This is the breezier side of the island so the beaches are quite pebbly and in some areas a bit dirty but the hotel does keep their stretch of beach clean.
Think you might find it under the 'hotel blue bay (sky?) beach resort' we were sold it by med hotels as a 5* but wasnt far off a 2* that was the main thing that annoyed me about the hotel, well more so about medhotels, and the fact they told me it was about 10 mins from falaraki, and had lots of things close by to do! My prob is with med hotels not the hotels itself, wouldnt stay there again.
Caroline & Kirsten
Caroline & Kirsten
We have just returned from this resort. Basically Blue Bay is a complex of hotels, including from what we could make out, two others on site. Our room was a family room on the third floor. We had a seperate bedroom and the children had sofa beds. Two balconies with a spectacular sea view and a decent bathroom. There's a fridge and hairdryer and air conditioning though the latter only operates part time. Electricity is powered by putting your key fob in a slot inside the door but a piece of cardboard can be left in there all day if like us you take battery chargers which need to be left on during the day. Cleaners came daily, apart from Sunday, but the loo bins were emptied even on Sunday. Always plenty of clean towels and bedding - three of us had a tummy bug while we were away but I don't believe this was caused by anything at the hotel, as I spoke to our rep and she said even the reps had been going down with a bug. We were with First Choice and I believe this is their first year with the hotel so we may have had a better room because of that, if the hotel are keen to have First Choice's business.
First Choice did say there was a laundry room - they lied, there isn't, so take enough clothes for a fortnight. There is nowhere to dry clothes other than the railings over the balcony and it's a breezy resort so you could lose stuff! The breeze was good - we went to Lindos on a very hot day and it was stifling, so we really appreciated the breeze when we got back to the west of the island. The hotel is nearer Kremasti than Ialyssos. A cab to Rhodes costs 9 euros. The bus is 1.70 adult, 1.20 child. There are some buses that go direct from the hotel, otherwise a short walk to the main road will find you at a bus stop where they run every 15-20 minutes or so. We found the cabs the best form of transport for all four of us though. For boat trips, walk along the harbour and book (be prepared to haggle) rather than use the tour operators tours, you'll save megabucks. Lindos cost us 45 euros by boat plus 18 euros cab fare, totalling 63 euros whereas First Choice wanted 93 euros.
Food was basic and not tremendously varied over the fortnight but there was plenty of it and enough choice for there to always be something even for my two fussy brats. Booze and soft drinks and ice cream were available as stated, also water which you can fill your bottles with, though bottled water is much cheaper (around 30 - 60 cents for a 500ml bottle) than it is here in the UK.
We used two of the available pools, also a third pool adjacent to the hotel which it turned out we weren't meant to use (whoops) and we were turfed out of. We bought lilos as we'd been forewarned that they charged for sunbeds, but towards the end of the holiday we used the sunbeds and were not asked for any money. The hotel also owns a small water park opposite the main hotel where we stayed. It's quite pricey, 18 euros adults, and 9 euros for children, which given that you can go to a huge one at Faliraki and pay 20 euros and 15 respectively, seems a bit daft. But it is on the doorstep so... it opened while we were there, and they may reduce the prices, given that it wasn't getting much custom.
I would be happy to return there, but doubt if I will, personally I prefer Turkey and find the people friendlier and things generally cheaper - at least until they too join the EU - but otherwise it was a good holiday. You are on the flightpath for incoming aircraft but it really wasn't a problem - the planes are low and quite noisy but they didn't wake us at night even when we had the patio doors open.
Happy to provide any more info anyone wants.
First Choice did say there was a laundry room - they lied, there isn't, so take enough clothes for a fortnight. There is nowhere to dry clothes other than the railings over the balcony and it's a breezy resort so you could lose stuff! The breeze was good - we went to Lindos on a very hot day and it was stifling, so we really appreciated the breeze when we got back to the west of the island. The hotel is nearer Kremasti than Ialyssos. A cab to Rhodes costs 9 euros. The bus is 1.70 adult, 1.20 child. There are some buses that go direct from the hotel, otherwise a short walk to the main road will find you at a bus stop where they run every 15-20 minutes or so. We found the cabs the best form of transport for all four of us though. For boat trips, walk along the harbour and book (be prepared to haggle) rather than use the tour operators tours, you'll save megabucks. Lindos cost us 45 euros by boat plus 18 euros cab fare, totalling 63 euros whereas First Choice wanted 93 euros.
Food was basic and not tremendously varied over the fortnight but there was plenty of it and enough choice for there to always be something even for my two fussy brats. Booze and soft drinks and ice cream were available as stated, also water which you can fill your bottles with, though bottled water is much cheaper (around 30 - 60 cents for a 500ml bottle) than it is here in the UK.
We used two of the available pools, also a third pool adjacent to the hotel which it turned out we weren't meant to use (whoops) and we were turfed out of. We bought lilos as we'd been forewarned that they charged for sunbeds, but towards the end of the holiday we used the sunbeds and were not asked for any money. The hotel also owns a small water park opposite the main hotel where we stayed. It's quite pricey, 18 euros adults, and 9 euros for children, which given that you can go to a huge one at Faliraki and pay 20 euros and 15 respectively, seems a bit daft. But it is on the doorstep so... it opened while we were there, and they may reduce the prices, given that it wasn't getting much custom.
I would be happy to return there, but doubt if I will, personally I prefer Turkey and find the people friendlier and things generally cheaper - at least until they too join the EU - but otherwise it was a good holiday. You are on the flightpath for incoming aircraft but it really wasn't a problem - the planes are low and quite noisy but they didn't wake us at night even when we had the patio doors open.
Happy to provide any more info anyone wants.
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