Our first day on Rhodes Island was spent hanging out on the beach with the rest of the sun lovers. It was a beautiful spot about 500 metres from our apartment and set in a secluded bay laid out with cafes and sun loungers to escape the ravages of the sun at mid-day.
We hired a lounger and a sun umbrella for four euros a day in the front row and read, swam and sunbathed rather cautiously as it was so hot but we escaped unscathed and built up a good tan over our week in the sun.
Food is always at hand,there were three cafes on the beach so we were never short of a snack or a drink when required and very few distractions from people selling stuff so it was quite civilized.
We had to go into town later in the afternoon to meet our holiday representative at a local cafe to get the sales talk but we did sign up for a couple of trips.
The first one we did took us all around the Island of Rhodes in a very comfortable air conditioned bus with a guide who gave us a great insight into the island life and plenty of detail about the history and culture of the places we visited.
Our first stop was at Butterfly Mountain,a scenic reserve located in the central part of the island . Most of the area is now closed to the public so they can protect the species but a beautiful place st amongst trees and a river ran through the valley we were in. We tried very hard to catch a photo of a butterfly in flight but very elusive they were. It was set in a delightful dell with a waterfall and a dam, along with a cafe of course and umpteen buses parked outside. This was rare to see such greenery on the island.
Our next stop was Kamiros, one of the three ancient acropolis built by the Romans conquerors on Rhodes . It sits in a strategic location high above the sea so Goddess Athena and daughter of Zeus can protect her people from invasion . The acropolis is built on three levels and we were able to wander at will through the public meeting spaces, the houses and the bath house were on the different levels . Much of the restoration work is underway but only a small area has yet been uncovered by archeologists, in fact about a third of the total town. Amazing to walk in such a place and think about life as it was here in Roman times and marvel at their ability to provide drainage, water for bathing, a democratic meeting place- men only of course but it was advanced politics of its era.
We then went wine tasting up in the hills at a cellar set into a cave. This is a big wine growing region on the island and most vines grow without staking here so it took us awhile to realize it was vineyards we were passing.
We had four wines to taste, ranging from sweet red, a dry red a white and a dessert wine which was probably the best of them all. We had lunch nearby so we enjoyed a three course meal of local delicacies before completing our tour of the island. We stopped at various high spots for photos and honey tasting before arriving back at our apartment in time to go swimming at the pool in a nearby apartment which allowed us to swim there at any time.
Food is always at hand,there were three cafes on the beach so we were never short of a snack or a drink when required and very few distractions from people selling stuff so it was quite civilized.
We had to go into town later in the afternoon to meet our holiday representative at a local cafe to get the sales talk but we did sign up for a couple of trips.
The first one we did took us all around the Island of Rhodes in a very comfortable air conditioned bus with a guide who gave us a great insight into the island life and plenty of detail about the history and culture of the places we visited.
Our first stop was at Butterfly Mountain,a scenic reserve located in the central part of the island . Most of the area is now closed to the public so they can protect the species but a beautiful place st amongst trees and a river ran through the valley we were in. We tried very hard to catch a photo of a butterfly in flight but very elusive they were. It was set in a delightful dell with a waterfall and a dam, along with a cafe of course and umpteen buses parked outside. This was rare to see such greenery on the island.
Our next stop was Kamiros, one of the three ancient acropolis built by the Romans conquerors on Rhodes . It sits in a strategic location high above the sea so Goddess Athena and daughter of Zeus can protect her people from invasion . The acropolis is built on three levels and we were able to wander at will through the public meeting spaces, the houses and the bath house were on the different levels . Much of the restoration work is underway but only a small area has yet been uncovered by archeologists, in fact about a third of the total town. Amazing to walk in such a place and think about life as it was here in Roman times and marvel at their ability to provide drainage, water for bathing, a democratic meeting place- men only of course but it was advanced politics of its era.
We then went wine tasting up in the hills at a cellar set into a cave. This is a big wine growing region on the island and most vines grow without staking here so it took us awhile to realize it was vineyards we were passing.
We had four wines to taste, ranging from sweet red, a dry red a white and a dessert wine which was probably the best of them all. We had lunch nearby so we enjoyed a three course meal of local delicacies before completing our tour of the island. We stopped at various high spots for photos and honey tasting before arriving back at our apartment in time to go swimming at the pool in a nearby apartment which allowed us to swim there at any time.
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