The villages of Rhodes are the island’s quiet heart, a world apart from the packed beaches and neon strips of the coastal resorts. Scattered across the mountains, the forested interior and the far-flung southern tip, these settlements preserve a way of life that the tourist towns lost decades ago. You will find whitewashed lanes barely … Read more
Mesanagros is a remote, tiny mountain village in the far south of Rhodes, tucked into the hills above the road that runs down towards Prasonisi and the very tip of the island. It is one of the oldest villages on Rhodes, and it feels it: a handful of stone houses, a shaded square with a … Read more
Maritsa is a large traditional inland village that sits on the flat northern plain of Rhodes, close to the airport and the neighbouring village of Pastida, between Rhodes Town and the Valley of the Butterflies. It is a genuine working agricultural settlement rather than a resort, and that is exactly its appeal. The heart of … Read more
Afandou, sometimes written Afantou, is one of the largest traditional villages on the east coast of Rhodes, sitting a short way inland from the long sweep of sand that carries its name. Unlike the resort strips further south, this is a lived-in working village rather than a purpose-built holiday centre, with a busy central square, … Read more
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
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
Massari, sometimes written Masari, is a small, quiet coastal village on the east coast of Rhodes, sitting between the fishing harbour of Haraki and the longer resort strip of Kalathos. It lies directly below Malona, the orange-grove village whose citrus farmland spreads inland behind the shore, and only a short drive north of Lindos. The … Read more
Malona is a traditional inland farming village on the east coast of Rhodes, set in a fertile valley just south of Archangelos and a short drive back from the sea. It is the kind of place travellers reach when they want rural Greek life rather than a resort: low stone houses along narrow lanes, a … Read more
Fanes is a working agricultural village on the north-west coast of Rhodes, set back from a long, wind-exposed pebble beach that faces the open Aegean. It sits south of the island’s airport, on the coastal road between Soroni and Kalavarda, where vineyards and farmland roll inland from the shore. Unlike the busy resort strip on … 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