Despoina's home is everything you can see on the photos, and so much more bedsides; it's a genuine experience of Rhodian village life at its best, with great facilities and location.
Despoina's son Michalis greeted us at the airport, and led us in our hire car through the hills to Psinthos. The house was immaculately prepared, and Despoina had stocked the kitchen with all the essentials - and quite a lot of extras - to ride you over until you have found the local shops. The fridge was laden with bottled water, canned drinks, a bottle of wine, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese and ham, jam and milk, and she had also provided bread and cereals to keep us going. Coffee and tea makeing was also fully covered off.
Also, the bathrooms were fully stocked to cover every eventuality, and plenty of dishwashing and laundry tablets were provided. Nothing was left to chance!
Every room was beautifully prepared, and each had individual air-conditioning available should you need it.
So the house was brilliantly equipped, and beautifully prepared for our stay. But this was only the beginning.
Our hold luggage had been misplaced, and Michalis took it upon himself to act as local points-man in communicating updates with the airport, until the luggage had been safely delivered by taxi to the house late the following day.
As Michalis speaks very good English, he made himself available via the AirBnB app and his mobile phone to answer questions we had; he made very clear that if we had any problems whatsoever, we should contact him first.
Despoina and Michalis invited us to join thier family for a festival in the village the first weekend, and we met many of thier friends and family, which opened the door to an amazing time of getting to know the village, the local area, and the street on which the house is. We were constantly greeted wherever we went in Psinthos, given advise on the best taverna's, the best shops, monasteries, beaches and sights to see. We were treated with a level of hospitality and generosity that we have not experienced beforehand, as we lived almost as locals for the remainder of our time on Rhodes.
This has been a remarkable experience, that has significantly exceeded our expectations, and we are already planning to return sometime next year.
All of these experiences have been made possible and enhanced through Despoina and Michalis's amazing hospitality - the house is great, but they have made it a home-from-home for us!
I cannot recommend this home and Despoina and Michalis highly enough. If village life is your bag, you will not be disappointed.