Rhodes Town resembles a medieval time capsule behind a ring of high walls .It has many layers of architectural history in a maze of narrow streets.


hodes Old City is a walled city It is a maze of narrow streets and main square is Hippocrates Square which is near to the port and the cruise ships that dock every day in the commercial harbour. The old town is full of restaurants and cafes and souvenir shops. The Old Town resembles a medieval time capsule behind a double ring of high walls and a deep moat. Few places have so many layers of architectural history, with ruins and relics of the Classical, Medieval, Ottoman and Italian invasions trapped in a maze of twisting narrow streets. These are some of the details


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