Mitsis Rodos Village

Mitsis Rodos Village can be found about two-thirds of the way down the eastern coast of Rhodes. Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands and is at approximately the same latitude as the southern coast of Turkey. This 5-star all-inclusive resort is pleasantly situated on a relatively unspoiled stretch of coastline 60km (37 miles) south of Rhodes Town and just 12km (7.5 miles) south of the ancient ruins of former regional capital Lindos, which is the island’s second-most visited site. There is frequent public bus service throughout the island, allowing guests to comfortably explore Rhodes.

This affordable, family-friendly resort has undergone an almost complete renovation during four off-seasons, ending in 2022, which saw all of its 410 rooms completely refurbished as well as all common areas, bars, and the main restaurant. There are 2 freshwater pools, one seawater pool, a spa with an indoor swimming pool, sauna and whirlpool, an entertainment programs for kids and adults managed by multi-lingual recreational teams, 6 á la carte restaurants, and a beautifully appointed beach two hundred meters away. The resort is not directly on the beach. This means crossing a lightly trafficked street to get to there. It’s about a two hundred meter walk. The upside of this is that the rooms’ views are, for the most part, spectacular, offering unobstructed vistas of the Mediterranean from an average elevation of 45m (150 feet) above sea level. Since the resort is built on a grade, there are several series of stairs leading from its higher elevation to its lower elevation.

Guests generally give Mitsis Rodos Village good reviews (76% either “excellent” or “good” ratings on Tripadvisor), and specifically liked the resort’s cleanliness, the friendly multi-lingual staff, its focus on families, and the quality and variety of the food.

Rooms

Rooms are simply and tastefully designed, with, for the most part, beige and white color schemes with touches of aquamarine in the drapes, pillows and covers. The appearance of these rooms- bathroom fixtures, room décor, furnishings and draperies- is similar to that of a brand new facility, which reflect the recent remodel work. Flooring is tile. Pillows are covered with hygiene protection covers. Rooms are beautifully decorated, with some featuring a large, half-circle lattice on one wall and stylish, contemporary lamps.

As mentioned in the intro, due to the resort’s location a bit inland and at a higher elevation than the beach, views from the upper stories, and even the lower levels, are nothing short of fantastic. It’s a couple hundred meters to the beach, but the price one pays for this two-minute walk is well worth it in terms of the view.

Rooms come with a full suite of amenities, including coffee and tea facilities, daily cleaning, direct phone services, drying rack, ample wall sockets, individual balconies and terraces, electronic keys, minifridge, 42” satellite TV, stationery, envelopes, safe deposit box, laundry bag, free 2mbps wi-fi, shampoo, soap, bath foam, body lotion, hair dryer, bathrobes, towels and slippers.

Twin Rooms

Twin rooms come in two categories: Garden View and Sea View. Garden View provides an appealing vista of the resort’s expansive grounds, and easy ground-level access. The Sea View gives guests the wide-open horizons of the Mediterranean coast.

Superior Double Rooms

26m² (280 sq. ft.) Sleeps up to 3 adults, or an adult and 3 children. There are a lot of choices with the Superior Double Rooms: six in all. They are as follows:

Superior Double Garden View- all the convenience of ground level access and the peaceful view of the resort’s grounds.

Superior Double Sea View- higher up but with the advantages of a wonderful panorama of the sea.

Superior Double Garden View Sharing Pool gives guests the convenience of access to a small pool shared with a few other guests. 26m² (280 sq. ft.)

Superior Double Garden View Private Pool can be located high enough to not only give guests a view of the grounds, but also of the sea in the distance. 26m² (280 sq. ft.)

Superior Double Sea View Private Pool allows guests a fantastic view of the sea while soaking in the room’s private pool. Pool area is furnished with upholstered outdoor furniture. 26m² (280 sq. ft.)

Superior Double Jacuzzi offers the added comfort and luxury of a Jacuzzi on its private terrace, providing a relaxing massaging experience at the end of a long day.

Family Rooms

32m² (344 sq. ft.) Sleeps up to 4 adults. There are three categories of family rooms.

Family Room Garden View shows off the resort’s grounds. Some of the rooms open up to a vista of the pool area, with it’s calming blue waters and resort guests enjoying the sun and the pool.

Family Room Sea View, as advertised, gives guests that great sweeping view of the Mediterranean, which can be sublimely beautiful at dawn.

Family Room Sharing Pool allows guests the convenience of a semi-private pool shared with the neighboring guest.

Family Suites

32m² (344 sq. ft.) Sleeps up to 4 adults and a child.

Family suites offer two separate sleeping areas with an intervening door for privacy. They come in two categories. Family Suites, which provide a view of the resort’s grounds, and Family Suites Sharing Pool, which allows ease of access to a pool without going to the larger resort’s pools, but is shared with a neighboring guest.

Superior Family Suites

32m² (344 sq. ft.) Sleeps up to 5 adults, or 2 adults and 3 children.

There are three categories; Superior Family Suite, Superior Family Suite Jacuzzi, and Superior Family Suite Private Pool. They include a double bed and a double sofa. The Superior Family Suite is a spacious, well-appointed room offering terrific views of the landscape and sea from a higher elevation. The Superior Family Suite Jacuzzi also has a great view of the surrounding land and sea, with the added attraction of a fully equipped Jacuzzi on its balcony. The Superior Family Suite Private Pool adds to its great view a pool dedicated to the exclusive use of the Suite’s guests.

Superior Family Dublex Jacuzzi

32m² (344 sq. ft.) Sleeps up to 4 adults

The uniqueness of the Superior Family Dublex is the layout: it is situated on two levels, and is essentially two rooms combined and connected by a staircase. The Dublex’s best feature is the Jacuzzi on its balcony which allows guests to unwind after a day’s adventure on Rhodes.

Food and Drink

There’s something for everyone at Mitsis Rodos Village’s array of 9 eating venues and 5 choices of places to imbibe in some liquid refreshment, most of which are close to the pools or sea.

The Main Restaurant is in the resort’s central building. It overlooks the pool area, with balconies for outdoor dining. It features live cooking with a buffet offering a wide variety of international fare. The Main Restaurant also has rotating weekly theme nights.

Greek á la carte has a wide range of Greek cuisine options in a delightful setting near the infinity pool. Dishes include Greek salad, fried cod, octopus and fava, Rhodian salad, souvlaki, gemista, roasted lamb, sea bream, and grilled chicken thigh.

Guests can find the Italian á la carte next to the pool. There they can find selections from the Italy that ruled Rhodes for about 450 years (mid-14^th to late 18^th centuries), in the guise of the Venetian Empire. Italian á la Carte features several kinds of pizza, a whole range of pastas, and main dishes such as pork escalope.

Tex-mex á la carte features Texican, Mexican, and Latin American fare. Tex-max á la carte features tostadas, seafood, hamburgers, and margaritas all at a pleasant poolside location.

Pan Asian á la carte is an expansive eating venue offering many different Asian food and Asian fusion options. Tempura prawns, Thai shrimp salad, chicken wings teriyaki from Tokyo, Hong Kong spare ribs, and lots of sushi choices.

Burger á la carte offers burgers of all kinds, as well as mac and cheese, cole slaw, and other such American fare.

For quick food choices, Souvlaki uses in-house ground pork locally sourced on pita bread with all the trimmings for a budget-friendly, quick, filling meal on the go.

Pizza Oven on the beach is an open-air affair right on the sand where guests can indulge in genuine Italian wood-fired oven pizza in all of its permutations.

The Creperie/Gelateria on an open air deck next to the splash park in the upper area of the resort, where mom and dad can enjoy a snack while keeping an eye on the kids.

Bars

The Main Pool Bar can be found next to the main swimming area and offers alcoholic and soft beverages, as well as snacks and sandwiches, all day long. It’s a great choice for a break on a tanning or swimming session.

The Day Bar can be found next to the indoor heated pool. There one can find all sorts of alcoholic concoctions, as well as tea, coffee, and snacks.

The Night Bar sits in the shade of a pergola for late afternoon imbibers, but offers a panorama of the sea as the sun goes down and the night comes on.

The poolside convenience of the Pool Cocktail Bar is just the thing after an energetic session in the infinity pool where one can sip a cocktail or a Coke and enjoy the relaxed poolside experience.

The Beach Bar gives the ultimate island vibe during those relaxing hours on the beach or in the sea. A full range of snacks and drinks are available.

Spa and Wellness

My Spa is Mitsis Rodos’ fresh take on a newly designed spa experience. My Spa has two treatment rooms, a sauna, a steam bath, and an indoor heated freshwater swimming pool. Specialists consul guests and carefully craft a wellness regimen perfectly suited for their needs. The results are always remarkably rejuvenating and infuse a sense of balance and well-being.

Mitsis Signature treatments include Echoes of Greece, which involves a golden body scrub, a hydrating body wrap, and a full body massage with aromatic oils. Other treatments have names such as Serenity Ritual, which includes an Aegean-inspired exfoliation and a complete facial, Glow as you Grow, a facial-focused treatment, and Revitalizing Head Massage. 

The open air Gym includes every kind of exercise machine known to man, as well as a complete array of free weights and other non-mechanical exercise devices designed to keep guests in tip-top condition throughout their holiday.

Activities

There is a whole array of activities on offer at Mitsis Rhodes Village, providing both fun and exercise. Sports include archery, beach football and volleyball, gymnastics, aerobics and water polo, to name a few. Activities requiring a small extra charge include water sports, cycling, and scuba diving lessons. The resort’s Europe room features live escape games. Other games include bike rentals, billiards, boccia, a cards room, darts, tennis, gymnastics, horseback riding, and a water sports center featuring water skiing, paragliding, rings, and banana boats.

Fun for Kids

Mitsis Storyland is a place for the little ones ages 4-12 to enter into an environment which encourages the healthy use of the imagination and adventure. All activities are supervised by an experienced multi-lingual staff. Mitsis Storyland features both children’s and infant’s facilities. There are 2 kiddie pools and a splash park, an arcade room, and a playground. Infant care includes a sterilizer for baby bottles, baby monitors, cots in rooms and restaurant high chairs.

In the Area

Exploring Rhodes

This roughly oval-shaped island is the 4th largest in Greece. Its capital, Rhodes Town (pop. 50,000), at the northeastern tip of the island, is only 10 miles (16 km) from the coast of Turkey. Rhodes has many things to offer- sun-drenched beaches, crystal-clear water, an extensive, multi-cultural history, world-renowned night life, museums, architecture from several different epochs- all of which explains why it is the most popular of the Dodecanese, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. There are so many facets to this jewel of the Eastern Mediterranean that it is like a small, self-contained country. Which, in fact, is what it was for most of its 4,000-year history.

Rhodes Town

As mentioned, Rhodes Town is a relatively comfortable bus ride from Mitsos Rodos Village. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, once stood in Rhodes harbor. It was supposed to have stood 160 feet tall (50m), including its pedestal, about half the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Rhodes Old Town is one of the largest, best-preserved medieval cities in Europe. Its dimensions are about .6 mile (1000 m) east-to-west, and .4 mile (660 m) north-to-south. That makes it easy to explore on foot. To step through the Gate of Freedom into Old Town is to enter a place that is a fascinating mix of cultures, civilizations, and architectural traditions. It is an immensely charming place of old fountains, narrow, stone-paved streets bordered by buildings with Gothic arches, charming little cafes on its many compact public squares, Byzantine-era churches, medieval mosques, and massive stone walls and gates.

The New Town, built on the island's northern tip, is thoroughly modern- or at least relatively modern. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Dodecanese. A lot of New Town was built during the Italian era. There are venerable old neo-classical buildings next to modern construction, all of which reflect Rhodes' cosmopolitan character.

There is all kinds of night life in New Town, and hundreds of bars, nightclubs, tavernas, and restaurants. New Town is clean and well-kempt, more so than the average Greek city. The New Market, by the harbor, is an heptagonal (7-sided) building with a courtyard in the center where fish was sold. The market now has nice cafes with plush, comfortable seating. Landward, the area between the New Market and Old town features a park-like, tree-shaded area featuring street vendors and street artists willing to do a portrait or caricature of the visitors.

Above the city to the southwest is the Ancient Acropolis, containing a few standing columns from the Temple of Apollo. Sitting 150 feet (45 m) above the city, the Acropolis had been an integral part of Ancient Rhodes. Surrounding the acropolis on this promontory is beautiful Rodini Park, with magnificent trees, walkways, grottos, and shallow caves.

Elsewhere on Rhodes

Close to Mitsis Rodos Village, just a few kilometers north and reachable by an enterprising walker, is Lindos, with its impressive ruins and acropolis. Lindos was one of the 6 regional capitals of ancient Rhodes. Lindos is now the second favorite destination of the island. Its acropolis is similar, geologically, to the Athens Acropolis: a steep up thrust of rock surrounded by dwellings, in this case the cubistic, Cycladic architecture of the Greek islands.

Near the village of Theologos, on the northwest coast of the island, is a wild animal preserve popularly known as the Valley of the Butterflies, where millions swarm in the elevated forest from late spring to early autumn. The Valley of the Butterflies is 17 miles (27 km) from Rhodes Town.

Also on the west coast, Ancient Kameiros, 19 miles (30 km) west of Rhodes Town, and one of the three major city-states in ancient times, was re-discovered in 1929. The city appears to have suffered sudden and catastrophic destruction, and thus is known as the Pompeii of Greece. From Kameiros Skala, 6 miles (10 km) down the west coast from Kameiros, there are boats available to the small offshore island of Halki, which features Hellenistic ruins, and the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, built atop a 3rd century BC temple to Athena. Many of the artifacts from Halki were carted off to The British Museum and the Louvre in Paris.

The remainder of the west coast features plenty of quiet beaches and pure, azure waters ideal for swimming or scuba diving.

As you can see, Mitsis Rodos Village, and Rhodes in general, offer a multitude of things to see in do for any holiday, which makes the difficult part of any trip there choosing what not to see, and to save the unseen sights of Rhodes for the next trip there.

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