Blue Sea Island
Berlin Str., Kolympia 851 03 Greece
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#1 of 3 hotels in Kolympia
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4.7
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4.3
Value
3.9
The brand-new all-inclusive 4-star resort Blue Sea Island is set to open its doors for the first time in summer 2022. The boho chic resort is an ideal choice for couples and families.
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Property amenities
Free parking
Pool
Sauna
Bar / lounge
Beach
Bicycle rental
Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
Kids club
Pool / beach towels
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Kid-friendly buffet
Outdoor dining area
Snack bar
Snorkeling
Water park
Darts
Entertainment staff
Evening entertainment
Karaoke
Table tennis
Waterslide
Kids pool
Spa
Hammam
Massage
Pedicure
Baggage storage
Non-smoking hotel
Outdoor furniture
Sun loungers / beach chairs
Sun terrace
24-hour front desk
Laundry service
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Desk
Housekeeping
Sofa
Telephone
Cable / satellite TV
Flatscreen TV
Sofa bed
Bath / shower
Bottled water
Private bathrooms
Tile / marble floor
Wake-up service / alarm clock
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Landmark view
Pool view
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Family rooms
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English, German, Greek
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66Somewhat walkable
Grade: 66 out of 100
29Restaurantswithin 0.75 miles
9Attractionswithin 0.75 miles
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Berlin Str., Kolympia 851 03 Greece
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Absolutely brilliant, cannot wait to go back in 5 months, highly recommend. Friendly staff,all rooms cleaned and tidy,good food.Great location 5* best part is watching Yannis work ha ha, very funny. Stunning views
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Mr. James, Thank you for staying in Blue Sea Island and sharing your positive rating. We are happy to know that you enjoyed the food, view, staff and location. Once again, thank you for your excellent review and we look forward to welcoming you again soon at Blue Sea Island. Best Regards, Blue Sea Team
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Travelled with My teen Daughter via Tui. Day 1 of the holiday I stood on a screw which was protruding through the poorly layed artificial grass outside our room. Complained at reception, management awful. After a trip to the hospital & a prescription for €55 the hotel said they would pay on the condition I signed a disclosure letter, which I refused. Hospital advised not to use the pool for 3 days to avoid infection & no alcohol for 7 days with antibiotics (the entire duration of the holiday) No this could not of happened anywhere like reception suggested. You can clearly see by the picture the artificial grass is not secured properly. A child could have stood on that instead of me which would have been awful. After that reception staff did not want to know us. Messed about with late checkout & told on last day no & unhelpful with anything i asked at reception. Paid for balcony but had a public path with a table & 2 chairs. Ashtray had cigarette ends in everyday although we dont smoke. Noise from the generators above the room which kicked in every 10 minutes throughout the night, unbearable. Tui Advertised teens club however this is operated by Alltours which is a German company so pointless unless you speak the language. The holiday was very expensive & we were treated like dirt from an accident caused by the hotels shabby refurb. The only positives are the barmen at pool & beach bar always lovely. Short walk into town which is nice in the evening as not much happening at the hotel.…
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Date of stay: August 2022
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear valued guest, We would like to thank you for taking the time to offer us your honest feedback. First of all, we would like to thank you for your positive comments about our our bar. We are concerned to note though that our reception and your holiday didn't leave you completely satisfied. We would like to report the events exactly as they happened. You really step on a nail and we are very sorry about that. Although the location where you step on the nail was not within the hotel limits. Even so, our team immediately provided you with first aid and made sure you had the medicines you needed. Again, we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused. All comments have been passed to the relevant departments in order to ensure that we're able to deliver an excellent guest experience. All your remarks are taken into consideration to improve our hotel. We wish you could give us another chance to win you back. With Best Regards, Blue Sea Team
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This is a review for the benefit of any couple thinking of going to the Blue Sea Island. It is not for the benefit of the management. This hotel is described as new. It is not. It is newly refurbished. That means the infrastructure remains exactly the same as before. This hotel is described as ideal for families and couples. Certainly the former is true, but if as a couple you are looking for any sort of peace and quiet then you will certainly not get it here. This hotel is described as boho and chic. That is frankly laughable. I wonder if they have any idea what those words actually mean. The nitty gritty: We paid extra for a Seaview Room. Our room looked sideways, directly at the next hotel maybe 20 metres away, with the mountains in the background. To one side you could see the sea. Hence it was what we would describe as a Partial Seaview Room. We complained to TUI on arrival but the response came back from the hotel that the room was what they classed as a Seaview Room. And that was that. No attempt to deal with our complaint, or perhaps move us to a proper Seaview Room at any stage during our two weeks there. I don't know whether the hotel was running some special deal for families whilst we were there but we have never stayed in any hotel in 45 or so years which had so many children staying. There were literally periods during our stay when there were more children than adults. And not children who were in any way controlled by their parents either. Children running amok in the Dining Room (which was actually more like a School Canteen, but without any control), packs of a dozen children racing around screaming in the evening, children running down corridors late at night, at least 20 prams being pushed around. And so on. So never for one moment any sort of peace. Not really boho and chic then! A few firsts: Never seen parents queueing for cocktails late at night with a pram before (no child minding offered by the hotel), never seen 5 and 6 year olds coming to breakfast on their own before, presumably while their parents had a lie in, never seen a child, maybe 7 or 8, pushing a pram round the grounds of a hotel before, including out on a public road, all without any parents in sight. The food was generally poor. Buffets of course, and done to the lowest possible price point (my background is in military catering). Water baths not kept hot enough so food was often lukewarm at best. Much of meat/fish was frozen in my opinion. No fruit juice offered at breakfast, except from the usual dispensers which were available all day. You had to be at breakfast early - by 0730 say, or after 1000, to avoid the mayhem. We'd been there a week before we realised there was background music being played! If you left it late, certain things were not available - bananas on several occasions, oats to make up your own muesli were mysteriously rationed (perhaps because the hotel was closing at the end of the month). Staff - there were some excellent staff. They've been named before. But there were other staff who were sullen and rude. Some of the ladies with trollies in the Dining Room used them like battering rams. No way were they going to give way to guests! The children running everywhere caused several accidents that we saw; no doubt there were many more. We only saw one staff member wearing a name badge. Most were wearing face masks but 99% of them were worn incorrectly so as to be of no use whatsoever. Throughout our stay there was a smell of drains in the hotel. We had one day's rain when this was really exacerbated, with a strong smell of sewage around the lower stairwell which also permeated the Dining Room. Not pleasant! We mentioned it at Reception but they were not at all happy to be told. This was of course due to the old infrastructure of this supposedly new hotel, with rainwater filling the sewage tank and backing up into the hotel. the management were well aware of it as effluent lorries were pumping out the tank - by the beach area and Children's Club and then driving past our room. A smell of raw sewage also came and went near the steps down to the beach. And was in evidence in the outside sitting area by the Main Bar area on our last morning. Finally my partner went down with a severe bout of food poisoning when we ate at the a la carte restaurant. The TUI rep told us that the hotel was investigating this as a matter of urgency, but they actually did absolutely nothing. On the subject of the a la carte, we tried to book a week in advance for our anniversary but the sheets didn't go that far ahead, but rather than make a note of our booking as anyone who knew anything about customer service would have done, they just told us to come back in a couple of days. We did this but needless to say, the evening was then fully booked. The General Manager was always around but usually had his phone clamped to his ear and although we saw him speaking to guests on a couple of occasions, they approached him. We never saw him engage with guests to find out their experiences. Similarly there was a guy with tie in the Dining Room who we assumed was the Restaurant Manager. Never saw him engaging with guests either. There was only one pool - in the details it suggested there would be one by the beach - this didn't exist. So the pool was constantly noisy. And then the Entertainment Team came along and made it worse by putting on very loud music, some of which had extremely inappropriate lyrics for a hotel with hundreds of kids. Motherf------ anyone? There was one area which was adults only - down by the beach. Umbrellas and loungers for 8 couples, in a hotel of 331 rooms. Plus it was situated 20 metres from the Kid's Club. So "token gesture" springs to mind. The Beach area itself was tiny, with 50 or so umbrellas crammed cheek by jowl, so if that's your thing, you'll love it. All the barmen played their own choice of music. this wasn't necessarily a good thing. And down at the Beach Bar there was the bar music plus the music from the amphitheatre area competing for your attention. We had the bizarre situation of heavy rock being played one evening in the Reception area because that appeared to be the barman's choice. Cocktails were poor. Flat gin fizz etc. And the evening main barman was generally grumpy and unfriendly. No TUI rep was in attendance at the hotel, so all our communication was via the app. Our impression of the service from TUI was that they were just full of platitudes but never actually achieved anything. So we won't be using them again. Our experiences are obviously not in accord with others. But they genuinely represent what we found. We have been to many many 4* hotels around the world and this place certainly didn't come near the standard of those. We were so pleased to check out from here - we'd been ready to leave for at least a week! -and needless to say we will not be back.…
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Blue Sea Resort Collection, Marketing at Blue Sea Island
Responded Nov 9, 2022
Dear valued guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us based on your recent stay at our fully renovated Blue Sea Island. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused during your stay with us. We would like to clarify everything you mentioned. First of all, we advertise everywhere that our hotel is fully renovated and not new. At this point, we would like to emphasize that the renovated Blue Sea Island offers more amenities and services than the former Alfa Hotel. Also, what we advertise everywhere, as you mentioned, is that our hotel is ideal for couples and families. Indeed the hotel has many family rooms and many double rooms. So our visitors can choose what suits them best. There are months when there are more families than couples, but also the opposite. Unfortunately, we notice discrimination in your review and we do not support that. It is clear that our hotel is not an Adults Only hotel and we are sorry that you judge us so harshly. Our staff strives every day to satisfy the wishes of all our guests and offer them the ideal vacation and this is proven by the many positive reviews we have received in recent months. We are very sorry that this was not the case for you. Last but not least, the hotel offers two pools. One pool is located at the Annex Building and one pool is located at the Main Building. Kindly be advised that all your comments about our services and facilities have been addressed to the management for improvement in all our departments. We only hope that you might visit Rhodes island again and we wish you a nice winter! Best regards, Blue Sea Island
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We're approaching the end of a fantastic family holiday. Blue Sea Island has been a great choice. The hotel is very well kept, incredibly clean and you get a genuine sense of the family feel despite it being a medium size hotel. We enjoyed spending time between the on-site beach, pool and water-park at the adjacent building which is also part of BSI. The staff and very friendly and will do anything they can to help the guests have a great time. We were blessed with 24-26 degree temperatures and no rain at all. Anything need or aren't totally happy with, just ask them. Thanks BSI for a great experience.
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear TMidders, At Blue Sea Island our goal is to meet and exceed our guests' expectations. I am delighted to know that we have delivered a true hospitality to you. We value your feedback and look forward to welcoming you back soon. Kind regards, Blue Sea Team
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Firstly the views are stunning for the location alone it’s worth it. Staff are so accommodating and friendly can’t fault the staff at all. The aegeospas you have to visit and have a deep tissue massage Angela on front desk is so nice. Eva who done the deep tissue massage really knows what’s she’s talking about. I have regular treatments back home but Eva was by fare the best deep tissue massage I’ve ever had. Just wish I had more days left on holiday to book more visits. There is a bus stop outside the hotel that takes you most places also close by to the resort there are restaurants and an amazing seafood restaurant which overlooks the sea foods amazing and wine if you wish to venture out. This brings me on to the food and drinks at the hotel. The pool side bar in the day time dose the best drinks and he mixes the cocktails great sorry forgot his name. But of an evening different staff so give the cocktails a miss. Food it’s okay lots to choose from but some sections of the food are cold when should be warm but overall lots good selection. Hotel room we have balcony with sea view worth every penny. Would I visit her again yes location is perfect and there are 2 water sports facilities either side of the hotel on the beach 5 min walk. Tip buy some beach shoes and it will save you feet from pain as a lot of areas with pebbles This hotel also has some entertainment which is also good there is a kids club if you have children and lots of staff to accommodate the help with the kids …
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Responded Nov 4, 2022
Dear valued guest, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback with us and the TripAdvisor community based on your recent stay at our Blue Sea Island. We are very happy that we managed to exceed your expectations and that you had an amazing holidays experience. We appreciate all your wonderful points and recommendations abut our services. Once again, thank you and we are looking forward to welcoming you back! Best regards, Blue Sea Team
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Very nice view from the central pool! The beach and the food in this restaurant was good and also the staff was very polite. The location was convenient due to my work and it has a very good balnce of quality and price.
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Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Traveled on business
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Anastasios C, Let us thank you for recommending Blue Sea Island after the experience you had with us! We were truly pleased to hear that you enjoyed view, staff, food and location. We would love to have the chance to welcome you back in Kolympia for another stay. With Kind Regards, Blue Sea Team
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Location ideal for evening walks, near the bus stop and lots of shops in the area. Great advise we got from Maria, the guest relations manager, about sightseeing and island highlights. Staff very kind and helpful. Our favourite was Jani the bartender, we always had a laugh with him and his cocktails were amazing! The hotel was clean with all comforts provided. Highly recommended! Thank you all!
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Responded Oct 20, 2022
Dear valuable guest, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your review with us and the TripAdvisor community. Your wonderful comments are highly appreciated. We will pass your feedback on to the whole team as it motivates us to try even harder to provide you with the perfect holiday. On behalf of the entire team, it was a pleasure to have you here and we are looking forward to welcoming you back the soonest possible. Till then, take care! Best regards, Blue Sea Team
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Very friendly, service minded and helpful staff, especially the Lobby host's. The room are very nice and the cleaning staff's niveau is very high Clean pool area and nice beach Kristina Strand Denmark
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Date of stay: July 2022
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Guest, Thank you for staying in Blue Sea Island and sharing your positive rating. We are pleased to note that you enjoyed the comforts of our hotel including room, beach, pool and staff. Once again, thank you for your excellent review and we look forward to welcoming you again soon at Blue Sea Island. Kind Regards, Blue Sea Island
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Just stayed at Blue Sea Island as a group of 10 and have nothing to complain about at all. Rooms were nice and big, food available at all times of the day and options changed all the time in the main buffet restaurant. Never had to run down and save yourself a sun bed which was the main thing for me.
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Responded 2 weeks ago
Dear Guest, Greetings from Blue Sea Island. Thank you for your 5-star review of our hotel. We are proud to know that you enjoyed your comfortable room and delicious food. We hope to have the chance to welcome you back at Blue Sea Island in the nearest future. Best Regards, Blue Sea Island
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At this lovely hotel the food and hospitality was spot on. There was 10 of us in total and we was all very looked after. The staff were very helpful and made sure we was always ok. Definitely will recommend to friends and family.
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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Responded Oct 16, 2022
Dear Mrs. Lilly, Thank you for taking the time to share your review with us and the TripAdvisor community. We are very happy that you had a great Blue Sea Island experience and we are looking forward to welcoming you back! Best regards, Blue Sea Team
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GreeceSouth AegeanDodecaneseRhodesKolympia
NUMBER OF ROOMS
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Frequently Asked Questions about Blue Sea Island
Which popular attractions are close to Blue Sea Island?
Nearby attractions include Rodos Nature - Folklore Museum (0.5 miles), T&P cocktail BAR (0.5 miles), and Oasis Cocktail Bar (0.5 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Blue Sea Island?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include a pool, an on-site restaurant, and a lounge.
Which room amenities are available at Blue Sea Island?
Top room amenities include a flat screen TV, a desk, and a view of a nearby landmark.
What food & drink options are available at Blue Sea Island?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and breakfast during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Blue Sea Island?
Conveniently located restaurants include Blue Bay A la Carte Restaurant, Mylos A La Carte Restaurant, and Ginger.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Blue Sea Island?
Yes, guests have access to a pool and a sauna during their stay.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Blue Sea Island?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, German, and Greek.
Are there any historical sites close to Blue Sea Island?
Many travelers enjoy visiting Campochiaro (7.7 miles).
Is Blue Sea Island accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.