Haraki, also written Charaki, is a small former fishing village on the east coast of Rhodes, tucked just below the medieval ruins of Feraklos Castle and a short drive south of Archangelos. It curves around a sheltered pebble bay where the water stays clear and calm, and its pedestrian seafront promenade is lined with family-run … Read more
Filerimos is a flat-topped hill rising roughly 267 metres above the village of Ialysos on the north-west coast of Rhodes, and it holds one of the island’s richest concentrations of history in a single quiet site. The hill served as the acropolis of ancient Ialysos, one of the three Dorian cities that founded the city … Read more
St Paul’s Bay sits at the foot of the Acropolis of Lindos on the east coast of Rhodes, a near-enclosed cove of deep blue-green water reached by a narrow opening to the open sea. Two small pebble beaches frame the inlet, the rocky cliffs shelter the water from wind, and a tiny white chapel dedicated … Read more
The Acropolis of Lindos crowns a steep limestone headland roughly a hundred metres above the whitewashed town of Lindos, on the eastern coast of Rhodes. It layers more than a thousand years of building into a single fortified summit, from an archaic sanctuary of Athena to a Hellenistic temple and stoa, and finally the medieval … Read more
Thari Monastery (Moni Thari) is a Byzantine monastery in the south-central interior of Rhodes, dedicated to the Archangel Michael (Taxiarchis Michael) and regarded as the oldest and one of the most important on the island, celebrated for its layered medieval frescoes and forest setting. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. For wider context … Read more
The Street of the Knights, known in Greek as Odos Ippoton, is a cobbled medieval avenue in the Old Town of Rhodes and one of the best-preserved and most famous medieval streets in Europe. Running uphill through the former knightly quarter, it is lined with the austere stone inns once occupied by the Knights of … Read more
Kiotari is a relatively modern, relaxed coastal resort on the east coast of Rhodes, set in the south-east of the island well south of Lindos and roughly an hour’s drive from Rhodes town. It grew up mainly around larger, often upmarket beachfront hotels and is defined by a long pebble-and-shingle beach with clear, calm water, … Read more
Kolymbia is a quiet, relatively modern resort village on the east coast of Rhodes, set between Faliraki to the north and the Tsambika headland to the south and lying roughly midway between Rhodes town and Lindos. It grew up around farmland first cultivated during the Italian era, and today it pairs a sheltered, gently shelving … Read more
The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is the island’s principal archaeological museum, housing finds from across Rhodes and nearby Dodecanese islands inside the medieval Hospital of the Knights of Saint John in the Old Town. Its galleries span prehistoric, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic material, and its star marbles include the worn Marine Venus and the crouching … Read more
Rhodes shopping spans the full range from quick tourist souvenirs to genuine island crafts and farm products, sold across the medieval Old Town, the modern New Town and the craft villages of the interior. The island rewards browsers who look past the postcard stands toward leather sandals, hand-thrown ceramics, gold and silver jewellery, thyme honey, … Read more