Rhodes

Rhodes 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. Wikivoyage

Population 54,562 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Greece

• 100PolicePolice
• 112EmergencyEmergency
• 166AmbulanceAmbulance
• 199FireFire

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Jewish Museum of Rhodes Museum · 970 m
• Medieval Town of Rhodes Castle · 690 m
• Ancient Stadium Archaeological site · 730 m
• Palace of the Grand Master Museum · 740 m
• Hippokratous Square Attraction · 840 m
• Temple of Apollo Archaeological site · 850 m
• Holocaust Memorial Memorial · 910 m
• Gate of the Arsenal City gate · 980 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Greek 2
• American 1
• Pizza 1
• Regional 1
• Balkan 1

All 6 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Moat of Medieval City 500 m across 910 m
• Rodini Park 550 m across 1.6 km

Getting around

• Taxi Station S.FRANCISCO 410 m
• Taxi Station 6.0 km
• TAXI STATION KAMIROU 660 m
• TAXI STATION THERME 890 m
• TAXI STATION KOLONA 900 m
• KTEL Bus Station (East Side Terminal) 920 m

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