Rhodes Information

Valley of butterflies

chrisenia — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:58:10 +0000

You will find this wonderful valley 12 klm south of the city of Rhodes. Its a green valley with streams, small lakes, wooden bridges, colorful flowers, pines and other trees and of course thousands and thousands butterflies! These butterflies are Panaxia Quadripunctaria and they reproduced in this rare habitat. From June to September you can see all these colorful butterflies covering the tree trunks or flying all together around you. Its an amazing spectacle, not to be missed, during your visit to the island.

Local products

chrisenia — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:09:41 +0000

These are the products you should definitely try or buy from Rhodes:

wine – Rhodian wine industry CAIR is world famous for the wines and sparkling wine. There are also exceptional wines from local wine producers in Empona village.

melekounia – this is a local treat that Rhodians offer it in weddings and baptisms, but its very tasty to eat it all the time. Its a rhombus or a heart made of honey, sesame, spices and almonds.

souma – its a local drink like ouzo but from grapes. The best souma is from village Siana

coriadolino – this is a big “must” souvenir from Rhodes. Its a local liqueur in different colors and tastes. The thing that separates it from other liqueurs is the small branch with sugar that is inside the bottle.

ceramics – Rhodes is known for the ceramic factories, and you should visit at least one of them. You will find a lot factories all the way from Faliraki to Lindos.

Food in Rhodes

chrisenia — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:55:40 +0000

In Rhodes you will find many cuisines for all the tastes. You will find greek cuisine of course, and the best greek traditional cuisine you will find it in restaurants in villages, like Empona, Appolakia, Psinthos, Pastida, Eleousa etc. If you want something more ethnic, there are many chinese, mexican, indian, italian and french restaurants in the city of Rhodes, Old Town, Ialysos, Faliraki and Lindos. In Rhodes you will find food 24 hrs. At 100 magazia which is in Mandraki the center of the city, you will find pizza, souvlaki, pancakes and sandwiches 24hrs.

Foreign Consulates in Rhodes

chrisenia — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:13:45 +0000

Here are some consulates that are located in Rhodes

Consulate of Austria

address: Heroon Politehniou 21, Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 25445, 22410 75738, 22410 31618

Consulate of Belgium

address: Ko 35, Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 24661

Consulate of Denmark

address: Leoforos Dimokratias 63 A , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 94488

Consulate of Ethiopia

address: Pindou 18, Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 27642

Consulate of Finland

address: Georgiou Leondos 25 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 35780

fax: (+30) 22410 36696

Consulate of France

address: Ipoton (Old Town) , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 22318

fax: (+30) 22410 77488

French Institute of Athens, French Hostel

tel.: (+30) 22410 31479

Consulate of Germany

address: Artemidos 12-14, Monte Smith , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 63730

Consulate of Hungary

address: D. Theodoraki 13 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 27108

fax: (+30) 22410 73522

Consulate of Italy

address: Ipoton (Old Town) , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 27432

fax: (+30) 22410 33980

Consulate of Netherlands

address: Alexandrou Diakou 27 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 31571

Consulate of Spain

address: D. Theodoraki 13 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 25698

fax: (+30) 22410 73522

Consulate of Sweden

address: D. Theodoraki 20 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 31822

fax: (+30) 22410 77758

Consulate of Switzerland

address: Georgiou Seferi 108 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 78130, 22410 72756

fax: (+30) 22410 78131

E-mail: rhodos@honorarvertretung.ch

Consulate of Turkey

address: Heroon Politehniou 10-12 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 23362

fax: (+30) 22410 27472

Consulate of United Kingdom

address: Grigoriou Lampraki 29 , Rhodes 85100

tel.: (+30) 22410 22005

fax: (+30) 22410 24473

E-mail: rhodes@british-consulate.gr

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admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:55:26 +0000

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Rhodes Casino

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:43:40 +0000

The Casino of Rhodes, is located at the city center and has one of the best views in the island.

Rhodes Nightlife

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:38:58 +0000

Rhodes offers a variety of a nightlife selection for travelers.

Orfanidou street in the city center, also known as the Rhodes Bar street and you hardly see any other shops or bussinesses other than bars, pubs, fast food’s and disco’s as long as you walk from the entrance of the street to the end.

Old Town is famous for the outdoor small bars. You will find different kinds of music like latin, hip hop, rock etc and you can enjoy your drink outside sitting on sofas or inside dancing.

Faliraki is famous for the nightlife too, mainly for the British youth, just like the orfanidou street, most of the businesses are nightlife oriented and less than a minute walk from the last bar, there is the beach that during the day it is preferred both from the families with young children cause the sea level is short, enabling the children swim in comfort and more safety and of course the youth because of the almost zero distance from their hotel.

Bouzoukia are places (something like club but with tables and dance-floor) with live greek music. Almost all the program is folklore and there you can dance greek dances, tsifteteli and zorbas dance. Don’t forget to buy flowers, from the girls who are selling them inside there, and throw them to your friends who are dancing! You also have to know that the program usual starts at about 23:00-24:00 and finishes at about 03:30-05:00 the morning.

Nudist Beaches

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:36:14 +0000

The most known nudist beaches in Rhodes are in Faliraki and in Kalithea (In specific places of these areas). There you are allowed to feel free and enjoy the sun and the sea without swimming suits.

Religions in Rhodes

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:34:11 +0000

You can find many religions in Rhodes. The bigger part of population is Christian Orthodox (The official religion of Greece), following the Muslims (the biggest mosque is located in Old Town) and Catholics (the biggest Catholic church is San Francisco at the homonym square, outside of Old Town’s walls). There are also Protestants, Jews, Evangelists etc. Of course every religion has its own church or place of worship.

Useful Phone numbers

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:21:37 +0000

below is a list of useful and emergency numbers in Rhodes Island if you dial within anywhere in Greece. If you dial from overseas, you must add a 0030 or +30 in the telephone number. Example: if you willing to call the city taxy, you would dial: 0030 22410 69800.

police 100

taxi city 22410 69800

taxi outside the city 22410 69600

Public Hospital (andreas Papandreou) 22410 80000

Private Hospital (euromedica) 22410 45000

firefighting 199

rescue and ambulance request (ekav) 166

cost guard 22410 22220

municipal 22410 46200

trafic police 22410 44131

weather forecsta 1449

public transportation (city center bus service) 22410 26300

public transportation (outside city center) 22410 27706

olympic airlines: 22410 24555

aegean airlines 22410 98345