"Rhodes Town" Top 5 Page for this destination Rodos (City) by steventilly

Rodos (City) Travel Guide: 460 reviews and 1,217 photos

OK, so I think this is the correct location on VT for Rhodes Town, though it may be for the whole Island, I'm not sure...
Rhodes Town is a quite amazing place to me. Three different cities in one - the resort area, with it's beaches, hotels, bars and restaurants aimed at the tourists; the new town, with its harbours, shops and more cosmopolitan bars etc., aimed as much at the locals as the tourists; and the old town, a quite incredible maze of streets with great sights and history around every corner, and a very magical atmosphere after dark.

Windmills, Mandraki Harbour, Rhodes

There's sights to see everywhere in Rhodes, in the new town as well as in the old. And even out in the suburbs of the new town, well away from the usual tourist centres, you will find brown signs leading you to "ancient vaulted tomb complex" or "Ancient Hellenistic city walls"... There's so much to see, you won't get a chance to see it all. There's still plenty of new stuff left for us to do if we ruturn.

Beach, Rhodes Town

The beaches around Rhodes town are not the best - the sand is coarse and the road is a bit too near - and the sea is not the best for swimming in either. For the best beaches you need to go down the coast to Faliraki, Lindos, etc.
In spite of this, the coastal location of the town is still a good place to be, and the beaches will be adequate for many.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Scenery, History, Nightlife, People
Cons:None
In a nutshell:Perfect Holiday Destination

Last visit to Rodos (City): Oct 2003
Intro Updated Nov 23, 2003
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Further Afield Off The Beaten Path (5)

There are some really great places around the island away from Rhodes town. There's great beaches, superb places for... more travel advice

Umbrellas! Shopping (1)

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Getting Married Local Customs (1)

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Written Sep 22, 2005

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Maurizioago Jun 3, 2009 at 1:12 AM

Good page. I'm going to Rhodes Island next month. Ciao!
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highlandlaura Jul 30, 2007 at 5:20 PM

Hi, Rhodes: one of my absolutely most favorite places! Nice page.
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ohmaid Aug 3, 2006 at 4:38 AM

Steve's experiance of "Discovering" Bar Mango sounds just like my own. Looking forward to returning September 2006
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sandysmith Sep 22, 2005 at 5:08 AM

absolutely adorable! I'll fight you for them ;-) Looks like the causeway of the small harbour in Rhodes?
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zizkov Jun 27, 2005 at 5:50 AM

Rodos looks great, I never realised there was so much in the Town.
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cristiana04 Apr 20, 2005 at 8:52 AM

thanks for your great tips about Rhodes, soonly I will check them:-) regards!!!
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thekingslea2 Nov 11, 2004 at 9:10 AM

you have give the most impressive coverage of the rhodes area....thank you dis you go in Nov 2003 as we are going in Nov 22 04 and is there any problems heat, seating, shade ect you can advise on a6wpm@aol.com
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steventilly Oct 31, 2004 at 12:20 PM

Yeah but apparently not worth a rating
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Jim_Eliason Oct 31, 2004 at 3:05 AM

fantastic and comprehensive page!
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iandsmith Oct 16, 2004 at 2:55 AM

Impressive and well researched stuff, brings back fond memories. Agree with your sentiments about Monte Smith