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Rhodes Island is ever welcoming with its bountiful beaches and the host of historical places, monuments and other buildings. The island of Rhodes is a great travel destination for those who have kids to take along during holidays. Memorable holidays for kids in Rhodes are assured with the beautiful landscape of the island city, the appealing beaches coupled with pellucid sea water, everything whispering welcome to the ears of travel freaks from all around the world. For the kids, however, the island is a fun place to roam round. The beaches and the city various entertainment means and historical marvels as well. All these attractions can tantalize the nerves of the young people, especially the kids.

Intensive Care and Superb Customer Service

All the hotels in Rhodes are manned with specially trained professionals who can well take care of kids, listen to their incoherent talks with utmost importance and can arrange special dishes and gifts for them to keep them happy. Their sublime responsibility remains to ensure safety and security for the kids. This actually helps the kids to enjoy their holidays while their parents can enjoy themselves with peace of mind.

Swimming Destinations in Rhodes

Swimming pools are attached with many of the resorts and hotels of Rhodes. These swimming pools are intended for the kids having endless fun. They are offered with a wide array of watersport options. Playing watersports in Rhodes beaches and swimming pools is an activity the kids and their parents crave for.

Camping around Rhodes

Parents can take their kids to different historical places that are dotted all across the island of Rhodes. These travel destinations of Rhodes can make the holidays for kids in Rhodes etched in their memories for their lifetime. Camping around Rhodes must cover places like Rohdini Park (a sheer mishmash of abundant natural beauty and architectural excellence), Rhodes Aquarium (a beautiful reservoir of aquatic creatures) and endless.

Sports Activities

As mentioned earlier, Rhodes is a great place for watersports and other types of sports as well. The kids can take part in various watersports along with their parents to feel the warmth of the sun, the naughtiness of the sea and the excitement of the golden sand. Watersports in Rhodes include surfing, rafting, kayaking, water polo and swimming. The water park of Faliraki offers a wide array of watersports to the kids.

Visiting Historical Places

Rhodes as a historical city has been preserving the memories of valorous knights, the wise kings and the prophetic philosophers and scientists. The city bears the signs of medieval age and the whole of Rhodes can literally work as a time-machine for your kid. Don’t forget to take them to the great Palace of the Grand Master, the Archeological Museum, the Medieval Town and the Street of Knights, places that still hold back the glam and glory of ancient Greece. These historical places can become great learning places for your kids too.

Unlike most islands around the Greek mainland, you can find a very bustling and a wide variety of clubs and party places in the Rhodes. There are plenty of options that can get those feet tapping at the same time have a night out with a few select friends and a few drinks. Being cosmopolitan in nature, the Rhodes island, provides a plethora of places and eateries that are open through the night. Most of the party places and the lounges are all located in the city of Rhodes which is also the most common location for many tourists that visit this island.

Esperinos bar Club

Besides feet tapping music, there are other entertainment options like cultural shows and other events which are also organized during the nights that can be a good outing. These are mostly based on the historical changes of Rhodes and theatrical performances which can be a treat for theater enthusiasts. Beyond the original theater performances, there are about 6 cinemas in the Rhodes island that can also be used for catching up on the latest releases from back home.

Rhodes offers a brilliant mix of clubs and bars that are available on this island. The clubs offer good music to dance the night away and are open until the wee hours of the morning. The bars have an option of getting high on the wide variety of spirits available and even these are available until pretty late in the night. Some of the most famous clubs on the island include the Fabric Sting which is a more modern club and has the latest music available. The other famous club is called the Taj Mahal which is also popular as a mainstream fashion club and exhibits a glamorous version of the oriental lifestyle. The popular bar on the island is the Reflection Bar, this is most famous for it’s wide variety of shots and cocktails. Jamaika, is another bar which has been in business for more than 27 years and is situated on the Ermou street in Faliraki, there is a D.J playing the most common music to keep the mood light.

For an island which such rich cultural heritage, there is no disappointment to the ones that believe to party hard.

Greece traditionally has been a religious country and a place with very rich cultural roots. Some of this is also very true for the Rhodes island which also has a great deal of history and festivals which are celebrated throughout the island all round the year. Thes festivals are means for the people of Rhodes to come together as one and celebrate festivities that go a long way to prove that Rhodes is not only about the people who visit this island but the local masses here have a presence of their own. The main venue for these festivals is mostly the Rhodes town, however, there are other seasonal festivals that have a preference which could be one of many villages around the main town area.

Greek Orthodox Easter

If there had to be one major festival in all of Rhodes, then it has to be the Greek Orthodox Easter which is the most celebrated of all festivals. The Easter mass is offered on the prior Saturday and there is a huge crowd in a massive procession which is glowing with burning candles in every hand. While the Easter is still one of the biggest feasts, those visiting the island during the month of May can also consider visiting the Medieval Rose Festival. This is one festival that gives every tourist a taste of the rich heritage and the strong cultural presence in the Rhodes island from the past few centuries.

Medieval Rose Festival Rhodes

Besides the religious festivals, there are a few other festivals which are more directed towards the history of the island. During the months of tourism, which is also the summer months it is the Hellenic festival, which is a festival of sound & light and is organized at the Old Fort. This festival is a depiction of history and describes the battle of the Rhodeans against the mighty army from Turkey. This festival is a replica of an event that occurred some 500 years ago and is narrated in five different languages. There are a few more cultural events which include art exhibits, concerts in the open and many more options to choose from.

All of these festivals are mostly held during the summer months on the island which makes it the most apt for people from all around the world to know more about the culture rich island in the Greek waters.

Rhodes is a notable island which has been a crossroad of developments in ancient times. Boasting of an exclusive culture, varied nature, striking architecture, impeccable weather, gorgeous seashores and pleasant people helps to make the island the first choice outing destination for hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. Nevertheless the loveliness of Rhodes is not superficial. An incredible world of utmost magnificence is before you underneath the sea.

More than 220 km of coastline with diverse geomorphology offers divers with numerous different varieties of marine habitats, filled of multi-coloured yet harmless marine life. Amazing underwater caves and caverns retell the volcanic history of the island while holding divers in the greatest thrilling expeditions of their lives. The walls which are very rich in marine life sink from the surface into depth challenge the scuba divers and test their limits.

Reef portions in distinct depths and alignments retain heaps of diverse marine species and frequently welcome ocean guests such as tuna fish, seals, turtles etc which proves as a paradise for underwater photographers and videographers.

Ancient buildings, artifacts and additional fascinating objects lie in the seabed improving the divers inquisitiveness for fresh discoveries and occasionally produce a mystical atmosphere.

Shipwrecks that exist under the seas of Rhodes island house some amazing fishes and those wrecks act as a paradise for divers. Diving into these wrecks is like diving into history and it’s the most wanted subject of the divers and we are lucky to get some of the most amazing and interesting wrecks in here.

Rhodes has been listed in the top 10 diving destinations in and around Mediterranean. The important reason for this is that Rhodes is a beautiful combination of incredible dive sites with perfect visibility which some days exceed 20m and it also has the perfect water temperature reaching upto 32 in the month of august and the beaches here are very well organized. Underwater Rhodes is hence considered one of the best and a perfect destination for divers.

Dive guides and instructors can always help you if you need any information about the diving experience here and there are professionals who are waiting to make your scuba diving experience a memorable event. So do not hesitate and visit this amazing place called Rhodes and descent into its underwater paradise.