Mandraki harbour Rhodes, Greece where once the Colossus of Rhodes statue may have stood. XPL 4863-456
Legend has it that the Colossus straddled the harbour entrance to Mandraki harbour. This is probably not true, but the small harbour is pretty, with its fortifications and windmills. Go in the evening to take your photographs, as the suns rays mellow on the buff stone walls. Statues of a male and female deer, symbols of the island, adorne the entrance. The two newer harbours are the ports used by the ferries and container ships. Rhodes beach runs off the entrance to Mandraki harbour, sweeps around the headland and back in front of the hotels. These beaches can suffer from some of the strong northerly winds that blow in the area. Shopping is a major pass time for the tourists and this is the place to pick up any amount of leather and gold artifacts. The quality of some of the goods is excellent, but shop arround. Spend your day trying the many snack bars, rather than going for meals and have your portrait sketched at Odos Orpheos, near the main gate. Rhodes town is packed with things to do and see and can be recommended for the less mobile. It is situated on the tip of the island and has full access to the rest of the island by taxi, bus or waterbus. Ferries regularly arrive from all major destinations and the Rhodes International Airport is half an hour away.
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Location: Mandraki Harbor, Rhodes. Greece.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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