Paradisi is a coastal village on the north-west coast of Rhodes, lying immediately beside Rhodes International Airport, known as Diagoras, and roughly between Ialysos and the runway. It pairs a long pebble-and-sand beach that faces the open west breeze with a genuine working village set back behind the resort strip, where a church, a small … Read more
Rodini Park is a green, spring-fed valley park on the southern edge of Rhodes Town, and it is reputedly among the oldest landscaped parks in the world. The valley is shaded by tall plane and pine trees, threaded by streams and small stone bridges, and dotted with quiet ponds where peacocks roam free. Within and … Read more
Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, and its size shapes every decision about moving around once you arrive. The east coast holds the busy resorts and famous beaches, the west coast carries the airport and the windswept archaeological sites, and a quiet, mountainous interior of villages and forest sits between them. Distances are … Read more
Rhodes surprises walkers who expect only beaches and a medieval Old Town, because the island is far greener than its reputation suggests. Behind the coastal resorts lies a forested interior of Aleppo and Calabrian pine, shaded river valleys and a spine of mountains that climbs to over a thousand metres. Hiking on Rhodes ranges from … Read more
Tsambika Monastery is a small whitewashed chapel of Panagia Tsambika, Our Lady of Tsambika, perched high on a sharp rocky headland on the east coast of Rhodes, directly above the wide golden sweep of Tsambika Beach. It is one of the most loved religious sites on the island, known less for grand architecture than for … Read more
Agios Nikolaos Fountoukli is one of the most quietly memorable stops on an inland drive through Rhodes, a small Byzantine church that stands almost alone in the wooded hills of the island’s north-central interior. You will find it on the winding road between the village of Eleousa and the spa hamlet of Salakos, where the … Read more
The Rhodes Bee Museum is a small, friendly attraction near the village of Pastida, set on the flat ground between Rhodes Town and the airport. It is run alongside a working honey producer, so the place feels less like a static gallery and more like a window onto the island’s living beekeeping trade. Inside you … Read more
Apollona is a traditional mountain village in the central interior of Rhodes, sitting on the wooded slopes near Mount Attavyros, the island’s highest peak. It is one of the quietest and most authentic inland settlements on Rhodes, a place where everyday rural Greek life carries on much as it has for generations, far from the … Read more
Salakos is a small, green, spring-fed village on the lower slopes of Mount Profitis Ilias in north-central Rhodes, set apart from the island’s coastal resorts by its cool, shaded microclimate and forested interior. Water defines the place: the Nymph spring, known in Greek as Pigi tis Nymfis, rises near the village, and the local Nymfi … Read more
Archipoli is a traditional inland village set in the green wooded hills of north-central Rhodes, a short drive up from the island’s east coast into a landscape of pine forest and small farmland plots. It sits in the cooler, shaded interior of the island, away from the beach resorts, and keeps a quiet rural character … Read more