the level of a good student KVN. Among Italian animators, there is a real star - Antonio! Athlete, yogi, dancer, talented guy. Professional local musicians are also invited to the hotel. Once a week Greek evening, performed by Rhodes musicians and dancers. In general, not boring for a family holiday. You need to contact international animators, since the "orange" Italians primarily work for Italians and most likely will ignore you with a smile. It happened to us when they put the Russians on the list for archery, and then, after letting us shoot once, they worked only with their own, excluding us from the list. And in the end they said that their time was over, look for your animators. Provoking our indignation with such a dynamo. At first, I was very angry, but when I saw an earring in the right ear of the Italian animator, I cooled down. Well, what to take from him?
Bars:
-really high-quality drinks, no substitution of brands with local cheap analogues, as in Turkey. Pour as much as you want. The snack bar prepares good kebabs and shawarma. Don't skimp. Ice cream is delicious, plenty of it. Children are delighted. Milkshakes are also good for kids. All tables are smoking. There are no non-smoking areas. Tobacco stench is present. : (
Internet only in the lobby, Wi-Fi by the hour, about 4 euros per hour. There are two more computers in the lobby, no Russian keyboard layout : )
There is a shop with all sorts of things for vacationers, the prices are reasonable.
There is a car rental, but I used another rental that was recommended by the guide.
About excursions:
If you drive a car and drive with you (you can just Russian), then do not buy excursions, but visit everything yourself. And take excursions only to the islands. You can drive around the interesting places of the island without a gallop in 3-4 days, so that you can carefully examine everything and delve into it slowly. Those who say that they traveled all over in 1 day are lying to themselves. We took Nissan Micra, paid 136 euros for three days. But before that, they made a mistake by taking a sightseeing tour of the island, because we could go around the entire excursion program ourselves, at a lower cost, and the tour covers only 20 percent of interesting places and is unreasonably expensive, 65 euros per person.
Butterfly Valley - I didn’t like it, the butterflies seemed to be sleeping, or tired. They sat on trunks and stones and did not fly. Valley is too strong a word. There is no valley there, but there is a rocky ravine, in which everything on trees and stones is covered with butterflies. And crabs crawl in the stream.
Seven springs is a very pleasant place, we spent 4 hours there. Delicious restaurant. Beautiful. The walk went well.
Lindos is a must go! Amazing place.
Rhodes (city) - it was worth a trip, the old city and the palace of the masters are worthy of attention. Oceanarium, so-so, but did not regret it.
Felerimos hill - admired!
Prasonisi Beach - I haven't been in such a beautiful place for a long time, the southern kiss of two seas, a place where the water is full of surfers' sails and kites. There is always a good wind. There are vans of athletes from all over Europe. Lots of amateurs and beginners. Rental and instructors. There is a piece of sandy beach for ordinary swimmers.
The ruins in the north of Rhodes and the fortress of Ionites are worth a visit.
The overall impressions of the trip are very positive. In two weeks, +5 kilograms, which will have to be worked out in the gym. The most negative moments are the story of the thieving beach worker who appropriated my glasses and the lack of care for non-smoking hotel guests.