02/06/2010 by Silver Blogger.

A View of the Greek Island Rhodes
by: Dan Williams
If you have always fancied a holiday on a Greek island but were worried about busy beaches and crowded bars and night clubs full of noisy young people having fun then perhaps Rhodes is the destination you’ve been looking for. Perhaps it’s the location of Rhodes that sets it apart from other Greek islands, being much nearer to the coast of Turkey than Greece. Rhodes certainly has a slightly different feel to the other main islands like Corfu, Kos, Mykonos, Naxos and Kefallonia and Zakynthos off the west coast. It seems to attract an older cross-section of travellers and more family groups.

As you read through the reviews posted by people about their visits to the island, the common theme is quiet beaches, relaxed surroundings and peaceful days in the sun.

Quality is another word associated with Rhodes and the island has its fair share of luxury 5-Star Hotels.

Rhodes is lucky enough to enjoy over 250 kilometers of coast and therefore has a great choice of beaches. One of the best is the oddly named Anthony beach, named after the actor Anthony Quinn who fell in love with the island while filming The Guns of Navarone and ended up buying some land on the island. This beach is small and beautiful but not well suited for families with young children as the rocks and stones are tricky underfoot.

A more developed beach with full facilities can be found at Faliraki Beach. It is one of the biggest and most developed beaches on the island and has lots of golden sand and clear waters to keep holidaymakers happy. There are plenty of cafes and restaurants on hand and also a choice of watersports activities for more active people. Kalathos beach and Tsabika beach both offer soft sand, but many beaches on Rhodes are stony so families with children should check carefully where they head for.

Like many Greek islands, the main town has the same name as the island itself and Rhodes town is certainly full of interesting attractions. It has its fair share of tourist developments, including large hotels and shopping areas but it also has a wealth of history to explore and enjoy. The medieval part of the city, sitting high above the harbour, dates back many hundreds of years and old fortifications indicate that the town was often subjected to siege and invasion over the centuries. It is this part of Rhodes that attracts many visitors. The large palace surrounded by paved walkways and alleyways, combined with squares, courtyards and gateways provides an old town that illustrates architecture and style throughout the ages. The main fortress is divided into northern and southern halves. In the south the Hora houses a Turkish bazaar and other markets, while the northern section, the Kollakio, has the Street of Knights the palace of the Grand Master. Rhodes town, which is accessed by one of eleven ancient gateways, has been nominated as a site of world cultural heritage by UNESCO, one of only 878 in the world.

Rhodes is also a very green town, with areas of grassland between the old castles and many tree-lined avenues. It certainly makes a stroll around the town a very pleasant way to pass the time.

The harbour is a central focal point for the capital and, although not large by any means, has an interesting mix of old and modern boats. It is also a stopping point for larger passenger ships and island hopping cruise ships.

Flights into Rhodes arrive at Diagoras International Airport, which is situated south-west of Rhodes town, about 15 kilometers away. The airport takes a mix of national flights, mainly from Athens and charter flights from abroad bringing holidaymakers to the island. The airport was opened in the late seventies but benefits from a new terminal which opened 3 years ago.

About The Author
Islands like Rhodes are popular tourist destinations and Dan Williams has all the information people look for before they travel. He can also help tourists find cheap flights to Rhodes and other locations such as those offered on the FlyThomasCook website.

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15/03/2010 by steffi.

Me and my husband  got ourselves attracted by beauties of Norway and spent our honeymoon by walking on glacier, kayaking on white water and climbing..

We are both to active to spend all day doing nothing, lying on the beach, so it was unanimous agreement to undertake something challenging. So we discovered by intensive searching, Multi Activity Holidays by FlatEarth in Ovre Eidfjord. It is a package of various outdoor activities conducted with instructor and FlatEarth provides with all equipment (so you don’t have to own paddles, harness or ice axe). All activities take place in breath taking nature of Norway.

Eidfjord can be found in Hardangervidda National Park which belongs to the largest national parks in Europe. Eidfjord takes advantage of its unique position by offering glaciers, fjords, mountains, wild river, lakes to its curious and eager visitors. Eidfjord is to be reached by taking train from Bergen or Oslo and afterwards bus from Geilo taking you directly to this place. Journey was pleasant as I could not have enough of observing the passing by environment.

We were accommodated in Eidfjord Gjestgiveri knwon for its traditional recipe of pancakes (which are delightful by the way). It was situated about 1 minute from FlatEarth centre so we did not have to use any other way of transport. The transport for particular activity was provided by FlatEarth.

We’ve been taken care of, I must admit, in all possible waysJ FlatEarth provided us a complete service not only by all booked activities but also by its indivual approach, trying to adjust the schedule to our requirements and circumstances. The staff was very helpful and kind, interested in us as humans and not just as “subject of future gains”, which was nice change after our some unpleasant experiences from the past. We were treated as friends, as part of the company. That was why we extended our stay for few more days and spent them hiking and wandering in the Hardangervidda in the routes recommended by them.

I have to say that it was perfect way of celebrating our love, the commitment. The rush of adrenalin, excitment of discovering of unknown areas, was the perfect beginning of our marriage. FlatEarth, thank you so much‼‼

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14/03/2010 by sunflowwer.

Multi Activity Holidays- package of never-to-be-forgotten experiences in Eidfjord, Norway

The holidays by Flatearth provided with ideal solution for my two teenage kids bored with their stereotype life. I decided to break our tradition way of spending our holidays, so-called “lying on the beach” holidays and pick something absolutely different. I was lucky enough to discover FlatEarth on internet offering package of sport activities (incl. instructors and all equipment needed). All sport events don’t require any particular skills, everything available for beginners (of course advanced courses were at disposal as well), so ideal for my familyJ

Of course my kids were not so thrilled about this idea, but you should have seen their faces when we were passing the countryside from the airport for Eidfjord, which is located about 300km from Bergen and 350km from Oslo. Renting a car seemed to be adequat option for us intended to stop, take a rest, admire the nature and make some pictures. The journey took us longer than we expected but we weren’t in hurry. In the late afternoon we arrived to our camping just as near the lake as possible. Eidfjord neighbours to Hardangervidda National Park which is the largest national park in Norway and man can find here everything such as wild rivers, highland, fjords, lakes, waterfalls and glacier, why go anywhere else?

Just near the FlatEarth centre is unique restaurant with goats feeding on the grass on the roof, never seen anything like that before. According to our schedule next few days were fully occupied with sea kayaking, white water kayaking, glacier expedition, climbing, abseiling and canoe rental. Everything in one week, quite challenging‼ I must admit that I was bit worried how we can keep up but the instructors adjusted the tempo to our physical shape and we have overcome ourselves. And the kids just loved it. Not only the spectacular nature of Norway but also all these activities were really fun. During the last days we decided to explore the beauties of fjord and we took canoes. That day we got reallt lucky. We got to see 3 beautiful dolphins few meters from us, we all were amazed.

Eidfjord is magnific small, quiet place, but you can find there anything you want. Plenty of hotels with typical norwegian interior, cottages, campings, pubs and lots of events are taken place in here representing natural values and traditions.

Multi Activity Holidays by FlatEarth was extraordinary and I can only recommend it to those of you interested in exploring loveliness of unspoilt nature, not damaged by industrial civilization.

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30/07/2009 by johnsmith9.

Hello,

It is quite to say that without proper plannings of the tour trip will not give the satisfaction and its incomplete to travel the places and wasting of time and money. Once upon a time its take the time to travel to destination places but know the technology is vast and developed a lot, airlines are increased for the helpful to the people. Here is the problem that without proper plannings and not choosing of travel agent from the well known websites they became unsatisfactory while their choosing journey. So Planning of Tour is essential and taking the guidance of tour agent by pickup the service offered from the website rendering and also see they offering any discounts should be consider, then automatically the tour will be successful and beneficiary for the tourist while traveling and enjoying the beautiful places by seeing the tourist……

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