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Scooters in Rhodos - Rodos (City)
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Attention, slippery stones!
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  • Fam.Rauca
  • By Fam.Rauca on May 30, 2008
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  • Attention, slippery stones! - Rodos (City)
    Attention, slippery stones!
    by Fam.Rauca, 4 more photos
    To take photos is beautiful and unforgettable, but also dangerous.

    My husband gone on a slippery, wet stone that stand in the sea water, and he wanted to photograph the two columns, of the entrance in Mandraki Harbour.

    It was very perilous and I was not in agreement to this action.

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    Jelly fish and more
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  • miman
  • By miman on July 31, 2006
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  • Jelly fish - Rodos (City)
    Jelly fish
    by miman, 1 more photos
    Beware of the effects of the strong Greek sun. Use a high factor sun lotion with UV protection and accustoms your skin to the sun gradually. Food hygiene on Rhodes is generally excellent. However, preparing food yourself, it is advisable to wash raw fruits and vegetables thoroughly as chemicals are often used in the cultivation process.
    When stung by a jellyfish (like me), first aid may be in order. Salt water may also be used in case any of these compounds are not readily available, but fresh water should never be used. Rinsing the sting site with fresh water, rubbing the wound, or using alcohol, spirits, ammonia, or urine will encourage the release of venom. Beyond initial first aid, antihistamines such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl) may be used to control skin irritation (pruritis).

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  • Phone: Rhodes Hospital : +30.22410.8000
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    The moat.
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  • Maurizioago
  • Updated By Maurizioago on July 19, 2009
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  • The moat is a very large open space between the walls. It is a nice place, but I had to walk for a lot of miles before arriving to the exit. I've read in a tip here on VT that there should be more than one exit, but really I only could find one; at the end of the moat.

    I didn't take any pics of the moat, beacuse i was tired and I was only thinking how to get out of that place.

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    Beware of African Women!
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  • balhannah
  • By balhannah on July 24, 2009
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  • When walking along the harbour side, I noticed three African women. One got up as soon as she saw me, asked where I was from and at the same time was tying a beaded bit of string around my wrist. So quick she was! I immediately said to take it off, luckily before she had put a knot in it, would have never been able to undo it! They demand money once they have it on your wrist.! BEWARE!

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    Scratch cards, DON'T DO THEM!!!
    Lisa-jane
  • By Lisa-jane on March 3, 2007
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  • I feel so strongly about these scratch cards that I want to warn you about them.

    Please see my reasons in the traps section of this site.

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    Crazy scooters
    sigthor_egle
  • By sigthor_egle on September 18, 2008
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  • Scooters in Rhodos - Rodos (City)
    Scooters in Rhodos
    by sigthor_egle
    As in any other southern country, scooters are very popular in Rhodos island. As in any other southern country, driving is crazy in Rhodos island :) So watch your step when you are walking, especially in smaller, narrow streets.

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    Try to avoid visiting Mondays
    jayhawk2000
  • By jayhawk2000 on October 15, 2006
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  • Nowt else to do than poke into some crannies - Rodos (City)
    Nowt else to do than poke
    into some crannies
    by jayhawk2000
    On a Monday the museums are shut and the Palace of the Grand Masters doesn't open till noon. This allows you time to explore the back streets...twice...plus venture into the New Town for the hell of it. If you have your heart on seeing specific sights in a limited amount of time, try to avoid visiting Mondays!

    The Old Town is undeniably lovely with cobbled streets crossed by old archways, with quaint ruins and warm colours welcoming you at every step. But the main streets are given over entirely to tourism and after the cruise ships have docked for the day you'll be fighting the throngs.

    At least in Valletta (another walled medieval port and one that also has connections with the Knights of Templar) we got a sense that it was a living city. A shame it's all the way over in Malta. The ruins in Rhodes Town are quite pristine, being rebuilt as they were by the Italians during the occupation. More interesting we found were the old empty mosques, each with their fountain out front.

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    Many tourists
    haiamisa
  • Updated By haiamisa on October 14, 2009
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  • Tourists photographing each other - Rodos (City)
    Tourists photographing each
    other
    by haiamisa
    So many tourists in Rodos! Every time I have been there, the streets of the Old City are packed with tourists that stay at the hotels and the cruise ships bring hundreds more daily during the season.
    Is there an off season time for Rodos?

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    New Town, why bother?
    jayhawk2000
  • Updated By jayhawk2000 on June 5, 2008
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  • Muslim cemetery (note the turbans) - Rodos (City)
    Muslim cemetery (note the
    turbans)
    by jayhawk2000
    What an intense concoction of traffic fumes, sad shops and tawdry bars await outside the city walls. There's a whole street of shops selling nothing but umbrellas, the old saying that if you buy a brollie you're guaranteed a return to the island. This quaint tradition sounds less a superstition and more a curse to me when venturing into the New Town. Of is it a campaign thought up by the Rhodes Umbrella Building Enterpreneurial Society? Or R.U.B.E.S. for short.

    Yes, unlike the Old Town they may have trees and the occasional Art Deco edifice, but it's quite a shock leaving the pedestrianised walled town. There's really no reason to venture here unless it's for the beach, which is too close to the shipping lanes for my tastes (who knows what's going into the water). Oh, and a Marks & Spencer, for those of you who feel the need to visit one.

    Having said all that, there is an interesting Muslim cemetery near the harbour and Neo Agora (new marketplace).

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    Avoid Rhodes if you don't like airports close by
    sigthor_egle
  • By sigthor_egle on September 18, 2008
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  • Planes in Rhodos - Rodos (City)
    Planes in Rhodos
    by sigthor_egle, 1 more photos
    The Rhodos island has the 4th biggest airport Diagoras in Greece, ~21 airlines organize their flights to this tiny island, plus unimaginable amount of charter flights everyday. The main problem is that Diagoras airport is 10 km from the Rhodos town, and all the planes happen to fly over the Rhodos town. It would look like it is nothing wrong with it but when you have hundreds of planes a day over your head, it may get irritating. If you don't feel like having those planes all the time over you, we recommend for you to choose other summer resort than Rhodos town itself.

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