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
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
Lachania sits in the far south of Rhodes, set back from the coast on the inland slopes above Gennadi and Plimmiri, and it remains one of the quietest traditional settlements on the island. The village keeps two distinct faces: an older upper quarter of narrow lanes and weathered stone houses, and a lower square where … Read more
Gennadi sits on the south-eastern coast of Rhodes, far enough from the busy resorts of the north to feel like a different island altogether. The village proper rises a short way inland from the water, a cluster of narrow whitewashed lanes, small churches and a shaded square where older residents still gather at the kafeneia. … Read more
Asklipio is a traditional inland village in the south-east of Rhodes, set above the coast near the resort of Kiotari and best known for its remarkable Byzantine church and its medieval hilltop castle. Quiet, whitewashed and unhurried, it offers a concentrated taste of the island’s religious art, Knights-era history and rural life within a short … Read more