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Faliraki
Faliraki
With a four mile sandy beach and just nine miles from the islands capital of Rhodes Town, Faliraki holidays offer a vast amount of activities to tourists on a summer holiday, with water sports, a variety of amenities and entertainment all available. It is also 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.
The shopping facilities in Faliraki Square cater to visitors well, with local crafts, tourist shops and supermarkets and the 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.
Dining in Faliraki offers a wide variety of choice and caters to the majority of culinary tastes, including a range of excellent Greek tavernas. 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.
Faliraki is home a vast amount of bars and clubs, many situated on Bar Street and Club Street offering electrically charged evening entertainment to holiday makers. 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.
The resort also offers a high level of daytime entertainment, with two large water sport centres on the beach and activities ranging from bungee jumping to banana boat rides. 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.
