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Just Beachy

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When we were planning the trip, we tried to balance the urgent sense that we needed to see everything because we might never be back with the understanding that this was still a vacation.  So, I resisted the urge to book another tour on Rhodes and dedicated our time there (mostly) to the beach. I did book our beach day through a tour operator, Allure Tours, though: it gave us the best of all worlds, a local guide who took us through Rhodes Old Town and--as luck would have it--to a very non-touristy family beach. Aga picked us up at the boat and zipped us into Old Town in the about 90 minutes each day when this Medieval city, that looks like a movie set, is accessible by cars. The beauty of the old city is simply astounding.  The wash of the million shades of the ancient bricks is like a patchwork of history.  You can imagine the daily life that buzzed every day in the narrow streets lined with arched doorways, safe behind the walls and turrets dotted with small, lookout windows