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Rhodes Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Rhodes, Greece
Sharilyn's Grand 'I told you so!'
This is a top pick! But of course I didn’t say anything. I didn’t have to! Setting out this morning, Brian’s foot kept hitting his left pannier. Seems that one of the major welds had broken through and the whole thing was twisting funny over ...
Greece is the word...
This is a top pick! ... off the coast of Turkey, and will conjure up any child's fantasy of knights and castles. The walled city of Rhodes is enormous, and the best preserved medieval stronghold in all of Europe (which is really saying something). Incredibly impressive with a ...
Rhodos: Colossus of medieval cities
This is a top pick! ... . If there's anything bigger around, it must be huge! As you can probably imagine lying smack dab between Greece, Turkey and Egypt, Rhodes has had a long and turbulent history. It was founded around 1,100BC as a administrative centre for the various ...
All Rhodes lead to Cairo
This is a top pick! ... remains today. I won't go into the extended saga of what happened in the later centuries, leave it to say that Rhodes officially became part of Greece again in 1948. The old town of Rhodes is stunning and in near pristine condition. I've visited lots ...
Day 280: Deep and meaningful
This is a top pick! ... seems like I have a long way to go and quite a few things to do on my list, but I am looking forward to covering the ground and getting to them. I hope you will stay turned for the ride down the home straight. Next entry -> Kos and Rhodes - ...
Knights of Old
This is a top pick! Catching the long, boring ferry to Rhodes wasn't much fun. The ferry we had was pretty dated inside and didn't have many passengers, but it did break the monotony by stopping at Kassos, Karpathos and Halki along the way. Megan got a splitting headache ...
GIVE ME A EURO, I'LL TELL YOU A STORY
This is a top pick! ... the world's problems. But, at least we're solving our own. Sometimes, that's all you can do. - peace, from Greece, Modern Oddyseus chairman and CEO, MOTA, inc. Thanks to Stathis; Nikos; Xaris; Yeorgos; Artiris; three guys who didn't ...
Memories From Rhodes '07
... . For the budget conscious: Souvlaki vendors- There are many, but the good ones are a touch off the beaten track. Best in Rhodes... again I'm biased cause they are related to me in a 3rd cousin way so this may look like a plug... but let me assure ...
King of the Castle
We woke up fairly early to make breakfast just in time. We then headed off into the city of Rhodes. It had in the very centre a section called old town and it was the massive big castle wall we had seen. Basically this wall surrounded the whole old town ...
Cats and Parrots
... other Europeans. One obvious difference is that whereas most of these people have faced the problems of animal welfare in Greece with a certain resignation, Anastasia, who met me at the airport, is fiercely critical of her fellow Greeks’ attitudes ...
Farewell to Faliraki- not goodbye
... had a traditional dish Stifado and boiled potatoes. It was teriffic. We said goodbye to Despina, the chef and left for Rhodes airport, after promising to return as soon as we could. Afterall, we still have to see Rhodes, The butterflies and ...
Welcome to Europe
... beer is cheap (€1, Belgium beer for €3), there is a kitchen, and the beach/women are delicious. Cheers. Rodos (Rhodes Town) was quite picturesque, although jammed full of near naked tourists. Rodos is best enjoying sleeping at the beach all ...
Rhodes
Rhodes. Woke to sound of gangplank going down and a view out the window of the Old City walls of Rhodes. Incredible sight, reminded us a bit of Malta, not surprising when city walls of both were built by Templar Knights. Went ashore and just roamed. ...
island of Rhodes, Greece
Greece Rhodes Monday, 7 June 2010 Today we took a ferry from Marmaris, turkey to the island of Rhodes, Greece, which took about one hour. We arrived at 10am and spent the day gettig lost in the old town which is a medieval castle fortress walled in ...
Day 58 Rhodes, Greece
... about worn out now. We are docked right by the town, only a five minute walk through the stone gate. Rhodes is just a shopper's place with lots of cafes, little boutiques, shops. They sell everything here from fine jewelry to leather ...
Cruising around Greece
Left the ship at 9am for an excursion to Rhodes. A fantastic guide, Dimitri (a.k.a. Jimmy the Greek), met us on shore to take us up to the village of Lindos where there are ruins of a temple to Athena. Supposedly a bad walk up to the top but I found ...
The Return to Rhodes...
... is one of the best preserved medieval towns in all of Europe and is also designated as a UNESCO protected World Heritage Site. Rhodes is at a crossroads between Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This has given the city and the island many ...
Another FIRST on this trip...
... . Can't say I'm lonely; it's just having all the quiet is different. Today was my only official, organized excursion in Rhodes. I signed up for a full day on a boat where they teach you dive. I've always wanted to learn but have never ...
A Big Step - Moving to Greece
Moving to Greece My son and I moved to Rhodes one of the southern most Greek Islands part of the Dodecanese Group of Islands in May 2005... and have never looked back since! I longed for a life where I didn’t worry for the safety of my son when I ...
Rhodes, Greece
World Cruise Rhodes, Greece Tuesday, April 10, 10:30 am-4:30 pm We sure were disappointed that this wasn't a sea day - we're both exhausted and I picked up a stomach bug yesterday (eating raw salad was probably a bad choice). At least we didn't start ...
The final stop in Greece
... went for the massage. I, on the other hand, took his time and mine. It was nice! So, off tomorrow to a new country-Turkey! Looking forward to it, and looking forward to bringing Greece to a welcomed-close. I do hope to return when the weather is ...
A nice Greek island.
Rhodes. We stopped over after the ferry from Athens. We had time enough to have a look around the old part of the city, which is surrounded by large stone walls. A very fine and intact specimen of a fort from the early days of the ...
Along the Roads on Rhodes
When the ferry pulled into the port at Rhodes -- just after noon on Friday -- it was sunny and beautiful. From the port, we picked up our car -- an even smaller car than the one in Santorini -- and drove past the walls of the old ...
La vie en Rhodes...
... ;If you want to complain, please address all letters to my dad, who gave me his poor joke genes... When I finally arrived in Rhodes I made straight for the taxi ranks outside the airport. I assumed the aiport was a lot closer to Rhodes town than it ...
Around Rhodes Island
... the east coast of the island. This coast has the best beaches and consequently the most development - especially the top half from Rhodes town down to Lindos the second major city on the island and by all accounts a lovely destination in its own right. ...
Old Town - A break at last
Finally a Break... A whole day in Rhodes. Another island... pretty big, we stayed in the main city, Rhodes which has Old Town which has a completely walled Medieval Town as part of its makeup. So we wandered around there and saw the Street of the ...
Slightly jaded and ever so slightly brown...
... the same day I left, so we sauntered into Carlisle together for coffee, past a travel agent advertising cheap fortnights in Rhodes... et voila! I'm just back from two weeks of 40+ degrees, snorkelling, swimming, sunbathing (using the SPF, don't ...
Our Medieval Fortress City
... , the Knights were defeated and given safe passage out of Rhodes by Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of Turkey, who conquered Rhodes. The Old Town also has an area devoted to the Jewish Community whose origins date to the ...