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Thinking of doing a day trip to Rhodes when we go back in June. Anyone done it and can give any advice of things to do there and anything else about it thanks

Good morning. Yes, we have been to Rhodes. It is a very pretty little place...all little cobbled streets and alley leading off everywhere. Loads of places to eat and drink and interesting things to see. Beware...when we went 5 years ago, they only took Euro's. They didn't take English or Turkish Lira, which was very frustrating for us as we only had Lira. Maybe worth paying for a taxi to take you on the site seeing tour of the island.

icmelersun. yes we did that trip a few years back, set off about six o,clock to early for hotel breakfast ,onto the coach then picked up people ,then to marmaris docks que at customs visa etc. then on to katarmaran,nothing on the boat to eat,it was alittle more choppy than we expected towards the end of the turkish mainland,the journey took longer than we were told it would when we booked, it is a lovely place the harbour and town,plenty of places to have breakfast,we were very hungry when got there,food was more expensive than icmeler.the women shopped and shopped,the men walked around till midday,then gave up ,we sampled a few litre of becks beer,got our cheap spirit,met the women on the harbour beach,qued again to leave rhodes,back on the ship,it conked out half way back,flopped about like a cork for half an hour,limped back to marmaris it took nearly 3 hrs to get back. not a good day ,a lot of people not well,back through customs,then onto coach to drop off on the way back to icmeler.KEEP YOUR SPIRIT RECEITS if you bring it back to UK. iwould never do it again for what i ,ve told you ,but hundreds do and enjoy the day ,abit trashing,a holiday there is the answer i think. BILL

bill atkinson wrote:icmelersun. yes we did that trip a few years back, set off about six o,clock to early for hotel breakfast ,onto the coach then picked up people ,then to marmaris docks que at customs visa etc. then on to katarmaran,nothing on the boat to eat,it was alittle more choppy than we expected towards the end of the turkish mainland,the journey took longer than we were told it would when we booked, it is a lovely place the harbour and town,plenty of places to have breakfast,we were very hungry when got there,food was more expensive than icmeler.the women shopped and shopped,the men walked around till midday,then gave up ,we sampled a few litre of becks beer,got our cheap spirit,met the women on the harbour beach,qued again to leave rhodes,back on the ship,it conked out half way back,flopped about like a cork for half an hour,limped back to marmaris it took nearly 3 hrs to get back. not a good day ,a lot of people not well,back through customs,then onto coach to drop off on the way back to icmeler.KEEP YOUR SPIRIT RECEITS if you bring it back to UK. iwould never do it again for what i ,ve told you ,but hundreds do and enjoy the day ,abit trashing,a holiday there is the answer i think. BILL

Hi Bill. Our trip wasn't all that enjoyable either, although it was an experience. The town was beautiful. The only thing that spoil the walk around town was the beggar women with there babies sat on pavements...different women each time but same baby! As I said in my post, we only had Turkish Lira and GBP and they wouldn't accept that. We did find one place to eat that took GBP, but then we got ripped off for 2 fresh orange juices in the main square...almost £9! Hubby was totally p'd off with this, so we went back to the harbour and sat around there for 2 hours waiting for the katarmaran to take us back to Marmaris. On the way back we hit a terrific thunder storm which for me was a nightmare as I hate thunder. Will not go back again.

even though these are bad experiences we will definitely need top try it at least once

Do you get a bus from icmeler to marmaris port ? what time roughly in the morning ?

If your going to rhodes, head over to the Old Town, its so beautiful, and quaint, well it was when I was last there, which was *coughs* years ago

icmelersun wrote:even though these are bad experiences we will definitely need top try it at least once

Do you get a bus from icmeler to marmaris port ? what time roughly in the morning ?

If you book with a trip company, they will pick you up from your hotel/appartment at about 7.30am for the 9 o'clockish katermaran, returning back in Marmaris about 5.30pm. You get about 5 or 6 hours in Rhodes. Hope this helps

7.30am that will be the earliest i am ever up on holiday haha won't be a too late night in eastenders the night before that !

we went a few years ago loved rhodes came back with bags of stuff .we had been told to take euros lovely little resturants

went twice last year
nice little place but much more expensive than turkey as it is in the euro
the guy on the boat offers you a trip which takes you round the old and new town and still gives you time to wander round
hope you have an amazing time
xxxx