Grecotel LUX ME Dama Dama
Grecotel LUX ME Dama Dama is an all-inclusive beachfront resort on the Faliraki and Kallithea stretch of the north-east coast of Rhodes, in the Greek Dodecanese, with a 100-metre pool through the middle of it and Faliraki beach directly in front. Rooms and bungalows are spread between gardens and two larger buildings, and the LUX ME all-inclusive folds every restaurant, the drinks and the children's programme into one price. Families come for the beach setting, the six restaurants and a short drive in from the airport.
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Is it worth it?
Who Dama Dama suits, what the LUX ME all-inclusive covers and the facts to skim before the detail.
Dama Dama is an established beachfront all-inclusive of roughly 307 rooms and suites, sitting straight on Faliraki beach. The tour operators and metasearch sites that sell it class it as a 4-star hotel; Grecotel doesn't publish a star rating of its own for the property. The LUX ME name is the group's all-inclusive holiday plan, its "Luxury Made Easy" concept, rather than a rating, so it isn't a five-star signal in itself: other hotels in the group carry the same name at five stars. What the plan does cover is broad, taking in every restaurant, unlimited drinks, snacking through the day and children's dining.
For a family with a baby or toddler, the childcare matters more than any of that. Grecoland, the kids' club, takes children from four to twelve, and a child of three or under is welcome in the space only with a parent or guardian alongside them, so there's no drop-off care for the youngest. GrecoBaby, the resort's baby-kit service, lends cots, monitors and bathtubs, which is useful, though it isn't a crèche. If you're travelling with a four-year-old who'll use Grecoland properly, or you're happy to supervise a younger one yourself, none of that is a problem. If you're booking partly for a couple of hours off, it is.
Guests praise the staff first and most consistently, including with very young babies, then the food across the buffet and the à la carte restaurants, Grecoland and the 100-metre pool. The gripes that recur are sunbeds around the main pool, which guests say go by about 7am if you want a shaded one, and parts of the resort looking dated, with the lobby, the central building and the lifts named most often. More recent reviews describe renovation work underway, and the Panoramic Rooms, the Loft Family Rooms and the Beach Club were all refreshed for 2026, so it reads as an established resort part-way through a renovation rather than a tired one.
Best for
You want a straightforward beachfront all-inclusive week with a short drive in from the airport, travelling either with a child of four or over, or happy to supervise a younger one yourself.
Maybe not for
You're relying on drop-off childcare for a baby or toddler, you want a resort built around a waterpark or a spa week is part of the plan.
Best ages
Four and up, when Grecoland opens properly. Babies and toddlers are welcome throughout, with kit on loan, but a parent stays with them at the club.
What stands out
The 100-metre pool through the middle of the resort, the staff and a 25 to 30 minute drive from the airport.
What to check
Whether your room type carries the under-12s-stay-free offer for your dates, and, with a pushchair, whether you can have a ground-floor bungalow.
Where is it?
On Faliraki beach on the north-east coast of Rhodes, about 11 miles (16 to 18 km) from Rhodes airport.
Quick facts for UK families
What the resort is like
Where it sits, how the five groups of buildings are laid out, what condition it's in and what that means with a pushchair.
Dama Dama sits directly on Faliraki beach, on the boundary between Faliraki and Kallithea on the north-east coast of Rhodes, in a locality called Ammoudes. You'll see all three names attached to it, and they're all the same stretch of coast. The public spaces are open and sun-filled, the gardens hold bungalows and the 100-metre pool runs through the middle as the thing everything else is arranged around. For the island itself, its beaches and when to go, see our Rhodes guide.
The name comes from the dama dama, the European fallow deer, which has lived on Rhodes since antiquity and stands in bronze at the entrance to Mandraki harbour in Rhodes Town. The hotel makes the connection itself.
There are roughly 307 rooms and suites in 17 room types, across five groups of buildings. The Main Building is multi-storey and holds the Rhodes Wing. The separate Annex Building holds the Kallithea Wing across all its floors, including a top-floor tier. Ground-floor and first-floor bungalows sit in the Pool Area and the Garden Area. A cluster of Summer Houses holds the split-level family lofts around their own shared pool.
For 2026 the headline changes are the new Panoramic Rooms, the new Loft Family Rooms and a new Beach Club, and that's the pattern across the site: some categories freshly done, others older and waiting their turn. Reviews are mixed on it. Dated decor, tired sunbeds and an old central building, lobby and lifts come up repeatedly, while guests visiting more recently report that the renovation work has settled a number of the older complaints. An established resort part-way through a refurbishment is a fair way to picture it.
Check-in is from 3pm and check-out at 11am. The LUX ME all-inclusive itself runs until 5pm on your departure day whatever time you leave the room, which is worth knowing on a late flight: lunch and drinks don't stop when the room does.
Ramps, lifts and a few stepsGetting around with a buggy
The resort says all departments are accessible to guests in wheelchairs, with ramp sections beside most of the steps around the hotel and rooms for disabled guests. If level access matters to anyone in your party, ask the resort what they have before you book.
Guest reviews describe a less even picture for a pushchair: stairs at several points around the site, and steps beyond the lift before you reach some rooms. It comes up often enough to plan around, without being something every room has.
The ground-floor bungalows in the Pool Area are the simplest answer if you're pushing a buggy all week. You step straight out onto the terrace, there are no stairs to the room and the pool is on the doorstep. It's worth asking for one at the time of booking rather than assuming every room is equally easy to reach, which is sensible on any multi-storey resort.
Every restaurant and bar
Each place to eat and drink, which of them suit children, how the à la carte booking works and what the dress code asks for.
The LUX ME all-inclusive covers the food and drink, and it covers a lot of it: à la carte and buffet dining across every venue, unlimited drinks from more than 100 regular and premium brands and 150 wine labels, snacking and light fare through the day, late-night snacks until midnight, the Pâtisserie-Chocolaterie and the Crêperie-Gelateria, afternoon tea and children's dining free. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal options are available at every restaurant. In-room dining is the one thing that isn't included, and it's charged separately.
Dama Dama, which shares the resort's name, is the main buffet and the all-day family default. It's Mediterranean, with themed dinner evenings and a live cooking show on selected nights, plus a Grab & Go Bakery for fresh bread. Breakfast runs 07:30 to 10:30, lunch 12:30 to 14:30 and dinner 18:00 to 21:00, so an early dinner is straightforward. There's a children's menu and children eat free. From mid-June to mid-September a dedicated children's lunch buffet, Tasty Corner, runs 12:30 to 14:00; outside those months it doesn't, so a May or an October stay won't have it.
The Rose is the fine-dining restaurant, a set of degustation menus the resort describes as celebrating beloved world cuisines, with a seafood and Mediterranean focus. Dinner runs 19:00 to 22:00 in high season, weather permitting, and needs a reservation. It welcomes children over 12 only, so with younger children it's off your list, or an evening for two if you've arranged a babysitter.
Asiana is the Asian restaurant, with an open-kitchen sushi bar children can watch. Dinner is 19:00 to 22:00, weather permitting, and needs a reservation. Children dine free from the kids' menu.
The Italian Restaurant has an al fresco dining area with music in the evening. Dinner is 19:00 to 22:00, weather permitting, reservation needed, children free. Of the à la carte rooms it's usually the easiest with a child who has decided they don't like anything.
Tavernaki is a contemporary Greek taverna: meze and ouzo, warm bread, olive oil and oregano, looking out at the sunset over the Aegean. Dinner is 19:00 to 22:00, weather permitting, reservation needed, children free.
The Beach Club, refreshed for 2026, is the all-day beachfront venue and the easiest lunch straight off the sand. Grills, salads and sandwiches run 13:00 to 15:00, then light fare, baguettes, burgers, tortillas and snacks, from 15:00 to 17:30. It has its own bar, gelateria and crêperie, and stays open until sunset.
Two more food stops are included without counting among the six restaurants. The Pâtisserie & Chocolaterie sits next to the resort's lounges and opens 11:00 to 17:00, with pastries, cakes, macarons, dessert breads, a candy kingdom and a selection of lower-calorie options. The Crêperie-Gelateria alongside the Beach Club does crêpes, gelato, fruit sorbet, Greek frappé, juices and smoothies.
The bars
The resort counts two bars plus a wine cellar. The Lobby Bar is the showpiece, open 10:00 to midnight. The Beach Bar faces the pool and the sea, and it's where the live music nights and the evening entertainment shows happen. The Wine Library is a 150-label cellar put together by Grecotel's sommeliers, with sommelier-guided tastings, so it's a tasting room as much as a bar.
Dine Out gives you one included dinner per stay at a nearby traditional taverna. It runs from 1 July to 31 August only, needs a reservation and doesn't include the transfer, so the taxi there and back is on you.
The dress code is resort-casual with proper footwear by day. After 5pm it's elegant or smart casual: no swimwear, no sportswear and no flip-flops, which is worth packing for if your evening plan was a t-shirt and sliders.
How the à la carte booking works
Each à la carte restaurant can be reserved once a week, subject to availability, either on the Grecotel app or at the front desk. Book as soon as you arrive rather than on the night. The Dama Dama buffet takes walk-ins whenever it's open, so it's the fallback for any evening you haven't reserved, and the daytime Beach Club needs no booking either.
Rooms and suites
Every room type with its official size, which suit a family with a baby or toddler, then the pools and the beach in front.
There are 17 room types here, spread across the five groups of buildings. The table has every one with its official size, how many it sleeps, its bed layout and where it sits. Occupancy is quoted as the resort states it, which is why some types are given as a number of people and others as adults plus a child.
| Room, bungalow or suite | Size | Sleeps | Beds | View and where it sits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Guestroom | 28 m² | 3 persons | Double or twins + sofa bed | Garden view, balcony or terrace. Annex Building, Kallithea Wing, all floors |
| Superior Guestroom Side Sea View | 28 m² | 3 persons | Double or twins + sofa bed | Side sea view, balcony. Annex Building, Kallithea Wing, all floors |
| Superior Guestroom Sea View | 26 to 28 m² | 3 persons | Double or twins + sofa bed | Sea view, balcony. Main and Annex buildings, Rhodes and Kallithea Wings |
| Superior Bungalow Poolside | 22 m² | 2 persons | Double bed | Garden view, sun terrace, resort-pool access. Pool Area, ground or first floor |
| LUX ME Guestroom | 26 m² | 2 persons | Double or twins | Sea view, balcony. Main Building, Rhodes Wing, all floors |
| LUX ME Bungalow Poolside | 28 m² | 3 persons | Double + 1 single | Garden view, terrace, two sleeping areas split by a sliding door. Pool Area, ground floor |
| LUX ME Panoramic Guestroom | 28 m² | 2+1 persons | Double + sofa bed | Sea view, private balcony, floor-to-ceiling windows. Annex Building, Kallithea Wing, top floor |
| LUX ME Superior Guestroom | 32 m² | 2 persons | Double or twins | Sea view, two private balconies. Main Building, one per floor |
| Family Guestroom | 37 m² | 3 adults + 1 child | Double/twins + 2 sofa beds | Inland view, two balconies, two sleeping areas split by a sliding door. Main and Annex buildings |
| Premier Family Guestroom Inland View | 37 m² | 3+1 | Double + singles, divided by door | Inland view, two balconies, two separate bathrooms |
| Premier Family Guestroom Side Sea View | 37 m² | 3+1 | Double + sofa beds | Side sea view, two balconies, sliding-door division, one bathroom |
| Premier Loft Family Guestroom | 38 m² | 2 adults + 2 children | 1 double + 2 singles | Garden view, private balcony, split-level loft, one bathroom. Annex Building, Kallithea Wing, ground floor |
| Superior Family Apartment | 55 m² | 4 adults + 1 child | Two doubles or twins (one per bedroom) + a sofa bed in the living area | Inland view, two or three balconies, two bathrooms. Main Building, all floors |
| Grand Family Apartment | 58.4 m² | 4 adults + 1 child | Two doubles or twins + sofa bed | Inland view, three balconies, three bathrooms. Main Building, all floors |
| LUX ME Family Guestroom | 40 m² | 3 adults + 1 child | Double + 2 singles | Sea view, two separate balconies, two separate bedrooms, one bathroom. Main Building, Rhodes Wing |
| LUX ME Family Bungalow Poolside | 48 m² | 3 adults + 1 child | Double + 2 singles | Garden view, private veranda with pool access, one bathroom. Pool Area, ground floor |
| 2-Bedroom Bungalow Suite Sea View | 60 m² | 4 adults | Double + 2 singles | Sea view, three balconies, beach access, two separate bedrooms. Garden Area, first floor |
Sizes, occupancy and locations come from the resort's own room pages.
For a family the question is whether there's a door to close on a sleeping child. The Family Guestroom at 37 m² is the practical entry point: two sleeping areas split by a sliding door, so an early bedtime doesn't end your evening. The two Premier Family Guestrooms are the same 37 m² with a difference that matters more than the view: the Inland View version has two separate bathrooms, the Side Sea View version has one.
The Premier Loft Family Guestroom at 38 m², new for 2026, is split-level. That's good for privacy and worth thinking about with a toddler who has just worked out stairs. It sits on the ground floor of the Annex Building's Kallithea Wing. The same loft layout turns up at the Summer Houses as a Family Interconnecting Loft, two bedrooms and two bathrooms around a shared private pool.
For more space, the Superior Family Apartment at 55 m² gives you two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and the Grand Family Apartment at 58.4 m² adds a third balcony and a third bathroom. The largest is the 2-Bedroom Bungalow Suite at 60 m²: two proper bedrooms, two bathrooms, three balconies and beach access. It sleeps four adults, and it's the most livable of them for a week with a baby's kit spread across the floor.
The ground-floor Pool Area bungalows are the easiest with a pushchair, since you step out onto the terrace with the pool alongside and no stairs to the room: the LUX ME Bungalow Poolside at 28 m² and the LUX ME Family Bungalow Poolside at 48 m² are the two that take a child. The Superior Bungalow Poolside at 22 m² is the smallest room on the site and sleeps two, so it isn't a family room. Rooms in the Main and Annex buildings are spread over several floors, with a lift.
Every room has a minibar restocked daily with soft drinks and beer under the all-inclusive, tea and coffee with a Nespresso machine and two complimentary pods per adult per day, free Wi-Fi, an electronic safe, an LCD TV and a hairdryer, plus a bottle of wine as a welcome on arrival. An iron and ironing board are brought up on request for a limited time, a security policy, and there's an ironing service at extra charge.
Twin beds are a built-in option in the types sold as double or twins: the Double Guestroom, both Superior Guestrooms, the LUX ME Guestroom and the LUX ME Superior Guestroom, plus the Family Guestroom and the two family apartments. If twins matter, that's the list to book from.
Four pools, one of them very longPools and water features
There are four pools. The 100-metre grand pool is the centrepiece: it runs through the middle of the site and it's where most of a family day happens. The waterslide pool is freshwater, with water slides. The children's pool is freshwater too, better pictured as somewhere school-age children paddle and play than as a shallow baby-paddling feature. Together those three make up a 700 m² outdoor pool area. The fourth is the indoor pool in the Elixir Fitness Club, under a pyramid glass roof, and it's for over-16s only, so the children can't use it.
If pool depth or opening hours matter with a young child, ask the resort before you book.
Sand and pebble, straight out the frontThe beach
Faliraki beach is directly in front of the resort, with no steps and no road to cross, and several room types are sold on their beach access, the 2-Bedroom Bungalow Suite among them. The beach here is sand and pebble, so pack water shoes. Sunbeds and umbrellas are included as standard.
Faliraki's beach runs to roughly 5 km at the scale of the town, shelving gradually and sheltered from the meltemi, the wind that blows down the Aegean through the summer and gives the west coast its chop. That's the town's beach as a whole, though, and the stretch in front of the hotel is sand and pebble rather than the finer sand further along.
Babies and toddlers
The club and its age bands, the baby kit and the feeding, then everything else that fills a family day here.
There's no drop-off childcare under four
Grecoland is the kids' club, a dedicated, fully equipped space for children aged four to twelve. Children of three and under are welcome to use it too, but only with a parent or legal guardian present. That's the distinction that matters: under-fours aren't shut out, they just can't be left. If you're picturing an hour with a coffee while a two-year-old plays, that isn't what's on offer here.
Within Grecoland the programme splits by age. Grecokids, for four to sixes, runs water activities, arts and crafts, team games, themed events, a mini disco, cooking classes, environmental days, treasure hunts, gardening, live shows and outdoor play. Grecojuniors, for seven to twelves, does adventure games, team challenges, organised sports, nature activities, live performances and parties. Grecoteens, for thirteen to seventeens, covers beach volleyball, table tennis, motorised and non-motorised watersports and social activities, and reads as a lighter high-season offer rather than a staffed club on the same footing as the two younger bands.
The club runs six days a week through the season and is free for resident children as part of the LUX ME package. It takes one day off a week, and the daily timetable is something you pick up on arrival rather than plan the week around.
Against the Rhodes alternatives this is the clearest difference. Lindian Village and Atlantica Aegean Blue both advertise a staffed crèche that takes babies and toddlers, and Dama Dama has nothing like it, since GrecoBaby isn't a substitute for one. The ages each crèche takes and the sessions it runs are worth checking with those resorts directly.
Kit, feeding and the free bitsThe baby kit and the feeding
GrecoBaby is Grecotel's baby-kit loan service for children from birth to three, and you order it in advance through a form on the resort's site rather than asking when you get there. It covers cots, bed rails, baby monitors, pushchairs, trainer steps, potties, bouncy chairs, baby bathtubs, toilet trainer seats, changing mats and bottle sterilisers. It's a full list, and the steriliser and the bathtub are usually the two that decide how much you end up packing. Some items may carry a nominal charge. Nappy-changing facilities are in the public restrooms across the resort.
On feeding, baby food for infants up to one can be prepared to order if you arrange it in advance with the Restaurant Manager, and staff will warm bottles or baby food on request. The resort describes made-to-order baby food across its à la carte restaurants under the phrase petite gastronomie. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free and halal diets are catered for with advance notice, and the head chef meets guests with allergy requirements on arrival to talk the menus through.
Kids Go Free covers children up to twelve: free in their parents' room, free children's dining and snacks, the Grecoland programme and the outdoor creative activities. It applies to select room types and periods rather than to every booking, so get it confirmed for your dates and your room when you book. There's a large open-air playground by the beach, inside the Grecoland footprint. Babysitting is available at an additional charge, arranged through reception, subject to its own terms and booked in advance.
If you run short of something, the Greek names are worth knowing. Babylino is the household nappy brand. Almiron is the pharmacy formula staple, Nutricia's Greek line and the same family as UK Aptamil, and stage-1 formula is a pharmacy-only product in Greece rather than something on a supermarket shelf. Depon is the Greek equivalent of Calpol.
On resortThings to do
A good deal is included. On land there's table tennis, beach volleyball, boccia and darts, along with a pool dance show. The resort also offers tennis and laser tag. Fitness classes cover stretching, aqua aerobics, water yoga and aqua gym, with the outdoor beach programme running in a 10:00 to 18:00 window.
Included watersports, subject to availability, are canoes, pedal boats and snorkelling equipment. The watersports school charges extra for the banana boat, water-skiing, parasailing and lessons. The resort also names paratrike, paragliding and wakeboarding among its outdoor activities, so ask at the desk what they cost and how to book them.
The Elixir Fitness Club is for over-16s: a yoga and Pilates club, a sauna, the indoor pool under its pyramid glass roof, an indoor gym with cardio equipment, a lounge and a reception and concierge desk. The club runs 10:00 to 18:00 and the indoor gym 08:00 to 20:00.
A long list of extras can be booked on top, most of it through the concierge or Guest Services. On the water: scuba diving and snorkelling excursions through an outside dive centre, with children needing to be eight or over to join a dive and booking done in person rather than ahead, though watersports generally need no pre-booking; boat days, from sunset tours and half or full-day coastal cruises to private yacht, RIB, catamaran and sailing charters; and fishing trips in Faliraki, group or private, line or big-game. On land: horse riding on the beach, including a swimming ride down through olive groves and village roads to the sea, a jeep safari from the hotel, paintball, personal training and heritage walks and hiking tours around the Old Town, the acropolis and the coastal trails.
The making-things list is long too: cooking classes, badged Be the Yiayia Chef, covering Rhodian dishes including giaprakia, which are stuffed vine leaves; a cocktail masterclass; candle-making; pottery at Oktana Pottery in a nearby artistic village; soap-making with a local Rhodian artisan; wine tasting at the resort's Wine Library or as an excursion to Kounaki Winery, established 1928; and food tours of the island. There's also a luxury water transfer to Rhodes Town and other points along the coast, and bespoke private dining at a location of your choosing. All of it costs extra, and the resort sets its own prices, so check them on the day.
The evening programme runs to live music, family movie nights, kids' shows, themed parties and a family disco.
Not what a resort this size usually hasThere's no spa, just a massage gazebo on the beach
Dama Dama doesn't have a traditional spa, and the resort says so plainly. The Elixir Fitness Club's sauna and indoor pool aren't one either. The single treatment on offer is the Gazebo Massage by the Beach, run by an outside partner and booked at the beachside gazebo itself, at extra charge. It's a resort of a size where you might reasonably expect a spa, so it's worth knowing before you book a week around one.
The area and days out
The town the resort sits in, the days out worth the drive and the doctors, cash and plugs layer underneath it all.
Dama Dama sits inside Faliraki, a working resort town rather than a private estate. Faliraki was Britain's most notorious club resort until the police crackdown in August 2003, and it has been steered deliberately towards families ever since; today it's lively but tame, and the bar-crawl era is long gone. For the island as a whole, its beaches and its seasons, our Rhodes guide has the detail rather than repeating it here.
Faliraki Water Park, which the resort calls the Rhodian WaterPark, is billed as one of Greece's largest, with a dedicated zone for under-threes and a slide area for three to twelves. It's a short taxi, bus or drive away rather than a walk, and its opening dates and days are worth checking before you plan around it.
Skypark Faliraki is an indoor and outdoor entertainment centre in the town, with Bubble Land soft play for children up to 10 or 1.5 metres, plus mini-golf, bowling and trampolines. It's the answer to a wet day, or to an afternoon too hot to be outside in.
Kallithea Springs, the restored 1929 Italian spa rotunda, is a short distance away: terraced architecture above sheltered pebbly coves. The steps between the terraces make a carrier easier than a buggy.
Rhodes Town and its UNESCO-listed Old Town are roughly 20 minutes' drive. The free moat walk takes a buggy, over a couple of stepped entrances, while the polished cobbles inside the walls favour a carrier.
Further south, Kolymbia has a flat eucalyptus-avenue walk down to a sheltered horseshoe bay, and Tsambika has roughly 1.5 km of fine golden sand. Both rate among the island's best toddler swims. Lindos, roughly 45 to 60 minutes away, is carrier country: the village and the acropolis are steps and cobbles, though St Paul's Bay below it is the most sheltered toddler swim on Rhodes.
Near Paradeisi, the Farma of Rhodes petting zoo and the Valley of the Butterflies pair into one day out. The butterflies are Jersey tiger moths and they're only there from mid-June to September. In Rhodes Town, the Rhodes Aquarium on the Elli seafront is small, air-conditioned and sized to a toddler's attention span.
The layer underneathDoctors, ATMs and the practical basics
There's a resort doctor on call around the clock on request, and charges may apply. Rhodes General Hospital is roughly 7 miles (11 km) away. There's an ATM on site, on the lowest level of the Main Building, though reception doesn't change currency and will point you at the airport for that.
Wi-Fi is complimentary throughout. Parking is on site but for a select number of vehicles, so it's limited. Plugs are Type C, the two round pins, at 220V. Tap water is generally safe to drink, though the hotel recommends bottled for taste and mineral content. Pets are allowed in selected room categories with restrictions, and service animals throughout; either way, tell reservations at the time of booking. Staff speak English, German, French, Italian and Greek depending on who's on shift.
One charge sits outside your holiday price. The Climate Crisis Resilience Fee, Greece's mandatory tourist tax, is €10 per room per night from 1 April to 31 October (last checked July 2026), and you settle it at check-out rather than paying it up front.
The resort is at Faliraki 85100, Rhodes, and reception is on +30 22410 85412, which is the number for a taxi, a transfer or a question about the baby kit before you travel.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what frustrates them, how it sits against the other Rhodes resorts, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love
- The staff, above everything else, including with very young babies: warming bottles and, in one account, singing to a crying infant.
- The food, across both the main buffet and the à la carte restaurants.
- Grecoland, and its mini disco in particular.
- The 100-metre pool and the beachfront setting.
Common gripes
- Sunbeds around the main pool, with guests claiming one with a towel by 7 or 7.30am to get a shaded spot.
- Areas that look dated: the lobby, the central building and the lifts.
- Buggy and step access within some of the buildings.
- Extra costs and shifting prices on the optional add-ons.
- Occasional service and admin friction.
Across the review sites it sits at around 4 out of 5 on TripAdvisor from roughly 1,800 reviews, ranked in the low-to-mid 100s of the roughly 500 hotels in its area listing, as of mid-2026. On the admin gripe, one detailed review describes a difficult, multi-day process to get a refund after cutting a stay short. It reads as an outlier rather than a pattern, and nothing else in the reviews suggests it's routine.
Against the other Rhodes resortsHow it compares
Within Grecotel, the closest sibling is LUX ME Kos, a materially bigger and newer-feeling five-star: 100,000 m², six pools, a lazy river, the sandy Papaya Island feature and six restaurants. Dama Dama is smaller and more traditional, with no lazy river and a simpler four-pool offer. The thing they share is the childcare, since neither has drop-off care under four.
On Rhodes, the resorts worth putting next to it split along two lines. Lindian Village at Kiotari and Atlantica Aegean Blue at Kolymbia both advertise the staffed childcare for the under-fours that Dama Dama doesn't have, so if drop-off care for a baby or toddler is the thing you're booking for, those two fit better. Princess Andriana at Kiotari advertises a waterpark of its own, and Amada Colossos at Kallithea, on the same stretch of coast, is a bigger, busier operation that advertises a waterpark-style pool complex. Dama Dama's water offer is smaller in scale than either, and suits a pool-and-beach week rather than a waterpark-anchored one. All of that is what those resorts say about themselves, so check it with them directly before you let it settle your choice.
The drive is the other separator. Its 25 to 30 minutes from the airport is among the shortest transfers on that shortlist: the Kiotari and Lardos cluster runs 60 to 75 minutes, and Gennadi around 120. With a baby in the car that's a real difference at both ends of the week.
The journey inGetting there and when to go
Rhodes Diagoras airport is about 11 miles (16 to 18 km) away, roughly 25 to 30 minutes by road. Rhodes Town is about 7.5 miles (12 km), roughly 20 minutes, and the ferry port about 8 miles (12 to 13 km), roughly 15 to 20 minutes.
There's no hotel shuttle, and nothing arrives unrequested, so arriving means a pre-booked private transfer, a taxi ordered through reception (typically a 10 to 30 minute wait, so pre-order it), a hire car or motorbike through the concierge or else the public bus. A free private transfer from the airport or the port is included only on a direct booking of seven nights or more, under the Our Greek Summers package; otherwise it's arranged and charged separately. That seven nights is the threshold for the transfer offer, not a minimum stay: there's no blanket minimum for booking the resort itself.
The resort runs broadly from April to October, in line with the wider Rhodes season. June and September are the best months with young children: high twenties, a warm sea and either side of the fiercest heat. July and August are essentially rain-free but 30 to 31°C by day with nights in the low to mid twenties, so air conditioning matters. October is still swimmable, with a sea warmer than June's, though evenings need a layer and the resort's season may be winding down by then.
Month by monthWeather
The figures below are long-term averages for this coast, across the resort's April-to-October season. The sea is comfortable for young children from June, and it stays warm well into October, longer than the air does.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20.5° | 14.5° | 29 mm | 8 | 18° |
| May | 24.5° | 18° | 16 mm | 5 | 20° |
| June | 28° | 22° | 2 mm | 1 | 23° |
| July | 30.5° | 24.5° | 0 mm | 0 | 26° |
| August | 31° | 25° | 0 mm | 0 | 28° |
| September | 29° | 23° | 6 mm | 2 | 27° |
| October | 25° | 19° | 57 mm | 7 | 25° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. Dama Dama runs broadly from April to October.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
Can we leave a two-year-old at the kids club for an hour?
No. Grecoland takes children from four, and a child of three or under is welcome in the space only while you stay with them, so it isn't an hour off. What is available is paid babysitting, arranged through reception and booked in advance. If a couple of child-free hours a day is part of why you're booking, look at the Rhodes resorts that run a staffed crèche instead.
Is the free airport transfer worth booking direct for?
Only if you were minded to book direct anyway and you're staying seven nights or more, which is what the Our Greek Summers offer asks for. On a shorter stay, or through an operator, you're paying for the transfer one way or another, so compare the operator's package price against the direct price plus a taxi before you decide which route to book.
We need twin beds. Which rooms should we be looking at?
Eight of the 17 types are sold as double or twins, and they aren't only the rooms for two: the Family Guestroom and both family apartments are on that list, so you don't have to choose between twins and a door between you and a sleeping child. Ask for twins at the time of booking rather than on arrival, and check the bed line on the type you're pricing, because the other nine come with a double.
Will our children definitely stay free?
Not on every booking. The offer for under-12s applies to select room types and periods rather than across the board, so it can quietly change which room is the better value for your dates. Ask which types carry it for the weeks you're looking at before you settle on one.
Can you eat à la carte every night?
No. Each à la carte restaurant takes one booking a week, and The Rose is over-12s only, so a family with younger children gets three à la carte dinners across a week: Asiana, the Italian and Tavernaki. Plan on the buffet for the other nights and spend your three reservations on the evenings you most want to sit down properly.
We're going in May. What won't be running?
Two things that only appear in high summer. Tasty Corner, the children's lunch buffet at the main restaurant, runs mid-June to mid-September, and Dine Out, the included dinner at a local taverna, only from 1 July to 31 August. In May you'd have the main buffet's children's menu instead, and a quieter resort around it.
The beach is sand and pebble. Is it worth driving to a sandier one?
On some days, yes. Water shoes deal with most of it and the sea in front shelves gradually, but if the pebbles are what's spoiling the mornings, Tsambika has around 1.5 km of fine golden sand roughly 20 minutes south. You'd need a taxi or a hire car, so it's a day out rather than a change of plan at breakfast.
Can we walk to the water park?
No, treat it as a short taxi or bus ride. The park runs its own free buses, and parking is free if you've hired a car. Tickets are bought at the gate rather than through the hotel, and under-3s go free, so with a baby you're only paying for the older ones.
What isn't in the all-inclusive?
In-room dining, babysitting, the Gazebo Massage, the watersports school and every excursion and workshop. Greece's tourist tax is separate too, and you settle that at check-out rather than paying it upfront. Food, drink, children's dining, Grecoland and the sunbeds are all in the price.
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Useful links
- Grecotel LUX ME Dama Dama: the resort's own site for rooms, dining, the GrecoBaby order form and what's included.
- GOV.UK Greece travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Rhodes with little ones: our guide to the wider island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 15 July 2026.
