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Best hotels in Rhodes
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What first-timers get wrong in Rhodes
Rhodes was Italian from 1912 to 1943, which explains the Fascist-era architecture along Mandraki and confuses visitors expecting Greece throughout. Cars cannot enter the Old Town's core and the gates are numbered rather than named. The meltemi blows hard on the west coast, which is why Prasonisi is a kitesurfing beach and Lindos is not. Off-season, half the island simply shuts.
What's actually worth your time in Rhodes
Rhodes Old Town is the largest inhabited medieval town in Europe, ringed by four kilometres of Hospitaller walls, and the dry moat is a free walk almost the whole way round. The Street of the Knights costs nothing; the Palace of the Grand Master, rebuilt by the Italians in the 1930s as a residence for Mussolini, is ticketed. The Mandraki deer mark a legend, not the Colossus.
What to eat in Rhodes
Rhodian cooking is Dodecanese rather than mainland Greek: pitaroudia, the chickpea and onion fritters; melekouni, the sesame and honey bar handed round at weddings; and souma, a grape spirit legally distilled only on Rhodes and Symi. Village tavernas at Lindos, Salakos and Embonas, the wine village under Attavyros, serve all three. Skip harbourfront menus printed in six languages.
When the weather turns in Rhodes
Rhodes takes its rain between November and March, when much of the island is closed anyway. Inside the walls the Archaeological Museum, the Palace of the Grand Master and the Decorative Arts collection sit within three minutes of one another. The Italian-built Nea Agora on Mandraki is a covered polygon of cafes, and Filerimos monastery above Ialyssos keeps its cloister dry.
What things cost in Rhodes
Expect 15 to 22 euro a head for a taverna meal with wine, 4 to 5 for a gyros in Rhodes Town and about 3 for a frappe. Old Town monument entries run from single figures to the low teens each, and EU under-25s go free with ID. KTEL buses to Lindos cost a few euro and take ninety minutes. Sunbeds are 10 to 15 a pair.
When to go to Rhodes
| Best months for best-hotels | Avg daily high | Rain days |
|---|---|---|
| May | 25°C / 77°F | 3 days |
| October | 26°C / 79°F | 3 days |
| April | 21°C / 70°F | 4 days |
The month to avoid is January — around 15°C (59°F) with roughly 11 rain days. Prices and crowds track the weather here: May is the sweet spot, January the month most people skip.
Pack for peak season: Summer clothes, plus one light layer for air-con and evenings, Comfortable walking shoes — every guide on this site assumes you'll use them.
Where to base yourself in Rhodes
- Rhodes Old Town — A UNESCO medieval quarter inside the walls — cobblestones, gates, the Grand Master’s Palace.
- Lindos — White-cube village under an acropolis 50km south — day-trippable, and prettier for an overnight.
- Faliraki — Beach + resort strip north of the airport — family-friendly, water park, safe swim beach.
- Prasonisi — Southern tip — windsurf mecca where two seas meet across a sand isthmus.