Walk & Eat Series: RHODES (published 2007)

Updated 18/08/2009)

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General: What a fantastic book!! My husband and I have just returned from a 2 week holiday in Rhodes having eaten in many of the restaurants mentioned in your book! Prior to going I read your book from cover to cover and commented to my husband Kim that both of you were clearly like us, from the things you enjoy and the book is written! Your recommendations did not disappoint. We hired a car for 2 weeks so were able to visit all parts of Rhodes. However we did very lttle walking as the weather was far too hot in the summer months, though we generally walk a lot and will return to Rhodes during the spring. We ate at Christos Corner in Monolithos twice because the food aws so good and despite the fact that we were actually staying in Lindos on the other side of the island! Yes the giant beans were superb so we had them on both occasions, as well as Christos's baby goat ! We adored the rouzetia at Kozas taverna at Stegna!! We tried to eat at Taverna Pigi Fasouli just outside Psinthos but it had shut down! Many thanks again for your superb book - our holiday would not have been as memorable without it! (User, 9/09) [Re Taverna Pigi Fasouli, the authors comment: The Psinthos restaurant might only be closed for the summer. We have come across this before. In a village like Psinthos, away from the coast, the owner often has a seaside restaurant as well, which they open to take advantage of the tourist trade in the main season. Many of the Greeks go to the seaside at weekends so the trade transfers out there. Obviously, it is something we need to check.]

Restaurants: People & Places, p.46 ­ would suggest you revisit this recommendation as the main thing you can observe from this is the traffic, as it's at a busy T-junction, and it's on the wrong side of the road for a decent view of the harbour. There must be nicer places to people-watch from? ... I would strongly recommend you try out "Myrovolos" at Lahitos 13 in the Old Town; I spent a week of eating out in Rhodes Old Town and this was by far the best food I had without any doubt at all; and I went back again just to make sure I wasn't just lucky the first time around. I'm a vegetarian and had a selection of veggie side dishes which were actually quite substantial; with a drink and cover charge on each occasion the bill came to EUR 15 to 20. Staff very helpful and friendly as well. There's an open-air walled exterior and a covered area upstairs. At Moni Kalopetra, p.61: if you have space, you may want to give an example of the mouth-watering refreshments: freshly baked Greek doughnuts covered in sesame seeds and honey, for example ! Mmm... (User, 10/07) [Brian & Eileen comment: People & Places wasn't chosen for its location, but because it is frequented by the Greeks and serves choice drinks and pastries etc. It is an interesting place to people-watch as it's tucked into a corner just back from the main pedestrian route.] + I can only warn against "Oasis" in Rhodes Town; after eating there I got sick! Also, which is worth noting, no Greek ever eats there! This is only a tourist place open in high season and at all other times closes immediately when no more foreigners are available. (User, 12/08)

IWalk 5: When the book tells you to "stay ahead" (3min) you must actually fork right, AWAY from the main Stegna· road.... Take care so you find the marked and cairned path down to Stegna. This is not mentioned, but this path actually forks after a while. Do take care to follow the lower route down into the valley. Cairns (at least initially) mark both paths, only the lower one has additional paint blobs. (User, 12/08) + The guide mentions a waymarked path through some olive trees down to the coast. No such waymarked path existed. This made me panic as I felt a bit lost in the scorching, rocky terrain (with no shade)." (User, 9/08) [Editor's comments: This long e-mail, from a woman walking on her own, went on to say that she asked a local shepherd for a lift to Stegna and ended up being kidnapped in his hut for an hour, before paying him an extortionate fee to be driven to the Archangelos bus stop. She makes a good point that there is almost no shade on this walk. The authors confirm that the waymarks start as you enter the gully down to the olive grove, but do not continue beyond it - at which point you continue as directed in the book. This user did the walk in early September, during a heat wave (the Andersons make clear that their time checks are based on walking with temperatures in the 20s). Perhaps we are to blame for not putting in this guide what we put in all our 'Landcapes' walking guides: we urge you, for safety's sake, never to walk alone. Of course we receive many e-mails from women who do walk on their own and chastise us from being 'over the top', but politically correct behaviour has not yet been established amongst elderly male shepherds in southern Europe. Sunflower]

Walk 6: We found the path description very clear, we just write now to mention a change. "Leave the valley floor on a rough, ascending track. It bends left at first, then winds uphill to a crossing track. Stay left, uphill, and soon enjoy a level section before ascending again. Pass a ruin and olive grove on the left... ignore a track joining from the right (1.06h)" The ruin is not a ruin anymore, it became a big restaurant!... which didn't open yet... It name's Taverna Foundoukli (what else!) (User, 12/08)