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Faliraki Beach Resort
Kalithea
Municipality
Rhodes island Gre
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Faliraki is located at the north east part of Rhodes , about 14 km from the city of Rhodes and about 10km from the airport. The beautiful resort area is part of the KALITHEA MUNICIPALITY located on the north-west part of the island and on the south of the city of RHODES, includes the villages of KALITHIES, Koskinou, and Psinthos FALIRAKI Boast Hotels of any class,,from large cosmopolitan ones to small and friendly falily operated ,as well as rooms to let and self catered apartments
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Faliraki is renowned for the largest sandy beach on the island of Rhodes and the largest organized beach of it's kind in Greece. The beach in fact ,stretches some 4 km featuring more than 4000 deck chairs and a variety of water sports. Faliraki features five other bays that satisfy even the most demanding visitor. The bay of Kathara (kathara bay apartments) that combines a sandy shore and step rocks, is probably the most picturesque on the island and the area is also known for the nudist beach located next to kathara bay. The bay of Anthony Quinn Boasts unique natural beauty and become famous in such movies as "the Guns of Navarone" and "Escape to Athena". Other beaches include the bay of Kallithea, the beach of Ladiko ,with seals cave and the ancient forttress of Erimokastro and the pebble beach of Traganou.
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All These Beaches have been awarded the European Union's Blue Flag Environmental award for their clean shores and crystal clear Blue Waters. |
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Faliraki is within easy reach from all famous sights of the island of Rodos You may visit the neighboring Kallithea Famous for it's medicinal baths which were functioning during the Italian rule. |
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The city of Rhodos is just 13km a way (20 min with public bus or 10 min with a taxi) where you can visit it's unique medieval city, (old town) the largest lived -in medieval city in Europe, characterized by UNESCO As a monument of word cultural heritage. Just 5km a way from Faliraki is the 18 hole golf cource of Kalithies Afandou. Nearby, you can may discover the green hills of seven springs ,as a magnificent place of peace & coolness in the shade of imposing plane trees. Further south is the village of Lindos built in traditional island architecture with small white houses and it's imposing Acropolis. |
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Finally do not miss to visit on the southern part of the island ,the Valley of Butterflies, the unique habitat of butterfly Callimorpha Quadripunctaria.
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