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Karen from Sevenoaks Kent travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Thomas Cook
on a 18-30s holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2007 |
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| said: We stayed for 11 nights half board at The Olympic palace. Arrived at 4 am after 4 hour delay at Gatwick.Our room was at the front, so we had a lovely sea view at no extra cost.
When we booked, Thomas Cook said we could have a free upgrade to sea view if available. Thank goodness, we were so lucky.some people paid 130 euros to upgrade to sea view.
This hotel is lovely. I would definately go back there.
The food was absolutely fantastic. Not a chip in sight, unless you asked your waiter to order them specially.Our waiter was brilliant. He was so friendly, the restaurant was bright and full of life. There was everything you could imagine to eat, both breakfast and dinner. We ate like kings.......AAAAHHHHH
The pool area was very nice, 2 pools plus the baby pool, indoor pool also. we went August bank holiday, would recommend this date as the hotel starts to get a little less busy.
We never had any trouble getting sunbeds.Not a great deal to do in Ixia.get the bus to Rhodes town , we went in the evening and during the day, what a beautiful place...go to the waterpark at Faliraki,bus to rhodes town then free bus to waterpark.we had a fantastic time in Rhodes. book Thomas cook for the free child place as this saved us heaps and got us the sea view room.
You wont regret going here, eat well, drink well, so much sunshine,friendly people...
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Pauline from Kent travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
First Choice
on a singles holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2006 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Just returned from Rhodes this week and thought the hotel was excellent value, although definitely only 4*. We had a last minute deal and had pre-booked and paid extra for a sea view (an absolute must, because rooms at the rear look onto a cliff face!). The large balcony was private and and the room very spacious, with an extra area including a settee/bed, with small table & chairs.
Daily maid service, with sheets and towels changed every day and kept very clean. The rooms could do with updating though and some new furniture and bedcovers wouldn't go amiss. Bed and pillows very comfortable!
The food was some of the best quality we've ever experienced at a Greek 4* hotel. Breakfast was what you would expect to get: fruit, yogurt, cereal, full English, cold meats, croissants, cake etc, but the real treat was having a good selection of food for the evening meal. What a change from the normal 'canteen type food' you often get in hotels. There was always plenty of choice on the buffet, along with a chef cooking some specials and also very often they offered a separate al la carte menu too, at no extra cost to HB guests. Service in the resaurant was excellent and half a carafe of house red was 5 Euros.
We didn't experience the hotel entertainment, preferring to spend the evening at one of the local bars. Plenty of sun beds around the pool, although it was end of September when we stayed and I suspect the hotel was not full.
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nick from newport travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
first choice
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2006 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: What a dump, simple as that. If anyone reading this is thinking of going here take my advice and forget it. Go to the next hotel, Rodian Amathus absoultley fabulous.
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Kathryn Clegg from Bradford travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Olympic Holidays
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2006 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: On arrival, we thought this hotel looked pleasant but
not anything special. As we walked up to our room along very dark corridors we realised that this maybe was not the 5 star we had hoped for. Our room was very basic with many items either falling off walls or just very shabby.
The food was very basic and the restaurant absolutley
appalling. We queued for at least 15 mins every evening just to enter the restaurant to be led to a dirty table with the previous occupants dirty plates and cutlery lingering there. We had to ask the waiter at least twice for everything we needed and on some occasions just gave up and went to a neighbouring restaurant.
After the first evening we had enough and asked to be transferred to another property - anywhere but alas all the decent hotels were fully booked. Our representative did nothing to assist with this and we resorted to grinning and bearing it.
The entertainment was second rate and not worth listening to although you couldn't help that if your room was overlooking the pool.
Both the pool and rooftop bars were charging exorbitant prices for alcoholic drinks and the service very slow.
Unless you are an early riser there was no possible way to secure a sunbed. There were at least 50 people sitting on the concrete every day waiting for someone to move. The hotel receptionist pointed out that we should get up earlier if we expected a sunbed, afterall we had only paid near to £3000 for the two weeks, what did we expect!
Never never again.
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ray from west sussex travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
first choice
on a singles holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2006 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed in this hotel for 2 weeks this summer after the first day we were asking for a transfer !
Rooms are terrible if rigsby from rising damp had shown me in I could understand. Food little or no chose not always buffet as stated waiter served choice of 2 meals meat or chicken with mashed potato and mixed frozen veg, tables were not cleared whilst eating, we once reached 8 plates on our table.
No air conditioning in hotel used apart from reception,
dull dim dirty rooms, 70s decor, rank carpets, no fresh juice at breakfast(squash), croissants do not exist here, water melon and grapes for 2 weeks night and day.
The pool is a joke the water was so cloudy you could barely see through it, I dived down to the bottom one day and the filth that was down there was shocking all the filters were clogged up. My son was sick after 3 days and I swear it was that water.
The beach opposite is described as gently shelving shingle and sand more like shingle rock and fag butts not pleasant do yourself a favour and stay at the Rhodos palace up the road now that is a 5 star hotel not like this dump.
Our worst hotel ever.
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Lynne, Ian + Ben from Liverpool travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Olympic holidays
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Hotel was in a good location, right opposite the beach. And if you opted for a sea view (which in my opinion is a must) the views were spectacular, the balcony was large and very sunny. The rooms were kept clean, towels changed daily.
Lovely pool area but not very clean, floors were never cleaned the whole time we were there.
The same food an drink stains were there all week, and the pool always seemed cloudy. All the usual pool games were played, volley ball, aerobics, darts.
The food in the hotel was average, some days better than others, breakfast being the best. You could opt to take lunch by the pool if you wanted instead of your evening meal,we only found this out on our last day. The staff at the restaurant were very few and far between and very slow!we had to que up outside until you were shown to a table, the thing that annoyed me was there was loads of empty tables but all dirty not enough staff to clear and re-set.
This is supposed to be a 4* hotel but I would say not quite! All in all everything was adequate and we had a lovely holiday.
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Catty Lee from Wigtownshire travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Thomas Cook
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2006 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The Hotel was excellent. The room walls were a bit rough like artex gone wrong, but that is my only complaint. The rooms were mostly carpeted which absorbed any sound from neighbours, we hardly heard a thing and the hotel was very busy.
We had one of the rooms which overlooked the cliff, at first we considered asking for a room with a sea view but discovered that our room kept very cool without the sun blazing in.
The weather was scorching, absolutely gorgeous.
The rooms were cleaned every day, maids were very nice, appreciated us trying out some Greek on them!!
The food was excellent, slightly repetitive, but very tasty, the tiny pastries were excellent. Waiting staff were very nice could not do enough for you.
Hotel location was ok, shop were ok, nothing to write home about. We spent most of our days up at St Paul's bay in Lindos, the small cove there is excellent, and the shops at the Acropolis are really good, they have vines growing overhead which made walking about much cooler, more pleasant. We would recommend the Swedish cafe there, very good.
To be fair we only went up to the entertainment in the Hotel once, it was ok.
I would visit the Olympic Palace again but would be more likely choose something closer to Lindos just due to its lovely locality which Ixia lacks.
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Alison from Fleet travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Olympic
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2005 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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We visited in August last year (truly high season!!) This is one of the things you start having to do when your kids get to school age.
We arrived at 4.00pm in the afternoon and the conceirge (whos names escapes me but very polite) We had requested a sea view (late on) and been told nothing was guaranteed. Yet the chap gave us keys to a sea view and asked for us to go decide if it was suitable. Well it WAS! It looked directly out to turkey and all four of us could fit in very comfortably. Also there was a bowl of fruit and a nice bottle of wine (we had said my little girl had a birthday .. slightly inappropiate but I didn't mind)
The hotel was a very busy hotel. However, at no time did we have to queue to use the resturant. It was very efficient and the staff were lovely.. Within a day they had the kids names and spoke to them directly each time they came in (much to the kids delight)
The pool, or the three pools, are very busy. I am afraid it is towels at 7.00 am for loungers!! But if you are prepred to do that, you will get a nice space. Just don't expect to arrive at noon and find any space loungers!
Entertainment, well it was great for us. Probably not for everyone, but the children loved it. It gave them a chance to have fun too (please note if you are a couple.. this place in August is probably too children mad for you)
We loved it, we have booked to go next year. And have contacted the hotel directly to secure a good room.
OH and whatever you do try to book a sea view.. the Back view is not good.. directly onto a mountain.
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jan from portrush travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
direct
on a singles holiday.
There were 3 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2005 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We really enjoyed our stay here.
The staff were so friendly and nothing was too much trouble, they really work hard to please you.
The rooms were cleaned every day and even the maids were cheerful, the rooms are very spacious we paid extra for a sea view worth every penny you can see the Turkish coast and watch the sunset and the balconies are huge.
The hotel has lovely grounds and across the road from the beach.
One tip though when going into Rhodes town take a taxi which you can book from reception really cheap also the waterpark is a must fantastic day out also go by taxi as it's cheaper than going with the reps and the taxis are waiting outside to take you back again.
The food was hot and plentiful with good choices and the drinks were cheaper than outside bars all in all excellent holiday.
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Paul from Durham travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Thomas Cook
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2004 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The Olympic Palace is set in a fantastic location in Ixia overlooking the beach close to local shops & tavernas.
I have been to Ixia before and had seen the Olympic Palace on a previous trip which is partly the reason I booked this for myself and my wife and her parents.
Overall the holiday was good however the cleanliness and general state of the rooms was very poor (not 4 star level as advertised). There was terrible smells of damp in the rooms and the corridors, we had to move rooms and to be honest the second room was not much better. The only saving grace about the room was the fantastic sea views.
During our stay the hotel was giving the accomodation area a lick of much needed paint in an attempt to mask the terrible smells.
The pool area was great, not crowded & very clean.
The food was good with a good selection and friendly waiters.
I would only return to Olympic Palace if I knew the rooms had been modernised and redecorated to an acceptable standard because as they stand they are not acceptable.
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Julie from Darlington travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
Hayes Travel
on a family holiday.
There were 5 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2004 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: My Fiance and I travelled to this hotel in May this year with his parents and Brother we had a fantastic time.
The pool was lovely and clean and very spacious and there was no problem getting a sunbed, in fact we could take our pick.
My boyfrind proposed to me on the beach whilst on holiday, I said yes and the hotel staff we very excited for us and made this even more special.
The food was nice and there was plenty to choose from. The waitresses were very nice and polite.
Our rooms were always cleaned before we got back from breakfast and the size of the room was great, we had a sea view which was fantastic and the balcony was massive which gave you plenty of privacy if you wanted to sunbathe.
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K Anderson from London travelled to Olympic Palace Hotel with
JMC
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2002 |
rated the Olympic Palace Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We have visited this hotel approximately 7 times and are due to return again this year.
The hotel is clean and the staff are very friendly. I am a particulary fussy eater but have never had any complaints about the food in the Olympic Palace, there is always so much choice and is very well presented.
The entertainment in the hotel needs improvement but it is only a short taxi ride into Rhodes Town where there is plenty to do.
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