Calypso Beach

Absolutely amazing. Hygiene, cleanliness, rooms, views, free sunbeds on private beach, beautiful sand (just 1 metre of shingle at edge but no problem walking on it), sea calm, water sports available, food is gorgeous and something for everyones' taste. Food available all day long! Restaurant manager greets you - waiters are exceptional. Cocktails made perfectly. ALL staff incredibly friendly and helpful. Pools are great as is the animation team. We are English but had no problems being able to join in. English is spoken. Only negative (but not about the hotel) is the guests are predominantly German/Austrian which was not an issue for us other than our five year old, although able to play chase etc found it hard to make friends as we were the only English family there. It is a five/ten minute walk to big shopping outlet (right out of hotel) to the left is 15/20 minute walk into Falaraki (famous strip). A very enjoyable evening out. There is also a tourist train and of course buses/taxis. Highly recommend this hotel and area and will come back.

Great hotel but the highlight was the amazing Aegeo Spa! Friendly, knowledgeable and helpful team with very reasonable prices. I had a fantastic treatment with Svetlana / one of the best treatments I have ever had! Highly recommend Svetlana and a visit to the Spa if you’re staying at Calypso.

We visited in July 2024 as a family of 4 - 2 adults and 2 teens. booked through TUI from the UK. Hotel is beautiful and well manicured! There are a few cats around which are friendly little birdies flying in the trees. POOLS - Pools are lovely and clean (grass and sand everywhere but they managed to keep the pool lovely) 1 x water slide very fun to go down. Some areas in shade to keep out of the sun. Loungers wasn't an issue, we only got down to the pool around 9:30am and still managed to get 4 loungers together. if you want loungers at the front of the pool be up by 7am. Hotel leads right onto the beach with plenty of free loungers there too. Pool towels provided in rooms on arrival. Music needed around the pool!! When the activities were on and music was playing it was really upbeat and showed how much it's needed generally. Gorgeous sun rises on the beach if you fancy getting up early enough. STAFF - All staff were very friendly and helpful. 1 waitress (i think her name was Valia, remembered i like a glass of milk at tea time and had it ready every evening). Pool side bar staff have good sense of humor and very chatty. I didn't feel they favored German customers over us at all as other reviews suggest. I think we was the only English customers there although most could speak a little English so this was never a problem. ROOMS - We had 2 rooms, 1 aircon wasn't working properly so we was put in a different room for a night while it was fixed. No issues though. Nice rooms, pool view was lovely. Road view not so good. Beds were comfy and pillows were fluffy. ONLY down side was the shower, now I'm a UK size 14/16 and my partner is tall and an XL - when i say we couldn't fit in the shower - i mean we literally couldn't fit! You couldn't turn, bend or even close the doors, i burnt myself multiple times on the taps as it was that squashy, i ended up showering in the teens room (shower over bath) which wasn't ideal as it was down the corridor. Safe box was free to use and drinks in room provided. Housekeeping came every morning and made bed etc. FOOD - Now i'm not picky at all and i loved all the food, plenty of choice, fresh food, some themed nights. But my partner would disagree, he wasn't keen (but then he never is on all inclusive holidays). Outdoor BBQ during the day was lovely. Didn't try the AL La Carte so can't comment on that. Ice creams available all day. Crepes available pool side 10:30 -6pm. Staff very quick to empty tables, collect dirty plates etc. If out early the kitchen will make you some food to take with you. We arrived very late and they offered to make us some food which was nice but we wasn't hungry. Coffee could be better but wasn't the worst I'd had. ENTERTAINMENT - We only stayed at the hotel a few nights for the entertainment but it was okay, there was some singers, dancers etc. Lots of seating. Day time activities was good, water polo. darts, volleyball, aqua gym, yoga. Very inclusive and friendly staff. AREA - Faliraki town not far away - 8/10 euro in a taxi - lots of bars, restaurants, shops, clubs, pubs. Rhodes town - 25 euro in taxi - lovely day out! Old Town is beautiful to wander around, again lots of bars, restaurants, shops. Lindos - a bit further away but gorgeous town - taxi not worth it. Bus is only 4.5 euro each and stops right outside the hotel. (we hired scooters and rode down). THINGS TO DO - Water sports right outside the hotel on the beach - great friendly staff (we did parasailing). Water-park down the road. Boat trips - millions advertised (we used water hoppers and did scuba diving). Lots more near by but we didn't have time ( seven springs, butterfly park, Anthony Quinn bay) We never go to the same place twice but i would definitely go back here

We really enjoyed our 8-night holiday at Calypso Beach! Most guests were from mainos Germany but also from Austria, Holland, Poland, England etc. I believe we were the only Finns and booked the hotel via Booking.com. All the nationalities were treated equally good and with smile. We arrived at 10 a.m. from the Calypso Palace where we stayed 4-nights and got our Deluxe Seaview room already at 11 a.m. Room was renovated recently and at least on 3rd floor all the Deluxe Seaview rooms were located on the right hand side if you look at the hotel from the beach. I highly recommend having Deluxe as the difference between Deluxe and Standard rooms is huge. Minibar was filled on daily basis with sodas, water, juice, beer and red wine. Late check-out is subject to availability and we paid 65€ for a check out at 5 p.m. (Approx. 11€ per hour). Reception and lobby area was also fully renovated nicely. There are car rental, hairdresser/barber, minimarket, gym, a la carte restaurant and lunch restaurant/bar on that floor. Bar was open until 23 a.m. I believe, and had lots of tables from where you can watch evening shows. During lunch time there was a good selection on buffet style dishes and you could also get made to order pita gyros. Spirits and soft drinks are branded like Pepsi, Coca-cola, Sprite, Fanta, Bacardi, Havana, Beefeater, Jameson, Aperol, Pernod etc. But some are local. Buffet restaurant was located on the first floor were breakfast, lunch and dinner was served buffet style. Especially breakfast was really good! It didn’t lack anything basically. Lunch and dinner were a bit repetitive but we always left with full stomach. They had theme nights 3-4 times a week. Pool area had plenty of sunbeds and you could get sunbeds at 9 a.m. even though reservation was allowed after 7 a.m. There are couple of water slides for the smaller kids, kid’s club, minigolf, tennis/football pitch and table games. Pool bar was open 10.00-18.00 and had also crepes bar. We preferred beach area which was very well maintained, clean and had always free sunbeds. Beach is shallow and had no high waves so it’s perfectly suitable for also smaller kids. Animation team arranged lots of different activities around the day. I played beach volley twice a day and water polo/pool volleyball once a day. There was also boccia and water aerobics etc. Smaller kids had their own activities. My special thanks goes to: * Michele and Kay from Animation Team for keeping me activated with sports. * Stavros from lobby bar for all the delicious drinks we had while watching EURO 24 football. * Yannis and Pantelis for keeping us hydrated during the days at the beach and pool. * Maitre d’Hotel for welcoming us in Finnish for meals every time. Basically all the employees were really nice and willing to make your holiday special! Please remember to give them tip even though you’re staying here on all-inclusive basis! We look forward returning here next summer!

When booking I really should learn from previous and read the reviews before booking, as yes I booked again before checking the reviews! How ever I have no complaints about this hotel at all. Transfer time from the airport around an hour. We arrived at stupid o clock in the morning and the gent on reception was most welcoming taking the time to speak to both my sons about the football shirts they had one. We were offered tea and cake but ultimately just wanted to lay down. Room was as expected and well equipped, cleaned daily although the times varied. The bed was actually so amazing and the pillows were so nice I wanted to take them home with me! On the first morning we introduced ourselves to the restaurant manager as our son is celiac he then met us every meal time to run through what he could eat at that meal and if there was nothing he would get chef to prepare a sirloin steak for him. On Italian night they went to the supermarket and brought him a huge gluten free pizza. Needless to say he didn't go hungry. Pool was good, sun bed were plentiful and the private access beach with the use of paddle boards and pedalos kept the kids entertained. A short walk from the hotel was a little shopping centre with a well stocked supermarket and loads of gift shops, there's also a little road train that will take onto Rhodes town one way or faliraki the other. All in all excellent hotel with friendly staff and clean rooms