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Also the villages are lush and colourful with hibiscus, jasmine and bougainvillea, which explains the many butterflies.
And indeed, Rhodes is often called the butterfly island.
All that left of it today is the ruins of the temples of Zeus, Athena Poliados and Apollo, the Stadium, Gymnasium and the Theatre, which has been restored. The mediaeval city is still surrounded by the high walls erected by the Knights. It is divided by an inner wall into two unequal parts, the smaller Collachio and the larger Burgo or Hora. Collachio is further split by the Street of the Knights, both of whose sides are lined with the sombre stone facades of the Inns of the Tongues or nationalities that belonged to the order of the Knights of St. John.
A panoramic view over the old town of Rhodes
Aerial view in SE direction of the three harbours.
Approaching Rhodes by yacht one gets a first glimpse of the massive Old Town walls together with the graceful minarets and the arcaded waterfront markets with their exotic scents. The best place to moor your yacht is the Mandraki harbour, which features a tower with a bronse deer on top on either side of its entrance.
Aerial view in S direction of Lindos.
Lindos is dramatically situated on a promotory high over the sea, and is Rhodes' second town, with a year-round population of 800. With its cubed houses wrapped around the fortified acropolis, it has kept its integrity only because the whole town is classified as an archaeological site, unique in Greece.
Aerial view in W direction of Chalki port on Khalki isl.
With its Neoclassical pastel houses overlooking a horseshoe harbour, Chalki town is a miniature version of Symi. It is arid and rocky, and water may run short in summer. Chalki is famous for keeping its old music traditions alive. Tourism is still small-scale; fishing and goat-herding provides most of the income.
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