We really enjoyed our stay at Christos' apartment. The apartment was spotless and Christos greeted us with a lot of treats. The beach is indeed close to the apartment, however it is a pebbles beach that's kind of uncomfortable; we walked for maybe 15 min until we got to a beach area that had sunbeds and umbrellas for rent (5EUR per sunbed). We highly recommend the Hippocampus restaurant (it is a short walk from the apartment), but there is a Spar supermarket close by and the bus station to Rhodes is a short walk away. Overall, we had a lovely stay in Ixia and we enjoyed our time on the Rhodes island. Many thanks to Christos for having us and treating us so well.