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The Greek island of Rhodes is not big and its capital is not a metropolis. We stayed in Atrium Platinum Resort & Spa, Ixia. In April, we didn’t plan to swim in the sea. The town of Ixia is located in the windy part of Rhodes. Swimming is a problem there even in summer because of waves, but spring gives you comfortable conditions for excursions—few tourists and no heat.
Atrium Platinum Resort & Spa.
Every morning, we walked to Rhodes City, spending the whole day there, and returning in the evening.
There were three ways to go: the beautiful promenade along the coast, the way through the residential area of the new city, and the more demanding walk along the rock ridge. The wind is strong on the rocks, but you will see the Acropolis of Rhodes with its ancient stadium and the ruins of the Temple Pythian Apollo which was extensively damaged by bombing during WWII. Here, in the oratorical school, Cicero and Julius Caesar practiced their eloquence.
The Ixia-Rhodes promenade.
The Greeks are very hospitable and at the same time unobtrusive. It is not like in Turkey whose coast is easily discernible on the horizon, nor like Jerusalem with its seething Arab quarter. You’ll find seemingly the same narrow medieval streets, endless retail shops and their owners inviting you in all languages to enter, but they don’t grab your hands and don’t announce the incredible prices for their goods. Be assured, you will not be offered an “ancient” statue of the goddess Athena at the price of a Ferrari.
It seemed to us the inhabitants of Rhodes are different even from the mainland Greeks, including the Athenians.
Remains of the Church of the Virgin of the Burgh in the old town of Rhodes.
Another attraction of Rhodes is the local cuisine. There are dozens of cafes where you will eat tasty and inexpensive food in most cases in the old town of Rhodes.
Mussels.
Shrimp salad.
Grilled fish.
We have visited many areas of Greece, with the exception of Corfu, but neither in Athens, nor in Loutraki, nor Crete or Halkidiki was there such seafood as in Rhodes. More precisely, the products of the sea were available in those regions, but nowhere was the food prepared as expertly and tastily as on Rhodes.
What if you want to see something more than the city of Rhodes?
Happy travels!