any1 been
Out worth going to?

Fly sat

Bloody hell !!!

Thought we were being linked with Jordan Rhodes again

Anything - owt - out I’m struggling to keep up

I’ve never been but have always fancied it, it will be very hot at the time of year. Have a good one

Might want to double check your travel insurance policy as Greece could be removed off the travel 'green list' imminently. Do you have the ability to quarantine on your return if the situation changes?
https//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/19/tra ... virus-ban/

As much as I want a week in the Sun, I couldn't have it jeopardise my financial or work situation if I was to be stuck in another country inadvertently and I had to pay out additional costs. Fair play to you if you want to take that risk. I'd put off my hols for next year.

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:17 am

any1 been
Out worth going to?

Fly sat

Butterfly valley

Rhodes town, very oldy worldy within walls, quite difficult to find your way out after a few, Falaraki (hope i've spelt it right) just mental

Avoid Faliraki like the plague (as said above) just a mass of brawling bellends.
(Unless its changed, quite a few years since I went)
Lindos is nice.

Greek salads are brilliant. As is most of the Greek beer.

Enjoy.

Take a day trip across to the small island of Symi. Beautiful place.

Rhodes town very nice. Very hot this time of year. Ixia is where i stayed. Very quiet. But some nice bars and restaurants.

Didnt enjoy Faliraki and i was the 'right age' 19.

jdrobbo wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:47 am

Take a day trip across to the small island of Symi. Beautiful place.

Yes we went there a
Beautiful place also Lindos at the south of the island, it's where the filmed the skeleton scene from Jason and the Argonauts ,beware it's a bit of a climb to the top

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:29 am

Might want to double check your travel insurance policy as Greece could be removed off the travel 'green list' imminently. Do you have the ability to quarantine on your return if the situation changes?
https//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/19/tra ... virus-ban/

As much as I want a week in the Sun, I couldn't have it jeopardise my financial or work situation if I was to be stuck in another country inadvertently and I had to pay out additional costs. Fair play to you if you want to take that risk. I'd put off my hols for next year.

Ive literally changed from fuertaventura to rhodes this week.

All covered on the above tho. Nothings keepin me from 2 wks of sun

we're close to lindos

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:45 am

Avoid Faliraki like the plague (as said above) just a mass of brawling bellends.
(Unless its changed, quite a few years since I went)
Lindos is nice.

Greek salads are brilliant. As is most of the Greek beer.

Enjoy.

Faliraki not like that anymore ...im 47 and we've been the last 2 years (july and sept)..good age mixture and a chilled out holiday ..loved it

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:29 am

Might want to double check your travel insurance policy as Greece could be removed off the travel 'green list' imminently. Do you have the ability to quarantine on your return if the situation changes?
https//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/19/tra ... virus-ban/

As much as I want a week in the Sun, I couldn't have it jeopardise my financial or work situation if I was to be stuck in another country inadvertently and I had to pay out additional costs. Fair play to you if you want to take that risk. I'd put off my hols for next year.

It’s absolutely mental that we put these quarantine measures in place for countries with less of a problem than ourselves.

Talk about trying to deflect the blame.

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:08 pm

It’s absolutely mental that we put these quarantine measures in place for countries with less of a problem than ourselves.

Talk about trying to deflect the blame.

Mental.
Hol cancelled to the canaries when its nowhere near mainland spain and has very low infections

Had to change to Rhodes and shell more out and now they say greece is at risk

Luckily i can quarantine as i work from home anyway. Worlds gone mad

Meant to be going to Lindos 4th September.

Had to cancel that hotel though given we needed to pay tomorrow. Booked into a hotel in Rhodes town we can cancel 1 day before we travel. Flights we can cancel anytime before we travel as Ryanair have changed them once so we are entitled to refund.

All too dodgy at the moment with regards to the removal of the travel corridor for Greece hence why I’m keeping it fluid.

Pathetic though as we’ve more chance of catching Covid here.

Take a look at the trip advisor forums, they even have forums for individual resorts and are always active.

jdrobbo wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:47 am

Take a day trip across to the small island of Symi. Beautiful place.

The best advice on this thread...in fact I'd go and stay on Symi. It is indeed beautiful. Halki, off the coast on the other side of Rhodes, is also nice though smaller and a bit less Greek..by which I mean it seems to exist purely as a sort of "model" for holiday makers fancying a Greek island idyll whereas Symi feels more authentic. Once the day-trippers from Rhodes have gone back in the evening Symi town , around the harbour, is just a fantastic place.

Rhodes is, imo, a touch too "built up" and touristed. Lindos is beautiful but always rammed and Rhodes old town would be stunning if it wasn't covered with the collective stock of a hundred T-shirt sellers.
It's true that there are strong rumours about Greece being added to the "14 days quarantine when you get back" list. Personally I love Greece so much I'd still go if I could possibly afford it. I've just got back from a great time on Crete.

Long time since I was on any of the islands but two years ago, of course, I was planning a short trip to Athens which was just three days away.

It's a very long time since I was in Crete, just after the Orient game in 1987, but it remains my favourite of all the islands I've been to even though I did nearly kill myself doing the Samaria Gorge.

Rhodes was my least favourite but that's probably because I was taken ill while I was there. We were on the west side of the island so had the breeze. When we went over to the east side, bloody hell it was hot. I saw mention of Butterfly Valley - enjoyed that but they are all moths.

I don't like Rhodes that much. Lindos is very nice but it is packed in summer.

Its onnnnnnnnn

Quarantine my ass

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:53 pm

Its onnnnnnnnn

Quarantine my ass

Your putting your donkey in quarantine

Went to Rhodes town one day and after walking around in the midday sun for a while I looked like someone had hosepiped me down. I stopped at a taverna and got myself a large mythos. That was one fine beer while it lasted.

If you see a guy with parrots on his shoulders don’t stop and talk to him as you will be there all day. Parrot rescue society and they want donations. Parrot rescue society and they want donations.

Lindos is the hotest place I have ever been, we had to put our bed sheets in the fridge before we went out at night...I can highly recommend it tho

Update
Its the hottest place ive been. 41 degrees showed on the local sign yesterday. Heatwave

Symi - booked the day trip for tmorrow

Another week of this. Dont want to come home. Safer here. No masks needed. Places are like ghost towns tho

It's safe everywhere.

Thought Mark Rhodes was coaching in Greece, he had the tash for it when he played for us.

karatekid wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:15 pm

Went to Rhodes town one day and after walking around in the midday sun for a while I looked like someone had hosepiped me down. I stopped at a taverna and got myself a large mythos. That was one fine beer while it lasted.

If you see a guy with parrots on his shoulders don’t stop and talk to him as you will be there all day. Parrot rescue society and they want donations. Parrot rescue society and they want donations.

I went to Falaraki when my sister worked a summer out there the week Princess Diana died. The greeks were absolutely gutted for her passing.

There was a parrot in a cage there on a busy strip that someone had taught to say malaka over and over again. It means W anchor in English and kept a lot of people entertained.

Had a split fortnight’s holiday last year. First week we stayed in Faliraki on the edge of the town at Sam’s Apartments, fab place to stay and found Faliraki not as bad as it’s been painted. Second week in the aforementioned Symi, utter joy beautiful island what a chill-out!

Sorry to interrupt but the mention of parrots reminded me of a pet shop close to where I used to work. They had one in a cage by the door. It never said anything when you went in but you were always asked: “Are you paying for that?” as you left.

Symi - Sensational