Rhodes: It is the world on an island
The island of the Knights and of the jet-setters is considered to be one of Greece’s most popular resorts for over forty years. The old city of Rhodes is one of the largest and most well-preserved medieval towns in Europe. During the summer months, festivals and traditional feasts are organized in the streets and open squares of Rhodes, which end up in all-night festivities. Sun is seldom absent from Rhodes, even during the winter months. Faliraki, Lindos (occasional home for Pink Floyd) and the 2,400 year old city can be equally enchanting, as well as the mountains and the south regions. That’s where the island’s virgin nature is concealed: running waters, pine trees and hidden tracks, traditional and by the “civilization of cement” villages, where grandmothers still bake bread rolls in the oven, while grandfathers distill ‘souma’ (a local spirit) or make cheese. They say that Rhodes is a cosmopolitan island. Wrong. It is the world on an island.
Text: © Elias Barbikas, Photographs: © Maro Kouri
