Apollo Beach

This was the best choice of holiday, hotel, location I've ever made. Apollo beach might not be the newest hotel but the staff are polite and friendly, the hotel is spotless and very well maintained, the grassed area with huge number of sunbeds is inspired as it keeps the pool area less crowded and prevents any early morning sun bed hogging that usually goes on at other hotels. you have the option of beach, garden or pool area for sunbathing. It is the best stretch of the whole Faliraki beach and plenty of water sports and boat trip pick ups along the beach. The bus stop is at the top of the hotel drive where you can catch a bus to Rhodes Town of to various other destinations including Anthony Quinn bay, Ladiko Bay, Tsambika Beach etc. The food was lovely and lots of variety and the all day snack bar with Crepes, Pizzas, Gyros, fries and ice-cream was just too tempting to resit. The jewel in this hotels crown was 'Mr Kris' (no idea if that was his real name) the Entertainment/Animation Team manager. His aqua gym sessions 6 days a week were fun and got you ready for your day (having too much Ouzo the night before did not get you off the hook). I was with my 2 daughters (21 & 18) and they loved it. Having been to Faliraki in the 90's it is a much calmer place - it still has Bar Street (Mambo bar was good) and clubs but the 18-30's vibe was gone. Our rooms were cleaned every day, and given our late flight out was delayed and we didn't arrive until 4am they had placed some food in the fridge for us knowing we'd be very hungry. We really appreciated that. I only heard on the last day there was a gym and don't know if this was true but I never saw it. There is an indoor and outdoor pool. There is a bar area in one of the blocks that wasn't used which was a shame as it looks really nice. The outside pool bar is very busy and does a wide range of drinks. Would have like a traditional Greek night excursion and reps don't seem to exist these days other than a folder in reception. Not a criticism of the holiday or hotel but British people do seem to be a rarity/curiosity though and the the staring and not respecting personal space boundaries by other holiday makers made my girls very uncomfortable at times. The 5 star hotels a few km along the coast towards Rhodes were beautiful but they didn't have the same amenities near by. We didn't want to leave and have missed it a lot since we did. I would go back in a heartbeat.