Greeka.com: Rhodes Reviews - Greece and the Greek Islands

General: Feel the history

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:11 GMT

Rhodes is an island that always reminds me of my teenage years since it is an old tradition here in Greece that during your last years in school you go a five day tour with your classmates and teachers. We were wearing huge sombrero hats and going all way round the magnificent medieval castle in the night (it is almost half of the city and it's a monument listed in Unesco!!) in the center of th...

General: Beautiful sites and locations

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:11 GMT

We visited Rhodes on our way to Mykonos. We stayed there for 5 days to see the island but of course we only managed some places, as it is so big. The island was clean, the beaches were gorgeous and the ancient sites sprawled over were marvelous. We had stayed at a boutique hotel in Rhodes city. This hotel was in fact in the Old Town in the city. Here we got to see some splendid medieval archite...

General: Wonderful sites and museums

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:11 GMT

Rhodes is absolutely fantastic. Clean beaches, excellent roads, beautiful sites and villages and a lot of historical monuments. Everything which has to be seen was easy to reach. When this east coast road is finished, it will be even better. The Old Town is a beauty itself, every time we visited we found something new to see. Visit the museums to get a real view of the island's culture. My chil...

Beaches: Extend opening hours of monuments

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:11 GMT

The trip to Rhodes was very long (18 hours by ferry) but fortunately there were no delays. Last summer, we had travelled by ferry again and the departure was 2 hours late. We had been more tired of the delay than the trip. Fortunately, this time all went good. We love all the greek islands but and we are coming for relaxing every year. This time we were looking for something more traditiona...

General: Limited options for vegeterians

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:11 GMT

The Greek people were very friendly and we enjoyed meeting many of them. We stayed in Rhodes Old town at The Spot Hotel, which was an excellent location and good, clean accomodation. Old Town is very cool, although more commercial, crowded and loud at night (from the bars) than we expected. We enjoyed walking/running in the moat. In May, the wildflowers were in bloom in