Faliraki beach

Rhodes holiday report and Faliraki map

Faliraki beach Rhodes

FALIRAKI beach may be the best-known beach on Rhodes island but it is, unfortunately notable for the wrong reasons. Faliraki is notorious for drunk British youths out on a holiday spree.
Faliraki is located about 14km from Rhodes Town and , at 5km long, one of the most developed beaches on the island of Rhodes if not the whole of Greece. Faliraki beach is basically one big funfair on the sands and a big draw for youngsters out for a good, and preferably a noisy, time.
By day Faliraki beach is packed with holidaymakers and at night the narrow village streets throb to the pulse of disco. Faliraki streets are lit by garish neon and heaving with teenagers on the prowl for sex, drink or drugs - sometimes all three and at the same time.
Mountains of bad publicity followed a string rapes and serious sexual assaults, forcing Faliraki tour reps to abandon bar-crawling tours. Faliraki s still no place to be alone and female at night unless you are looking for trouble.
The beach at Faliraki is hard flat sand that, by the height of the summer is virtually covered end-to-end by sunbeds. The Faliraki sea is shallow at the shoreline and there are showers and toilets.
There is no shortage of bars and tavernas along the back of Faliraki beach, although it's mostly burgers and chips or coke and ice cream. Don't expect traditional Greek food here unless you count the cheap Giros fast food kebabs.
Watersports run the full gamut on Faliraki beach, from banana rides to parasailing. There is even bungee jumping and sky surfing for the young daredevils.
The nearby Faliraki Water Park now boasts being the biggest in Europe and it's packed with water slides, a massive wave pool, aqua gym and more, with a special area for children.