Elenitsa Studios

Stayed here for 1 week in october was a bit worried cos of other coments but it was clean and basic we  had no complaints. We stayed in apartment 11B it was close to shops and bars .We would stay here again.Never seen anyone else or heard anyone.

the apartments are disgraceful and i wouldnt advice any one to go to them they are filthy and unfit to be in i would strongly advice you to book a different apartment the area is great itsreally nice and friendly and the weather is beutifull

The location was excellent - so close to everything, but the apt was awful. Everything stank of damp & all the walls were peeling & had mould growing. We stayed in 1A and although we had a balcony we didn`t use it as it was small, in the shade & uncomfortable. The rooms were not very clean either, the maids just barged in without knocking which was unpleasant. Roda is a beautiful place & I have been before & will go again - just not to the Elenitsa. Great places for food & drink are the Italian place at the crossroads & Ninos on the beach. Check out Yannis Big Ben bar for a fun night out.

we  are staying in the elenitsa studios next week. i cant believe how mixed everyones comments are but we will find out for ourselves at the end of the day its only some where for us to sleep other than that we will never be in.

My wife and I stayed here for a fortnight at the end of August, and found everything we were looking for. Sure the accommodation was basic, but everything was clean and the facilities all worked. We were in a ground floor appartment with no sun on the balcony, but with the heat at that time of year it was very nice to be out of the direct sun. The 200m trek to the appartment from the bus drop-off is not to bad as at night everything is lit.These apartments I would say are not meant to accommodate families with young children, or anyone looking for the high life, but for anyone who enjoys a bit of peace with all the facilities of Roda a easy stroll away. There is no pool here but you have the use of the pool at another complex and the sea is a two minute stroll. We have rebooked for this year (2006) as did a few more of the people we met on our stay. If your are staying anywhere in Roda, or the surrounding area, you really must try theRoda Park Taverna, excellent food and the hosts cannot be any friendlier.

My Boyfriend and I stayed at the Elenitsa Studios in room 4B (ground floor) from 26th Sept - 3rd Oct 2005. We were dropped off on one of the main roads in Roda, and had to drag our cases a good few hundred metres to the apartment. We'd been in there about a minute before the maid was knocking on the door and getting food out of the fridge, what we presume was everyone's leftovers she'd collected up to take home.
The bathroom was ok, a bit dark and the shower curtain covered the toilet which was next to the shower, rather than separating the two. So the toilet and half the bathroom got soaked when we had a shower. The toliet seat was broken but not unbearable. Also the water was hardly ever above a lukewarm temperature. We found out on the day before we went home that the owners had turned the thermostat down.
The kitchen was basic and dark, 4 ring electric cooker, we only used it once to make toast as we were out every day sampling the local cuisine.
The bedroom was clean, 2 single beds which we pushed together, but as they were pine beds there was a half a foot gap between them. Other than that they were fine. We had a balcony which was in the shade all the time but nice all the same. Be warned, the studio next to ours didn't have a balcony, they had their table and chairs outside which half the building used as a thoroughfare.
The Maid came in twice when we were out, we made sure she couldn't just walk in when we were there by leaving the key in the locked door. She made the beds, emptied the bins and cleaned the bathroom but the sheets or towels weren't changed all week.
There is a shop almost right next to the apartment block which has all your basic needs catered for. I reccomend the bakery too which has lovely bread, pasties, pies, cakes and traditional greek sweets like Baclava.
We used a safe deposit box for free at H & N Travel, you just choose a box and keep the key. H & N Travel do some good excursions and at this time of year the prices had come down considerably, some of them half the price compared to the official Olympic excursions. We went on the West Coast BBQ cruise which was in a nice place called Paleokastritsa. It was about 2 hours on the coach and then an hour or so on the glass bottomed boat to a deserted shingle beach where a delicious chicken barbeque lunch awaited us. There was enough time to have a swim in the sea and dry off before the boat picked us up again and took us back. This cost us 18 euros each and included the food and unlimited Greek wine and Ouzo.

We also went to Corfu town by boat (14 euros each)which would have been nice but it poured with torrential rain the whole time we were there so things were a bit bleak by the time we got back on the boat. I'm sure it's very nice in the sunshine!

Roda itself is a very friendly place, all the locals in the tavernas are lovely. We tried out most of the Greek places, Roda Park, Nikos, Oddyseus, the one with the picture of the goat drinking ouzo also was good and we ate there twice.

We were told not to under any circumstances hire out Mopeds or Quad bikes as they were dangerous and unbalanced.

The main beach in Roda was a bit scrubby but if you walk down to it and go left until you are over a bridge and next to a ponytrekking field, walk straight through the field bear left and follow the path you come to a nicer beach with a taverna that hires out  2 sunbeds and umbrella for 5 euros, or 3 Euros for one bed and umbrella. I was glad of the umbrella as it got quite hot. The sea is also very shallow and you can go out a long way before getting up to your neck in water!

All in all a nice holiday but I don't reccomend these particular appartments.