Greece Transportation

We stayed in Ialyssos a small town next to Rhodos. The hotel was a 4*, but in reality only 3* and the food only 2*. Who is complaining? First day we rented a car and made a quick tour of the island. They have some castles in ruins and of course the acropolis which is impressive. The villages are beautiful and the food in taverns good. It was an entire day drive to see the entire coast. Not more then 250 km but with a lot of places to stop. They have a small city for partying. It was interesting to see the perspective that the Greeks have on tourists. For most tourists the people from any shop take out a bottle of ouzo and start smiling. The next 2 days I was only lying in the sun, watching the windsurfers. I think I will try that sport too sometime. The rest of the group who where travel agents in info-trip had an infernal hotels visitation while I was sitting next to the pool with Louis Armstrong’s “Sittin` in the sun” in my mind. Then there were 3 days of organized trips. First was by boat to Lindos, a city on the coast. A city starting with a on the top of the hill and ending through many narrow streets, filled with souvenirs shops and taverns, in the sea. Hot days. Almost 37-38 Celsius. Second was in Butterfly Valley where in the summer thousands of butterflies gather. Very beautiful view. And all the churches are small and decent, like real praying places. The last was in the city of Rhodos We had a good guide, a very funny old man. The old town is a regular castle built by the Saint John Knights. It is quite a view. The poor people from Rhodos still live in one half of the castle in houses that are 300 years old or more. In the last day we rented a car again and went directly south. At the lowest point of the island there is a beach that in the evening is covered by the waters of both Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea. In the day is full of people that practice windsurfing and parasailing. The view of one sea meeting another with two different colors of water it is spectacular.

Beautiful place...Somany things to see!!!

Hiring a car is the best you can do, and it's really cheap!

in 1993 I went on my first trip alone with a friend and we decided to take the train to Bulgaria. Our parents dropped us off in Antwerp and from there we ended up in Brindisi, Italy a few days later. We were heading towards Sofia, where we were meeting a girl we met in Ghent, she studied with us, but went back to Bulgaria for the summer. In Brindisi we could take the boat to Greece, but we had to choose if we would go to Igoumenitsa or to Athens. Athens was too far so we bought two tickets to Igoumenitsa. But little did we know that there was no railway track in Igoumenitsa and the next station was 300 miles further... (in those days I did not buy Lonely planet guides yet) Luckily for us two guys from the newly founded Czech Republic gave us a ride in their already full car. We got out in Larissa and from there we continued our trip to Sofia!

The best parking spot when the village is crowded is as you enter the village to the left there is a small road leading to an opening which is not very well known!!!Women,do not bring your high heals!!!