Atlantica Hotels & Resorts

Atlantica Imperial Resort and Spa

Atlantica Imperial is an adults-only beachfront resort on Kolymbia Bay in Rhodes, for couples who want quiet, a Blue Flag beach and good dinners. It is about an hour from the airport, with five restaurants, four bars and three pools, one of them indoors and one kept quiet, plus swim-up suites and villas with private pools. All-inclusive is a rate plan here rather than the only product, and confirming it is the first job. Guests praise the adults-only beachfront setting, the quality and variety of the dining, and the pools, the spa and the calm. The complaints are reservation friction at the popular restaurants, all-inclusive terms the public pages do not spell out, and evenings too quiet for anyone who wants nightlife. The thing people wish they had known is that some premium experiences and the spa sit outside most rates, and that this is a couples' resort rather than a party one. Where a rate carries all-inclusive, expect the Agora buffet, the a la carte restaurants with reservations, the Streat Food Lab and the four bars, with Wi-Fi throughout; the Aegeos spa, room service and the water sports, which run through an outside provider, are extra, and the premium drinks list is not published anywhere public. Confirm the board basis in writing, and book Ginger, Mylos and Blue Bay early. A Swim-Up Suite is the upgrade most guests want and a Private Pool Villa is the splurge. Families are not admitted, and anyone who wants a late bar should look at Faliraki.