From: John Kiely
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Greece
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:29:42 GMT
Organization: NORTHERN TELECOM  (IRELAND)  LTD.

In article <2588.2AD9C030@catpe.alt.za>
Caroline.Matthews@p14.f1.n7104.z5.fidonet.org (Caroline Matthews) writes:
>
>On 10 Oct 15:54, someone  muttered something about :
>
> <> Hi, I am going next week to Greece (Rhodas) and I plan sailing
> <> along the Greek coast. Does somebody can recommend me some places
> <> to visit? and weather reccomendations? Thank you.
>
>Great island ! 
>
>Some tips: Avoid Rhodes New Town - it is a collection of hotels and 
>souvenir shops. The old town has a nice market and pretty harbour.
>Also on the island of Rhodos, you should visit Lindos. Very pretty 
>little village with a good bay for anchorage if you are sailing.
>
>As far as sailing goes, we were there in early summer, and the wind
>tended to come up to about 20-25knots each afternoon - nothing in the
>morning. There are plenty of little harbours - most boats just did
>day trips from one to the next.
>
>If you are planning to scuba-dive you will be disappointed on 2 points -
>first it is illegal to dive without a Greek guide, in case we steal their
>marine antiques! Secondly, altho the water is crystal clear, there is 
>almost nothing living in it. Apparantly the clear water is due to a lack 
>of plankton, therefore a lack of everything else. Still, it is wonderful
>to sail in such clear water.
>
>Watch out for spiny urchins in the water - the only thing that seems to
>prosper in the water there! They are poisonous and very painful if you
>step on one - most people swim with shoes on. Take some old sport shoes
>or something similar.
>
>Nearby island of Symi is pretty and there is a huge monastry on it. Turkey
>is a stone's throw from there, but beware of strict regulations about
>going to Turkey from Greece and back. Depending on the political climate, 
>they relax or tighten the rules, and can get silly sometimes!
>
>Have a great trip - are you chartering? Let us know all about it when 
>you return.
>
>Here's a little more info on greece (the Cyclades)

If you go a little further north from Rhodes and Crete you must visit the
Island
of "Santorini".......

The film 'The Big Blue' was shot in part here, and the island is , to say the
least,
spectacular............
Santorini was formed from a valcano and thre still remains an active crater
in the middle of the bay.......
the sunsets alone would make a visit to the island well worth while.....
not to mention the array of coloured beaches (red,black,white......)

All of the island villages perch precariously on the edge of sheer cliffs which
give you a brilliant view of the surrounding agean.........(well worth a look)
Roosters restaurant is THE place to eat by the way........

Paros island is quiet nice (its on the way to the mainland)

Ios is party central but not this time of year................

Mycanos (spelling ?????) is pretty but again quiet at this time of year......


Have a great trip..........

by the way I am not employed by theGreek tourtist board  (open to offers though
)

Jon Kiely,       
            (in wet and dreary Galway, west of Ireland, wishing I was back in
Santorini)  
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