Rodia
Rodia is a village and a community of Gazi municipal unit in Heraklion regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. The community of Rodia is spread on 21.6 km2 and encircles following villages and areas: Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 797 residents
- Description: village in Malevizi Municipality, Heraklion, Greece
- Also known as: “Rodia, Heraklion” and “Rogdhiá”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stroumpoulas.
Stroumpoulas
Peak
Photo: Lourakis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Stroumboulas or Stroumpoulas, is a mountain in northern Crete, Greece. Stroumpoulas is situated 3½ km southwest of Rodia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palaiokastro and Achlada.
Palaiokastro
Village
Palaiokastro is a coastal village and a community in the municipality of Malevizi. 9 km west of Heraklion on the island of Crete. It is situated in front of a 70 meter long pebbled beach leading to a cove with rapidly deepening waters that are protected from the prevailing northerly winds.
Achlada
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Achlada is a village and a community in the Cretan municipality of Malevizi, and belongs to the municipal unit of Gazi, in Heraklion regional unit. The inhabitants are shepherds and farmers who cultivate mostly fruits and vegetables in the surrounding hills and landscape, which are few kilometres from the sea shore. Achlada is situated 4½ km northwest of Rodia.
Agia Pelagia
Village
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agia Pelagia is a popular seaside resort in the municipality of Malevizi, 23 km northwest of Crete's capital city of Heraklion. In former times, Agia Pelagia was a tiny fishing village and a place for the residents of nearby Achlada village to grow their crops. Agia Pelagia is situated 5 km north of Rodia.
Rodia
Latitude
35.36525° or 35° 21′ 55″ northLongitude
25.02021° or 25° 1′ 13″ eastPopulation
797Elevation
318 metres (1,043 feet)Open location code
8G77928C+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 737508074OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
254268Wikidata ID
Q7356768
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rodia”. Photo: C messier, CC0.