Symi
Reopened after years of restoration, this compact museum contains some fabulous archaeological and folkloric finds, and is worth checking out.
Must-see attractions in Dodecanese
Rhodes Town
Watched over by a sturdy round tower, this is said to be the gate through which the conquering Ottoman sultan entered the city in 1522.
Kastellorizo
In a former mosque near the ferry jetty, this museum devotes itself largely to display panels telling the island’s fascinating story.
Rhodes Town
Standing splendidly alone at the island’s northernmost tip, the New Town’s modest aquarium is housed in a 1930s’ art deco hydro-biological research…
Rhodes
Seven natural springs at this beauty spot, in the hills 4km inland from Kolymbia, feed a river that’s channelled into a narrow tunnel, exactly the size of…
Dodecanese
Housed in an incongruous castellated villa on the seafront, this museum covers several aspects of local history. The upstairs rooms are given over largely…
Rhodes Town
Built in 1577, and featuring a fine black-and-white pebble-mosaic floor, Kahal Shalom Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in Greece. A commemorative plaque…
Modern Greek Art Museum – Old Almshouse
Rhodes Town
In a prime location at the upper end of the Old Town, this small adjunct to the four-part Modern Greek Art Museum is easily mistaken for the entrance to…
Dodecanese
Despite its name, this small museum, just up from the seafront below the monastery, is exclusively ecclesiastic. Besides its icons, vestments, votive…
Rhodes Town
Glass panels set in the floor of this thoroughly excavated medieval structure expose columns that once lined one of Rhodes’ main Roman streets. Local lore…
Rhodes Town
The busiest entrance to the Old Town, close to the seafront and Mandraki Harbour, Liberty Gate was constructed in the 14th century to serve as a bridge to…
Rhodes Town
Set on the upper floor of a grand medieval building, on your right as you enter the Old Town via Liberty Gate, this gallery belongs to the city’s four…
Karpathos
To gain entry to the ancient chapel that houses this two-room museum, you need to call ahead to Irini, custodian of the keys. Having unlocked it, she’ll…
Modern Greek Art Museum – New Wing
Rhodes Town
This gleaming extension to the New Town’s Modern Greek Art Museum stands immediately behind its parent building. Located on the site of the city’s ancient…
Kos Town
The Gazi Hassan Pasha Mosque, built in 1786 with the support of pasha (admiral) Gazi Hasan Pasa, governor of Kos, boasts one of the most stunning minarets…
Rhodes Town
This landmark French-built lighthouse guards the entrance to Mandraki Harbour, at the spot where some suggest the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. Its beam…
Rhodes Town
Four coats of arms on the Inn of Provence form the shape of a cross. After Rhodes fell to the Ottomans, the building became a hammam (Turkish bath), while…
Rhodes Town
Built in 1519 under the rule of Grand Master Fabrizio del Carretto (1513–21), this former Knights’ lodging is in the lower part of the Street of the…
Rhodes Town
Dating from 1492, the Inn of France is the most ornate and distinctive of all the inns on the Street of the Knights, which were used as residences by…
Rhodes Town
Halfway up the Street of the Knights, the Inn of Spain is the largest inn of all. Its two connected wings were built under Grand Master Antoine Fluvian …
Dodecanese
Housed in a grand 19th-century villa above the harbour, this seasonal museum displays objects pulled from ancient shipwrecks, assorted Greek oil lamps and…
Rhodes Town
This imposing pedestrian gateway makes a dramatic point of entry for arriving ferry passengers. If you use the Old Town as a base for some island hopping,…
Rhodes Town
The fenced-off vestiges of a Temple of Aphrodite, dating from the 3rd century BC, face visitors who pass through the Liberty Gate. This is one of the few…
Rhodes Town
The grounds of this graceful mosque hold a Turkish cemetery and the Villa Cleobolus, where Lawrence Durrell lived in the 1940s, writing his book on Rhodes…
Rhodes Town
It’s well worth taking a look at the interior of this Gothic-style Orthodox church, beside Mandraki Harbour and built under Italian rule; it’s covered…
Dodecanese
This hillside medieval monastery, overlooking the sea below the castle, can be reached via a short staircase. Visitors can only access a small anteroom.
Kos Town
The overgrown but evocative remains of this Greek temple, dating from the 2nd century BC, centre on an altar with a frieze depicting Amazon warriors.
Kos Town
The only surviving parts of this 2nd-century BC temple are the foundations and platform on which the original structure once stood.
Rhodes Town
The oldest mosque on Rhodes, built soon after the Ottomans arrived in the 16th century; it's not open to visitors.
Kos Town
On the south side of Kos' castle are the ruins of the Shrine of Aphrodite.
Rhodes Town
Also known as the Windmills Gate, St Catherine’s Gate provided access to the windmills on the waterfront.
Kos Town
This cluster of Doric columns once supported the roof of an open-sided portion of the ancient gymnasium.
Rhodes Town
This towering mosque, facing the Old Town's Great Hammam (Turkish baths), was completed in 1765.
Rhodes Town
The gate of St John is said to have become dyed red with blood during the siege of 1522.
Rhodes Town
Behind its plain exterior, this 500-year-old Ottoman bathhouse is spectacular, with a finely wrought star-pierced ceiling that allows light to radiate…
