Kalavarda is a quiet farming village on the north-west coast of Rhodes, sitting on the flat agricultural plain between Fanes and Soroni to the north and the ancient site of Ancient Kamiros to the south. It is a working settlement rather than a resort: vineyards, vegetable plots and grazing land spread inland from a long, … Read more
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
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
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
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