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
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