Agios Isidoros is a traditional mountain village set high on the southern slopes of Mount Attavyros in the central-western interior of Rhodes, and it counts among the highest villages on the island. It is a genuine working wine-and-farming community, where terraced vineyards, small tavernas, a shaded village square and the parish church define the rhythm … 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
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
Mount Attavyros is the highest mountain on Rhodes, a bare, conical limestone summit rising to 1,215 metres in the west-central interior of the island, above the wine village of Embonas. Its smooth, treeless slopes give it a distinctive shape that is visible from much of Rhodes and, on clear days, from neighbouring islands and the … Read more
Embonas, sometimes written Emponas, is a traditional mountain village in the west-central interior of Rhodes, set on the slopes of Mount Attavyros and widely regarded as the heart of the island’s wine production. Surrounded by vineyards and ringed by tavernas known for spit-roasted meat, it offers a slower, highland counterpoint to the coastal resorts. Reaching … Read more