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Beaches of Rhodes

BEACHES OF RHODES

A private drive to our most beautiful and breathtaking beaches .You will visit beaches sandy , calm , windy , historical , famous , busy , isolated, anything you prefer there is one in our unique island. Are you interested in relaxing with your friends or family in a quiet beach, nice music and a nice beach bar to enjoy you stay , somewhere just for you and your best half, a windy beach to try some of our many watersports, trust us to take you there. Your trip will finally arrive in the historical Lindos with the crystal clear water and the sandy beautiful beach.  Choose the one you want to spend your time in , and just jump right in , thats why you are here anyway.

 

Tour overview

  • East Coast of the Island
  • Kallithea Beach – 5 small gulfs with unique beauty
  • Faliraki Beach – Sandy full of life beach
  • Anthony Quinn Bay – Amazing view at a famous small bay
  • Tsambika Beach – Famous busy sandy beach
  • Haraki Beach – Shallow waters , relaxing area
  • Lindos white village and sea – Amazing view, historical site
  • St Paul’s Bay – Historical religious bay
  • Lindos  Acropolis – Our jewel acropolis
  • Chose a beach to stay and enjoy on our trip back
  • Duration: 4-6 hours (depending on your available time)
  • Extensions: Usually a city drive or a nice taverna to eat lunch
  • Suggested time for this drive: mid June to mid September

 

drive Description

We will start from your start location (ship/hotel) , travelling to the beautiful east coast, starting with kallithea beach and their unique small gulfs , you can enter the famous Kallithea springs with their unique history, check out the small gulfs with a breathtaking beach bar , a restaurant next to the shore, a small rough beach where you can even take small shells yourself from the rocks.

Continue to the famous faliraki beach with one of the biggest sand shores and shallow waters , a busy beach with many beach bars, a lot of people enjoying and many watersports that include, jet sky, banana rides, ringos, paragliding, bungee jumping and others.

Our next destination is Anthony Quinn Bay , a small famous bay (Guns of navarone) , with a unique view and clear waters , that is the place to be if you enjoy socializing , you will never forget this bay.

We arrive at Tsampika beach , a long, sandy, busy but relaxing though beach , at the bottom of the monastery of Tsampika (PSILI), you can keep on walking on the sand and never reach the end , a lot of water sports for young and old, this is our favorite beach a place unique and a local treasure beach.

Haraki beach is a small shallow waters pebble beach, a nice place to relax and have a nice swim and lunch , usually not busy , you get a nice view of Feraklos castle built by the Knights of St John and  the last stronghold in Rhodes to succumb to the Ottoman Empire.

Lindos white village a unique destination worth visitting , a beautiful small village built on the base of Lindos ancient city , white small folk houses , an amazing beach half sand half pebbles with the probably the most clear blue-green waters you have ever seen , St Paul’s Bay which is famous for St Paul landing during a storm which is the first place in Greece he came to and ofcourse our jewel Lindos acropolis with its long history from the 10th century BC , being a huge trading center from 8th century BC.

On our way back if you havent already stopped and enjoyed a nice beach you can choose one of the above to stop and relax , as much as your time available allows you to , we will make some stop for more pictures if needed , or if you need any souvenirs, until we finally arrive at our starting location , ship or hotel. This would be the end of our drive.

 

Important Information

In every destination there will be a stop for pictures.

Lunch or food will always be available in any of the destination or in a close range of one.

All our drives are in Mercedes-benz limo cars.

All our drivers speak English  fluently but there is always the choice of a different language driver available.

The entrance fee to Lindos Acropolis is 12 euro.

Price you will receive from us includes everything, except fees for the Acropolis and food , prices are per vehicle (8 person per vehicle).

The duration of the drive is 5-6 hours.

 

Extensions available

City drive , a small private drive of the town of Rhodes and its most unique monuments.

 

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    Grand Master Palace

    CITY DRIVE

    A private drive to the city of Rhodes and its most unique , historical , traditional areas , this is a small drive that is recommended for most people with little time on their schedule, where you will get a brief visit on places of the most value such as the Medievel city of Rhodes or Old Town as local call it , The New Agora and the shopping center a place where you can find almost everything you want to buy, the New town center with its modern and classic buildings, the Acropolis of Rhodes (temple of Apollo) , the Ancient stadium , the Ancient theatre, all three of them located at a beautiful natural area, a beautiful Panoramic view of the west side sea, the center of Rhodes town and a small scenic trip through some small but traditional neighborhoods of the city.

     

    drive Description

    We will begin from the starting point drive to Old town.

    (Optional) You will enter through one of the seven gates , from there you will first lay eyes on the Our Lady of the Bourg Church, a beautiful Church, built sometime during the rule of the Grand Master Villeneuve (1319-1346), next to it the oldest Jewish Synagogue of Greece Kahal Shalom , it was built at 1577 (5338 in the Hebrew calendar) together with the Holocaust memorial, continue to the center to the Fountain  with all the shops , restaurants where you can find almost everything from the medieval times up to now as you go up Hippocrates street, as soon as you reach the top side you will be next to to the beautiful Clock tower, a beautiful tower where you can sit and have a beautiful view and a nice Greek coffee, the Mosque of Suleiman built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and reconstructed in 1808, continue to the Famous and oldest street in the old town , Knights street, in part, an ancient straight road that connected the port with the Acropolis of Rhodes, on the way of the Knights street visit the Grand Master Palace , originally built in the late 7th century as a Byzantine citadel, converted to a fortress by the Knights at 1309, finally end at the Museum where you can learn the history of all the civilizations that have been through the Old town.

    We will continue our drive driving to the center where we will pass through the New Agora , a famous start of the shopping center of Rhodes modern city, the Bank of Greece , Post office and several public places that are built more than 80 years ago all together with the modern city center, continue our journey to the oldest ever built hotel on the Island, now the Casino of Rhodes , driving all the time next to the sea until we arrive at the statue of Diagoras and his two sons (Damagitos and Agousilaos), a 4 times Ancient olympic winner.

    Our next destination will be the Panorama , the best view of the city and make a stop for pictures, continue to the Acropolis of Rhodes (Temple of Apollo) together with the Ancient stadium where Diagoras and others use to train , the Ancient stadium and its magnificent acoustics , spend some time there.

    Then we will have a small trip through some neighborhoods of the city so you can see the actual city and its life.

    After that we will drive back to the starting location where we will end out trip.

     

    Important Information

    The specific drive starts at the starting point, when we arrive at the Medieval town, you have the option to enter and arrange a meet to continue our drive or drive around it and continue to the next destination. (Entrance to vehicles is restricted)

    All our drives are in Mercedes-benz limo cars.

    All our drivers speak English  fluently but there is always the choice of a different language driver available.

    The entrance fee to the to the Grand Master Palace is 6 euro , the Museum 8 euro (both optional to visit).

    Price you will receive from us includes everything except food and entrance fees, prices are per vehicle (8 person per vehicle).

    The duration of the drive is 45-60 minutes excluding the time spent in the medieval town.

     

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      Filerimos mountain

      FILERIMOS DRIVE

      A private drive to the hill of Filerimos , a beautiful scenic place, 267 meters/876 feet above sea level, at the top of one of the three Ancient cities of Rhodes now a modern city , the city of Ialysos , the birth place of Diagoras,  Filerimos offers an amazing Panoramic view of half of the west side of the Island , wild nature, the Church of our Lady built on the ruins of Temple of Athena , the Cross and its amazing path with the shrines of the Passions of Jesus , a unique destination for religion worshipers , nature enthusiasts, history lovers.

       

      drive Description

      We will start from your start location , travelling to the west side of the island , passing through some amazing beaches, some modern hotels, restaurants and places to relax , all them next to the shore, we will go through Ialysos , one of the 3 ancient cities , now a modern city and drive up to Filerimos mountain, we will make our stop so you can visit the Church of our Lady built on the ruins of Temple of Athena , visit the Cross through the amazing path with many shrines of reliefs embedded depicting scenes of the Passions of Jesus and the most beautiful and panoramic view of the west side on the island along with some wild nature.

      After you spent enough time we will start our journey back to our starting location where we will end our trip.

       

      Important information

      All our drives are in Mercedes-benz limo cars.

      All our drivers speak English  fluently but there is always the choice of a different language driver available.

      Lunch or food will always be available in any of the destination or in a close range of one

      The entrance fee to the to the Church is 6 euro , there is no fees for the Cross.

      Price you will receive from us includes everything except food and entrance fees, prices are per vehicle (8 person per vehicle).

      The duration of the drive is 60-90 minutes.

       

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        Ancient kamiros

        KAMIROS DRIVE

        A private drive to the Ancient city of Kamiros , the city was built on three levels. At the top of the hill was the Acropolis, with the temple complex of Athena Kameiras and the stoa. A reservoir having a capacity of 600 cubic meters of water, enough for up to 400 families constructed about the sixth century BC. Later, the stoa was built over the reservoir. The stoa consisted of two rows of Doric columns with rooms for shops or lodgings in the rear. On the lower terrace there is a Doric temple dedicated to Apollo, the Fountain house with the Agora square , and the Peribolos of Altars dedicated to several deities. The city itself was founded by the Dorians. The temple foundations begun at least as early as the eighth century BC destroyed by an earthquake at 226 BC, another earthquake destroyed the city more at 142 AD. The Acropolis was excavated by Alfred Bilioti and Auguste Salzmann between 1852 and 1864.

         

        drive Description

        We begin from the starting location (ship/hotel) travel through the west side passing by Ialysos city of the three Ancient cities , now a modern city, continuing having the Aegean sea next to us and passing through several beautiful traditional villages such as Theologos (Word of God) with its village built from the bottom to the top of the hill, Fanes with its natural bay, a yachts port now,  Kalavarda with its countless seafood restaurants most of them with their own fishermen,  until we reach Ancient Kamiros, make a full stop so you can enjoy the Ancient city itself, take pictures and learn the actual history and mythology of the Ancient city.

        We will make our way back , we can make a stop for lunch in any of the delicious seafood restaurants , stop for some souvenirs or head straight back.

         

        Important Information

        All our drives are in Mercedes-benz limo cars.

        All our drivers speak English  fluently but there is always the choice of a different language driver available.

        Lunch or food will always be available in any of the destination or in a close range of one.

        The entrance fee to  Ancient Kamiros is 6 euro per person.

        Price you will receive from us includes everything except food and entrance fees to Ancient city, prices are per vehicle (8 person per vehicle).

        The duration of the drive is 3-4 hours.

         

        Extensions available

        City drive , a small private drive of the town of Rhodes and its most unique monuments.

        Valley of the butterflies a unique destination in the valley of the beautiful Rhodian butterfly (mid June to September).

         

        Some pictures from visitors of our island

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          Ancient Lindos , white village and sea, part of myRhodes private tours

          LINDOS DRIVE

          A private drive to the Ancient city of Lindos, the white village , and the blue-green clear sea water with its beautiful sandy shore. Lindos was built at the 10th century BC by the King Tlepolemus , it was one of the six Dorian cities built on the are a part of the Dorian Hexapolis, by the 8th century Lindos was a major trading centre,  in the 6th century it was ruled by Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece. The massive temple of Athena was built and took its final form at around 300BC , the city grew larger in Hellenistic and Roman times and and in the 14th century they were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the Knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans. You will also visit the traditional white village built at the foot of the mountain where Acropolis is built and also the beautiful Blue-Green sea with its small but relaxing sandy shore.

           

          drive Description

          We begin from our starting location , travel through the east side of the island driving 47 km/29 miles to Lindos, on the way we will pass through the middle of the island travelling by some beautiful traditional villages , each one with its unique production of fruits , amazing Rhodian nature and the view of the Mediterranean sea.

          We will arrive at the vantage point of Lindos where we will have the most scenic and panoramic view of the Acropolis and the white village, stop for some pictures.

          We will continue to the main square of Lindos where you will be able to see the white village , climb the Acropolis , taste the food , enjoy the wine , swim in the clear sea, spend time exploring Lindos , we will arrange a meet at the square to continue our journey.

          We will continue our trip to the St. Paul’s Bay where is claimed that St Paul landed here in the year 51 AD to preach Christianity to the Rhodians , have a nice drive around to look at the rest of Lindos like the Ancient theatre , the  cave where the film “The Guns of Navarone” was filmed , stop to take some more pictures.

          We will then continue our trip back driving along Faliraki with its many shops , its beautiful and long sandy shore and clear shallow waters and Kallithea with its unique 5 small gulfs each with its own area to swim , relax , and the famous Kallithea springs a place with therapeutical and healing waters.

          We will then continue following the coastal road back to our starting location where we will end our drive.

           

          Important Information

          All our private drives are in Mercedes-benz limo cars.

          All our drivers speak English  fluently but there is always the choice of a different language driver available.

          The entrance fee to Ancient Lindos is 12 euro per person.

          In every destination there will be stop for pictures

          Lunch or food will always be available in any of the destination or in a close range of one.

          Price you will receive from us includes everything except food and entrance fees to Ancient city, prices are per vehicle (8 person per vehicle).

          The duration of the drive is 3-5 hours.

           

          Extensions available

          City drive , a small private drive of the town of Rhodes and its most unique monuments.

           

          Some pictures from visitors of our island

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          Please add any information you will think is important for us to know , no deposit is required.

           

           

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            VILLAGES OF RHODES

            A private drive to some of our most unique , historical , full of nature ,traditional villages of the island each one with its own unique taste , music , way of life. Eat fruits produced in our every village and their unique environment , taste famous wine produced from Rhodian grapes in our local wine making factories , dance if you are lucky enough in our many festivals, smell the fresh air , touch history , learn mythology. See why we are passionate with our island , every village a different place , all of them Rhodes.

             

            Drive overview

            • Ialyssos  – One of the 3 ancient cities of Rhodes, nowadays a modern city
            • Filerimos monastery – Panoramic view of Ialysos and west coast
            • A beautiful drive through west coast villages
            • The Ancient City of Kamiros – One of the 3 ancient cities , modern civilization 8th century BC
            • The Castle of Kritinia and its Panoramic View
            • Trip through nature of the west coast
            • Panoramic view of small Greek islands
            • Monolithos Castle – A historical fortress , the most unique view
            • Trip to Embona through some traditional villages
            • Taste wine from local wine making factories in embona village
            • Lunch in local taverna in embona village, a sunday vacation destination for locals
            • Return Trip – Amazing view , Mountains to sea
            • Duration: 5 – 8 hours (depending on your available time)
            • Extensions: Valley of the Butterflies (mid-June – mid-Sept)
            • Suggested times for this drive: April to mid October

            drive Description

            We will start from your start location , travelling to the west side of the island , some amazing beaches and some modern hotels restaurants and places to relax , we will go through Ialysos , one of the 3 ancient cities , now a modern city and drive up to Filerimos mountain a destination 267 meters/876 feet above sea level, unique for nature lovers and religion worshipers , we will make a stop so you can visit the Church of our Lady built on the ruins of Temple of Athena , visit the Cross through the amazing path with many shrines of reliefs embedded depicting scenes of the Passions of Jesus and the most beautiful and panoramic view of the east side on the island.

            We will continue through some small scenic villages like Fanes with its traditional way of being built, to Kalavarda a small village next to the shore and many small delicious seafood restaurants, travel up to Ancient Kamiros which had already a thriving civilization at the 5th century BC , Ancient Kamiros is one of the places that you can actually see how the city was and actually working the most well preserved ruins you have ever seen, if you want to see how Ancient Greek life was that is the place to visit, the agora square , the temple complex of Athena , the stoa , a reservoir that can fit enough water for 400 families , the temple of Apollo , the Fountain house , the Peribolos of the altars dedicated to any different deities, and probably the first ever built sewage and drinking system.

            Our drive will continue south to the Castle of Kritinia  also called Kastellos, built in 1472 by Giorgio Orsini to protect the inhabitants of the village from the attacks of the Ottoman fleets, built on top of a hill with a panoramic view of Aegean islands such as Chalki , Alimia , Strogili , Makri , Tragousa  and symi. Until the Liberation of Dodecanese the village was called Kastelli from the Latin Castellum which actually means castle.

            Our next destination will be monolithos village and castle driving through beautiful nature and traditional villages and of course the blue Aegean sea, the castle was built in 1480 by the Knights of Saint John to protect the island from attacks. In fact, this castle was never conquered. The Castle of Monolithos is widely ruined today but it offers great views of the sea and the islands opposite to it built on a hill 100m/328 feet above sea level. Inside the Castle, there is a small working chapel dedicated to Agios Panteleimon (Saint Pantaleon). Access to the castle is by a staircase cut into the rock so ladies please bring proper shoes. On the climb up to the top, you are likely to see hundreds, if not thousands, of small piles of rocks from 3-10 in number. These piles are left there by the visitors as a form of a memento.

            Continuing we will drive back towards the village of Embona with its unique tradition in grapes and wine making , make a stop so you can have a nice Greek traditional meal , this is the destination where most of us visit at Sundays as a food destination with a lot of local meat and wine, taste some local wine in the wine factories  and selling points of the actual factories, a nice idea for a local unforgettable souvenir.

            On our way back travel through some nature so you can easily digest all the food and wine take some more pictures and arrive at our starting location.

             

            Important information

            In every destination there will be stop for pictures

            Lunch or food will always be available in any of the destination or in a close range of one even though we strongly advice to keep your appetite for when we arrive in Embona village

            All our drives are in Mercedes-benz limo cars.

            All our drivers speak English  fluently but there is always the choice of a different language driver available.

            The entrance fee in the Ancient city of Kamiros is 6 euro per person.

            Price you will receive from us includes everything except food and entrance fees, prices are per vehicle (8 person per vehicle).

            The duration of the drive is 6-8 hours.

             

            Extensions available

            City drive , a small private drive of the town of Rhodes and its most unique monuments.

            Valley of the butterflies a unique destination in a valley of the beautiful Rhodian butterfly (mid June to September).

             

            Some pictures from visitors of our island

            Request a quote

             

            Please add any information you will think is important for us to know , no deposit is required.

             

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