Holidaymakers describe fleeing flames, sleeping on floors and getting help from local people.
Ms Savazzi said they were eventually taken to a stadium in Rhodes, but at about 3am local time as they prepared to sleep on the floor of a school hall a local family offered them accommodation.
"The last 24 hours have been horrific really," Ms Jones said. She and her daughter were put in another hotel on the north of the island but had to sleep on the floor because there were no available rooms.Caryn Savazzi photographed crowds of stranded tourists as they arrived into Rhodes Another family from Cardiff described the "shocking" experience of having to escape from their hotel on Rhodes.
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