It's a three hour crawl from the airport along twisting and badly maintained roads so expect to feel exhausted when you arrive. RODA is a small, pretty, but charmless village with a large number of bars, restaurants and small shops. Forget any Greek flavour too - this is English seaside town with karaoke and bingo nights in the scores of British theme pubs, many run by ex-pats. The drab uniformity can make a long stay here tedious. A noise restriction after midnight does something to mitigate the music throb and infernal karaoke. Beware apartments sited on the main Sidari road as this is busy and noisyfor 24 hours-a-day.
Access to the beach is down some steps from the main road where there is limited parking. It is sandy for the most part with some pebbles and gets better at the western end. The sea is shallow and sandy underfoot so it's safe for children and non-swimmers and there are plenty of watersports. The resort has been making efforts to improve itself of late with benches along the seafront, some palm tree planting and daily beach cleaning though there is little to be done about the endless fag ends in the sand.
The excellent cheap and air conditioned bus service is worth using and there's a bus stop by the beach. The place is plagued with stray dogs and feral cats but they are not a nuisance if you ignore them
