The Real Faliraki

Advantages: A great experience with great sites and cheap
Disadvantages: sometimes drunken groups

...Sometimes I get wound up when I know people are dissing Faliraki. So here's a Non-Biased Opinion of mine. Faliraki is like any other tourist destination: Its popular, Its got clubs, restaurants many hotels and lots of british people. Being Rape Captial made my heart sink. Because its not Falirakis fault? Young people are binge drinking in the famous Bar Street and then walking home alone. Wherever you are in the world look after youself. The same would probably happen if i were to be drunk in turkey! Location: Located Very close to Rhodes Town which has everything From Shops such a 3 Floored 'Zara' To many other local fashion shops. Faliraki itself is on the beach and is a very popular location, Bus services are great which means you can catch a bus to Rhodes town and it takes you 10 minutes. Rhodes is like any other mediterranean...

rothothea123 03.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Faliraki, Rhodes

Faliraki's bad reputation...

Advantages: Beautiful weather, Cheap bus service, Planned trips
Disadvantages: Potentially dangerous, Not entirely child-friendly atmosphere

...Before heading off to Rhodes with 8 friends, nearly everyone I told about the trip put on a warning face. Once they'd heard we would be spending a week in the "rape capital of Europe", everyone had their own piece of advice to give- always stay in groups of four, carry rape whistles, tasers, pepper spray, attack dogs, all of which definitely would not fit in your handbag along with a camera and those precious euros. The images the media give you of Faliraki, one small town on the island of Rhodes packed full of bars, clubs and restaurants, are of huge groups of British tourists- all members of the 18/30 club or on some package holiday- having drink poured directly down their throats, staggering along the streets and disappearing into dark alleys together. So this is, partially, what I was expecting when we got out to Billy...

jajderian 20.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Faliraki, Rhodes

Faliraki not for the fainthearted or is it

Advantages: wall to wall sunshine, lovely beaches and people, loads to do
Disadvantages: crowded and hot in summer months, 2 weeks not long enough

...For those of you who read my last travel report on Cyprus, you will know that this was my best ever holiday, mainly because it was where I got married. But my last holiday to Rhodes came a close second and takes some beating. After much umming and ahhing about where we were going to go for our summer holiday 2 years ago we decided to go to Greece for the first time. Cyprus had got really expensive since our last visit, and I was bored of Spain, so Greece it was. After troughing through brochure after brochure we found the Hotel Espirides in Portland Direct's summer brochure. It looked ideal. It was located just on the outskirts of Faliraki in an area called Kalithea. We thought this would be perfect as it would be away from the noisy nightlife, this being important as our daughter was 4 at the time, and we are past night...

wardenblw431 16.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Faliraki, Rhodes

Faliraki - mad

Advantages: Good holiday
Disadvantages: Sally fracturing her foot!

...I went to Faliraki in Rhodes with the girls about 7 years ago (gulp, is it really that long?!) and had a great time. There were 5 of us that went - 3 of us in one apartment and the other 2 (who had booked a few weeks after us) in different accommodation, not far away. We had a great holiday, though it wasn't the most rowdy girls holiday I've been on! Faliraki wasn't as well-known then as it is now - I'm sure if I went back now, there'd be loads more bars. Don't get me wrong, there were lots already, but there was room for more! We tended to stick to the same bars most nights - our favourite was George's Bar, where there was cheap drinks, "spin the wheel" (whatever it landed on was on special offer for 10 mins) and dancing on the bar - a real good laugh. We actually ventured into Rhodes Town one day - but that was only because...

Sam-Hay 25.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Faliraki, Rhodes

Faliraki Water Park

Advantages: variety of rides, fun day out, enjoyable attractions, fair entry fee, easy to get to
Disadvantages: no straps on locker keys, limited shade on walkways resulting in burning feet, very hilly

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faliraki Water Park ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a family we are fairly easy to please on holiday. We consist of my dad who is 42, my 17 year old brother, my 8 year old brother and myself (I am 20). We all enjoy similar things on holiday and our ideal day is lazing around by the pool and perhaps having a little wander round local villages then having something nice to eat and drink. One thing we all love are decent water parks. So whilst on holiday in Rhodes we planned a day out to the waterpark in Falraki as it was recommended by Thomson and we were able to purchase our tickets through them to save us queuing too much at the park itself. Thomson did not do a set day excursion to the waterpark on the basis that it is so easy to get their by taxi and that then leaves it open for families to chose which days they...

ilusvm 15.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Water Park, Rhodes

Faliraki - it's so crappy!

Advantages: Nice beach?
Disadvantages: Fast main road at the top of town.

...Faliraki - a resort in Rhodes, is one to avoid if you are of a mature age. Having been to Rhodes twice now, I can honestly say it is like the Blackpool of Rhodes. There are many bars and what can loosely be termed as restaurants. The average age must be 18/19 and gangs of girls and boys wander the streets in varying states of drunkenness and undress. Not a holiday for the family! If your son or daughter wish to visit say NO! However, if you are an 18 or 19 year old, please carry on going there and don't go to the other resorts on the island as Faliraki has everything you need I'm sure!...

Angelama 26.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Falaraki (Greece)

why did i come back?

Advantages: lovely and hot, relaxing, great for party animals
Disadvantages: not good for those too young to party

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chazwaf 25.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Luca Cypria Faliraki, Rhodes

Haraki not to be confused with Faliraki

Advantages: Calm still beach, small resort, very pretty
Disadvantages: Can get baking hot, not much of a breeze

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fionafiona 14.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Haraki, Rhodes

Full-of-crap-y?

Advantages: It's not too awful
Disadvantages: Like Torquay...without the class!

...INTRODUCTION Faliraki is a resort on the Greek Island of Rhodes. Commonly referred to as "full-of-crap-y", it has had a lot of bad press recently; first, a fly-on-the-wall TV programme was filmed there, featuring British youngsters and their drunken, loutish behaviour, and more recently, there have been reports about the seedier side of the resort: drugs, robbery, rape. Unfortunately, none of this had reached the ears of my husband or me, by the time that we booked a last-minute break to the resort! Hmmm, we wondered why it was so impossibly cheap? LOCATION The flight to Rhodes took around four and a half hours, being one of the furthest Greek islands from Britain. The transfer to our accommodation by coach was relatively pain-free, only taking just over an hour, which was less than the 90 minutes advertised in the brochure...

Ali1000 25.04.2005 (11.08.2007) · Read review
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Review of Falaraki (Greece)

Rhodes.

Advantages: Good value, lots to do, lots to see
Disadvantages: Not in the Inidian Ocean or the Carribean

...Rhodes, one of the most famous islands in the world, you just never knew it. Many a movie has been shot on Rhodes, one of the most famous being the Guns of Navarone. Visit Rhodes and relax, well thats a waste of a holiday. Rhodes is full of things to do. In length the island takes about 1 hour to drive and about 20 minutes to drive across. When you go to Rhodes you should be ready for every type of activity; Rock Climbing, take the climbing course and climb the Navarone cliff, as seen on the Guns of Navarone movie; Water Sports are very popular in Rhodes, I recommend the Marco Polo boat tour leaving from Faliraki harbour every morning and afternoon, taking in the local spa at Kalithea, Anthony Quinn bay, several other beaches with snorkelling and a great lunch or evening meal on board boat all for the extortionate cost of £10...

kevenk 15.08.2000 · Read review
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