RODOS PALACE

Set on a singular location on one of the most alluring destinations of the Mediterranean, the Rodos Palace constitutes the finest deluxe resort complex on the island of Rhodes. The complex, comprising of the Main Tower with the adjacent Executive Wing and a flock of comfortable apartments and bungalows, lies in 30 acres of extensively landscaped gardens, in the middle of Ialyssos Bay overlooking the Aegean Sea. Perfectly positioned on a cool hillside rolling down to an extensive beach, just 5 minutes away from the city of Rhodes and the unique Medieval Town, it provides proximity to (and refuge from) the cosmopolitan town with the pulsing nightlife.

Designed in a trendsetting style blending luxury with space and freedom, this classy hotel combines refined accommodation standards with an exceptional array of resort facilities. The brand new vast marble lobby and reception area decorated with wood, mosaics and sumptuous furnishings exudes an air of relaxed elegance identical to a warm greek welcome. An eclectic mix of 5 specialty restaurants and 3 refined bars present our guests to a great choice of dining and entertainment options ranging from a cool cocktail at the Yacht Bar to an exquisite dinner at La Rotisserie gourmet restaurant. Leisure days can be spent around the indoor or the 3 outdoor refreshing pools, while shoppers may choose among the hotel’s exclusive Cartier and Tiffany’s jewellery, tailoring and designer clothes’ boutique, a giftshop, an art gallery, a newstand, while the arcade also includes hairdressing salon, pharmacy, bank and Hertz car rental desk. Excursions and sightseeing tours render the hotel a great launching pad from which to explore the myths, monuments and natural beauty of the legendary island of the Knights. And, above all a team of friendly and experienced people provide professional service in a working environment of a family enterprise.

Whatever your idea of a perfect holiday might be, a tranquil relaxation in style, a cheerful family vacation or a vibrant escape for pleasure, the diverse facilities and elements of Rodos Palace will conspire to render it into a true experience!!!

Dining & Entertainment
At Rodos Palace greek traditional or international, formal or casual, but always delectable cuisine is served in 5 different restaurants.
The Gallery Cafe, a cheerful french style cafe perfect for a casual start of the day serves European breakfast, coffee and tea.
Offering a bright view of the outdoor pools, La Terasse is a cooly-sophisticated restaurant for American breakfast and international dishes.
The Pool Restaurant, has just been redesigned to provide a fine indoor and outdoor outlet serving Greek & International specialty dishes by the pools. Selected menus for adults and children are offered in the selfservice restaurant, Superfamily Café.
Ambrosia, the largest dining hall of the hotel annexed with the Nectar dining room, is your table d’hote during your stay. A gourmet’s paradise, La Rotisserie is the hotel’s exquisite haute cuisine grill room, where gastronomic delights as classic grilled meats and seafood are served in an intimate atmosphere with a resident piano player.

Bars
When in need to quench your thirst, the tempting choices within the resort, begin by relaxing and soaking up the sun rays that penetrate the wooden pergola of the brand new Yacht Bar, bordered by the sea-water of the outdoor pools. The classy and aristocratic Amphitrion Bar, decorated in sooth colours and luxurious leather furnishings, is ideal for lounging away your day and evening listening to the expert pianist until after midnight. For organised entertainment, it’s show time daily at the Dome Pool Bar with live performances and extravaganzas including
Greek Folk Night, Oriental Dancing, Modern Ballet Dance, fashion displays and much more. The children and those who feel children will find an electronic Alladin’s cave in the Playland, an arcade featuring the latest video games, pinball machines, pools, billiards, Internet corner and even its own bar.

Meetings & Banqueting Facilities
The Rodos Palace International Convention Center consists one of the largest purpose-built conference centers in the Mediterranean region and the country’s most talked about and vibrant meeting venue, with over 500 conferences and numerous exhibitions held in its premises and attended by Heads of State, Nobel Laureates, innovative businessmen, renowned artists and scientists. Having been selected as the official venue for the European Union Summit and the Western European Union Council of Ministers, the Rodos Palace is identified as a prominent choice for rewarding conferences and incentives. With a total combined capacity of 4000 delegates in 20, ergonomically designed multi-use halls, ranging in size from 20-1300 persons, the Center can support events of varying size and complexity, from a small board meeting to a large association congress. The halls, lounges and rooms, can be used individually or combined offering a total of 9.000 sq.m. flexible meetings, pre-function and exhibition floor space, incorporating the latest audiovisual equipment.

When business gives way to pleasure, any event from the grand scale to the intimate requiring the essential touch of elegance will find its venue within the versatile, functional and stylish facilities of Rodos Palace. The Jupiter Hall, easily transformed into a grand ballroom, provides superb settings for a delightful concert or impressive product launch, fashion shows, themed events and dinner dances become unique under the perspex Dome of the Indoor pool, candle-lit dinners are complemented by exquisite cuisine in La Rotisserie gourmet restaurant, while barbecues and cocktail reception for up to 3000 persons are gracefully accommodated in the abundant area surrounding the Outdoor Pools. So, when individuality counts, regardless of the scale the Rodos Palace boasts an array of stand-alone venues combining ambience, décor technology and creativity with exceptional food and beverage services to ensure that your event will reflect the virtues of your premium brand or highly -acclaimed organisation. Even more, the Palace of the Grand Master and the Sound and Light Gardens in the Medieval Town of Rhodes become ideal venues, relying totally upon the catering brigade of Rodos Palace. More importantly, from enquiry to fulfillment, all responsibility can be entrusted to a professional convention services management team using the experience of the past to deliver every aspect of the events of the future.

Directions to Hotel

Diagoras Rodos International Airport
Travel Time: 10-15 minutes
Distance from Hotel: 12km
Distance from Rhodes Town: 16Km

Air Connections
"Diagoras" International Airport is located at Kremasti, 15 km South West of the town of Rhodes. There are regular international charter flights to and from most European cities, mainly during the summer, as well as a large number of charter flights to and from the rest of the world. Moreover there are daily flights to Athens, Heraklion and Thessaloniki and regular connections with the neighboring islands of Kastellorizo, Karpathos and Kassos.

Transportations from the Airport to Hotel
All the following means are available:

• There are several buses heading to the center of Rhodes. You will need approximately 20’ minutes to reach Rodos Palace Hotel (name of bus stop: Rodos Palace). Buses are available every 15’- 25’ minutes from 06.35am-23.15pm and the ticket costs 2.30 (€) Euros per way.
• Taxis are also available outside the arrivals hall throughout the day and the cost is approximately 20 (€) Euros per way.
• Car Rentals

Commercial Port & Mandraki Harbour
Travel Time: 5 minutes
4km                                           12km
Distance from Rhodes Town             In Rhodes City

The Commercial Port and Mandraki Harbour are located in the City of Rhodes.

Sea Connections
There are daily sailings from Piraeus all year round, more frequent in the summer months. The commercial harbor is situated in the city. All international and domestic ferries and cruise liners dock here. There are regular ferry lines connecting Rhodes to Athens (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Cyprus and Turkey. Rhodes is also connected with all neighboring islands through extensive boat and hydrofoil services. Most of them dock at the commercial port and some at the Mandraki harbor.

Transportations from the Commercial Port and Mandraki Harbour to the Hotel
All the following means are available:
Taxis
Regular public bus service

 All the following are available:
Coach or Boat Sightseeing Tours organized by Local Travel Agents
Car/Motorbike Rentals
Taxis
Regular public bus service

THE ISLAND OF RHODES

When the gods divided the world between themselves, so an ancient legend goes, Helios (the sun god) noticed an island emerging from the sea. He was so fascinated by its beauty that he immediately asked Zeus whether he might have this island as his share. Rhodes was that island. An island that glided, and glides still, like a dolphin, over the waves in the transparent seas of the south-eastern Aegean, where West meets East. Wreathed in golden beaches, with bright green hills and valleys, and bathed in the light of the god Helios (her ancient patron), it is a place favoured by nature, made on a human scale.
Inhabited since prehistoric times, Rhodes quickly developed into an important financial and cultural centre of the ancient Greek world. Its affluence, natural beauty and strategic position, endowed the early Rhodians with wealth, but, equally, it attracted other powers in each subsequent era, eager to possess the island.
The Romans, Knights of Saint John, Ottoman Turks and, later, the Italians, all left deep signs of their presence, but they always failed to sever the deep Greek roots of the island, which finally joined metropolitan Greece after the Second World War.
Rhodes today offers the visitor a plethora of all year round leisure alternatives, covering all types of tourist activity. The natural beauty of the island, the monuments from her long and often turbulent history, a cosmopolitan character, as well as the warm hospitality generously offered by the people of Rhodes, and an excellent tourist infrastructure boasting the most modern hotels, all captivate the visitor.
This edition aims to present to visitors the distinctive attractions offered by each of the ten Municipalities of Rhodes, and to help them get to know the beauty of all corners of this lovely island, north and south.
Local Facts
The island of Rodos is situated between the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas about 11 km from the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey). It has a population of about 100.000 inhabitants. It is by far the largest island in the Dodecanese with an area of about 1400 sq. km. Rodos is diamond-shaped, 77 km long with a maximum width of about 36km. There is a range of hills rising in the center with mount Ataviros the highest at about 1200m. Finally much of the island is fertile with a variety of fauna and flora.

Time zone                       GMT +2 hours Central European Time
Currency                          Euro
Language(s) spoken        Greek, English, German, Italian, French
Electrical system             Local voltage is 220 Volts.
Shopping hours               In the City Of Rhodes:
Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 21:00
Saturday from 9:00 am to 14:00 pm
(In the Medieval Town & tourist areas: Monday-Sunday all day long)

Local Attractions

The city of Rhodes is one of the biggest municipalities of in the Greek islands. It is the financial and cultural center of the south eastern Aegean, and successfully combines a lively present with a richhistorical past. There are many reasons why Rhodes island is the most popular resort of Mediterranean: the natural surroundings crystal clear beaches, many parks (in Rhodes town) the bright sun, and the warm hospitality of the islanders themselves.
The city of Rhodes town has an excellent tourist infrastructure and offers a wide variety of entertainment such as night life, sports, cultural events, and day trips to wonderful Lindos and neighboring islands. Highly recommend to visit Simi island for a day trip. Finally, visitors have the opportunity to learn something of the eventful history of the city of Rhodes, visit the museums, or go sightseeing.

The modern village of Lindos. The entrance to the village is on the north, by its only square, which is now used as a carpark and has a large tree in the middle and a small fountain with many features from the period of the Knights. Rocks behind and above it recall ancient aqueducts. The graveyard is also at the entrance to the village, containing the church of Phaneromeni. A little beyond and below the square are the remains of the Moslem cemetery containing a few graves, whose typical grave markers have been demolished. The school has been moved to the side of the Megalo Yialo and the old building, beside the church of the Panayia, built in the neoclassical style, is now used by a local society for various cultural events.

Psinthos is a typical Greek village on the road of butterflies valley. It is a pleasant village named for its springs with plane trees, a known spring named Fasouli and several nice taverns known for good meat and wine. It is also the site of the defeat of the Turks by the Italians in 1912.