Four of us had a wonderful holiday in Villa Zeus and we were very sorry to have to come home. The villa itself is very comfortable, the pool is wonderful and the major attractions of the island are within easy driving distance, due to its central position on the Island.
The villa more than adequately met our needs for cooking and eating, sleeping, storage of clothes and belongings, washing (ourselves and clothing), grooming and relaxing. Car parking is no problem. We ate on the table on the terrace, with views of the pool and gardens and the mountains beyond. The trees and shrubs surrounding the property give privacy and a feeling of seclusion. The welcome pack was extremely useful upon arrival.
The pool is lovely and very well maintained, as are the gardens. At night the pool lights change colour. This adds a magical quality to a dip after dark. The air conditioning is very effective. The guy who maintains the property, Spiros, is extremely approachable and accessible. We had a problem with one of the air conditioning units being noisy; it was fixed the following day.
The local resort of Kolymbia has lots of gift, souvenir and clothes shops and bars, cafes. My wife and daughter came away with some lovely clothes and jewellery, at reasonable prices. We went to some good restaurants; one on the main road, To Kantouni, a ten minute walk away, and, another on a beautiful beach in Kolymbia, To Nassaki, a fifteen minute drive.
We spent every other day by the pool and came home very brown and relaxed. On the intervening days we visited Butterfly Valley, Rhodes Old town, the classical ruins at Kamiros, Katinia Castle, Rhodes New Town and Lindos, all of which were hugely pleasurable. None of these trips took us more than fifty minutes in the car.
I am a keen wildlife enthusiast and on walks in the countryside around the villa, I saw a Booted Eagle, some Red-backed Shrikes, Bee-eaters, Kentish Plovers and the most enormous hare I’ve ever seen. At the side of the road, opposite the villa, there are wild herbs, including Thyme, Sage and Marjoram.
The local supermarket is well stocked and only a five-minute drive away. The bulk of our shopping we did in Lidl (20 minutes away), which is on the outskirts of, and on the main road to Rhodes town.
All in all, Villa Zeus served us proud, meeting our holiday needs and enabling us to come away feeling that we had had a truly wonderful holiday, which, after two Covid cancellations, was just what we wanted.