Villa Melani is real value for money accommodation for families and/or groups. The villa is clean and spacious with lots of outdoor space and number of outdoor seating areas, including a barbecue! The decor is modern and airy, with lots of lovely decorative touches, including paintings of Lindos itself. We were so overjoyed with how 'posh' it was and think that the owner's could definitely charge more!
There is everything you could possibly need, including an eclectic mix of family friendly DVDs and CDs and a full range of kitchen equipment- should you want to cook!
We were most impressed by Steve and Melanie’s attentive emails/texts, checking we were happy. E-mails were answered promptly and efficiently. We arrived at 11.30pm [ taxi from the airport arranged for us] to some milk and orange juice in the fridge and a welcome bottle of local wine, which we made good use of. Although the Villa has two bedrooms [ 1 double and 1 twin], Steve and Melanie were happy to put up another bed downstairs for our 12 year old, with whom my teenage daughter didn’t want to share a room. The living room is so spacious that we barely noticed the bed.
Do not be put off by the lack of a pool. We could have used any of the local apartment complexes’ pools; although we made most use of the ‘Waterside’ pool where there were always sunbeds free; friendly staff and lots of inflatables to amuse the kids. This pool was less than 5 minutes walk away and the local supermarket almost next door. The villa is well located. We walked into Lindos and back every evening [ 15 minutes at the most] and it really wasn’t that much of an effort up the hill, even with my husband’s dodgy knees!
For a week at the end of July for two adults, a 12 and 15 year old, we paid a similar amount for flights and accommodation as did my friends who were all crammed into a family room in a nearby apartment block. Our kids had their own space; as did we, and we would not hesitate to recommend this lovely spacious villa to anyone.
We enjoyed a variety of activities over the week. There is a small travel agency in the village where we booked a 'Lazy Day' cruise- all day boat cruise round the local coast line with 5 swim stops and including lunch. We also went to the local waterpark in Faliraki- there is a free bus from the Flora supermarket [ 5 mins walk] although it gets very busy ; so you should be prepared to stand. Alternatively; a seat can be guaranteed by booking transfers from the travel agency