We have just returned from our holiday at the Belmare and we had a great time.I will not bother about all the distances and the various locations these have already been well and truly documented in previous reviews.I just want to say a few words about the hotel in general and the staff that run it.The staff where absolutely amazing cheerfull friendly helpfull the lot.A special mention to the man on reception George, the lovely lady who handled the breakfast and numerous other jobs.The young man who did a bit of everything,the superb bar staff,but most of all the young lady who did all the cleaning the hotel and the rooms evey day she cleaned the rooms some times with a little help but most of the time by herself what a worker and always smiling.Apartment room 305 fantastic balcony but my wife says that the sink in the bathroom was bigger than the font in St Peters cathedrel in Rome.everthing else PERFCT including the weather.

nice staff, free wifi in the reception. Not really much diversity in the breakfast buffet though. Nice pool and bar by the pool. The air condition is 8 euros per night i thought that was a bit excessive.

The location could be a bit better but for the value it's pretty good.

We visited this hotel for a one week break in early September 2011.The hotel was adequate for our purposes and very reasonably priced. We booked bed and breakfast only. The breakfast was continental but unfortunately a let down, however there are a couple of restaurants next door to the hotel that serve very good food. The room was a good size but the bathroom was the biggest letdown, and the sink covered pretty much the whole bathroom. The air conditioning in the hotel is charged at a daily rate of 8EU and in the middle of the summer this is a must. The beach is a 5 minute walk away and was very nice. Pefkos is 5 minutes on the bus, and Lindos is about 10 minutes. The bus stops outside the hotel and had a fairly good service. You have to visit the restaurants in both Pefkos and Lindos. Overall this hotel was adequate for a budget break, you get what you paid for and I would recommend this for couples looking for a budget base without children.

This was our thrid visit to Rhodes.. and was a last minute booking. Before we have stayed in Pefkos (Matina and Pefkos Beach) but we couldn't find anywhere this time so we decided on Lardos.

Location
Not so great. You need a taxi or a Bus to Pefkos as it is a 40 minute+ walk as we discovered on our first night...
The guys in the hotel will order you a Taxi but it will cost you an extra 2 euros. We did this once and just to go to Pefkos cost us 10 euros. If you flag a taxi down yourself, it will cost about 7 euros.
To save even more money. you can get the local bus, this is 1 euro 20 cent and the bus stop is just up the road from the hotel (not far at all)

There are three local supermarkets which are good but they all have very simular things in them. I think there are about 3 places to eat locally maybe more.. but to be honest we only ate once in Lardos.

Hotel
First impressions were ok, the Guy who greeted us was lovely and help carry my case to our room..
The first night was so hot I took off my bed sheet and slept on the floor... in the morning I discovered there was loads of ants about!! They were everywhere in the bath, the sink, my suitcase everywhere!

Air conditioning is available at 8 euros per night! So this added another £50 to our holiday as you certainly need it... and the maid turns it off when your out!!

The apartments are bed and breakfast .... we never actually ate breakfast in the hotel as there was only bread and ham... but my mother in law said the bread was lovely.
There was a fridge in our room... no hob, kettle or anything...

The beach is about 250 metres away.. maybe a little more...
The pool is small but its ok

I personaly wouldn't go back to Lardos, but this place is ok for a base but it is really basic. If i were to go back to Rhodes, I would go to Pefkos and stay in the Island Blue Hotel or Pefki Islands. We spent most of our time here as all my partners family where out ther for his Brothers Wedding... these are lovely hotels with gorgeous pools and lovely lovely food!

We really are not fussy about where we stay... were only 23 and dont have high expectations but the main problem was generally the location of the hotel. Pefkos is more lively but its not full of nightclubs or anything.. just lots of beautiful resturants especially Nostalgia and Inigma :) There is much more things for kids to do in Pefkos too as the pubs have massive play areas for them; bouncy castles ect.

I think we paid about £350 for 1 week each, and you do get what you pay for but we stayed in Pefkos (Matina) for less and had a kettle... the main thing my boyfriends mum missed as she stayed in this hotel too.