Atrium Palace Hotel, Kalathos, Rhodes
Hotel Information
Recent Price: £128
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Hotel Description:
Located in the small resort of Kalathos just 5 kilometers from Lindos, this 5 * hotel offers excellent quality accommodation with good on-site facilities within walking distance of the pebbly beach. The hotel is set in large landscaped gardens with terraces surrounding the pool area. Rooms are well furnished and comfortable. There is a choice of bars and lounges where you can enjoy a relaxing drink. loading...
Atrium Palace Hotel Reviews
" Well what can I say, this hotel is... "
Submitted By: Mrs M Bayliss
Well what can I say, this hotel is outstanding. This was my second stay at this hotel.
The year before I got married in Lindos - St Paul's Bay and had my reception within the grounds of the Atrium Palace, the staff and management went out of their way to make our day a very special and happy one. It was a day no one would forget.
The food is outstanding, the areas are always clean. The hotel grounds are also amazing, you never feel like crowded because it is so spaced out.
I can not wait to return in 2009, I am already booked....
The year before I got married in Lindos - St Paul's Bay and had my reception within the grounds of the Atrium Palace, the staff and management went out of their way to make our day a very special and happy one. It was a day no one would forget.
The food is outstanding, the areas are always clean. The hotel grounds are also amazing, you never feel like crowded because it is so spaced out.
I can not wait to return in 2009, I am already booked....
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- Date of Holiday:Jun 2006
- Board Basis:Half Board
- Tour Operator:Olympic Holidays
" This hotel is lovely and the spa... "
Submitted By: louisecameron
This hotel is lovely and the spa makes it quite special. We had a junior suite with a side sea view but I don't think you could have had a better view of the sea if you had paid for a full sea view. The room was big with an anti room with two sofa beds so there was lots of room - it was also very clean and well kitted out.
If you are expecting a sandy beach you will be disappointed - the beach area is nice but very stony. However, the pool area is beautiful so you shouldn't feel like you have lost out. The hotel is cleverly laid out with different blocks and landscaping so it doesn't feel like a big complex - it also provides plenty of shade for when it is really hot.
The food in the hotel is OK but nothing special so I would recommend taking a trip into Lindos to eat a few times, it’s about 10 € in a taxi.
I would highly recommend Sinatra’s, Ambrosia and the Acropolis for excellent food, service and atmosphere and Georgios bar for watching sports and just for being a really nice pub.
If you are expecting a sandy beach you will be disappointed - the beach area is nice but very stony. However, the pool area is beautiful so you shouldn't feel like you have lost out. The hotel is cleverly laid out with different blocks and landscaping so it doesn't feel like a big complex - it also provides plenty of shade for when it is really hot.
The food in the hotel is OK but nothing special so I would recommend taking a trip into Lindos to eat a few times, it’s about 10 € in a taxi.
I would highly recommend Sinatra’s, Ambrosia and the Acropolis for excellent food, service and atmosphere and Georgios bar for watching sports and just for being a really nice pub.
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2007
- Board Basis:Half Board
- Tour Operator:Thomson
" What a lovely hotel, very clean and... "
Submitted By: Ms S Whitley
What a lovely hotel, very clean and the staff were very friendly. We had a great time at the Atrium Palace. The weather was extremely hot, so we found ourselves in the hotel room cooling down for a lot of the time! The food was above average, the breakfast could of been improved slightly, but the choice was excellent.
Just down the road is Lindos town where you can find lots of little restaurants to eat, but beware of the wasps when you sit on the roof terraces! If its nightlife you are looking for, I would recommend going to Rhodes Town, but you are after a nice relaxing break away from it all, I would recommend Lindos.
One thing that did spoil my holiday towards the end that I caught a nasty ear infection which developed into a nasty sore throat and cold, I put this down the fact that I went swimming everyday.
Just down the road is Lindos town where you can find lots of little restaurants to eat, but beware of the wasps when you sit on the roof terraces! If its nightlife you are looking for, I would recommend going to Rhodes Town, but you are after a nice relaxing break away from it all, I would recommend Lindos.
One thing that did spoil my holiday towards the end that I caught a nasty ear infection which developed into a nasty sore throat and cold, I put this down the fact that I went swimming everyday.
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- Date of Holiday:Jul 2006
- Board Basis:Bed & Breakfast
- Tour Operator:Lastminute
We had a civil ceremony at the hotel, this was organised through Thomas Cook. It was very quick but to the point and the message was very family orientated so if you don’t want a family in the future then you might want to write your own vows. Also the registrar didn’t use our full names including middle names as Thomas Cook (who it’s fair to say are next to useless) hadn’t given him all the information.
The reception itself was at the Asterias Restaurant and that was nice. The food was good but I think you could have far better in Lindos for a fraction of the price. We ate at some absolutely beautiful restaurants whilst we were there and they would all hold wedding receptions or meals.
Nicola the wedding co – ordinator at the hotel was quite good. She seemed very busy though so it’s best that you sort most things out yourself or you could end up getting panicky about things getting done in time. Our main complaint was the photographer they highly recommended (George) who ruined all our wedding photographs to the point where we have had to use photoshop to cut and paste heads onto bodies! This man who we were told was a professional and certainly charged a ‘professional’ rate was an amateur with no skill whatsoever. His own son admitted to us that he must’ve been having a bad day that day! The whole experience was horrible and rushed. George was bad tempered and rude to our guests, he did not stay to take any photos by the beach or any natural non posed shots at all. We hardly have any decent photographs of the day now. The whole experience put a cloud over our last 4 days there which we spent trying to speak to Nicola and fighting to try to get the mess sorted out. We have returned home feeling disappointed and annoyed that we were forced to pay for photographs when some of our guests had taken better ones. Nicola and the team at the hotel were not helpful in resolving the matter and it certainly wasn’t dealt with professionally at any stage. No one could be found when it came to check out which was convenient and neither Nicola nor the hotel manager were picking up their phones. We were left in a position where we had to pay for the photos with a 15euro discount, which was just insulting really after we had spent so much in the hotel and so had our guests. We have complained reasonably on our return home to no success.
If we had our time again we DEFINITELY would not get married at that hotel and we certainly wouldn’t recommend anyone or anything connected to the hotel to people which is why we are writing this review now. Whilst we had a nice day, there were many things that could have been better and the fact that no one at the hotel dealt with the (big) issue that we had adequately makes us wonder what would have happened if something had gone wrong on the day itself. Would they all have vanished into thin air then as well?! And left us to pick up the pieces and make the best of what we could. You can’t take a chance when it’s your wedding day, you only get one and you can never recreate it. Don’t take a chance on this hotel they could easily let you down as they have done with us.
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Zarina and Steve.