Maps of Rhodes
by gale.blog.pl
Maps of both the town and the island are widely distributed free of charge. They contain advertisements of shops, restaurants, car rentals etc. but most of them are not less useful than those ones you need to pay for.
That is why I recommend that you don't buy a map on your first day in Rhodes. The 'commercial' versions are not expensive at all but why spend money on something you can have free of charge ;-)
Sleepy Haraki
by sandysmith
The bay at Haraki is so quiet and peaceful that even these ducks could sleep peacefully as the ocassional person passed by. There are a few low rise hotels and apartments here and I noticed car hire was readily availbale. Restaurant prices seemed a bit cheaper too - so perhaps somewhere to stay another time.
Invited out by a Greek
by Balam
If a Greek invites you out for dinner or a drink, don't EVER try to make him "split the bill in half" as we often do here in Northern Europe. I know some tourists who wanted to be nice to their host for the evening, and they snapped the bill out of his hand and paid it. Never has a friendship been that close to ruin, and the Greek man was more embarrassed than you could ever imagine!
Plimiri beach
by jayhawk2000
Ah....sun, sea, sand, serenity and sudoku! If this sounds like your idea of paradise then you need to hit the road and seek out Plimiri beach on the southwest coast.
There is a taverna, chapel and about five sun loungers on this long stretch of beautiful sand. We pitched up around a brollie and paid only 5 euro for our three loungers. There is also a shower for cleaning up after plus a toilet adjacent to the taverna.
We brought a picnic lunch in our coolbag. The taverna looked good, though I wasn't sure about the octopus drying in the sun.
You'll see a sign on the main east coast road about four miles east of Kattavia/seven miles south of Gennadi. Turn here onto a narrow but paved road which goes through the reeds of a dry river bed before opening up at the parking spot.
Tilos Sunstar Hydrofoil
by M0B1US
The fastest way to get around the islands is by Hydrofoil, which take a fraction of the time it would normally take a ferry to travel, which is vital if you are short of time but long on itinerary.
As part of our day excursion to the islands outlying Rhodes we took the Tilos Sunstar Hydrofoil to Nisyros via Tilos. It was a very modern boat and looked practically brand new and was very comfortable.
The only problem about the Hydrofoil is the lack of windows and the consequent romance of ferry travel - instead you feel like you're in an aircraft hull scudding along the surface of the water...
Another slight gripe is the fact that the Tilos Hydrofoil seems to spend an inordinate amount of time docked at Tilos, which isn't a bad thing in itself, but it is when you only have a day and your main destination is Nisyros.