Atlantica Aegean Blue - All Inclusive

There were lots of positives and some negatives about this hotel, so I will attempt to briefly summarise the salient points below. We travelled as a family. Positives: The water park was good fun for both adults and children, and not over crowded The location is stunning, the grounds are well manicured, and it really is a beautiful setting. The rooms are large and well equipped and nicely decorated. The majority of the staff are friendly and helpful When our daughter had an ear infection they were quick and helpful in getting hold of a doctor, and even called up afterwards to check if everything was okay, even sending up a complimentary fruit plate and drinks. The food in the lunch restaurants and the a La carte ones were nice. The ice cream shop on site is fantastic! - couldn’t recommend it enough! There were enough sun beds, but you have to get up early at 7:30am to reserve them. The onsite shop is good for snacks, drinks and has a decent selection of souvenirs, toys, pool floats etc Negatives: The food from the main buffet restaurant is bad. Gloopy texture, funny taste to most sauces or products. My partner found a fingernail in her porridge! The buffet is like a zoo, too many people in a small area, with multiple food stations having consistent queues. Queuing is a common theme in this hotel, with consistent queuing to be seated at the buffet, for food at lunch, for drinks at the bar at any time of day, or for any snacks. The bars often have long queues for them, and all drinks except the beer is poor quality, the cocktails in particular are unpleasant. The cleaning in general is not up to standard: the majority of the plates in the buffet and the cups they use in the rooms are just not cleaned properly with stains and marks on them. Some of the cleaning staff are also quite rude. The beach is opposite the neighbouring hotel, and is clean - but need to pay for sun beds. These weren’t too expensive at €15 for two. The in room coffee and milk was never replaced during my stay, they did replace the cups, but these were often not clean. For the first day, rubbish was left outside our room in the stairwell, only being cleared the next day. Summary: This has potential to be a really nice place, but is really let down by understaffing, cheap food and drinks. Which, given the price, is not really acceptable. Overall would rate a 3.5 out or 5. Not sure I would return, unless the onsite watermark was really a massive requirement of your holiday.

We loved the Atlantica Aegean Blue, glorious holiday, nothing not to love. Beautiful hotel. Very clean, great food, sunshine from sunrise to sunset, with clear seas and large pools. The staff are lovely, especially at the bar (dream team) Matoula and colleagues who made us feel so welcome ❤️ greeting us with warm welcomes every day! Also at the gelato stand Kalliopi was very kind to my son and his holiday friends on their frequent visits for MORE ice cream ☺️. We visited the Italian, and Asian A La Carte restaurants which were wonderful, some pictures attached of the food. At the Italian the staff brought my husband pudding with a candle, and the entire restaurant sang happy birthday which was a nice touch. Fantastic two weeks. 🥰 Thank you all for making our holiday extra special. Sarah and family.

Had the most amazing time, the Italian restaurant is a must!!! the food and service was 5 star. Rhodes really is a beautiful place and family friendly.

We have just returned from an 11 night stay here, and wanted to leave a thorough review, easiest way to do that is list the pros and cons: PROS: * Food & Drink - for us, we don’t usually expect too much from an AI, and prefer to eat out where the locals eat,however the food here in the main buffet was some of the best we have ever experienced. A great selection at breakfast, and all food we tried in the evening was delicious. We would confidently say it was the best AI buffet we’ve ever experienced. We also ate in 2 of of the A La Carte (the Italian twice, and the Asian) these were both outstanding. And set in beautiful surroundings. The AI drinks options were also excellent for what they are. The snack bars offerings during the day were also delicious! And very quick service (it’s also very handy that they have self serve drinks stations here including beer.) * Facilities - the hotels facilities we thought were fantastic. The hotel was immaculately clean throughout, plenty of toilet options around, a very well stocked shop on site, games room, children’s play area (however this is not shaded - something we feel was missed) Astro football pitch, tennis courts etc. the pool areas are beautiful, with plenty of space & sunbeds for all the guests. The waterpark is a fantastic addition, and one that kept our 8yr old entertained. Excellent slides, and well managed by the lifeguards in terms of safety. The spa was lovely too. The room we had was beautiful, with a gorgeous view, and had almost everything we needed (will touch on this very quickly in the ‘cons’) * Location - the hotel is situated 30 mins from both Rhodes Old town, and Lindos, which for us, was ideal, as we always hire a car to explore, however some guests may find it’s possibly abit isolated if they don’t want to do this. There is not much around in the immediate area to explore on foot. It is only a short taxi ride from Tsambika Beach (though this is €20 in each direction) Despite what the hotel may say, expect to pay cash to the driver. There are also ATMs at the beach which work with NFC which is very handy! To get a taxi back the staff at the restaurant can book this for you. Very helpful! * Staff - this is the area that the hotel excels in, and one of the main reasons we will not hesitate to come back for. The staff here are outstanding. Every single person we encountered were friendly, super helpful, funny, and went the extra mile to engage in conversation and to help. They work so hard, and such long hours, but do not let on to you, the guest. They always greet you with a smile, and don’t make you feel like you are a burden. Special mentions include Eleni at the bar, Konstantinos in the restaurant, Konstantina in the Italian, all the staff at the pool bars (sorry I did not note all names) and the reception ladies. The spa ladies were also fantastic. We cannot comment enough on how wonderful everyone was, a real credit to this hotel. (The gentleman in the morning at the lobby bar always greeted us with a smile, and makes the best frappes!) all of the ladies in the shop were fun and engaging too! Helping to teach us more Greek during our stay! * Entertainment - hotel entertainment isn’t usually our thing, however I will say that for families with kids, it was great! Our son loved the nightly discos, and entertainment on offer, and was particularly impressed with the daily pool side mini shows (the pirate show being a particular favorite!) and the Pool party with fireworks was a family highlight! So much fun!! * Kids club - we booked through TUI, and the kids club runs twice a day for 2 hours each. The days that our son attended, he loved it! Lots to entertain them, with a changing activity programme. I will also note the atlantica entertainment team were just as fantastic! The staff appear to really care for your children and take an interest in them! There is also a weekly football tournament for anyone who’s children like that too! CONS (and I’d like to note that we are nit picking on these, there are not many) Room - we stayed in room 239, which had a beautiful view (see photo) however the noise level when the entertainment was on - was ASIF we had the doors wide open. With small children trying to sleep, this could be a major issue. We did report this to reception, and they did send someone very quickly however I don’t think there is anything they can do in terms of soundproofing. The noise from the hallway is also very loud, you can hear everyone’s conversations as they walk around and close doors etc. there is also no iron available for the rooms (instead a ‘ironing room’ which we found slightly annoying. Something to bear in mind when looking at room location. Location - as I touched on earlier - for those who like to explore locally, this may feel slightly isolated, this is not the hotels fault though, and the hotel provides more than enough for those who just want to come and relax for the duration of their stay. Main restaurant - for us, the only downside to the main buffet was the lack of smoothies to drink (very personal, and purely because our son likes one normally at breakfast) and lack of fresh omelette station in the morning - they do have omelettes - but they are not made to order with your own choice of topping. It is also very hot inside in the evening. Overall, a brilliant family holiday that we are very sad to be home from now, where the staff are amazing, grounds amazing, food amazing etc! And we very much look forward to coming back in the near future!

Spa experience with my daughter. We had a massage together. It was perfect. Many thanks to our therapists Agathi and Dimitra.

We visited the hotel this year. This is not our first time. A family with a celiac child. We received excellent service from a girl named Jessie. She took care of the food all the time, was nice and welcoming. The entire hotel staff was nice and the animation team was perfect.

We had a lovely time here! Pools were clean, food was great! Especially the food served at the pool! Drinks were great, however, if you want to sit and have a drink in the evening, the lighting isn’t great and the seating inside the lobby is abit awkward! Staff were friendly and the rooms were super clean!

Aego spas, great service really enjoyed Great full tissue massage in the spa by Liudmila gave a very personal treatment and knew to focus on the pre Latin areas and to adjust the intensity

Petroula on the ice-cream counter was amazing! So helpful, friendly and always happy. Thank you for always remembering our order and making us smile!

Die Gastronomie ist hervorragend und abwechslungsreich. Die Matratze sind aus unserer Sicht nur in Ordnung. Es gibt eine Liegekuhle und man sollte sie austauschen. Der Spabereich (Wellness) ist super. Die Behandlung/Massage von Ludmila war top.