S. Nikolis
Just perfect : The romantic appeal of each room
Less so : There is no restaurant
Just perfect : The romantic appeal of each room
Less so : There is no restaurant
Prices in Euro per room per night (taxes included).
Breakfast is included in the prices except in the apartments.
The prices are valid until 31 December 2010, but may be subject to change – please verify prices when you make your reservation
The hotel of Sotiris Nikolis and his Danish wife Marianna is located in a calm spot just under the inner wall of the 14th century city ramparts of the Old Town of Rhodes. Sotiris has always had a great passion for the city’s architectural heritage, and at a very young age he started rebuilding the ruins of a medieval town house. When he finished, he opened it as a small hotel. Over the years, he carried on with the reconstruction of several other ruined houses, and added them to his hotel. He gave all rooms a romantic appeal with bare stone walls, arched or wood-beamed ceilings, cast-iron beds and old style furniture.
Depending on the building where your room is, you are offered various levels of service and independence. You can opt for a room in the main building or a suite in the garden house and enjoy regular hotel services. (Sotiris and Marianna live on the premises and in the high season they often work practically around the clock to try and give their guests the best possible service – Marianna regularly gets up before dawn to prepare an excellent breakfast, which, during the summer months is served on the roof terrace). But if you’re looking for romantic seclusion and you don’t want to feel like you are staying in a hotel, you can book a Honeymoon Suite in a house that is just one minute walk from the hotel. And if you prefer to be fully independent, you can stay in a self-catering studio equipped with a kitchenette. The studios can inter-connect, making them ideal for families.
Open
All year
Rates
From 100 Euro
For further information regarding rates and booking periods please go to the tab ''On line booking''.
Rooms
2 singles
8 doubles
6 double suites
Extra bed possible in some of the rooms
Breakfast
From 8.00 to 10.00
Restaurant
No, but drinks and snacks can be ordered throughout the day
Notes
Children welcome, cots available.
Dogs allowed upon prior agreement.
Room facilities
En-suite shower or bathroom (some with a Jacuzzi)
Telephone
Television
Refrigerator
Air conditioning
Hairdryer
Other facilities
Internal courtyard
Parking, outside the city walls, about 5 minutes by foot.
Distances
Airport: 15 km
Port: 15 minutes by foot
Beach: 2 km
Shops: less than 10 minutes by foot.
Restaurants: less than 10 minutes by foot.
How to get there
Park your car at the San Francisco Gate (Aigios Athanasios on the map). After you pass the gate, you turn left into Ippodamou Street, from where it is less than two minutes’ walk to the hotel. From the harbour, it is about 10-15 minutes by foot to the hotel, and you will need to consult a map. If you arrive with heavy luggage, it is best to get a taxi to drop you off at the hotel.
Activities
There are enough sights in the Old Town to keep you busy for several days, and of course you can also use the hotel as a base for exploring the island (and its great beaches). Organised activities include scuba diving (the school is walking distance from the mansion), and golf at the Afandou Golf Course, which is situated at only about 15 km.
Just inside the old city walls in a quiet pedestrian street .

