The Acropolis of Rhodes, Rhodes

Advantages: Golden sandy beaches, great weather, great food
Disadvantages: Euro has made it a little more expensive

...Last year we were unsure where to go for our holiday so off to the travel agents we went for a last minute deal – 149.00 each the travel agent said – Rhodes for 1 week in June. Sounded wonderful, but we didn’t know where we were going to end up. We got on the plane and landed at Rhodes airport. “Where are we going to?” I asked. “St Paul’s” came the reply. I had never heard of it. Onto the bus we got and came to a little tiny village about ¾ of an hour from Rhodes town. “Lindos” the coach driver called and we were huddled off the bus and lead through a maze of tiny houses and apartments, all similar looking. “Oh dear” we thought! LINDOS I must admit that on first sight I was not too sure about Lindos. My previous holiday had been on the party island of Ibiza and this was such a stark contrast. However, after a few... Read review

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Advantages: wonderful cheap break
Disadvantages: basic facilities

...Warm climate, warm welcome, beautiful scenery and INCREDIBLY good value – you can’t ask much more from a summer holiday, which probably explains why we have recently returned from our 3rd visit to Rhodes. The first time my husband and I went to Rhodes was in 1997 as a result of a late getaway deal, we had a couple of the larger Greek Islands under our belt but not much knowledge of the Eastern Med – we just wanted a cheap, sunny holiday. We got a two-centre deal, presumably left over from two package trips, that suited us down to the ground. Our first week in Rhodes was spent in Lindos, the perfect chilled out holiday town. I remember the coach winding down the approach road, to the sprawl of sugar-cube houses clinging to the hillside under the imposing ancient acropolis. We just dumped our stuff in our... Read review

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...by Thomson. It is a lovely place to walk round and from the hotel you can get a bus for less than 2 euros into Rhodes town. Alternatively a taxi costs around 8 euros and the hotel reception desk will book you a taxi and give you a slip of paper with the hotel address on so that you will be able to tell the driver where to return you to! The Valley of the butterflies is a good excursion to do as it is one of the only two places in the world that the beautiful tiger moths go to mate and it is naturally the coolest place on the island (although still incredibly hot!) Lindos is a town known as the jewel of Rhodes, it is a very interesting place to visit and the greek orthadox church there is one of the most amazing small churches that I have ever seen. Its worth trecking up to see the acropolis of Lindos if you have the energy although... Read review

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