We spent a pleasant few days exploring Rhodes Old Town, the medieval fortress city built by the Knights of St John in the 14th century.
The formidable D’Amboise Gate, one of nine gates into the fortified town
We walked along the moat and walls
The imposing Avenue of the Knights
Inside doorways along the Avenue of the Knights
The Palace of the Grand Master, built at the highest point of the medieval city
Inside the Palace of the Grand Master
We spent hours getting lost and unlost in the maze of unnamed narrow cobbled streets
Remains of a Byzantine church
Mosque of Suleyman
Islamic script from inside the Muslim Library
Fountain in Ippokratous Square
View of the harbour through the Marine Gate
The entrance to Mandraki Harbour, where the Colossus of Rhodes stood before it toppled into the sea after an earthquake. The entrance is now flanked by two columns topped with the statues of a male and female deer which are the symbols of Rhodes.
Turkish cemetery in the grounds of the Mosque of Murad Reis at the north end of the harbour
The Acropolis of Ancient Rhodes, outside the medieval city
We hired a car for a couple of days to explore the rest of the island.
The medieval village of Lindos, East Coast
View from the Acropolis of Lindos
Castle of Monolithos, West Coast
View from Monolithos Castle
Moni Tharri, the island’s first monastery built in the 9th century, Central Rhodes
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