Rhodos

Rodos, Rhodes

Dodecanese islands
 
northeast of Karpathos (25 miles), south of Symi
 
Main town: Rhodos
Longitude: 28^o 13' 23"
Latitude: 36^o 26' 40"
 
1.398 sqkm
 
ca. 100.000 inhabitants
 
Highest elevation: 1.215m
 
Green island, offering almost everything you expect from Greece: Antique ruins (Lindos, Kamiros,...), medieval castles (Rhodos, Lindos, Monolithos,...), Olive groves, wine yards, sandy beaches, Byzantine monasteries,...
One of the big detinations for the Greece tourism. Therefore rather busy and crowded in many places.
 
Places worth visiting:
Lindos with it's Acropolis on top of a medieval castle
Petaloudes, the Butterfly-Valley with millions of butterflies
Mount Philerimos with it's Monastery
Monolithos and it's Castello
Prassonissi in the very south of the island
Apolakkia with an endless long beach with high waves and almost no tourism

 
Ferries from/to Piraeus (250 miles), Heraklion (164 miles) and the surrounding islands.