Rhodes, Greece
We stayed in the Blue Bay Hotel Resort, Rhodes, Greece.
During our week, we rented a car to explore the island. It is approximately a 2 hour drive from the city of Rhodes in the north, to Prasonisi Beach (Παραλία Πρασονήσι), on the southern tip.
There are 3 important ancient Greek settlements (in the order we visted them):
Kameiros (Κάμειρος) – facing the Aegean Sea
Akropol Lindos (Ακρόπολη της Λίνδου) – facing the Mediterranean Sea
Acropolis of Rhodes – The Acropolis of Rhodes is an acropolis dating from the Classical Greek period 3 kilometers from the centre of Rhodes.
The Rhodes City Center
Rhodes has been famous since antiquity as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The citadel of Rhodes, built by the Hospitalliers, is one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe, which in 1988 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Mandraki (in Greek Μανδράκι) was the military harbour and was guarded by a tower built between 1464 and 1467 by the Grand Master Zacosta at the end of the natural mole. After the siege of Rhodes in 1480 the Grand Master d’Aubusson added a bastion around the tower transforming it into a guard fortress on the sea.
The town’s cathedral is a 1920s Italian-built replica of the Knights Church of St. John in the Old Town and rises next to the harbor.
Many of the Muslims of Northern Greece were actually ethnic Greek Muslims from Epirus and Greek Macedonia.
