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A guide for a cheap holiday to Greece

Spending holidays in Greece is a definite blast! The Mediterranean climate, the enticing and captivating culture, historical architecture and background, and catchy landscape, boy you’ll never want to leave this place. The buildings which portray the architectural background and history…

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Anglicized Greek place names

Most probably, you have already noticed that, if not most, many of the major cities, islands and places in Greece have anglicised versions. For example Athens instead of Athina, Salonica instead of Thessaloniki, Rhodes instead of Rodos, Crete instead of…

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Weather in October

In the autumn the weather on the island of Rhodes remains very warm with September and October seeing temperatures between 20C and 24C. The island still enjoys up to 10 hours of sunshine a day. View Rhodes weather forecast.

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Blue flag awarded beaches for 2009

Rhodes is the island with the cleanest beaches in the European Union as 33 Rhodian beaches have been awarded the international Blue Flag status for excelling in safety, amenities, cleanliness and environmental standards. The Blue Flag Award is a voluntary…

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The deadly red palm weevil

The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier) is an insect of the Coleoptera order that causes major damage to palm trees. It is a reddish insect of about 2-5 cm in length that has a long snout and can be…

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