We, a family of 4 persons, 2 children and 2 adults went to the Royal Albatross villa for 7 nights. It is one of three villas next to each other (but not sharing walls). It is the most southern one.
The villa is in the southeast of rhodes, about 1 hour away from the airport and 3 minutes drive away from Gennadi, the next smaller town.
Gennadi has a supermarket, a bakery with lots of local and special tasty things, as well as a couple of delightful restaurants.
Prior to arrival, we had to arrange some extraordinary things (dialysis material had to be sent to the villa as one child is suffering an illness). This worked out well for us and the coordination with the local host Donna was uncomplicated. Donna is your contact person during your stay (not Stefanakis). She answers quickly and will support you having a good time. We had one or two things, where we needed assistance and she was there within just a couple of minutes or replied quickly by text.
Description of the villa:
The villa itself is modern and beautiful. It has 3 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms attached to it.
All rooms have air condition (heating/cooling), television and access to the elevator.
A) One Room is without windows as it is on the -basement-, but with a nice bathroom. The bed has a width of 200cm.
B) The -ground floor- gives you access to the terrace and the pool, as well as a couch, dining table and the kitchen.
On the terrace, next to the roughly 14m long pool, you will find 5 sunbeds and three beach umbrellas. Partly protected from the sun is a big table and a gas-barbecue next to it.
Further down (50metres) is the crystal-clear sea. There is some rubbish all along the beach, what is not the owner's fault. It's mankind's fault. We cleaned the part closest to our villa twice.
However, we still enjoyed going to the beach and the sea. You will have hundreds of metres beach for yourself. It is a mix of stone and sandy beach. Use bathing shoes! We also saw a dolphin swimming close to the beach.
All day long you will have the chance to meet Brigitte (we called 'her' like that), a robot lawn mower. You will not hear 'her' and 'she' will avoid close contact with you on 'her' own.
5metres away from the entrance is the place to park you car(s).
C) On the first floor is the second and biggest bedroom with a shower placed inside the room. It has a balcony with a nice seaview. Bedsize 180cm (maybe 200cm). The door to this room is hard to close and open quietly, without making loud noises (maybe fixed already).
D) The second and highest floor gives you access to the last bedroom with a smaller bed (140cm) and a small bathroom. Be aware, the door to the bathroom in this room can be closed, but just for the purpose of not being able to see through. Noises will be heard, like there is no door. ;-)
There is not much space inside this bathroom to place your personal belongings. The door closing the shower does not close completely. Place a towel (available for all bathrooms) in front, otherwise it could get wet and slippery all around the bathroom and next to the bed.
The room gives two persons only limited space to put away your clothes, but we got on with it. There is no big wardrobe.
It has a balcony with a jacuzzi. If you want to use the jacuzzi be aware, it takes roughly 45 minutes until it is filled enough. We used it once, and we felt the bubble mode was too loud (not the bubbles - the jacuzzi sound itself), but this is complaining on a super high level. The massage function was what we found the best.
On the side of the balcony all the Air conditioning machines are placed. If the A/C is on, you will probably hear them working if it is absolutely quiet elsewhere. But it is acceptable and will not prevent you from sleeping.
The view from the balcony towards the sea is magnificient. You can hear the waves softly, what we found calming.
Summary:
All in all we had a wonderful stay at the Royal Villa and can recommend it without a doubt. It is peaceful and quiet all around. It gives you the chance to relax and escape the hustle and bustle.
Recommendations: Hire a car, it is essential!
Do a Donkey tour (just 15 minutes drive away) at donkeycruise dot com. You won't regret it.
Do not do: a glass boat tour at rhodes town. Not worth a penny.