Rhodes (Island) Things to Do

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The small bay of Kallithea offers some excellent swimming and skin diving. The Italians tried to launch it as a spa for rheumatism, gout, kidney and liver ailments, even the claim that Hypocrates, Greek father of all physicians, came over from Kos to take the waters failed to draw the crowds, and the buildings fell into disrepair.

They were under renovation for at least the last ten or 15 years but never seemed much different. When I visited in2010 though it had changed a lot with buildings having been repaired and the main block has been made into a nice exhibition centre.

if you have a snorkal then Kalithea is certainly worth a call.

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The Knights’ Hospital is at the end of the Street of the Knights. The Hospital has been restored, and is now the Archaeological Museum. It is a very good museum, but I found the building itself almost as interesting. The lower level has a large enclosed courtyard surrounded by arched doorways. Upstairs there are rooms on 3 sides, which would have been patient wards. A great hall was on the 4th side. I liked the architecture, and some of the carved pillars were beautiful.]

6 Euro admission. Hours: 8:30-3; closed Monday.

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The Palace of the Grand Master is a reconstruction—an explosion of stored ammunition destroyed it in 1856, but the rebuilt exterior is authentic. The inside is more elegant than the original, however, because the Italians rebuilt it as a summer home for Mussolini and Victor Emmanuel III. Neither got to use it much.

6 Euro admission

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The Old town of Rhodes is a beautiful place with shops, cafés, narrow streets all crowded with tourists day and night, especially in the summer time. We were there in the paek season (August) but didn't mind at all the huge crowds.
While walking around in the evening we enterd a nice taverna that made us a huge "glass" of coctail- about 1.5 liters which was very refreshing and they also do a very nice thing- when you come they ask you from what country you are and in the coctail there is a flag of your country- very very nice.
The coctail cost us 25 Euro for two...not cheap but worth it just for the fun.

Walk the street of the Knights of the Crusades. You are in awe of the amount of building that went on in Rhodes by the Knights from the 1100's AD to 1500's AD. They built strong, defensible walls, huge fortified gates, castles, hospitals, inns. They built a city instead of a fort and all for protection and peace when not off fighting their religious war. Where does the holy part of religion allow for the destructive side? I don't know the answer to what is good or evil and if it is only in the minds of those that believe that they are the good.

I do know that the Knights built a beautiful city of castles and the street of castles is not to be missed when in Rhodes. In the 1500's, after a six month battle, the Knights were defeated and given safe passage out of Rhodes by Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of Turkey, who conquered Rhodes. In the early 1900's, Italy controlled Rhodes and in 1945, Rhodes was given to Greece. Where did the Knights go in the 1500's? Well, after roaming around for a few years they were granted room in Malta by the Emperor Charles V and the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. What about Rhodes. Well, it's still Greece and as I mentioned earlier, the beauty of the Knights work is still found on the street of Knights.

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Visit Lindos - so much to see and do here.
Breathtaking.
Beaches, several, busy and tranquil.
Beautiful views.
Ancient acropolis, lots of archaeology.
Village is unique, whole village has been declared a monument.
Lindos taxi service - donkeys!
Too many things to mention for this place - indescribable.
Try to buy the book "This Way To Paradise - Dancing OnThe Tables" by Willard Manus (can buy it in Lindos Laundry which is in the heart of the village) - great read, about Lindos from 1950s onwards.

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Take the Glass Bottom Boat trip from Pefkos to Lindos.
Won't tell you why this is special - trust me! If I tell you why it might spoil it.
This trip is a must-do, not-to-be-missed.
Take your swimming gear, lots of sun lotion, camera.

It is THE name for hand made ice cream and sweets in the town of Rhodos. Its secret isn’t only the quality of the ingredients that he uses but also to the friendly staff, the clean shop and the nice atmosphere of its pastry shop. Michalis Konstantinou, well known as Mike, has a continiusly growing reputation between the tourists like us, famous or not.