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Rhodes

Rhodes is one of the largest and most fertile of the Greek Islands, and is one of the most visited because of its combination of beaches, archaeological sites, and extensive medieval town.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Rhodes and Lindos.

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is the largest settlement and capital city of the island of the same name. It is famous as the former site of the Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and as the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe.

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is a medieval village on the island of Rhodes. It has only seven hundred inhabitants, greatly outnumbered by tourists in the high season. Being one of the main attractions on the island it is often overcrowded in the mornings when the tourist coaches arrive.

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is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Faliraki and Archangelos.

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is the site of one of the most beautiful beaches in Rhodes and is a great choice for anyone who wants a sun and sand holiday complete with lots of bright lights and action.

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is a town on the island of Rhodes, . It is approximately mid way between in the south and to the north. It is serviced by the highway running down the east coast of the island A peaceful place perfect for families which travelling with children.

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is on the island of Rhodes. It is an attractive traditional Greek village surrounded by beautiful countryside. For a complete change of pace and scenery, the hectic resort of Faliraki is only a short distance away.

is a little village at the south of Rhodes island. There is a beautiful beach and a few hotels.

West along the coast road of Rhodes is the village of , just west of Soroni, with a picturesque harbour and a flat isolated beach with tamarisk trees for some natural shade.

, also called Tholos is a beachside settlement on the mid-north east coast of Rhodes. It is situated a few kilometres to the west of Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" or.
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Rhodes

Latitude of center
36.1848° or 36° 11′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
27.9525° or 27° 57′ 9″ east
Population
115,000
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
Geo­Names ID
8133781
Wiki­data ID
Q43048
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rhodes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rhodos”
  • Afrikaans: “Rodos”
  • Albanian: “Rhodos”
  • Albanian: “Rodosi”
  • Amharic: “ሩድ”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة رودس”
  • Arabic: “رودس”
  • Arabic: “رودوس”
  • Aragonese: “Rodas”
  • Armenian: “Հռոդոս”
  • Asturian: “Rodas”
  • Asturian: “Rodes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rodos”
  • Basque: “Rodas”
  • Belarusian: “Родас”
  • Bengali: “রোডস”
  • Bhojpuri: “रोड टापू”
  • Bosnian: “Rhodos”
  • Bosnian: “Rodos”
  • Breton: “Enez Rodez”
  • Breton: “Enez Rodos”
  • Bulgarian: “Родос”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Rodes”
  • Catalan: “Rodes”
  • Cebuano: “Rhodes”
  • Cebuano: “Rodas”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕودس”
  • Chinese: “罗得岛”
  • Chinese: “羅得島”
  • Chuvash: “Родос (утрав)”
  • Chuvash: “Родос”
  • Corsican: “Rodi”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Rodos”
  • Croatian: “Rod”
  • Croatian: “Rodos”
  • Czech: “Rhodos”
  • Danish: “Rhodos”
  • Dutch: “Rhodos”
  • Dutch: “Rodos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة رودس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رودس”
  • Esperanto: “Rhodos”
  • Esperanto: “Rodiso”
  • Esperanto: “Rodo”
  • Esperanto: “Rodos”
  • Esperanto: “Rodoso”
  • Estonian: “Rhodos”
  • Estonian: “Rhodose saar”
  • Faroese: “Rhodos”
  • Faroese: “Rodos”
  • Finnish: “Rhodes”
  • Finnish: “Rhodos”
  • Finnish: “Rodos”
  • Finnish: “Ródos”
  • French: “Rhodes”
  • Galician: “Illa de Rodas”
  • Galician: “Rodas”
  • Galician: “Ρόδος”
  • Georgian: “როდოსი”
  • German: “Rhodier”
  • German: “Rhodos”
  • German: “Rhódos”
  • German: “Rodos”
  • German: “Ryodier”
  • German: “Ryodos”
  • Greek: “Ρόδος”
  • Greek: “Ρόδου”
  • Hebrew: “רודוס”
  • Hungarian: “Rhódosz”
  • Hungarian: “Rodosz sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Rodosz”
  • Icelandic: “Rhodos”
  • Icelandic: “Rhódos”
  • Icelandic: “Roðey”
  • Icelandic: “Ródos”
  • Icelandic: “Rótey”
  • Ido: “Insulo Rodos”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Rhodes”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Rodos”
  • Indonesian: “Rhodes”
  • Indonesian: “Rhodos”
  • Indonesian: “Rodos”
  • Irish: “Ródas”
  • Italian: “Isola di Rodi”
  • Italian: “Rodensi”
  • Italian: “Rodi”
  • Italian: “Rodos”
  • Japanese: “ローヅ島”
  • Japanese: “ローデス島”
  • Japanese: “ロードス島”
  • Japanese: “ロドス島”
  • Japanese: “ロドス島の歴史”
  • Kazakh: “Родос”
  • Kirghiz: “Родос”
  • Korean: “로도스”
  • Korean: “로도스섬”
  • Kurdish: “Rodos”
  • Ladino: “Rodes”
  • Latin: “Rhodos”
  • Latin: “Rhodus”
  • Latvian: “Roda”
  • Limburgan: “Rodos (eiland)”
  • Limburgan: “Rodos”
  • Lithuanian: “Rodas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rodo sala”
  • Livvi: “Rodos”
  • Low German: “Rhodos”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rhodos”
  • Macedonian: “Родос”
  • Malagasy: “Nosy Rhodos”
  • Malay: “Pulau Rhodes”
  • Malay: “Rodos”
  • Maltese: “Rodi”
  • Marathi: “र्‍होड्स”
  • Marathi: “ऱ्होड्स”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lò̤-dī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhodos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rodos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhodes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhodhos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhodos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rodes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rodos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ródos”
  • Norwegian: “Rhodos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rhodes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ròdes”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Roðos”
  • Ossetian: “Родос”
  • Persian: “ردس”
  • Persian: “ردوس”
  • Persian: “رودس”
  • Persian: “رودوس”
  • Polish: “Rodos”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Rodes”
  • Portuguese: “Rodes”
  • Romanian: “Insula Rodos”
  • Romanian: “Rhodos”
  • Romanian: “Rodos”
  • Russian: “Родос”
  • Scots: “Rhodes”
  • Serbian: “Острво Родос”
  • Serbian: “Родос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rhodos”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rod”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rodos”
  • Sicilian: “Rodi”
  • Slovak: “Rodos”
  • Slovenian: “Ivanovci”
  • Slovenian: “Rod”
  • Slovenian: “Rodos”
  • Somali: “Jasiirada Rodos”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Rodas”
  • Spanish: “Rodas”
  • Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Rodas”
  • Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Rodas”
  • Swahili: “Rhodos”
  • Swedish: “Rhodes”
  • Swedish: “Rhodos”
  • Swedish: “Rodos”
  • Tagalog: “Rodas”
  • Tamil: “ரோட்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Родос утравы”
  • Tatar: “Родос”
  • Thai: “เกาะโรดส์”
  • Thai: “โรดส์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Rhodos”
  • Turkish: “Rodos Adası”
  • Turkish: “Rodos”
  • Ukrainian: “Родос”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rhodos”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rodos”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ روڈز”
  • Urdu: “رودوش”
  • Uzbek: “Rodos”
  • Vietnamese: “Rhodes”
  • Vietnamese: “Rodos”
  • Vietnamese: “Ródos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rhodes”
  • Welsh: “Rhodes”
  • Welsh: “Rhodos”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռոտոս (կղզի)”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռոտոս”
  • Western Frisian: “Rodos”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗得岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “羅得島”
  • “रोड दीप”

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