Rhodes in 4 days

Rhodes town belongs to the Knights of St John: 4 km of walls, an intact street of inns and a Grand Master's palace rebuilt by the Italians, all UNESCO-listed. Fifty kilometres south, the acropolis of Lindos stands above a white village, and between the two lie 1930s spa buildings, pebble coves and sandy beaches.

🗓️ 4 days📍 8 things to do☀️ Best time: May to June and September to October

Map of the places in this plan.

The plan, day by day

Day 1

Morning
Palace of the Grand Masterabout 1 h 30
The Knights' seat, destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in 1856 and rebuilt by the Italians in 1937 to 1940 for Mussolini and the king.
Afternoon
Street of the Knights and the old townfree · about 1 h 30
Two hundred cobbled metres lined with the inns of the Order's tongues, their Gothic fronts still carrying the Grand Masters' coats of arms.
Late afternoon
Kallithea Springs2 to 3 h
An Italian spa of 1929 in a mix of Art Deco, Oriental and medieval styles, with a domed rotunda and pebble mosaics, restored in 2007.

Day 2

Morning
Anthony Quinn Bayfree · 2 to 3 h
A pine-fringed cove of pebbles and rocks with water from green to deep blue, named after the actor who filmed here in 1961.
Afternoon
Tsambika Beachfree · half a day
Eight hundred metres of fine golden sand on the east coast, shallow for a long way out, the family beach of the island.

Day 3

Morning
Valley of the Butterfliesabout 1 h 30
A wooded valley of sweetgum trees where, from June to September, thousands of Jersey tiger moths cover the trunks; disturbing them is forbidden.
Afternoon
The Acropolis of Lindos2 to 3 h
A Doric temple of Athena, a Hellenistic stoa and a Knights' castle on a 116-metre rock, with a trireme carved into the cliff.

Day 4

Morning
Monolithos Castlefree · half a day
A Knights' fortress of 1480 on a 236-metre rock on the south-west coast, ten minutes up a stone path through the pines.

Where to sleep in Rhodes

Budget

Stay Hostel · €30 a night
Hotel Anastasia · €55 a night
Athineon Hotel · €70 a night

Mid-range

Mediterranean Hotel · €110 a night
Mercure Rhodes Alexia Hotel & Spa · €130 a night
Aquarium View Hotel · €120 a night

Luxury

Kokkini Porta Rossa · €280 a night
Elysium Resort & Spa · €250 a night
Elakati Luxury Boutique Hotel · €220 a night

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