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
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
Plimmiri is a small, tranquil hamlet and bay tucked near the far southern tip of Rhodes, a long way from the busy resorts of the north-east coast. It is the kind of place travellers reach almost by accident, following the quiet road past Gennadi and Kiotari until the land thins out and the sea opens … Read more
Prasonisi is a small islet at the far southern tip of Rhodes, joined to the main island by a low, sandy isthmus that places the windy, wave-swept Aegean Sea on one side and the calmer, flatter Mediterranean on the other. The name means “green island”, and the meeting of two seas across a single sandbar … Read more
Rhodes beaches are the stretches of sand, pebble and rocky cove along the long, varied coastline of Rhodes, the largest island of the Dodecanese, where a sheltered east coast and an exposed, breezy west coast offer very different swimming and watersports conditions. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. For the wider island picture, … Read more