The rooms are very nice! We are 4 people and there are 2 baths in the room!! ! There are many Russian channels on TV: STS, Russia, Planet, Culture, 1, TNT, etc.
We looked at pictures on many sites. But when we arrived, the territory of the hotel simply amazed us! It's so beautiful, green everywhere! Tall pink shrubs grow near the paths! We came for 11 days and couldn't get around the whole area!! ! But at the same time, everything is located very close, it turns out that this beautiful territory comes first, then houses, then restaurants and the sea. Everything is well-groomed and very beautiful and neat! There are about 20 pools, mostly with sea water. There is even a pool with a depth of 4 meters! It's next to the hotel Marais. Village and Marais have the same territory! So you can go anywhere!
Slides 2. One with sea water next to the restaurant in the Village and the reception, and the second next to the Marais hotel, it is with fresh water. There are 6 restaurants in total. 2 regular restaurants in the Village and the Marais. They have breakfast and dinner there. The restaurant is much better in the Village! The food is just wonderful! You come to the restaurant there are so many delicious things! You won't be able to try everything! What about watermelons. . . We just ate them. Lunches are also very tasty, but in other restaurants. There are also Italian, French, Greek and Chinese restaurants. One person can eat for free one time only in two restaurants. At the reception they offer Chinese, but I don’t recommend it to you, they serve sushi and salads and that’s it. We were in Greek and Italian! Everything was delicious. The Italian had real Italian pizza! All restaurants except French buffet.
There is also plenty of coffee on site. They work during the day. And bars that work in the evening.
During the day, the animation is good, but in the evening we didn’t like it, the animators just dance on the stage and that’s it, nothing interesting.
Now about the sea. The sea was warm, but invigorating, 26-27 degrees. The entrance to the sea is excellent small pebbles just like sand. And then there are large stones, water, when no one is bathing and bogging it down, absolutely transparent! In general, the water is blue. The sea at the hotel is a lagoon.
For the work of the staff. At the reception, at least one employee speaks Russian. Room cleaning is amazing! Towels are changed every day! But the cleaners don't even speak English very well, but it doesn't matter.
In Greece, we were met by Beleon Tours. Hotel guide Anna is wonderful! Modest, kind, always available, always ready to help.
We were on a tour of the Orthodox heritage of Rhodes. Very, very much! The guide Dmitry is just wonderful! We received a lot of interesting information! The guide knows a lot and tells with all his heart and this leaves no one indifferent! We visited 4 churches and monasteries. Theotokos Tsambika, Archangel Michael, where a prayer service and Panagia were performed. We also visited the temple of Ponteleimon with His holy relics.
Enjoyed the tour very much!
We rate this hotel 5+ points! He's just gorgeous! I will recommend him to everyone!! ! Thank you very much!
I didn’t think that I would ever write a review about the rest, but this is a special case, my wife asked))) It is clear that any opinion is the essence of subjectivity, however, if anyone is interested...
We rested from 10.07 to 28.07 with two children 8 and 3. We arrived at the hotel at 10 am and, of course, settled only after 5 hours. Extremely unpleasant, despite the fact that they were ready for this after reading previous reviews. This is especially disgusting after the fact, when you find out that you were not settled, not because the room was not ready, but simply because the rules are like that. In the future, this Greek pseudo-punctuality was encountered more than once, but, for starters, the first day of rest was cynically taken away by the hotel staff. We woke up at 3 a. m. , had a flight, sat for 5 (five!!! ) hours in a hall that was by no means cool and, as a result, there was no energy left for anything. Realities.
Those who hope to get a better number, choose it - empty. You will get what they give you and you will have PRACTICALLY no chance to change anything. We were lucky. Gave a room by the main pool (1104), everything is relatively close and convenient. A small minus is that the entire daytime part of the animation takes place at the main pool (10-12 and 15-17), but this, again, is a matter of taste.
Well, now about the hotel. Not for criticism, but for fairness))). Without heartburn, as they say, but the hotel is far from 5 *. Very far. Moreover, for my taste, it does not even reach 4 *, and that would be fine, but its price is clearly five-star and this is extremely unpleasant to realize.
What am I talking about? Yes, almost everything. So people came to the sea. There is no beach. No, i. e. Of course, there are sunbeds near the sea, and the sea is here, but....The concrete platform is fine, but it is necessary to think over a convenient entrance and exit. In order not to notice such a frank inconvenience, you need to have excellent sports shape, but this is not an extreme camp, this is a family hotel. Well, there is no way to soak up the waves on the shore, so be it, but what about children and the elderly? Lots of pools for them, will probably answer me. Yes, there are many pools. But, firstly, the pools are too chlorinated, so vigorously, and, most importantly, I repeat, people come to the sea. By the way, I notice that the more pools (this is served as a virtue), the higher the likelihood that not everything is in order with the beach (this, of course, is hushed up). I would like to be fair, because often the advantages directly follow from the shortcomings: because of the low population, the sea is very clean. So go ahead! ))
Nutrition. Very mediocre. No, it is clear that you will not die of hunger, however....An extremely meager set of dishes, almost invariably repeated from day to day. Not fatal, but... unpleasant! It's amazing to read reviews about some kind of abundance, especially seafood! What can I say. "To whom the bride is a mare" (c) I will make a reservation right away that I myself am against gluttony, but, again, we are talking about a 5 * hotel. Tasteless vegetables struck. Cucumbers and tomatoes of the level of the cheapest stores in Moscow. Surprised by the lack of a "live" grill. After all, even in Egypt you have the opportunity to make yourself scrambled eggs or an omelet with the right ingredients, but here, as in the dining room, right. But let it be trifles, let (however, still not trifles, in my opinion), but what about drinks? I understand that those who write about the "variety of drinks" mean a lot of (really) machines with a variety of "chemistry". Well guys, no comment, as they say. Note that I am not even talking about freshly squeezed juices, they simply do not exist, even for money (!? ), but at least you could have packaged juices in quantity. I do not want to write here about a la carte restaurants, they are not bad, especially Chinese, but constant food at the hotel has nothing to do with these "frills". So.
Animation Entertainment Never paid attention to it, but due to the location of the room, had the opportunity to form an opinion on this matter. Everything is quite monotonous and, I would say, primitive, but, I repeat, I don’t know how it happens if it happens “on the level”. The same level of mini-disco for children (I can’t stand it when kids are assigned the role of such “sub-humans”, like “everyone eats”, it's me as a father of many children... ), but evening shows are generally a separate conversation. The main animator, like the artistic director, Roberto, is the essence of a narcissistic peacock, and this is a tragic situation. For him, of course, what we saw and left))). So, evening shows. In one day. Day animators type themed dancing. Directed by Roberto, of course. Well, a day later the solo itself. He sits down with a guitar and howls like world-famous hits, in his understanding, of course (and the guy, I must say, "stuck" somewhere at the turn of the 80-90s) And the audience (by the evening there were up to 15 of them at his "concerts" - tee, or even 40 people (well, people drank)) applaud, applaud... The dog would be with him, with Roberto, but even in the lobby it is impossible to talk because of his terrible, very loud howls. Yard amateur performance, in short. I also drew attention to this nuance. Italian-speaking animators predominate, but the Russian-speaking audience predominates. With all the consequences, as usual. . .
I repeat, the hotel is a maximum of 3 *. You can say a lot more, about, for example, how towels are changed (from 10 to 15, and where - at the reception! Far and extremely inconvenient), how, let's be cynical, they frankly spat on us at check-out (we had a check-out at 6 -40, but the guys who were supposed to take things out only work from 7-00, about how they booked us for an early breakfast, we come, but there is no breakfast, there is nothing, so we went hungry), about the lack of a round-the-clock lobby, etc. , etc. . I want to be understood correctly: we had a good rest. But this "good" is a direct consequence of our positive attitude, not fixation on the negative, the ability to see the positive everywhere. I would go further and say that we had a good holiday despite the "concerns" of the hotel staff. Someone will say that they say snobbery, grumbling, that all this can be ignored. Yes, I absolutely agree, this is also a position, you can do it that way, but... not for my money! And it doesn’t matter to me at all - such an attitude towards the client is a direct consequence of the Greek mentality (as many are sure), or disgusting management (I also tend to this point of view), or both, for me everything is the same. Will I come back here, will I recommend "Aldemar" to any of my friends and relatives? No, that would be extremely dishonest of me, this page is turned, the topic is closed. But be, be! I'll tell you about the good, it's also there.
The hotel is clearly not overloaded with people, which was good. Quiet, relaxing family hotel. The area is green and large. The staff is friendly, albeit superficially, but quite, the room was cleaned very decently, everything changed every day. This Greek calmness, indifference, unobtrusiveness are worth something)))) Very calmly - go wherever you want, go wherever you want - nowhere is there anything like it, even for signs of unfriendliness. Nice. Yes, and there were no particular problems with fruit. Quite.
Undoubtedly, one of the most attractive tourist products of Rhodes is car rental. Relatively inexpensive (do not take a car in the first office, there are a lot of them even near the hotel - you will find it to your taste and money), and to the point, as they say. Do not listen to anyone (the girls who campaign for you for the excursions they offer will tell you "horror stories" about, for example, that you need international rights, about how scary the locals are, etc. Bullshit, s. Complete), take the rights (even ordinary ones) and go! We took the car twice for three days and never saw a single policeman. I repeat, never once! The daily routine by car was approximately as follows: in the morning we went to see something (the island is small, 40 by 80, we traveled far and wide in six days), then lunch in some tavern. On the west coast (there is the Aegean Sea) there is a place where fishermen bring their catch. And, of course, right there, in the amount of fish taverns. People, this is something! The features of Greek taverns are as follows: these are not "two pennies", as they say here, but! Keep in mind that the dishes are really big, even huge! For three or four, take one salad and, at most, an appetizer and two dishes. It is very likely that you will not eat everything! In addition, you will definitely be rolled out a huge portion (for everyone) of excellent, cold watermelon before submitting the bill! They will give, by the way, bread for free, do not order. Cards are accepted absolutely everywhere, a tip of 5-7% is quite enough.
Well, in the afternoon (the little one was sleeping in the car at that time. By the way. When ordering a car, pay attention to the operation of the air conditioner, this is extremely important, and God forbid you take a convertible, after all, we, Russians, are like children! It’s very hot during the day! ) we drove to the best beach of Rhodes, to Tsambika. This beach is a must visit. After 15-30 it is already relatively not hot and there... paradise! A sunbed is 4 euros, but from the second day we didn’t take a sunbed (we didn’t need it - we didn’t get out of the sea), threw towels and plop! The beach is civil, everything is there, Russian speech, by the way, has not been heard in six days. Why then. Gasoline is certainly expensive (1.7 euros per liter), but the distances are not large, so it's not critical. On the island, it seems that 2 out of 3 cars are rented. In short, we liked it.
Well, that's all. There will be questions, I will try to answer. I repeat that I understand the extreme subjectivity of any, including my reference, but this is my opinion. My view is not speculative, but rests on observation and my personal experience. And I write, of course, exclusively for those who have already decided to go there. At the reception is a thick book of reviews. I recommend. 4 out of 5 reviews in the negative to strongly negative category. From year to year the same thing. They didn't care about everything.
Good luck.
hotel together. The rooms were ordered with a view of the garden - it turned out to be guessed, because. "marine" were very hot. The view from the balcony is amazing, we got used to the noise of the beautiful road right away. Cleaning every day, bedding changed every other day. The staff is unusually friendly and inconspicuous: the Greeks and our guys from the Baltic States - regularly communicated pleasantly. We celebrated 2 birthdays - every time there was a birthday cake in the fridge.
A beach with sand and pebbles (we lie tight) and with a concrete pier. We chose with a pier: nice pebbles, clear water, a shower and a bar nearby. The water in the Mediterranean Sea is brackish - glasses are desirable for children. We regretted that we did not take masks with fins - not Egypt, of course, but there is something to see. Fishermen - take spinning rods with a float, it bites constantly, at least from the palm of your hand. Fish for the cook.
6 pools, 2 slides, sunbeds no problem, towels - deposit 15
euro, exchange at will, refund of the deposit on receipt. We regularly swam in the far pools at 11-12 pm, there is no ban. For small children their own town
with a pool and stuff.
Food. It's hard to write. 6 restaurants. Breakfast at 2, lunch at 5, dinner at all.
You can order 2 a la carte dinners to choose from in Greek, Italian, French or Chinese restaurants. Were in all, everywhere is not bad, but I liked Chinese more. They didn’t get a Peking duck, but they saw a Chinese cook.
Regular menu - cream soups, pork, beef, lamb (take cutlets)
fish, anchovy, mussels, scallop, colmar. Side dishes, salads, vegetables, olives, any fruits. In Italian they make pizza - worthy. They could no longer look at dessert. A normal person cannot eat so much, although some compatriots try.
Alcoholic drinks are European. Almost everyone took a sip: they discovered Italian grappa and Italian Smirnov (37.5), women discovered everything connected with Campari. Among us was a true connoisseur who told and showed how to drink and when to drink. Classes ended on the way home on the plane.
We went on excursions ourselves. Hyundai Accent rental 65 euros 3 days. We bargained a little. There are no problems with the rental, when they gave the car away - the Greeks even left.
Gasoline 1.7 euros / l. , Immediately give the money at the gas station, the exact amount, having previously calculated how much you need. We got 40 euros. We traveled around the entire island around the perimeter. Mandatory: 7 springs - the main tunnel, Tsambika church - carried bags of gravel, Tsambika beach - to rest after climbing to the church, Lindos - definitely, the kiss of 2 seas was missed (but who was saying that he went in vain),
cross - climb + peacocks - found a feather. There are no butterflies. The Aegean Sea - swam and admired the surfers, skyscrapers and landing planes. In a tavern on the shore they ate fish and octopus, for 4 62 euros with wine. In Rhodes were 2 times and it's not enough. Parking - yellow strip - prohibited, blue - paid, but the machines are not visible. We drove away from the center, there are no lanes. Let's go to the sea - everyone is standing where they want; The coupon was seen only on one. But on separate cheerful yellow receipts - a fine of 20 euros. They say: you won't pay problems with a Schengen visa.
The police have never been seen on the roads, but it’s better not to violate much - the fines are worthy, although the Greeks themselves sometimes “give a light”. Don't hit the motorbiker - they
ride steeper than ours and without helmets. The signs are not informative, draw the route in advance, but if you get lost - do not panic - this is an island, where will you go?
If you ask a Greek about the road, he will drop everything and gladly take you almost to the place. All the Greeks with whom I spoke are wonderful people.
Individual souvenirs in Rhodes are 2-2.5 times more expensive than in a hotel. The oil was taken
we were advised in DFree 5l-17.5 euros, metaxa for a gift is cheaper in the supermarket
on the left, how to go to Rhodes 1l / 11.5 euros 5 stars. Olives in plastic and spices for feta
not in DFR.
The animation at the hotel is wonderful, they don't let you lie down during the day. We did water aerobics, Pilates, took first place in table tennis, let a sports kite
- brought with them, because blowing a constant chic wind. In the evening animation, first for children, then for adults. The hand of a professional is often visible, the team is a team
are laid out for all 100.
We went on a kreyzematras - 12 euros / person. Worth it, just tell the boat driver that you are a real pilot and he will do everything to make you remember the swim for a lifetime.
The hotel has a lot of Russians, Italians, French, there are Germans, British, Greeks and angry Muscovites with screaming children. We had fun talking to everyone - enough of a high school course. Muscovites in a week darkened, gained weight and also began to communicate normally. The children continued to scream.
On the last day, we made a photo session of the hotel's flora - more than 20 species of flowers and plants of unknown names and designs.
Bottom line: a great hotel, a great vacation, 960 photo-videos and plus 1.5 kg of weight.
Children feel like adults. The restaurant has a children's menu. A mini club is open from 10.00 to 18.00 and you don’t have to worry about the kids, because animators are watching them. In the evening, a real holiday begins. From 21.00 children's disco. And then animation for adults. The animators are just SUPER. So I have not laughed yet !! ! To everyone who visits this hotel this year: "Say hello to Marino (chief animator: ))) from Kiev"
In general, we felt like in paradise. I advise EVERYONE !! !
In the city of Rhodes, there is a feeling that the knightly spirit fell into the 13th century, the impression will be more than, for example, from the pyramids in Egypt.
If possible, I will answer all the questions of those who are going to rest in Rhodes!