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Map of Faliraki in Rhodes Island Greece
Faliraki
This is the busiest and liveliest resort on the island and is
notorious for its young visitors and noisy nightlife. Faliraki
spreads for 2˝ miles along a fine, sandy beach, 20km to the South
of Rhodes airport. During high season the beach is packed, with a
huge variety of watersports on offer. There are many eateries,
bars, restaurants and tavernas offering a wide range of
international cuisine, all open until late.
The centre of the resort consists of noisy bars and discos and is
only really suitable for the young, whereas the A class hotels in
the outskirts of Faliraki are still popular amongst families and
couples.
Distance from Rhodes City: 12Km
Features and facilities: Public transportation, Food,
Umbrellas and sunbeds, Hotels
Sports: Jet ski, Water ski, Bunjee jumping
More than 5 kilometers wide, Faliraki is the most popular and
the most highly organized beach on Rhodes.
Faliraki is like one big funfair, with a vast, multiethnic crowd
tirelessly in pursuit of pleasure, day and night – in the
morning on the famous beach with its striped umbrellas, at night
in the narrow streets with their garish neon lights and loud
noise.
Here you can find anything you can possibly ask for - water
sports, cafeterias, night clubs, restaurants, bungee-jumping,
places for shopping and more.
At the impressive Faliraki Water Park, which is currently the
biggest in the whole of Europe, you can enjoy water slides, a
lazy river, black holes, rafting slides, the giant slide (about
140m long), kamikaze slides, a huge wave pool, an aqua-gym,
poll-cafes and much, much more. A part of the water park is
especially designed for children. 35 fully trained and certified
lifeguards guarantee for your safety.
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FALIRAKI
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Faliraki Travel Guide
Overview:
Situated on the east coast of Rhodes, the island’s
most developed beach resort is just nine miles (8km)
south of the capital, Rhodes Town. Faliraki is
renowned for its four-mile (2km) stretch of sandy
beach that is packed with deckchairs, umbrellas and
sunbeds, and offers every kind of water-based
activity from parasailing to jet skis. It is
possible to do day boat trips around the other small
bays of Faliraki, including Kathara Bay, which is
one of the most picturesque on the island, and has a
nudist beach at one end. Anthony Quinn Bay is famous
for the filming of The Guns of Navarone.
There are also several, little-developed beaches
between Faliraki and Lindos, such as the pebbled
Traganou beach, and all the beaches are desirably
clean with crystal waters. Faliraki is also well
known for its nightlife and is popular with younger
visitors seeking lots of action, both day and night.
Shopping:
Faliraki Square shopping centre provides everything
a holiday-maker needs, from an inflatable "lilo" to
local crafts, or even the toothpaste you forgot to
pack. Shops stay open very late. Those who enjoy
serious shopping can take a trip into Rhodes Old
Town and delight in haggling for bargains in the
narrow, cobbled streets.Good buys are leather bags
and sandals, rugs, gold and silver jewellery and
ceramics.
Restaurants:
Faliraki is well-supplied with a huge variety of
restaurants, from traditional Greek tavernas to
Chinese and nearly every nationality inbetween.
Cuisine is geared to the tastes of young British
tourists, and there is nothing much in the way of
fine dining. Prices range from cheap to reasonable.
Fast-food bars abound, staying open until the wee
hours when revellers can snack on a souvlaki while
they watch the sun rise. Some recommendations are
The Monastery, some way out of town near the Matina
Hotel, which has top rated authentic Greek food;
Sizzlers Steak Bar, a short walk from Bar Street,
which serves up charcoal-grilled slabs of steak on
the terrace; and the Pagoda, for excellent classic
Chinese.
Nightlife: Bar
Street and Club Street in Faliraki live up to their
name and reputation as a paradise for young clubbers
and pubbers. The choice of dance floors and watering
holes is abundant. Arguably the "best bar" in
Faliraki is Ziggy's, home of the famous (or to some
infamous) "Fishbowl", a very large cocktail
guaranteed to knock you senseless. For rocking
karaoke there is the King's Garden Bar (KGB) or the
Bedrock Bar. George's Bar is a favourite with
football fans who want to keep up with the action on
huge screens, and keep on partying. The most popular
club in town is Q Club, which opens from midnight to
5am and is always jam-packed: it features a
house/trance room, a chart/cheese room and
R&B/Garage room. Top London DJs feature regularly at
Bed, a massive club that holds about 2,000
revellers.
Activities:
Active holiday-makers who want a break from soaking
up the sun on the golden sands can choose from a
variety of fun pursuits on offer at the two large
watersport centres on the beach, everything from
banana-boat rides and pedalos to bungee-jumping. The
crystal clear waters are perfect for scuba diving
and snorkelling. Faliraki also has one of Europe's
biggest and best water parks, offering slides, lazy
river rides, rafting, a wave pool, aqua-gym and
numerous other thrills and spills. A must for
visitors is to take a local bus to explore the
sights and sounds of Rhodes Town, with its medieval
core, or delve into some archaeology in the pretty
town of Lindos with its hill-top acropolis.
Negatives:
Faliraki has received some bad publicity in recent
years because of the rowdy, drunken behaviour of
most of the young (mainly British) holiday-makers
that flood the resort each summer. |
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