Rhodes - Rhodes City - Old Town - m.h. photo
1. The locals also like to go for days out with the kids; Tsambika Beach is a good size and has superb sand – great for spending a few hours making sandcastles
2. Walking through the old, bazaar-like streets of Rhodes City on warm, pleasant evenings, with the city walls lit up and the little squares – like Hippocrates Square – with their stone benches
3. The view of Lindos Bay from the citadel is spectacular
4. Climbing up to Monolithos Castle for the wonderful view down over the sea
5. If you choose the right taverna, the ingredients in their cooking have an unmistakable freshness
6. The countryside in the interior of the island is lovely and green, with olive and fig trees, oleander, and authentic little villages with narrow streets and charming main squares
7. Kalithies, a typical small Greek village, a few kilometers from Faliraki
8. ‘Rhodes Cars’ rental seemed entirely reliable
9. The sandy, jelly-fish-free beach at Faliraki
10. The breeze makes the heat easier to bear
1. The whole island is excessively tourist-focused, and it’s almost impossible to lose yourself among the locals, or perhaps only in the remotest villages
2. There’s no practical island-wide bus network
3. It’s more expensive than elsewhere in Greece
4. Faliraki is crowded with tourists
5. Crazy motorists make driving on the main roads dangerous
6. Lots of drunk young Brits
7. You can fit all the worthwhile sights into two days, then all that’s left is sunbathing
8. The sense of history around the old city walls is spoiled somewhat by the Romanian and Bulgarian hawkers selling tourist tat
9. Some of the local eateries, called tavernas, serve poor-quality food
10. Around Faliraki there are a lot of run-down areas, with rubbish in the street, overgrown plots and a lot of visible poverty
11. Taxi drivers are trying to catch customers like predators
12. In many hotels, there is hardly any Greek food on offer
