The location of this apartment complex is great, just off the main stretch of restaurants and bars in Pefkos! As you walk out of the small complex on to the road - if you turn left and walk 50 metres, you are at the start of the main street of action in the town. If you turn right on exiting the complex, you walk down a windy path to a secluded sandy beach that is great for a morning swim! The main beach in Pefkos gets extremely busy, but this beach is completely emply every day and much nicer than the main beach. It even has a row of sun beds that are layed out and free to use. But staying at Pals, you have use of Collusium Pool Bar complex right across the road. They have a big pool and snack bar. There are no additional facilities at Pals besides your self catering room.
The room itself is just as described and in fact, is styled really well in light neutral colours and soft lighting. We loved the design. The bathroom too is top notch, better than many 5* hotels on the Island! Tiled to the highest level and styled beutifully like a boutique hotel. There is aircon, it is quite weak, so even at the lowest setting of 17'c the room floats around 24'c, when it is 30'c outside. It was fine for us, but might be an issue for other people. There is a fully fited mini kitchen, with 2 stove rings, fridge, freezer, sink and all crockery. Also a foldaway table for dining with stools and chairs/table on the balcony. It's a very well thought out use of space!
The hosts are lovely. With them offering 24 hour communication if you need it and they are very fast to respond on Whats app. Antonis' wife greets you on arrival, she is English and very friendly. The entire complex is still being built it seems. But no work is happening right now. There is scafolding on the building itself, and in the garden. There is no main reception, Antonis wife met us in the hallway, where they have a makeshift seating area. There are no signs outside, only an arrow on the main road pointing in the direction of the building. I only recognised the complex because it matched the photos on Airbnb, otherwise we would not know it was Pals Studios. They have no main sign on entering, and the carpark is basically rubble infront of a half built side building. There's no signage of any kind in general, the whole place seemed abandoned. There is no reception. Antonis asks you to phone him when you arrive. We phoned Antonis to let him know we arrived and then his lovely wife showed up in the unmarked hallway we accidentally walked into. We still weren't sure if it was Pals Studios when she walked in saying hello to us because the whole place had no signs or desk or stickers on the wall to identify it in any way. It all seemed like it was still under construction and there were no people about to ask if this was Pals Studios. We were the only people there. This initial chaos of finding the place and identifying it as Pals didnt matter to us, as the room was so nice/clean/stylish and Antonis' wife Sarah was so lovely and informative. She said they are in another building on the complex, further up the road 20 metres, a bar called "Pals". This is beside the rooms, but a walk across the garden, facing the main road.
There are no facilities on site and the place is still under partial construction, but I would stay here again for sure. You'll eat out in one of the very high quality, great value restaurants anyway or go to one of the local cocktail bars. Zig Zag Bar is a 5 minute walk from the studio and does top quality cocktails for 6euro! The rooms are superior to many in the area and at a far lower price. Plus the pool and snack bar at Collusium Pool Bar across the road is a great extra facility to have use of, with free sunbeds for the day. For the 2023 season (next year) I am sure they will have signage up and a main reception. The communication is also great from the owners/hosts. They have a modile phone number you can contact them on 24 hours a day and they reply very fast. Wifi is also provided for free in all rooms. It's a great spot if you want to be close to Lindos or simply just stay around Pefkos. Perfect upmarket studio for 2! Our room No.8 was great, as it was on the first floor and facing the sea, so great view of the sea and moutains and further villages lit up at night on the coast. Amazing view of the sunset from this room as it set behind the mountains. Very romantic and a quiet location, yet so central! Ask for No.8 for sure or one that is beside room 8 when communicating with Antonis, so you get that sunset and sea view!