Yesterday we took a ferry to Rhodes (Greek island) to renew our Turkish visa, yes all we had to do is take a day trip to Greece and when you came back into Turkey we were issued a 90 day visa, so we will have to do this again before the 90 days are up. It is important not to let it expire or we will be heavily fined buy Turkish Immigration. The fast catamaran to Rhodes costs €45.00/person for a same day return thicket, we left at 9:30 am arrived in Rhodes one hour later and then spent the day touring the city of Rhodes. We started off with a one hour double-decker bus tour to get an idea what is around and the best places to visit, then we stopped at the New Market and had the best Gyros ever with big chunks of pork cost only for only €1.80 each but a cup of tea from the same place cost €2.40, go figure.
We then went into the old city of Rhodes, built in the 1100 AD by the Crusaders, it is incredibly well preserved and also it is very big the surrounding wall is over 7km around, this gives you an idea of the size of it. The grandmasters Palace is worth seeing with its many mosaics and a lot of furnishings from the many Grandmasters that lived here. Within the walls there is Christian churches and Moslem Mosques but the Venetians where here too and a lot of brogue architecture can be seen the most noticeable being the Roloi clock tower. Within the walls there is restaurants, fashion boutiques; cafes; souvenir shops etc…
Took the ferry back to Marmaris Turkey at 16:30 hrs
Took the ferry back to Marmaris Turkey at 16:30 hrs
We had a great day here and we look forward to revisit in 90 days
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