Lindos: Getting around
Lindos swarms with tourists in the summer months, all thronging to see this most picturesque of Rhodian villages. Lindos is set into a hillside and is flanked by several wonderful beaches, three harbours, the sublimely lovely St Paul’s Bay to its south, and the awe-inspiring Acropolis and Knights’ castle atop of the 350-foot-high crag that looks over the village and is visible for miles around. The alleyways teem with shops offering porcelain, woven rugs, leather, jewellery, pottery, lace, and paintings, their sun blinds forming a canopy over the alleys that keeps the searing summer sun out, but has the effect of creating the largest sauna in the world.
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Kalimera means good morning. But thats not all. It means a new day has begun, a day full of sun, sea, joy, happiness, a day full of hope. A day that follows a magical, musical night and leads to something even more promising.
A new beginning, a chance to meet new friends, experience new tastes, discover an ancient civilization and live your dreams. As the Greek warm, morning light takes over, inspiration, inner peace and love, are only a grasp away.
Good morning is always said with a smile and heartfelt hospitality. For us Greeks, kalimera is more than a word, its a way of life.
From visitgreece.grDiscovering Rhodes
Rhodes stunning beaches, shimmering blue seas and long hot summers attract thousands of holiday-makers each year, but there’s more to this fascinating island than lying by the East Mediterranean. Steeped in natural beauty and full of attractions and personality. Rhodes will appeal to partygoers but also to the amateur archaeologists looking to discover their own part of Ancient Greece. But most of all Rhodes offer its best to the couples and families seeking for a relaxed and secure place to spend their holidays.
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The Knights of Rhodes
In 1309 a Genoese adventurer, to whom the Byzantine emperor had given Rhodes as a feudal property, or fief, sold the island to the Knights of the Order of St ...
Rhodes: what’s in the name
Ρόδος, Rodos, Rhodes, Rhodos, Rodi, Rodes: they're all names of the same island - and its capital - in different languages. Many believe that the name originates from the Greek ...
The Greek Orthodox Easter
Easter (Pascha in Greek) is the most sacred and most dramatically celebrated religious feast in the context of the Greek Orthodox Church1, full of rituals and customs, many of ...
A short guide to Rhodes (II)
The town of Rhodos is located at the most northern point of the island. Mandraki is the town's old seaport, now mainly used as marina. In its entrance, you can ...
The Integration of the Dodecanese with Greece
March 7, 1948 marks a historic milestone for Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese islands. It is the day these islands, the last link in the chain of national ...
Carnival in Rhodes
Carnival in Rhodes brings beads of assorted colors, outrageous costumes, garb and all out fun. The festivity culminates on last weekend of Apòkreo in the streets of the Medieval Town ...
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First figures
› 30.07.2010According to official figures by the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers, Greek tourism is expected to suffer a reduction of 7% to 9% during the 2010 season. Despite the negativism, Rhodes together with the islands of Kos and Cephalonia, is recording a marked increase in arrivals of foreign tourists, not just the month of June and the first whole half of the year.
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Olympic Holidays offer
› 29.07.2010Find below this week’s great offfers from Olympic Holidays:
a. £269pp, Rhodes, 3* Half Board, staying at the Illysion Hotel in Pefkos, a £210 discount. Flying from Gatwick on 4th Sept for 7 nights.
b.£195pp, Kos, 3* Bed & Breakfast, staying at the Nefeli Hotel in Lambi, a £190 discount. Flying from Manchester on 2nd Oct for 7 nights.
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No fuel
› 29.07.2010In an attempt to force fuel-tanker drivers back to work, the government decided to use a rare emergency order, after their 4 days crippling protest that caused fuel shortages all around Greece. It is expected that by this weekend, slowly fuel availability will return back to normal.
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Temporary relief on the strike front
› 24.07.2010The air controllers strike that was planned for today, Saturday July 24, was suspended after a court order but their Union has decided for more 24 hour strikes in the middle of the summer season. It is expected that travelers may have to face flight delays and cancellations in the upcoming week.
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Repatriate flights after Goldtrail’s collapse
› 23.07.2010An estimated total of 16,000 people left stranded abroad after the Goldtrail’s collapse are due to fly home this weekend. Viking that was initially listed to bring customers home from Rhodes, Chania, and Kos were replaced by Monarch, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Jet2 and easyJet. The number of Viking flights from Heraklion were scaled down from nine to two.
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› 23.07.2010 Nea Marina Rodos
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› 21.07.2010 Rhodes is top
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› 15.07.2010 August Bank Holiday 2010
