Kresten Palace Hotel

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• User:Aimee M

  Trip type: Couples

  Facial and full body massage

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  Went to the spa got the 4hr package deal and it was fabulous the lady was so gentle and the massage was so relaxing we also got facials and my skin has never felt better so hydrating definitely recommend so accomodating and friendly

• User:Neil L

  Trip type: Couples

  Nice Hotel, would return

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  We stayed here as a couple out of school holidays hoping for less kids ha but no there was lots of kids all nationalitys so not exactly a quiet break but we really enjoyed it here considering, despite the noise.To start with we had a Seaview room that was ok really, bed was comfy, airconworked well, yes maybe needed a bit of TLC but everything worked fine.The pool is large but clean but was very cold, i didn't expect it to be this cold as it had had all summer to warm up, very easy to get sunbeds, food seemed expensive for what you got at the poolside restaurant but the coffees were very nice and reasonable priceThe beach is all pebble and pretty poor visually, seemed better in the ads but we always got a sunbed as there was hardly anyone down there, and the sea was accessible and lovely, but you need CORAL SHOESThere is not much to walk to near the hotel, the closest bar was closed all our stay?, we watched the football in a very good sportsbar and had a very nice meal in the Family Taverna restaurant for a reasonable price.The food in the hotel we thought was very good, plenty of choice good quality always hot, and tasty, never had a bad meal!The staff are lovely so friendly, maybe not the guy behind the bar in the cocktail bar, more of him later, in particular a lady called Nena on reception helped me find an emergency dentist on a Sunday! She personally called him and then afterwards was always asking how i was!Another lady called Beth working in the restaurant needs mentioning as she was so friendly and never stopped even though she was working with a badly bruised knee after a slip in the resturaunt.The night life was not for us and we ended up watching netflix films on a tablet the whole time we was there! but we never stayed out late in all fairness, i didnt like the staff in the bar, one was fine the other couldn't be bothered, the first night of our stay we went down for the happy hour but the cocktails were very weak hardly no alcohol and had never been near a blender so we stopped going, we did decide to go for a drink after our meal once maybe 3rd night, but when i asked 'smiler' behind the bar for a bottle of advertised wine he looked bemused and said no we dont have a bottle of that so i said ok what bottles of wine do you have? none came his non enthusiastic reply you can only buy it by the glass, ah ok 7 euro a glass as oppose to 17 euro a bottle! So where were the glasses of wine getting poured from then? We left before we got wound up!I would recommend this hotel, its close to Rhodes town which is definitely worth a visit, and regular bus services from the front of the hotel take you there and also Lindos which again is worth a visit, taxis are plentiful but expensive!Finally the entertainment staff deserves a mention, really friendly around the hotel and pool always trying to get you involved but not forcefull

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• User:Becky G

  Trip type: Family

  4* hotel but easily be a 5*, truly beautiful!!!

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  Was upgraded to a swim up room as soon as we got there and it was beautiful!!!!! Hotel reception and restaurant staff were so friendly and helpful. Both breakfast and dinner had lots of options with themed nights in the evening, always plenty to eat and great choices. Cocktail bar was themed in sports and the drinks are very strong and definitely not watered down and really reasonably priced. Onsite shop had everything you needed. Best bit about the holiday has to be the evening entertainment team!! Kiko, Maddy and other lad was fantastic!!! Bus links right outside the hotel, these can get busy but run every 20 mins, roughly 2 euros each to rhodes town and faliraki. A little walk away is kallithea springs which is beautiful!!! Only one little negative dont expect a big private beach, is a shingle courtyard area with sun loungers but the pool area makes up for this with plenty of loungers available.

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• User:annier2

  Trip type: Couples

  Not for us

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  Firstly all the staff especially Stergia and her brother and all restaurant and bar staff were excellent.On arrival we were upgraded from a twin sea view room to a room with a private pool - room 201. First impression was good, lots of space but soon realised that there was always a damp smell. Whether this was coming from the drains in the bathroom I don’t know. We always had the window open and would have kept the screen door open during the day but there was no way of locking it. There was nowhere outside to dry towels or wet swimwear. The pool was wasted on us as being in our mid 70s we found it difficult to access and the water was cold. In fact all the swimming pools were cold . The patio of our room was in the shade from about midday which would have been great in summer. We also missed out on the sea view we had paid extra for. The bed was probably the most comfortable we have had on any holiday. The food was not to our taste at all. The soups were always strange concoctions. Everything was always lukewarm even when a fresh tray was brought out. There were cats everywhere which did not bother us but some people fed them from their tables in the dining room which I saw the staff try and discourage. We always tried to eat our evening meal around 7 so we did not have to queue for a table but felt that the drinks were rationed to about 2/3 glasses which were only half filled. Maybe this was to stop you lingering in the dining room! The smell from the nearby sewerage farm was overpowering a few days in our 10 day holiday.We don’t go to the beach as it was too many steps for us.The toilets were all very clean but however one evening I used the toilet by the restaurant and there was cat poo in a corner near the hand basinsThe evening entertainment was ok best bit the fireworks. There didn’t seem to be any activities in the day time.This hotel is rated as 5 star but compared to other hotels we have stayed in previously in Rhodes and other Greek islands it is only a 4 star or even a 3 star.

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• User:Mariska M

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  Kiko was great

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  Hotel is nice to stay. Clean but old. We booked 2pers. room but had a upgrate for familyroom with sea sigt! Kiko and Maddy are great, really enthousiast and a real entertainers!