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Reviews of Blue Horizon Hotel

4 out of 5
Blue Horizon Hotel
Beach of Ialysos, Ialysos, Rhodes, Rhodes Island

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 55 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 66 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 157 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Oleksandr, Mannheim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was good.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Response from CJP on 27 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review

2/10 Terrible

Hisham

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food was disgusting
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Christos P. on 7 Aug 2023
Thank your review. We strongly believe that our food quality and variety is excellent and the same opinion have all our guests. Food taste perception is totally private matter, but you did not discuss with the restaurant maître or the chef to adjust the food according to your taste. Both were always present in the restaurant. You did not contact even the hotel manager to report your opinion about the food but you ask him for complimentary upgrade from Land View to Sea View room upon your arrival.You preferred to have 4 days "disgusting' food, as per your opinion, rather to speak with responsible people that adjust your meals to your taste.

6/10 Okay

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness
Sea nice, room cleaned every day, nice location.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Christos on 1 Aug 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel. The front staff
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Christos P. on 12 Jun 2023
On behalf of our employees Thank You !!! ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ

10/10 Excellent

Stefan van

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The cleanliness of the property stood out as you could see them clean constantly. It was relative quiet being it early in the season with lots of places to sit and relax. Within walking distance lots of very nice restaurants and the hotel is very close to the airport. We took a taxi to the airport nd were from hotel to gate (through security) in half an hour. Car rental in the lobby was very convenient and inexpensive to just rent a car for the day. Would highly recommend vs renting from the airport.The only comment we have is that the lounge chairs by the pool and beach were not comfortable and we choose to use the beach at the property next door instead. Overall a great hotel in a great area that we will definitely visit again.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023
Response from Christos P, Hotel Manager on 12 May 2023
Thank you very much for your reviews. We take notice for your recommendation and we hope to see you soon in our hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Paulius

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Allen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in May 2022
Response from Vassilis Pappas, Hotel Manager on 16 May 2022
Thank you very much for your time to post your review. We are happy to hear that you had a pleasant stay with us and we hope to welcome you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are superb. Location is excellent. Stay made very comfortable. Food choice is wide and delicious.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Hotel Manager on 2 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. It will be our pleasure to welcoming you again in our hotel. Best regards Vassilis Pappas

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was spotless, easy check in, the staff cant do enough for you
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Vassilis Pappas on 15 Sept 2019
Dear guest, Thank you very much for your time to post your feedback. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay and we hope to see you again soon. Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bedroom was humongous, well furnished and clean with a nice sea view.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from VP on 19 Aug 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your time to post your feedback. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay in our hotel and we do hope to have you as a guest once again soon. Yours sincerely Vassilis Pappas Hotel Manager

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Vassilis Pappas, Hotel Manager on 16 Jun 2019
Dear guest, Thank you very much for your review. We do hope to have you as a guest once again in our hotel in the near future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was clean and the front desk helpful. It costs to use a beach chair at the beach; however there was no early morning saving chairs and always plenty of room so I didnt mind the fee. I felt like paying for soda at dinner was crazy. I really liked the night that they had Greek food, but I wasnt impressed with the dinner on other nights. I come to Greece for Greek food, not others. I quit eating dinner at the restaurant by the end of trip. The location of the hotel was good.
Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2018
Response from EVI KATSARA on 2 Oct 2018
Thank you for your feedback! We will take your commenets into consideration Kind regards Evi Katsara .

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Jillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel although bungalows lack privacy - directly overlooked by sun bathers on grass terrace and beach - patio curtains need to be keep closed most of the time. Lovely sea views. Food ok buffet style and can be very crowded. Overall good area and nice hotel facilities.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

QueenJ, London

Disliked: Staff & service
Two And A Half Stars
This is not a 4 star hotel; the pictures on the website may have been taken in 1980. The lounge and ensuite bathroom is very old and dated. We went half board the breakfast was ok but the evening meals, we enjoyed one day out of 7. The waiters and waitress were sometimes rude. They are a lot of places to eat outside the hotel. WIFI is not free and the beach chairs are also not free you have to pay daily for the chairs. The beach is not comfortable to walk on it has stones with sharp sand you need aqua shoes. This hotel is for young families, they have activities every day all day. If you have children and you like a lot of noise this is the place for you.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Kyriakos, GR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the beach with modern facilities and friendly stuff. Breakfast and dinner were very good and with a lot of choices.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017
Response from Kriton Pantelidis - Managing Director on 31 Jul 2017
Good morning !!! Dear Guests, Thank you for the good feadback !!! All the Best wishes to You, Family & Friends !!!

10/10 Excellent

Silina, Lebanon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the beach
Close to the beach,located in Ialyssos,many restaurants and shops there,but you should walk a little bit to reach the main road to take the bus cz it's more affordable in ur stay (2.30€) otherwise u can use taxis that cost 17 to 19€) if u want to go to the city center (15 min from the hotel).The hotel is perfect for families,they have entertainment like pool zumba,volley, waterpolo for kids,disco nights,surfing at the beach...). If u want to sit at the beach u pay for ur chair and umbrella(6€) but on the pool is for free. We were upgraded to a suite with amazing view,very clean,and very nice staff.The food is very delicious : a very large buffet for breakfast and dinner with a large variety of food and a beach bar snack open from lunch time which u can choose to eat whatever u want(pita with chicken is yummy)...My mother and I enjoyed our time there it was just perfect! I was satisfied that my choice to this hotel was excellent :D
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017
Response from Kriton Pantelidis - Managing Director on 26 Jul 2017
Good morning !!! Dear Guests, We Thank you very much !!! All Best wishes to You, Family & Friends. Thank you in advance, Kriton Pantelidis Managing Director

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice for windsurfing.
Very comfortable and clean hotel in a very good location for windsurfing. The staff were so nice especially Maria and Froso at breakfast. However there were many extras that you wouldn't expect to pay for in a 4* hotel such as sun beds on the beach and grass, wifi, the room safe.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
Good morning !!! Dear Guests, Thank you very much !!! As per extras, next year the Internet - Wifi will be Free of charge. All the Best wishes to You, Family & Friends. Thank you in advance, Kriton Pantelidis Managing Director

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice four stars hotel. Many families with kids, less suitable for young travelers.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Very disappointing
What a disappointment - the check in when I arrived was half hearted. The room was very noisy - I did ask for a quiet room on a high floor and was given a noisy room on the ground floor. The restaurant both at dinner and breakfast was uninviting and the food was not good. Added to this you had to pay for wifi which is not acceptable considering the prices of the rooms. Would not stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel right by sea very relaxing and peaceful

8/10 Good

wesam, israel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good value
we had a good time in the hotel.. clean, location, nice staff.. no free wifi, would improve the food, had to pay for a bed on the beach.. but overall very good value

8/10 Good

fadeelah, jerusalem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
had a very good time
we had a very pleasent time at the blue horizon.. we arrived and they had problems with our rooms so they transferred us to a close hotel with upgrade to all inclusive til the next day.. they upgraded our rooms and hour deal to all meals.. they did all the transfer from and to the hotel.. very comfortable hotel, clean, pleasent staff, great location.. didn't like the food alot and no free wifi but very good value to its cost..

8/10 Good

Jimmy, Wigan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall the hotel was fine, the food was good, the areas were clean, towels were changed daily and the staff were very helpful. If you are a budding windsurfer then this is a good place to learn. Experts are equally at home here and you will see many of them during your stay. However what was disappointing was they did not provide pack lunches for full board customers. If you do intend going out on excursions daily, then only opt for half board. That said, feedback from other guests stated the local restaurants were good and value for money so you may wish to have breakfast only and use them. The hotel charge guests to use their own sun beds outside of the pool area, which again was disappointing for a full board customer. On a good note, Do use the local bus service to get to Rodos town, E2.20 one way and it takes approx 20 minutes. I hired a scooter, which saved me a lot of money as I visited most of the attractions on it, take your time through built up areas and you will be fine. Outside built up areas, not much traffic so you can move along quite quickly within the speed limits. Do take insect repellent and after bite spay, you will be stung otherwise by mozzies on your balcony and around the pool area. Crickets are a constant noise, however you do get use to them. Finally the hotel sits under the flight path of planes landing at the airport which is very close, again you get use to it.

8/10 Good

Kevin J, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One Night
All around good place to stay

8/10 Good

Barry, Warwickshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient, especially for plane spotters
Served a purpose for us. Well run hotel. Excellent and friendly staff. Our bungalow was ideally placed within the complex. Costs very fair. Be aware that the convenience for the airport carries with it the distraction of being under the flight path with airliners passing only about 1,000 ft above your head; you kind of get used to it ?

8/10 Good

Ovidiu, Bucharest, Romania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice pool, service may be improved
The pool is excellent. Nice staff at beach club/pool bar. Beach is fine, with stones and windy in afternoon (best for surfers!). Nice sunset! Service at breakfast and dinner may be improved. No great choice of food (especially if travel with kids). No Greek food available! Better try outside of hotel. Overall: hotel may be considered as having 3 stars (plus), not 4 stars... Old hotel, needed improvements... No proper cleaning into the room during 3 days travel, only changing beds and towells. Not provided shower gel and soap everyday, only at the begining... Position of hotel: 15minutes walk from main road where buses from airport and Rhodos city are travelling (bad service for bus!). From airport pay 2.6 Euros then walk 15 minutes or 10-15 Euros by taxi. From hotel to Rhodos port (i.e. ferry to Turkey) costs some 15-18 euros by taxi (promptly ordered from reception desk).

8/10 Good

iWezzer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2nd Year in a row
Last year we stayed at the hotel in one of the bungalows and enjoyed it so much we went back this year with the kids, again in bungalows. With the breakfast and evening meals included this worked out very well indeed with my two hungry offspring able to eat their fill. It is difficult to fault the food with reasonable choice and as much as you could manage. A special word also about the staff who are very helpful, cheerful and hard working. The pool is large enough to cater for all and the beach bar is ideally situated and reasonably priced. As a windsurfer the hotel could not be better placed for access to the 2 rental centres. We will be going back next year!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money.
Good buffet breakfast and dinner. Excellent, helpful staff. Overall, enjoyed week's stay and would go back. Appreciated use of shower rooms after check out time from room. Room cleaned and fresh towels every day.

10/10 Excellent

MORC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Fantastic holiday
Lovely clean, airy, no hussel and bussel hotel. Staff all very polite and helpful. Perfect location. Rooms cleaned every day. Breakfast superb, something for everyone. Just needed tea/coffee making in room.

8/10 Good

iWezzer, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel right on the beach
We stayed in one of the bungalows overlooking the beach and the sea. Couldn't have picked a better location. Sun beds available (3euro per day) either on the beach or on the grassy lawn behind with a beach bar behind which was very reasonably priced considering location. As a windsurfer I had direct acess to the very well equipped centre whilst my non-windsurfing partner could chill out right next door.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice Trip
Pretty nice sunsit view room!! can hear and see the flights pass above the hotel every 15 mins, and we got a bottle of wine for free from the hotel. The breakfast and dinner are many choices, good food and good coffee. We like them.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Great service, food, conditions. The only remarks - Clean the pool every day and give more soaps to the rooms, other than that - great hotel.

8/10 Good

BD, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bland but comfortable
This hotel was a solid 3 star, not 4 star. It was clean, comfortable, had a good range of facilities and the staff were very good. Our main gripe was that it was marketed as near to a Kitesurfing centre ( the main purpose of our trip) but was actually 10 mins by taxi. It is probably best if you have kids or are a mature couple. If you want glamour and luxury, this probably isn't the hotel for you. Perhaps choose a hotel in Ialyssos village or Rhodes Town. All in all we were fairly pleased 'though.

6/10 Okay

C

Disliked: Room comfort
Blue Horizon Hotel
We liked this Hotel. It was close to the beach, the animation team were good, there were many activities to do (table tennis, tennis, windsurfing, boccia, water gymnastics, zumba, beach volleyball), there was a large pool and the staff was nice. Some things were not so good, such as: waiters in the restaurant was incredibly rude, it was a bit noisy from all the planes and the rooms were not up to date.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Not 4* for sure!
Externals: number of parking spaces in the front, well maintained garden in the back, good size pool, the hotel itself needs a bit of paint externally (currently washed blue). Bungalows are a bit cramped in between the hotel and beach, so you won’t have great sense of space and privacy, if you decide to book a bungalow. Room: very clean. Each room is equipped with TV (don’t expect to see a flat screen, what you will get is old CRT type only) and fridge. Bathroom accessories (bath, WC) a bit outdated as well as lighting (flickering long tube fitting). Food: ok, but nothing more. Serving times not the best as well: breakfast between 07.00- 09.45, dinner from 19.00. In my opinion the main problem is a very small choice of food. Greek dishes are limited only to feta cheese. If your flight back is early in the morning (i.e. before the breakfast starts), don’t expect to get any packaged sandwiches/ food, what you will be offered is some cookies. Staff: mostly friendly, but as always there is 1 or 2 unpleasant- rude people amongst all the other. You are for example expected to know all the rules (re: paying for drinks in restaurant), but no one is explaining them to you first. Day and evening activities (animation programme): very poor. During the day all you will get is loud music and some pool aerobics, in the evening karaoke or some sort of quiz.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Lindsay, Germany

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Bed Bugs! Need I say more???
My son, daughter, Mother in Law and my self were bitten so badly by bed bugs. Horrible, cheap sheets and the next day we were just covered. its a shame because the staff were lovely and friendly, the food so so but the room was terrible. maybe it was just our bad luck but we will NEVER go back.

10/10 Excellent

st, NC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stunning sea views
We loved it. The views and the beach were beautiful. The buffet for breakfast and dinner were good. The nighly entertainment was nice. If you rent a car, however, it is probably better to rent it from around the hotel or from the ariport because there are more choices. The taxi costs ~15 euros airport-hotel. The only agency at the hotel has a weird way of charging of "1 day" (1 day is considered, for example, 1 pm or 2 pm if you start renting in the afternoon-10 or 11 pm that same day, not a "24-hour day"/1pm-1pm next day).

10/10 Excellent

Ruth, Dorset

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Great Destination
We had a lovely room with a balcony, looking over the gardens, the sea, and looking out to the Turkish mountains. The hotel staff were friendly, and the food was good. There was everything you could wish for at breakfast, and dinner was composed of a good variety of hot meals, lots of vegetables and salads. There werte some nice restaurants in the area, including The welcome House down the road, and the beach was a short walk through the garden. The beautiful Rhodes town is a bus ride away and about a 15 minute walk to the bus stop. A place we would definitely visit again, a most relaxing holiday.

8/10 Good

Daniel, Geneva, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good average price/quality
Only one negative think : too many planes fly over the hotel and it's very noisy.

8/10 Good

Rik, London

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice
Only problem i had with this whole hotel was the fact that the floor in our room was never swept even once in the entire week, when it quite obviously needed it. that and the fact the maid never gave toilet roll when we had none for a day, so we had to go complain. but other than that no complaints, and I will go back - beach is so near, lovely pool, lovely staff and the food was mostly good too (buffets)

8/10 Good

Tanja

Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2023
Response from CJP on 24 Nov 2023
Thank you for your review

8/10 Good

Christina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Schönes Hotel mit direkter Strandlage. Sehr schönes Wasser, man kann toll in Meer schwimmen. An manchen Tagen war es sehr wellig, was uns große Freude gemacht hat, aber für kleine Kinder vielleicht nicht so passend ist. Das Essen war gut und abwechslungsreich. Es gab jeden Morgen und Abend frisches Obst, abends eine große Salat-Theke, abwechselnde Gerichte und viele leckere Nachspeisen. Wir sind Vegetarier und haben auch bei den Hauptspeisen (fast) immer was leckeres gefunden. Die Getränkepreise bei der Halbpension sind in Ordnung (Weizenbier 5,-/Glas Wein 3,50/ Cola 2,60) und die Kellner/innen alle sehr freundlich, hilfbereit und mehrsprachig. Deutsch und Englisch war überhaupt kein Problem. Hervorheben möchten wir noch die Sauberkeit im ganzen Hotel. Alles bestens und die Zimmer wurden jeden Tag (!) gereinigt und die Handtücher gewechselt. Man kann direkt im Hotel ein Auto mieten ( ab 60€/Tag) und wird von der sehr freundlichen Mitarbeiterin beraten. Wirklich toll! Der Strand ist steinig (wussten wir vorher) und es empfiehlt sich Badeschuhe zu tragen. Wir haben uns welche für 8,50 im Ort gekauft und waren sehr zufrieden. Die Liegen am Strand kosten 8€ am Tag für 2 Liegen und Sonnenschirm. Unser Zimmer war ein Bungalow mit Gartenblick. Das fanden wir richtig super, weil man auf der Terrasse total ungestört sitzen kann, denn hinter dem Haus war nur ein kleiner Weg, der nur von den anderen Bungalow- Gästen genutzt wurde und dementsprechend wenig frequentiert war.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Response from CJP on 27 Sept 2023
Thank you for the review

8/10 Good

Martino

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel ist angenehm und direkt am Strand. Personal sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Das Morgenessen ist sehr gut und grosse auswhl
Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Christos P. on 5 Sept 2023
Thank you for the review

10/10 Excellent

Zhanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Christos P. on 25 Aug 2023
Thank you for your excellent review. We hope to have you again in our hotel :)

8/10 Good

Olivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paljon toimintaa
Todella monipuolinen aamiainen, hyvä allas alue, jossa päivittäin aktiviteetteja.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Christos P. on 22 Aug 2023
Thank you for choosing our hotel for your vacations

6/10 Okay

Herdin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ok beach hotel
It‘s an ok beach hotel. Friendly staff but quite old furniture and style. If you book it make sure they give you a room with the new bathroom. I had an old one (photo). The pool is nice and the garden too. Nice balcony view. Around the hotel are nice restaurants. The beach is very windy (a lot of surfers) and not really sandy… actually just stones. There are better areas in rhodos for a beach holiday with less wind, quiter sea and sandy beaches.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Chris on 6 Aug 2023
Thank you for you review. We believe that our hotel was not first choice, maybe it was a last minute solution with the wild fires in the south of Rhodes. we believe that we provide exactly what we have in our presentation of the Expedia, a clean room, excellent service, quality food and a beach both with pebbles and sand.

2/10 Terrible

Henry

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Christos P. on 5 Aug 2023
Dear Mr Henry,We a great surprise show your review and the disappointing rating 2 out of 10 for your one night reservation (20:00-11:20) in our hotel. Rating the hotel with low score because our reception inform you that the parking is on charge (as it is mentioned on Expedia webpage, 10 euro per day) is acceptable for us. We hope to have great time in Rhodes island and always to find your dreams accommodation.