알키오니데스 호텔

Avoid this hotel! The rooms were very dirty, there were a lot of bugs, ants and spiders. Cleaning was made superficially, there was a lot of dirt everywhere. The hotel is really close to the airport and the noise is insane (planes are landing every 5-10 minutes). The doors were not closing properly, we could not lock the balcony door so it was really unsafe to leave the belongings in the room. The host is a very rude person, he basically insulted us when we tried to ask for his help. We were charged 56 euros for AC for 7 nights and the host told us to use it only when really necesary because the power is really expensive there (like we didn't already pay a lot of money for it). We asked for the receipt for AC and the tax that we paid but the owner refused to give us one. The hotel offers meals but the meals were cooked by the host in the reception and it was dirty and unsafe, the host left the meals uncovered for hours and the cluttery was dirty as well. The hotel is close to Kremasti beach but the beach is so dirty and it has big stones and deep waivy water, so not suitable for bad swimmers. Avoid this hotel at any cost.

I don't know whether this place has been done up since the previous bad reviews but I found it perfectly fine for a night. Our flight home was cancelled at about 8pm and rather than wait for the airline to sort out somewhere we booked this as it's just a 10-minute cab from the airport. The room was clean. The bed was comfortable. The bathroom was also clean and the shower worked well, as did the Aircon. Yes it's quite true that there's an occasional plane loudly flying overhead but what do you expect this close to an airport? And it wasn't especially expensive, for Rhodes. Breakfast was included but we didn't have time so I can't comment on that. Arguably four stars is generous, but it's based on the fact we were fairly sceptical about the place before arriving but it was actually quite all right, nice even, and if you're short on time and options it definitely does the job.