View from the airplane over the Greek Islands
by Fam.Rauca
The view from the airplane, over the Greek Islands is a splendid spectacle.
The sea with its diverse blue tones and the many islands with mountain and waters, which appear minutely under our eyes, create together a wonderful picture.
From approximately thousand Greek islands, only approximately hundred are lived constantly.
Here live just one million people.
The Greek Islands are pooled in groups:
East Aegean
Cyclades
Dodecanese
Ionian
Saronic
Sporades
Crete
The Colossos of Rhodes
by Aggeliki
The Colossus of Rodos was gigantic statue, which was located at the entrance of the harbor. It was a symbol of unity of the people who inhabited the beautiful Mediterranean island. The construction of the Colossus took 12 years and was finished in 282 BC. For years, the statue stood at the harbor entrance, until a strong earthquake hit Rhodes about 226 BC. The city was badly damaged, and the Colossus was broken. For almost a millennium, the statue lay broken in ruins. In AD 654, the Arabs invaded Rhodes. They disassembled the remains of the broken Colossus and sold them to a Jew from Syria. It is said that the fragments had to be transported to Syria on the backs of 900 camels.
Paying for a Sun Bed
by Balam
At most beaches you will have to pay for a sun bed and an umbrella. If you think that it is just people trying to get money out of the tourists you're very wrong. It's a job in Greece having a piece of a beach. A man seeks for a particular part of the beach each year, and he pays a sum of money, to be allowed to put up his sun beds and umbrellas. During the season it's now his responsibility, that this part of the beach is kept properly. The price you pay will depend on where the beach is situated, what kind of facilities (taverna, toilets, showers) there are. The tourist police checks that he does his job properly
Church of Our Lady Katholiki
by Balam
If you leave Afandou on the main road to the beach you will cross the main lindos rd and about 300yd further on (on the left) is an old army base whith has been made into a large restaraunt, next to it is the Church of Our Lady Katholiki, The church is decorated with wall paintings originating from the 17th Century. In August a big religious festival is held.
Buses around Rhodes
by sandysmith
Rhodes has a good network of buses serving the island with the terminus being in Rhodes Town. The non-harbour perimerter of the Nea Agora is where the bus stations are for buses to the West and east of the Island. Th two stations virtually merge into each other even though they are on different roads - Rimini Square for the East Side bus station and Averos Street for the West side buses.
The most popular beach resorts are easily reached ie. Faliraki, kalithea, kolymbia and Lindos on the east - less frequently to other nice beaches of Stegna ,Haraki and Pefkos. The furthest you can take a bus to on the east side in a day is Gennadi.
The West side is more typically greek and places such as Butterfly valley at Petaloudes and Kamiios can be reached as well as the resorts of Kremasti and Ixia and the airport.
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Rhodes,Lindos
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