Kalathos is a quiet village and long beach on the east coast of Rhodes, sitting just north of Lindos along the same sweeping shoreline. The settlement splits into two parts: a small, low-key inland village core set back from the road, and a relaxed beachfront strip of tavernas and apartments facing a wide bay. The … Read more
Ixia is the upmarket resort strip on the north-west coast of Rhodes, lining the bay between Rhodes Town and the island’s airport at Diagoras. It is the address most travellers picture when they imagine a four- or five-star Rhodes holiday: a continuous run of large hotels and spa resorts set back from a long pebble … Read more
Rhodes ranks among the very best Greek islands for windsurfing, and the reason is wonderfully simple: the wind shows up reliably through the warm months. The island sits in the south-eastern Aegean where the meltemi, a steady northerly summer wind, sweeps down the exposed west coast and funnels around the southern tip, giving sailors dependable … Read more
Rhodes is one of the most rewarding islands in Greece for a honeymoon because it gathers so many different kinds of romance into a single, easy-to-reach destination. A couple can spend a slow morning on a quiet beach, wander a medieval old town in the afternoon, and watch the sun drop behind a clifftop village … Read more
Theologos, written on many road signs as Tholos, is a low-key family resort strung along the north-west coast of Rhodes, sitting roughly between Paradisi and Soroni and only a short drive north of Rhodes airport. It is the kind of place travellers choose when they want a Greek-island base that stays calm in high season … Read more
Kattavia is the southernmost village on Rhodes, a small, traditional agricultural community set among open farmland near the island’s far tip, well beyond the resorts of the east coast. It is the last real settlement on the road south, with a modest village square, a church, and a couple of tavernas where farmers and the … Read more
Eleousa is one of the most atmospheric and least-commercialised places in the interior of Rhodes, a semi-abandoned model village set among the pine forests of the north-central highlands. It was built during the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese as a planned farming settlement called Campochiaro, and its grand rationalist public buildings, now weathered and partly … Read more
Rhodes offers some of the most accessible and rewarding scuba diving in the Aegean, combining warm, clear water with sheltered bays, dramatic rock formations and a gentle introduction for first-time divers. The eastern coast around Faliraki, Ladiko and the Kallithea area is especially popular, with calm conditions and good visibility that often reaches twenty to … Read more
Soroni is a working agricultural village on the north-west coast of Rhodes, set on the main west-coast road a little inland from the sea and roughly midway between the town of Rhodes and the ancient site of Kamiros. It is not a purpose-built resort but a lived-in community of farmers, smallholdings and family tavernas, where … Read more
Vlycha Beach, often written Vlicha Bay, is one of the calmest and most spacious stretches of sand and shingle on the east coast of Rhodes, sitting in a wide horseshoe just north of Lindos. The bay curves around sheltered, shallow water that stays warm and gentle well out from the shore, which is why families … Read more