We stayed at Paola's place for just under a week and it was a great base to explore Rhodes old town. It's located a short walk from the red gate in a quiet street, but with a short walk to all the great restaurants that Paola recommended. The old town is all accessible on foot from the apartment, although if you're pushing a baby stroller like we were, it can be a bumpy ride! Paola met us at the gate and helped us back to her place, then gave us a map and introduction to the town.
The apartment is based around an internal courtyard with a kitchen and bathroom on ground floor, stairs leading up to a master bedroom and small 2nd bedroom (where Paola had set up a cot for our daughter), then more stairs leading up to another room (lovely for sitting in with a book or just admiring the views) and finally some more small stairs up the roof terrace. The views from the terrace were outstanding — the castle in one direction, city walls a short hop away, and the sea and Turkey in the other direction. At first we cursed ourselves for not remembering the baby monitor (so we could be up on the roof while our daughter was in bed) but because the roof terrace looks over the internal courtyard, we would've heard her if she'd woken up.
The kitchen is well stocked with cooking and eating gear which we made good use of during our stay. Paola recommended several local restaurants and they were all excellent. We'd particularly recommend Marco Polo, which was amazing food and well priced for the quality. Paola also left fresh baked goods and a bottle of wine for us to enjoy which kept us going for a while.
As I mentioned we were staying with our small daughter and were a little worried it wouldn’t be appropriate with all the stairs. We did have to keep an eye on her, and it may not be appropriate for some more single-minded children, but for us it worked out OK. The roof terrace in particular doesn’t have a fence so you definitely can’t allow too much freedom to wander up there! (We tended to base ourselves in the upstairs room with the door closed where we could all enjoy the views without getting into too much trouble).
Overall we had a lovely stay and have already said to Paola that we’ll be tempted to come back again maybe next year!