Rhodes

 Oct 7, 2021

Every port so far is better than the last one. Rhodes is our favorite so far, but Santorini is tomorrow. 

Rhodes is a very well preserved walled city with 150,000 inhabitants. There is also a very old, but still practicing, Knights of St John of Jerusalem, or something of the sort. This is reminiscent of the knights of the Templar! The Grand Masters Palace is available to tour. There are 156 rooms with magnificent mosaic floors and furniture.

Another of the 7 wonders of the Ancient world was here in Rhodes. A giant bronze statue of the Greek god Helios (sun God) straddled (they think) the entrance to the port.

A small replica of the Greek God Helios.



The Knights of St John of Jerusalem still practice here and induct new members.


a ceramic tile floor

A mosaic floor for the nine muses

One of the many mosaic tile floors

We walked throughout the town, shopping, sightseeing, having cocktails, and a fish pedicure!! We loved Rhodes! So clean, friendly, interesting!

An entrance to Rhodes where you can see chariot ruts!

Putting my feet in the Aegean!! 

Gorgeous and clean water

Kim and Bernard’s fish pedicure!

Our fish pedicure! We loved it!!

The knights street. So ancient and full of history!

Taking a break! 

All streets are paved with stones from the sea.

Look at that beer! The wine was cold and not very good.






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