Avra Beach Hotel

We had a very enjoyable week here, especially considering current circumstances, however we both agreed that we probably wouldn’t stay at this hotel again. On the subject of the COVID climate that we currently live in, it must be said that this hotel couldn’t have done any more. Sanitiser was plentiful, and cleaners could often be seen around the place. Meal times were well organised and staff were always wearing masks, even in the hot weather. Kudos to them for that. The entertainment team were a great bunch of people and although the array of things to do wasn’t as vast as it once was, from speaking to them this was more due to the pandemic rather than anything they could control. The small amount of activities on offer could be better advertised though. The grounds of the hotel are smartly presented, can’t really fault them, the rooms equally were clean and inoffensive, but nothing spectacular. The rain shower in the bathroom was a nice touch, but the lack of a substantial mirror, other than the often steamed up version which accompanied it, was a disappointment. Our biggest criticism would be the food and drink. Throughout the day you are constantly reminded that the ethos here is clearly just to buy the cheapest ingredients possible. The fruit ‘juice’ is not actually juice at all, which makes cocktails taste like they’ve been made using squash. On the food side of things, we’d argue that there is so little meat content in anything offered at dinner, that it could probably be classed as vegan friendly. Having said that, having freshly made gyros for lunch every day made up for it somewhat. To conclude, we thought that this was a ‘nice’ hotel, but that’s about it. It’s far from terrible, and if you’re booked to stay there in the near future, then there’s no need to be rushing to the travel agents to change it, just don’t expect it to blow your socks off. Hannah & Ben PS - Our top tip would be to hire a car, but not from the place attached to the hotel, unless you’ve recently won the lottery. We hired one from AutoCandia, who were brilliant. Dropped the car to us at the hotel, and all for a fraction of the price. (Hotel car hire wanted €50 per day, we paid €85 for the week!) Another tip would be to take some cash. There appears to be a sort of card machine plague spreading across Rhodes at the moment, as many businesses appeared to be having ‘problems’ with either the internet, or the machines themselves. Strange.

Just home from a week away at the Avra Beach hotel Rhodes. What an amazing stay, we could not find fault at all. The whole hotel, rooms, pool area, etc are spotless. Considering the current covid situation was so unexpected, they have stepped up to make us feel safe with great care. Always a life guard on duty Maria, who is very friendly, and takes time out to dance and really look after the kids there. The bar staff and snack bar staff work tirelessly to meet all our needs perfectly. The restaurant is again spotless, and the food is very varied and tasty, never the same meals of an evening, and again there is something for everyone. Kostas and all his staff work so very hard all day long, and serving food to you with smile, and safely. Entertainment, Gu Gu, Esme, Megan, and of course George, work to keep you entertained, with lots of choice of activities which you can either choose to officiate in, but if you choose not to there is no pressure on you to do so. The rooms are cleaned to a high standard, and fresh towels available daily if needed, the pool towels can be exchanged regularly as you need. We cannot be more pleased with our choice of hotel, as soon as you walk in and meet the reception staff, until you leave, your made to feel welcome, and any issues you may have ( which we didn’t ) are catered for. We asked to keep our room in the last day in the morning, and as our room had been allocated for new arrivals, they swapped their room to enable us to keep ours all day, which was much needed as we had a later flight. Thankyou so much to you all, you are all amazing, and we cannot wait to return again. Special mention to watch the Michael Jackson tribute act, we weren’t expecting too much from it, but were so pleasantly surprised by it, it really was fantastic. Again well done to all, our first family holiday with myself, husband, and 2 older kids ( who haven’t holidayed with us for 10 years ) was absolutely amazing, and really couldn’t have been better. ❤️💙 If there was a higher rating than 5* you would most definitely get it from us.

First impression was yea this is ok then I walked in wow fresh and clean on reception, staff were very friendly and helpful we had an up graded room with a fantastic sea view room was very clean with a big bowl of fruit and 3 small bottles of wine in the fridge ,food was brill no complaints there and plenty of it yumm ,bar staff were also brill and friendly all the staff were great and the animation team were very talented and friendly to all guests and not forgetting they even had a life guard she was amazing again very friendly altogether a bloody fantastic holiday I will return