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PLACES TO VISIT.
BEACHES. On the east coast are the better beaches for swimming, they are warmer, cleaner and not so rough. The lighter the blue in the sea the warmer they are. The beaches are free only the sun beds and umbrellas you pay for.
1) Gennadi:-There's miles going from Kiotari to Plimiri. It's pebbled but in spots there's sand. It has 3 restaurants and it's easy to get too. There is all deferent water sports, that you can entertain you self with, (Tube rides, banana rides, water ski, canoe and pedal boats, or use the sunbeds and umbrellas). 
2) Kiotari:- beautiful view, nice to swim at and a very nice clean restaurant there named "Lighthouse" ask for Manolis.
3) Plimiri:- A small bay to swim in and there's a few small fishing boats coming in and unloading the fish, you can see how the prepare the octopus.
4) Prasonisi:- where the two seas meet, the Aegean from the North and the Mediterranean, from the south, one side is calm and the other is rough always. Lots of sand but very windy.
5) Glystra:- Bay closes sandy beach  to us, 10km and you can take a bus.
6) Vlyha Bay:- Has big hotels there and very nice views, it has sand there. It's on the way to
7) St. Pauls bay:- On the south side of Lindos, small but very nice with a lot of people always there.
8) Haraki:- All the shops are on the edge of the sea from there it's 1.5 kl to
9) Agathi:- One of the best beaches, it has a bit of everything that you are looking for. Very nice views it's between two sandstones. Good for kids, it's not deep.
10) Stergna:- A bus doesn't go  there but it's nice to drive down.
11) Kolimbia:- is also a nice beach near
12) Tsambika:- Really nice to drive down there, full of sand, its a big beach with sand, bars, restaurants and more.
13) Ladiko:- is also a nudist part there.
14) Faliraki:- Sandy beach but crowded with a lot of big hotels. there is a lot of water sports and  a lot to do there. It's good to try the aquamassage there, the water park is really good to go too.
15) Kalithea:- Very nice views, it was build by the Italians. Movies have been filmed at this place. It's very rocking in areas and also you can scuba diving here. There is so many beaches around the island, I only wrote about a few, so you can get a sample of it. It's best to visit us to explore these places for your self.
16) Siana:- is really nice to drive down to, not so much for swimming.
17) Afandou,
18) Agios Georgios,
19) Pefkos,
20) Anthony Quinn,
21) Fourni,
22) Glyfada,
23) Ialyssos,
24) Ixia,
25) Kalathos,
26) Katsouni,
27) Kavourakia,
28) Elli in Rhodes Town and many more.

MONASTERIES.

SKIADI Monastery Ph:+30 2244046006
 The first Friday after Easter the people of Gennadi walk through the fields early in the morning to the little monastery in Asklipio they have a picnic and then in the afternoon, they start walking back on the main road taking turns caring the icon of Skiadi back with them to Gennadi by 5 pm approximately they have it here.
The next day the people from Lachania come to take it and it just goes around the Island in that way. The festival of Skiadi is on the 7th of September in the evening and the next day it’s the church service (8th of September the birth of Virgin Mary, that is also celebrated by the Monastery of Tsampika) and the speeches and the council normally service food free to all that is there. (Skiadi is the Patron of South Rhodes).
There are books on the story of the icon and the monastery of Skiadi.
On the main road between Kattavia and Apolakia on the south of the island going to the west coast, there is concrete road and small parts of it is still gravel. You drive up and there is the monastery of Skiadi. Your soul feels at peace up there. It was founded in 1861. Previously the monastery was there in the 12th century. The icon there is the Virgin Mary which is a very old. It’s a wooden Mural with silver and glass to protect it.
SKIADI: The icon got it's name from the word SKIA which means shade cause it was found in the forest under the shade. The Scar it has on the face of Mother Mary it was caused from the Turks and she made there ships into cement, that is the 2 stone you see across in the sea that look like ships. This is the story I was told.
On the 8th of September, it’s the day that we take the 5 breads as a thank you, (long story you can ask us about it) a lot of people take there the 5 breads (Pentarti).  

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
1) Icon of Skiadi
2) Icon inside the monastery
 3) Bringing the icon of Skiadi to Gennadi from Asklipio 6/5/05
 4) View from Skiadi
5) This is late at night after the celebrations are finished before the morning church service.
 

Tsampika moni is really nice drive.
Agios Georgis church is 1500 meters after Gennadi. It's the first day festival of the year, it's always the Monday after the Greek easter Sunday.
Agios Thomas church is really nice in the forest you have to drive through Lachania to get there. It's also a day festival and it's always the Sunday after Greek Easter sunday.
Saint Soulas is near Soroni they have a really big festival at the end of July including horse races, sport events and traditional feast.

CATHOLIC CHURCHES. There are 3 in Rhodes town, 1) Santa Maria in Kathopouli St. and in Dragoumi St. 2) Santa Francis in Dimokratias St. There is also 1 in Ixia St. Anne

WEATHER normally from the reports that they give are not accurate for the south side off the Island, its for the north side (Rhodes town). In Town it could be raining and in Gennadi it would be sun shine. The three warmest on the island are Archangelos, Lindos and Gennadi. Gennadi has a very nice beach to go and swim to cool down or come up to Effie's Dreams cafe bar and sit under the mulberry tree drink your beer, see and hear the natural water spring run. The water comes from the cave and it's drinkable. As the myth goes here in the village. "If you drink this water, you will come back to Gennadi again".

OSTRICH FARM & PARK. Open from 9 am to 7:30 pm 3 Euro (Adults) 1,50 Euro (Children). There is a lot of other animals there to see. They also have a souvenir shop and snack bar. It's 1500 meters before the Butterfly valley.

WATER PARK FALIRAKI. It has so many different slides for all ages. Mini Market so many things to pass your day there. Open from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm approximately. Free bus transfer from Rhodes town to the water park & back.

 
The 10 Municipalities (councils) of Rhodes
1) Rhodes. Ph: 2241046200
 2) Archangelos (office in Archangelos), communities of Archangelos (stegna), Malona (Haraki) & Masari.
 3) Attaviros (office in Embona), communities of Agios Isidoros, Embona, Kritinia, Monolithos & Sianna.
 4) Afantou (office in Afantou), communities of Afantou & Archipolis.
 5) Ialysos, office in Ialysos , Trianta.
 6) Kalithea (office in Faliraki), communities of Kalithea, Koskinou & Psinthos.
7) Kamiros (office in Soroni), communities of Soroni, Apollona, Dimilia, Kalavarda, Platania, Salakos & Fanes.
 8) Lindos (office in Lindos), communities of Lindos, Kalathos, Laerma, Lardos (Pefkous)& Pilona.
 9) South Rhodes (office in Gennadi), communities of Gennadi, Apolakia, Arnitha, Asklipio (Kiotari), Vati, Istrios, Kattavia (Prasonisi), Lahania (Plimiri), Mesanagros & Profilia.
 10) Butterfly (office in Kremasti), communities of Kremasti, Damatria, Theologos, Maritsa, Paradisi & Pastida (Filerimos).

On this site the information is as accurate possible to my knowledge. It's been gathered from people i have talked to and books that I have read. It would be my pleasure to receive any information, that people think is useful to be added here. I'm not responsible to any inconvenience to any one reading this information. Every week I will add more information

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