Отличный отпуск на Родосе Great holiday in Rhodes

We rested in this hotel in early August 2019, a family of two adults and a 6-year-old child. The hotel is wonderful. Absolutely loved everything there. Family type, almost all vacationers with children. Worried about late arrival and late departure. But, as it turned out, this is not a problem at all! Settled quickly, drinking and food at the hotel until 24.00 can be easily found. Check-out at 12.00, and departure to the airport was at 20.00. So, in the hotel everything is so conveniently organized that we practically did not notice the absence of a room. And I'll write more.
1. Number. We lived in the central building, 2nd residential floor, see view room. The room is small, but cozy and we, in fact, only slept there, so its size does not matter for the rest in general. The lock is electronic, opens with a card, it also activates the light in the room. A small entrance hall with a closet (there are hangers), built-in air conditioning on the ceiling. By the way, when the balcony was open, the air conditioner did not work, so everything is in order with saving electricity. Double bed for adults and a separate bed for a child. The pillows were too high for us, but the mattress is excellent. Two bedside tables on the sides of the large bed. A long desk, a TV on the side (no Russian or Ukrainian channels were found there), a mini-bar hidden under the TV (two bottles of water, two carbonated drinks, like there were still chips). There is a mirror above the table and a hair dryer next to it. In some review, they complained that it was impossible for them to dry their hair and take your own type. So, everything is ok with him and do not carry heavy things. What else? Two chairs in the room, a table on the balcony and two chairs on which we dried swimwear and towels - there is nowhere else to hang them. Bathroom: toilet, bathtub, sink, large mirror, soap dispensers. It is of good quality, but who loves everything separately (shampoo, conditioner) - take it with you!
2. Beach. Pebble. Someone considers this a disadvantage, but I see only advantages. It is often windy there and no flying sand! And pebbles can be sorted out for hours: there are many beautiful, interesting, multi-colored pebbles - you just have to wet them and the natural splendor will not leave anyone indifferent. The sea is very salty, when it dries up, salt remains on the skin. Deep, but there is quite a place for children to swim along the coast. There are different stones at the bottom - both ordinary pebbles and huge slabs and stones. The beach is clean, the water is amazing - both in temperature and purity. I have never even been in the pool, when there is such a wonderful sea under my nose, I want to devote the maximum amount of time to it. There are plenty of sun beds with umbrellas on the beach, there is a toilet, there is a changing cabin, there is an open shower with fresh water. On the side of the beach there is a mini-pier, a boat approaches there, on which you can get to Rhodes and Lindos.

3. Food. This is a gastronomic paradise. Every time you come to a restaurant you regret that there is only one stomach! Huge selection of dishes. I'm very curious, how many people work in the kitchen? Everything is delicious, just a lot. Access to food from morning to midnight in different locations. All I needed was tea at dinner, I had to put up with it and drink wine.
4. Water. They say that all the water in Rhodes is drinkable, straight from the tap. But we preferred to buy bottled water in the market. The cheapest cost 80 cents for 2 liters. Water even from the machine in the bar, near the reception, does not taste very good. Although I drank a lot of it, so the quality is quite.
5. For children. There is everything. And entertainment, and swimming pools, and water slides, and a mini-club, and a disco with animators in the evening. There are even changing tables in the toilets. Don't worry about the children's menu, they will still eat French fries, pizza, toast or cereal with milk. In the evening, snack on cotton candy, popcorn and ice cream in the Junior bar. But if you want to try to feed them normal food, then you can easily find it too.
6. Cleaning in the rooms. Friendly maids, standard good quality cleaning every day. Towels were changed frequently. And I always wonder why in hotels no one thinks of providing a room with different towels or with differences? When there are two people in a room, you can’t always tell where is whose, I’m silent about a larger number. So here's a life hack for hoteliers: make neat little stripes of different colors on towels so that each guest in the room has their own set of towels marked with a certain color. Don't thank)
7. Staff. Great! It was always a pleasure to interact. And the inhabitants of Rhodes as a whole liked it, very positive impressions.

8. The meeting party is Ambotis. Not for the sake of advertising, I don’t even know how it can be useful to them, because tourists don’t choose when they travel. But I will praise (although I will criticize a little). Upon arrival, we went to their desk at the airport, where we were told where the bus was and how to find it, they gave us a booklet about Rhodes and informed us about the time of the meeting with the hotel guide (we had Tatiana). Usually tourists are very reluctant to go to such a meeting, imagining a long story about something they are not very interested in. But at the meeting with Tatyana it was the other way around, we bombarded her with questions about Rhodes, about local life. We listened with interest and there was a feeling that we could and would like to chat with her for a couple more hours. By the way, she pleasantly surprised us with her knowledge of the Ukrainian language.
Initially, we did not plan to take any excursions, because we flew in for only a week, but as a result we bought a sightseeing tour of the island. And they didn't regret it! We were followed by a compact car for 8 people. Ilya, the driver-guide, drove and talked all day, we saw and learned a lot of interesting things. The itinerary is well thought out and well organized. When Ilya brought us back to the hotel, saying goodbye, there was a feeling that we had known him for a long time. By the way, it was his stories that inspired me to write the article I mentioned above. What can I say, flying to Rhodes and not going on such an excursion is a crime. Ride for sure! By the way, we were taken to the airport by the same machine, quickly and comfortably.
And I'll scold you for the delivery to the hotel. We arrived late and delivered a large bus with terribly cold air conditioning to the hotels. It’s good that I’m a thrifty lady and took a stole for such occasions - it saved me from a cold before the holidays. Well, we rode for a long time, carrying other tourists, but in fact, direct delivery to the hotel takes up to half an hour.
9. Ecology. I urge everyone to take reusable glasses for drinks with them on vacation! In some locations there are vending machines with drinks + disposable cups. Hotels produce a huge amount of garbage, and it seems that this is not your problem, but it is sad to contribute. We all live on the same Earth and we want to preserve such heavenly corners of the planet. And I wish Rhodes to ban the use of disposable tableware in general and in principle.
Thanks for attention! Taisiya Romanovskaya