| Municipality of Kallithea Municipality of kallithea is situated between Rhodes and Municipality of Afantoy.It has a population 10,251 habitants according to the demographic research of 2001. Kallithea constitutes one of the richest municipalities of Rhodes and this is of course because of the large hotels that operate in the area and because of Water Park. Unofrtunately because of the inacurate information that were presented the citizens of England from the English media in co-operation with club 18-30 Faliraki was facing a lot of problems the last few years. faliraki is undoubtable the most well organized resort and this is because the hotels operate in the area. One of the benefactor of the area is the owner of Faliraki who also owns most of the hotels in the area Mr Vasilakis. The bad thing with Greek people is starting a business menas to them that they also know what to do and how to operate. The situation that Faliraki is now was obvious years ago when the travel agencies were taking advantage, the owners mainly of the bars were happy making money without considering the conseuqnces of their acts. Anyhow it is also tru that after the "bing bang" in the Faliraki tourism the locals change their tactics concetrating now on offering high quality service and trying to keep Faliraki out of trouble. Now faliraki is building a name as a family resort. Travel agencies that try to make family resort they would probably fail and one of them is Olympic travel agency. Where there is youth an alcohol in a resort families cannot exist. The answer to their problems hasnt' been found yet but it is also a fact that Faliraki is safe 100% and a good place to enjoy a night out in one of the bars and dine out in of the many various restaurants. Public Transportation Tranportation for faliraki during summer is perfect. The buses pass from faliraki to every direction every 15 minutes. Trasportation to Koskinoy is also very good. Trasportation to Psinthos is being done with K.T.E.L and as such there is a problem. Transportaion is not very often. Timetable can be found on the Public transportation section. There is a taxi rank in Kallithies square and there many taxi ranks in Faliraki 24 hours a day. There is also a small train that carries the customers around the Faliraki. Schools The municipality has 5 schools, 3elementary schools and 2 highschools.On of the highschools is in Koskinoy and is the music school of Rhodes island. The students use the K.T.E.L buses to follow their final preuniversity stage in order to go to the lyciums in Rhodes. What are you going to find there:
Celebrations and Festivals Once upon a time Festival around Rhodes had a unique role. The festivals were done in order men to find women to marry. Many people were coming from foregin countries Greeks to be part of it. They were exchanging animals buiyng products. The festivals were organized from the whole village. Nowadayas festivals are being done as an exhibition that has an entertaining role and also in order cultural organization of the village or the Local football team to concentrate some money that will help them fulfill their missions or continue with their missions. Some villages such as Appolakia, Empona Agios Isidoros only them keep their festivals pure as they were in older days. 2nd day of Easter του, Healing monastery of Agia Triada, Psinthos Celebration of Agia Triada , 40 days after Easter, Psinthos 14 June Prohet Ammos ,Faliraki 16 July Agia Marina, Koskinou 19 July (παραμονή εορτής) Prophet Elias, Koskinoy 25 July Agia Paraskeyi, Kallithies 5th of September Taxiarhis, Koskinou 7 September Birth of Holly Mary, Psinthos 13-15 September Rise of Rood,Kallithies Villages of Kallithea Kallithies The name of Kallithies becomes from the name of Kallithea Spa. the name of the village was reported to be 1474 as Calaties or Calathies.There are a lof of foreigners that live in Kallithea and that is due to the close proximity that has to Faliraki. Most the foreginers are english and they own business or work in Faliraki. Many of them they find it as an escape from England and they live in Kallithies for a few years. Kallithies is a lively village even during winter. Youth prefers to stay in their own village instead of going elsewhere. Kallithies also have a Female football tema that play in the Greek League. Koskinoy The beautiful medieval village of Koskinoy which should be part of Rhodes city and not Kallithea is one of the villages that maintain the traditional architecture. Lately Koskinoy because of the peace and the close proximity to Rhodes city became very popular and many Rhodians build their houses in Koskinoy. SouthWest of the village there are the relics of a small castle. The village of Koskinoy is built on an amphitheatric way. Koskinoy has taken it's name probably from the first habitants of the area that were coming from Koskinia a city in Ancient Greece. Some people say that they took the name from the holes on the earth because of vast amount of excavations in the area. Psinthos The traditional settlement of Psinthos is built 350 meters above the sea level and is surrounded of mountains and beautiful flora. The habitants of the village are working as farmersand during summer season they are working in the tourist industry. Many habitants they also produce honey. Psinthos has also a couple of very famous in the ilsna restaurants. In Rhodes what you should know is that the more difficult it is to find a restaurant the higher the quality. The owners in order to attract customers they increase quality as musch as possible and decreasethe prices as much as possible, so keep that in mind. The village of Psinthos was built n 1309.There are two byzantines churches in the are of Psinthos that were built on oder paleochristianic churches. Ancient Areas and Sights of Kallithea The church of Rood in kallithies village, the monastery of Saint George and Prophet Ammos which is built on the relics of an older church aged in 5th-6th century . A byzantine and an after byzantine period monasetry is the one of Eleousa with frescos of Saint Ioannis the Precursor. Other Churches are Saint George, Saint Paraskevi, Saint Sergios and Sain Spyridon. Koskinoy Prophet Elias monastery Saint George Saint Loykas Saint Marina Saint Irene And the Church of Holly Mary's Harvest Psinthos Churches The Birth of Holly Mary Panagia Parmeni Saint Marina Sainra Raphael Panagia KalopetraSaint Alexander Kallithea Spa It is no doubt one of the most amazing sights and places inRhodes island.The spa cures kidney diseases and nephron diseases. It is built since 7th century. The buildings were designed in 1930 and constitute one of the most beautiful pieces of new architecture of the island. It was built under the order of Italian commander Mario Lago. The Italian architect who designed it Pietro Lombardi divded the area into 3 segments : the main entrance, the fountain and the compound for distributing water. The Italian masterpieces and the exotic flora make the area a cinematographic sight. Sarantapihos An area that is aged back in 337-361 after Christ Period. Coins of Emperor Konstantine the second were found. The roman coppery coins show thow soldiers with an oriflamme. Neolithic Age 2 Km away from Kallithies village there is the cave of Saint George where findings of human relics were discovered aged 5000-3700 B.C. The cave is situated on the top of Psalidi mountain on a crag. According to findings of professor Adamantio Sampson the cave was used as a sanctuary during roman empire and hellenistic period. Erimokastro Near Traounou beach were found relics of an ancient Acropolis. Beaches Of Kallithea Beaches of Kallithea have been awarded with the blue flag of the European Union. An ecological prize for clean beaches and clear waters. For a beach to be awarded with a blu flag must toe the line of the 27 European criteria that concern the cleanliness of the beach the organization of the beach and the safety of the visitors. The blue flags are a result of the actions of the municipality and also the behaviour of the visitors. The perfectur with the most blue flags in europe is Dodecanese and Kallithea holds the second position in Hellas with 18 blue flags. Faliraki Beach Faliraki beach is a very organized beach. There are bars on the beach and water sports. There many umbrellascafes, telephone booths, showers and locker rooms. The visitor can also do extreme sports such as bungee jumping , sphere e.t.c. There are a number of restaurants and bars near the beach where the visitor can enjoy a break from this suntanning with a snack or a cocktail. Traounou beach Traounou beach has impressive caves and deep blue clean waters. It is an adorable beach with pebbles. Th beach has umbrellas, taverna showres and phone booth. Antony Quin Beach The bay of Anthony Quin is famous for it's incredible beautyand from the movie the Canons of Navarone which was also filmed in Antony Quin beach. The other movie that was filmed there was "Escape to Athens". You can find cantinas, sunbeds and umbrellas and phone booth. The beach is near Ladiko 1,5 Km away from Faliraki. Kathara Beach The bay of Kathara is combining a sandy beach and a pebbles beach, it is the most picturesque bay of Faliraki. It attracts a lot of families because the waters are clear and shallow and there umbrellas showers. locker rooms and telephone booths. The monastery of Saint apostles is also situated on that beach. The beach is situated 500 meters away of Faliraki. Kallithea Springs In Kallithea the natural Spa as can be seen from the photo on the top of the pag ze are beautiful.Many visitors take the time to explore this natural beuaty, the italian buildings and the beautiful bay next to them. There is a school for scuba diving there which is quite organized but not sure why is supported so much from the travel agencies. The bay is reall small as also the other beaches next to it but is very beautiful and the waters ver clear. Kokkina beach In continuity of the beautiful bush of Kallithea next to Kallitea spa there is another small beach with a cantina. These beaches are offred for the lners and those that want to enjoy Thr Rhodian beauty without the noise of other visitors. Nudist beach The nudist beach is situated at the end of the Faliraki. It is the only official nudist beach in the island. Although there aother beaches you could go to if you wanted to enjoy swimming nude without being seen from others such as Reni beach near Kalathos. |
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