Best Hotels near Hohlakas Beach, Kalymnos Island

This year we stayed 6 nights (17th to 23rd of July 2022) in our home in Patmos for the 7th time in last 10 years. To be honest, I have to admit that how lucky We are. For me staying at Skala neighborhood (the center of the island) is the best way to experience Patmos. It's very convenient and at the same time very quiet at nights. Perfect restaurants, cafes, bars, boutiques, central bus stop, taxi station, markets and etc. This is where Rodon Hotel waiting for you, just 2-3 minutes from everything. I am probably writing same things about how clean is Rodon Hotel for the last 10 years, nothing changed. The cleaning of the hotel is beyond perfect and still the best. Hotel also offers fast wi-fi, safety box, air condition, fridge, tv, slippers etc. You will feel real hospitality here and I am sure that, Thomas (the owner) will do everything for you. Also, before going out for anything, restaurants, bars, boat trips, etc. etc. whatever you are looking for, ask Thomas them, you won't regret. Now we are looking forward to our next visit to this excellent hotel and beautiful island. No more pandemic please :)

We enjoyed our stay here. Ill list as pros and cons: PROS - the location is great. Less than 10 mins drive from airport, in Kardamena which is quieter than Kos town and the hotel itself is not in the town but a 10 min walk along the coast away which for us was even more perfect as we were looking for a relaxing break but close enough to places to go out and eat. - 3x swimming pools on site, no problem getting sun loungers though we came in October so might be an issue peak season - love that the rooms are in blocks over the hill. We got a great sea view and it was nice to walk out into sunshine and not hotel corridors. - everything was clean. From rooms bathrooms hotel lobbys and pool sides - hotel is on steep hills but there are lovely gentlemen happy to take people up and down in golf buggies. (We were happy to walk most the time). - everyone is really friendly - our room (twin room) was really spacious inc. the bathroom. Beds were comfortable. Air con worked great. Good balcony with drying rack. Patio door had a mosquito screen so we could open the door and close the screen. Smart tv also so could access netflix! Tea coffee facilities in room. - really comfortable sun loungers. CONS - would have liked to have massage -but was fully booked as theres only one therapist. Book in advance. - asked for an iron and was told “they can’t guarantee theyll find one but they will look”. It didnt turn up and i spent the holiday wearing creased clothes. A 5* hotel should have an iron!!! - breakfast was underwhelming. It was fine and you wont leave hungry but as a frequent traveller, it certainly wasnt a 5* spread, particularly hot food (or lack of it). - outside of meal times you wont get much food. We were booked for breakfast only (not all inclusive) and our flight landed early afternoon. We got to the hotel around 3ish starving and just wanted a sandwich or similar and was told lunch service was over and the a la carte dinner started at 6 (which we needed a reservation for). Poolside has a few snacks which the bar guy was lovely enough to offer me and i was grateful for, but would have been livid if i had to pay for it as it was nothing more than a dry breadroll with a slice of cheese and also pretty rubbish if thats all on offer outside of set mealtimes. We had just landed and didnt want to go hunting for food in the town so just bear this is mind. - room was only cleaned once during our 3 night stay. I dont mind reusing towels but floor and bathrooms should be cleaned. I guess we could have requested a clean which we didn’t. - “beach” in front of hotel is not a beach but a ***** of mud with some sunloungers. Not the hotels fault I suppose but can’t really advertise it as such. Nicer beach few minutes away for public that we used. Overall we were happy with our stay and would come again, but some areas of improvement needed which made me feel this is more a 4* and not a 5*.

Stayed at kouros palace for 7 nights and had a lovely holiday a first as just me and Megan. Food and drink- There are 2 bars located by each pool. The staff at each one couldn’t be happier to meet your needs and were very friendly, the pool bar located by the top pool has small treats such as pizza sandwiches ice cream etc. There is also a mini market located at the front of the hotel which sells a variety of things, the staff in there were lovely too. The food for the 3 meals through the day in the restaurant was a bit hit and miss. Meals ay breakfast and lunch were fine and filled you up for the day, however at night I felt the food wasn’t very local delicacy wise and was just very random, Actual quality of the food was fine though. The beach bar is a short walk and the food here was amazing. Fresh gyros were made there and they were absolutely superb! Hotel- the staff were amazing from the front desk to the main man Aaron who is the heart of the whole hotel. Whether he’s giving you a lift to the beach on his beloved golf cart or just driving around bellowing his hellos to everyone, he even in our case saw us waiting for a taxi in a local town of mastichari and gave us a lift back to the hotel. Aaron was brilliant from the minute we got there to the moment we left so kudos to him. The cleaners were absolutely fine I see on other reviews that people found them to be poor but our rooms were cleaned with beds made every other day which I found to be absolutely fine. They are more than happy to help if you need anything such as towels and soaps. The entertainment was okay. There was a live band and music at the night time and through the day a couple of staff members come round asking to do archery and water activities. Location- The hotel was the second stop on the transfer from the airport in our case. The hotel is a short taxi ride to the town of mastichari. A lovely town right on the beach with lots of great bars and restaurants and lots of space to have a day at the beach. We paid £30 for a bus trip to the main kos town which you can do between 7:45 and 8:30 at the main reception. The kos town is around 30 minutes away and was again like mastichari just on a larger scales and lots more to walk around and see. Overall I would definitely recommend kouros palace and me and my girlfriend thoroughly enjoyed our visit.

Warm welcome, super friendly and helpful staff, lovely room, quality breakfast, good location, great pool and poolside area including well stocked bar. Had a toasted club sandwich to die for. Highly recommended. I had been really worried by a recent TA review but am pleased to report that the rooftop bar is open, fully stocked and for Club members exclusively from 10am to 6pm offer a range of drinks to suit most tastes. There is still some scaffolding on a tower next to one side of the building but that seems to be the extent of ongoing renovation. I would recommend a Club room as this also includes welcome drinks, free access to mini bar in a special club lounge and the rooftop bar freebies.